As manufacturers gear up for what is for many the busiest month of the year, a new survey highlights the recruitment issues they will also face. Stefan Chomka looks at the results
With agreement reached on European RFID standards, Tesco has started to roll-out the technology. Kathy Watson reports that where Wal-Mart and Tesco lead, others are sure to follow
In response to consumer demand, supplier of weighing and packaging systems Bizerba says it has developed an interface that allows wrap-around labels...
Smaller firms could take advantage of government support to develop tomorrow's ground-breaking technologies. Unfortunately, to date too few have yet taken up what is on offer, as Rick Pendrous reports
They're no strangers to awards at Freshway Foods. Voted Sandwich Manufacturer of the Year in 2002/3, the Wolverhampton-based company has since picked...
Ginsters demonstrated all round improvement to take top spot as this year's Food Manufacture Company of the Year. Mick Whitworth reports on some remarkable achievements
A leading insurer is predicting an increase in demand for product recall insurance following the introduction of new European rules.According to AIG...
Product traceability is at the core of a new partnership which brings together Domino Printing Sciences and Omron Electronics.The two companies have...
Flavouring substances have recently been subject to significant legislative changes and 2005 will be a very significant year for the flavour industry...
Production of synthetic vanillin by China's chemical industry could be affected by tighter environmental, health and safety controls in future, warns...
Food and drink companies will be expected to display 'traffic light' labelling on products by 2006 under plans by the government.In its long-awaited...
A Kraft factory at Bridgend, South Wales which employs 190 people making Altoid mints, mainly for export to the US, and some travel sweets for the UK...
The great and the good of academia and the industry got together last month in an attempt to resolve the impending crisis in food science. Rick Pendrous heard what they had to say
With plastics soaring in price, John Dunn investigates what developments are taking place to keep costs down while meeting consumer demand for convenience
This year's Metal Packaging Manufacturers' Association (MPMA) awards recognised the advances made by cans in the glass-dominated ready-to-drink (RTD)...
When it comes to flavours, consumers have increasingly sophisticated expectations. But manufacturers and flavour houses are rising to the challenge, as Susan Birks discovers
With high fat, sugary and salty convenience foods under fire, healthy ingredients could not be more crucial. Susan Birks previews the new trends at this month's Healthy Ingredients Europe show
Wincanton operates Heinz's national distribution centre (NDC) at Wigan under an open contract which runs until 2009. Rick Pendrous describes an arrangement where both parties benefit financially from efficiency gains made
