< Previous50 Food & Drink International www.fdiforum.net FoodandDrinkInternational@fdiforum company/fdiforum Once more Food & Drink International provides your ultimate guide to the industry – making sure you’re informed on what’s going on and looking closer at what’s happening. Don’t forget to keep up to date via www.fdiforum.net! Online this month… www.fdiforum.net is the best place to go for up-to-date food and drink industry news. Here’s a sneak peek at one of our latest stories. Glass bottle manufacturer to build national distribution hub for UK and European drinks industry Glass bottle manufacturer and filler Encirc – a Vidrala company – has revealed plans to build a next generation national distribution hub for the UK and European drinks industry. It is anticipated the fully automated ‘mega hub’ will be built within the next three years, subject to planning permission, and will mark a significant step forward in the evolution of glass packaging supply chains in the UK. While the exact location is yet to be confirmed, the hub will have around 170,000 pallet storage spaces for customers’ bottles filled at Encirc’s Cheshire plant, as well as others which have been filled elsewhere, and imported to the UK. Adrian Curry, Managing Director at Encirc, said: “Our new national distribution hub will represent the evolution of drink supply chains in the UK and Europe. This will be a huge leap forward for how the UK drinks industry imports and distributes key brands. “This will be another milestone moment in Encirc’s story of growth and evolution, as well as the carbon reduction strategy for the wider industry.” Diary Food & Drink January 25 – 27, IPPE, Atlanta, USA 30 Jan – 2, ProSweets, Cologne February 9 – 11, Fruit Logistica, Berlin 10, Food Safety Europe, London 13 – 17, Gulfood, Dubai 19 – 22, AFFI-CON, Dallas, USA March 2-3, White Label World Expo, London 2-3, Retail Supply Chain + Logistics Expo, London 2-3, Smart Retail Tech, London Stay in touch with Food & Drink International For more up to the minute information from the food and drink industry, visit Food & Drink International online at www.fdiforum.net. Keep up to date with Food & Drink International, and let us know what you think, by following us on Twitter at @fdiforum, at www.facebook.com/FoodandDrink International or by searching for fdiforum on LinkedIn. 50.qxp_Layout 1 17/12/2021 15:14 Page 1Advanced Engineering MIDDLETON LTD l Inline High Shear Mixer l Top Entry High Shear Immersion Mixer l Bottom Entry High Shear Mixer l Sealed Bearing Mixer l 3 Stage High Shear Mixer l Dispersion Mixer l Fluid Mixers l AdPro mixer design and technology Trent Industrial Estate | Duchess Street || Shaw | Lancs | OL2 7UT | UK t: +44 (0)1706 759003 | e: info@aemixers.com | w: www.aemixers.com mixing is our business 51.qxp_Layout 1 17/12/2021 14:18 Page 101282 601444 sales@adpak.co.uk www.adpak.co.uk 52.qxp_Layout 1 17/12/2021 14:18 Page 1Next >