PROCESSINGLOADING BAYS & DOORSANUGA FOODTECINTERNATIONALFood&DrinkFood&Drinkwww.fdiforum.netMARCH2012 £3.50 STERLINGThenaturalchoiceThenaturalchoice01:Layout 1 23/2/12 12:00 Page 102:Layout 1 23/2/12 12:01 Page 1Website: www.fdiforum.netEditor:Steve Fisher (s.fisher@blmgroup.co.uk) Editor’s PA:Angela Sharman Journalists: Steve Williams (s.williams@blmgroup.co.uk) Mike Shields (m.shields@blmgroup.co.uk) Elis Ballard (e.ballard@blmgroup.co.uk) Michael Fisher (m.fisher@blmgroup.co.uk) Sales Director:Teri Cooper Sales Manager:Rebecca Robertshaw Assistant Sales Manager: Sam Trott Sales: Nikki Logan, Lisa Grenney • Tel: +44 (0) 1472 310302 Accounts & Subscriptions:Dawn Cook Design & Production:Gary Jorgensen, Mark Casson, Rachel Green (studio@blmgroup.co.uk)Editorial: Tel: +44 (0) 1472 310305, Fax: +44 (0) 1472 310317 Email: fdi@blmgroup.co.ukWebsite: www.fdiforum.netPart of the Business Link Magazine Group: Armstrong House, Armstrong Street, Grimsby, N E Lincs DN31 2QE EnglandAll rights reserved. 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The views expressed in this publication are not necessarily the views of those held by the publisher.Foodservice30Foodservice, optimisation and efficiency are atthe forefront of many companies’ strategies,but not at the loss of quality and excellence.How do you maintain a balance?Commercial cleaning32Businesses are benefiting from a moremethodical, approach to their cleaningoperationsMeet the expert34Invaluable advice from industry specialistsThe Natural Food Show 37The Natural Food Show at Natural & OrganicProducts Europe is heading to London’sOlympia on 1st and 2nd April Foodex 39Foodex, the UK show for food and drinkprocessing, packaging and logistics is takingplace at Birmingham’s NEC from 25th to 27thMarch Food and Drink Expo 48From 25th to 27th March leading specialistswill gather at Birmingham’s NEC for the UK’slargest food and drink focused exhibition, Food& Drink Expo featuring Farm Shop & DeliThe National Convenience Show 50The National Convenience Show will takeplace at Birmingham’s NEC from 25th to 27thMarch, combining an innovative trade showwith an interactive programme of eventsMarch 2012Cover photographscourtesy of:Main:www.shutterstock.com/ sarsmisTop:Anuga FoodTecMiddle:Daniels GroupBottom:Castell SafetyNews 4• General news• On the shelf - new products and initiatives• On line - production newsDS Smith Packaging9 DS Smith Packaging makes ideas happenBarry Callebaut13 Building partnerships with cocoa farmersImport and export14 With a fluctuating import and export marketfor food and drink, we look at recent changesin the sector as well as how to ensure quality ofproducts during transitLoading bays and doors17 How far can we push efficiency in regards toloading and unloading?• TM PedaneProcessing21The processing sector is under the spotlight atthis month’s big industry events – with anincreased interest in product integrity• Steck DepositorsControl and Automation showcase27Caps and closures28With a growing ‘food-to-go’ market emerging,the ways in which caps and closures arepresented can be the difference betweensuccess and failure, so what innovations haveappeared recently?Contents122830specifically aimed at the UK conveniencesector. Anuga FoodTec 53The international food technology sector willmeet at Anuga FoodTec at Koelnmesse inCologne, from 27th to 30th MarchLogiMat 57LogiMAT 2012 will take up the entire northwing of the Stuttgart Trade Fair Centre on13th to 15th MarchEvents59Your chance to keep abreast of forthcomingexhibitions and food fairs from around theworldClassified60Appointments 62This magazine is now fully recyclable. By recycling magazines, you can help reduce waste and add to the 5.5 million tonnes ofpaper already recycled by the UK paper industry each year. Before you recycle your magazine, please ensure you remove allplastic wrapping, free gifts and samples. 03:Layout 1 24/2/12 11:15 Page 14www.fdiforum.netDavies & Robson completes strategic modelling projectfor Molson CoorsMolson Coors, the UK’s biggest brewer,has embarked on a supply chain improve-ment programme following a strategic re-view and modelling exercise carried out byleading logistics consultancy, Davies &Robson.Following a previous successful logisticsconsultancy project, the company onceagain engaged Davies & Robson to conducta comprehensive review of the service and costs from its third party logistics provider, DHL Tradeteam.In addition to benchmarking the current primary and secondary distribution operations and identifying costs to serve different geographic markets, theproject allowed Molson Coors to establish whether alternative infrastructures would produce significant savings, identify cost saving opportunities and pre-dict future distribution costs based on different sales scenarios.As a result Molson Coors is now working with DHL Tradeteam on a number of initiatives and is using the output of Davies & Robson’s work to shapeits future distribution network.newsBob Prakken, Founder and Chairman ofBluePrint Automation,passes awayFounder and Chairman of BluePrintAutomation, Bob Prakken, passed awayon January 6, 2012 after a long battlewith cancer. Mr. Prakken founded BluePrint Au-tomation in 1978 out of the proverbialgarage (literally in his garage). Over theyears, the company quickly grew into amultinational operation with three man-ufacturing plants employing more than250 people worldwide. As a pioneer and innovator in the foodpackaging industry, Mr. Prakken re-ceived numerous awards, including theGolden Ice Crystal Pioneering Achievement Award in 2005. In 2001, theDutch Government recognised Bob Prakken for his many accomplishmentsby honouring him with the prestigious “Knight of the Dutch Lion” award.Not only an innovator and businessman, Bob was a husband and father,grandfather and friend. Known for his sense of humour, quick wit and zest forlife Bob Prakken will be missed by all who had the privilege of meeting him. New bottle for Mason’s is top of the popsPurity Soft Drinks turned to glassmanufacturers Beatson Clark for a newbottle for their Mason’s range aftercustomer feedback showed a markedpreference for traditional carbonates inglass bottles, rather than the now com-mon plastic (PET). Beatson Clark produced a bespokereturnable bottle for the range with thePurity name beautifully embossed onthe side through bespoke finish moulds– a solution which combines flexibilitywith value for money and is ideal forsmall volumes. “We were pleased to work with Purity Soft Drinks on this new bottle for their popular Mason’srange,” says Beatson Clark Marketing Manager Charlotte Taylor. “The green credentials of glassas a packaging material are well known and Purity’s customers say the drinks taste better whensupplied in a glass bottle. Our production flexibility also proved to be a great fit with Purity SoftDrinks, so we were happy to help!” TouchLock™ brings innovation back to driedfruit packaging Mariani Packing Company has in-troduced TouchLock™, a Velcro-likemicro-hook closure system, allowingconsumers to touch, lock and closetheir dried fruit bag. Mariani haslaunched the TouchLock™ featureon all stand-up gusseted packaging. “Consumers get frustrated whentraditional re-sealable zippers don’tclose,” says Andy Humphries, Direc-tor Mariani Europe “Alignment hasto be just right to work properly.When this doesn’t happen, it makesfor an unhappy consumer and ulti-mately the brand experience withthat consumer can be compromised.”The packaging does not have to be aligned to seal properly. “As long as themicro-hooks on the sides touch, you’ll get the bond you need to reseal keep-ing dried fruit fresh.” The material is a food grade, heat-sealable polyethylene, Aplix, the man-ufacturer of the closure, has granted Mariani US exclusivity on usage. Habasit Rossi wins EHEDGCertificate of Compliancefor HyCLEAN productsHabasit Rossi, has become the first belting manu-facturer to receive European Hygienic Engineeringand Design Group certification for one of its solutions.EHEDG awarded Habasit’s HyCLEAN plasticmodular belts M5060 and M5065 with sprocket andClean in Place system. The belts were evaluated by the Research CentreWeihenstephan at the Technical University of Munich.The award provides conclusive proof that it meetsthe highest standards of hygienic equipment design. Ian Thornham, Sales and Marketing Director atHabasit Rossi, said: “The issue of creating and main-taining optimal hygiene conditions will always be atthe top of the agenda for the food industry, which iswhy we continue to develop innovative solutions tohelp food plants to minimise cost and downtime. Con-veyor belts have an important role to play as they areoften in direct contact with food.”04-08:Layout 1 24/2/12 11:19 Page 104-08:Layout 1 24/2/12 11:19 Page 26www.fdiforum.netTake the guesswork out ofscale-upMaking a successful transition from the labora-tory to production has always been a challenge, andthe Silverson Verso takes some of the guesswork outof that process.A bench top In-Line mixer, the Verso is ideal forpilot-scale applications, with a self-pumping flowrate of up to 1500 litres per hour. The unit also fea-tures a tachometer, ammeter and programmabletimer, ensuring repeatable results and more accu-rate process validation.David Rothman, director of Silverson Machines, says, “Our customers wanted an interim sizehigh shear mixer that allowed them to streamline their scale-up process. The Verso matches the per-formance of our production In-Line Mixers – for example, our UHS Series offers single or multistagerotor/stator configurations, so we included that option with the Verso.”With a range of interchangeable workheads, the Verso can easily be adapted to blend, emulsify, homogenise, solubilise, suspend, disperse, reduce parti-cle size and accelerate reactions.newsRiggs Autopack on show atFoodexRiggs Autopack Ltd will be exhibiting a selectionof their Model 1000 depositors, filling machines,transfer pumps and conveyor filling lines at Foodexat the Birmingham NEC in March.Visitors to Stand M240, Hall 20 can see a highlevel multi-head automatic depositor with scrollfeed slat conveyor for filling jars and bottles, a lowlevel semi-automatic bag filling machine with a fivelitre fill capacity, and an Option 1 semi-automaticfilling machine with food grade transfer pump de-signed for small to medium scale food producers.Riggs Autopack’s high quality Model 1000 de-positors and filling machines are available as a semi-automatic stand-alone unit for small to mediumscale food production, or as an automatic conveyorfilling system for large batch runs. They providedamage free and highly precise volumetric deposit-ing of hot or cold liquid, semi-liquid and suspendedsolid products, even viscous and fragile goods, andaccurately fill most container types or size.PPS offer Foodexvisitors chance towin Kindle PrizePPS will be exhibiting atFoodex on stand G282, showinga range of returnable transitequipment including plasticcrates and boxes, plastic palletsand roll cages. PPS offer totalequipment solutions for RTE thatincludes supply of products tomeet the customers requirements,management of the equipmentpool that may even involve thirdparties, retrieval and washing ofused equipment to the higheststandards before returning product to the equipment pool. With sites lo-cated at Measham and Grimsby, both operate to the highest accredited hy-gienic standards.As part of the attractions to the stand, PPS will offer one lucky winner,whose business card will be drawn from a deposit box located on the stand,a brand new Amazon Kindle e-reader, along with a leather case and £30 ofvouchers to download a selection of e-books on to their Kindle device.Accelerated R&D programmebrings results for print andapplyLogopak has announced results of an acceleratedR&D programme, set up last summer with financialbacking from charitable foundation Possehl GmbH,which acquired the company in July.“Technology to be applied includes longer life printheads, ultra-high speed systems for case labelling andenhanced size range for laser-based print and apply,”explains UK general manager Wilson Clark.Among the first results of the new Logopak research is a new print head that extends operating lifeby 30%. This is now being applied to Logopak 515 case labelling machines and 815 pallet labellers.The 400 series of compact machines will also be similarly equipped.Logopak’s Wilson Clark explains how the work has also brought high speed print and apply caselabelling in its wake: “Up to now speeds in excess of 100 a minute have rarely been achievable. En-hancements mean speeds of 200 packs a minute are potentially achievable.”RPC’s Thor Pot is a Glorious! winter warmerFresh food brand Glorious!has chosen the Thor Pot fromRPC Containers Blackburnfor its new range of premiumstews.The Thor Pot is RPCBlackburn’s microwaveable,tamper evident food pot solu-tion, with functional benefitsmatched by strong aesthetics.Injection moulded inpolypropylene, the Thor Pot’srobust design and wide open-ing ensure safe, convenienthandling for consumers – es-sential for the stews which are designed to be microwaved in the container.A tamper-evident tab delivers product security while the resealable lid main-tains product freshness after opening.For Glorious! the Thor Pot is supplied in a clear 480ml size, for fillingwith a 400g portion. The impact of the range is enhanced with eye-catchinglabel designs to provide additional visual presence. Matthew Stephenson, Marketing Manager of Glorious! says, “We neededa pack which would support our ambition for this premium range and RPCBlackburn has been able to give us exactly what we wanted.”04-08:Layout 1 24/2/12 11:19 Page 3Bendi appoints new partnerAfter another groundbreakingyear, which saw global sales goingbeyond all expectation, Bendi haveannounced plans for expansionwith a strategic partnership withBendi Europe.Bendi Europe is based near Parisand was founded by Gary Griffinwho has a wealth of experience inthe European materials handlingmarkets after successful careers atsenior level with both Jungheinrichand Manitou. Bendi Europe will beresponsible for sales in France, Ger-many, Italy, Spain and the Beneluxcountries.MD Simon Brown says, “Wehave always selected distributorswho share the same drive and pas-sion that runs through the com-pany and, having known Gary for a number of years, we are sure BendiEurope will be a huge success and further strengthen our global dominancein the articulated fork truck market. Recent and rapid success in the south-ern hemisphere shows that the Bendi has come of age and that this exportsuccess will be mirrored with Bendi Europe.”www.fdiforum.net7newsNew test grill facility from WMHWMH UK hasmanufactured a newbrowning grill for useas a test facility forfood manufactures. Itwill enable existinggrill users and manu-facturers to conducttrials either atWMH’s workshops orat their own factories.Many manufactur-ers are looking at waysto improve the visualappearance and eating qualities that a baked like finish, achieved in an in-line grilling/browning process, produces. The test facility will be able to showthe effects of grilling on a wide range of products. Presenting a chilled orfrozen product whose looks and tastes resemble a freshly baked item is amajor advantage.Most forms of carrier can be accommodated from CEPT, foil to card. TheCPET process is patented. The grill uses the latest energy efficient infrared, with very little heat soakinto the product that would require further costly cooling. The equipmentrequires only a suitable electrical connection to operate.fdiforumfdiforumwww.www..net.netVisitVisit04-08:Layout 1 24/2/12 11:19 Page 48www.fdiforum.netSkanem goes to IndiaSkanem Group has partnered with Indian la-belling company Interlabels to take part in thegrowing South Asian market. Skanem is buying51% of shares in Interlabels. Owner and CEO ofSkanem, Ole Rugland, says: ”India is a marketwith a great potential and rapid consumptiongrowth.” This represents a step forward for SkanemGroup. It is its first establishment in India, butSkanem already has one factory in Asia, locatedin Bangkok, opened in 2007.”Interlabels is a professional company with ex-perience. They also have competence and a solidknowledge base, which will be extremely useful.” Interlabels already has a leading position in India with two factories, as well as a factory in Nairobi and alarge customer reach. Managing Director for Interlabels, Bhavin Kothari, says: “We believe this alliance with Skanem will help ensure a continual strongfocus on innovations and leadership in the South Asian region.”newsJoin the Linx world classdistributor familyLeading coding and marking specialist Linx PrintingTechnologies is looking for a distributor partner to sellits versatile range of scribing laser coders in Germany.In a growing market, the move underlines the com-mitment of Linx to provide excellent service and firstclass technical assistance.Linx distributor partners know they are backed bya leading player in the laser coding industry. Linxholds a large and growing worldwide market share,achieved by continual emphasis on engineering excel-lence and best in class products, outstanding supportto marketing, sales and customer service functions,and professional management.Comprehensive training is provided for Linx dis-tributors and customers, to ensure full understandingof the products and confidence in operating them.Martyn Ward, Commercial Director, says, “This isan opportunity for a world class distributor to join ourglobal network of distributor partners, delivering acrucial element of our service to customers.” Thoseinterested should visit www.linxglobal.com.Cognex launches theUltimate Vision SystemCognex Corporation, the world’sleading supplier of machine vision sys-tems, has introduced the ultimate vi-sion system that is small, tough andvery smart – the In-Sight 7000 smartcamera.This new system series represents atrue revolution in machine vision andfeatures powerful vision tools, fasterimage capture, the capability to powerand control a range of external lightingand enough input/output capacity forvirtually any inspection scenario - all ina compact, industrial IP67 package thatmakes the system ideal for more appli-cations than ever before.Bhaskar Banerjee, Business Unit Manager at Vision Systems, says, “Thesignificance of this new technology cannot be overstated. Not only does theIn-Sight 7000 deliver proven, reliable Cognex vision technology, but becauseof its small package size and unique new features, companies can deploy vi-sion systems much more easily than they were previously able to.” Cognex In-Sight 7000 is available now.Hilton Foods Ireland to deploy LINKFreshAnglia Business Solutions’ Microsoft Dynamics- basedLINKFresh food supply chain management solutionis to be deployed at Hilton Foods Ireland.The two-phase LINKFresh solution will re-place the existing financial solution and in-tegrate with the operational systems of thebusiness. Once deployed, the solution willencompass Financials, Supply Chain Man-agement, Manufacturing and Supply Plan-ning. The system will also include a mobileapplication for Quality Control, a cloud basedretail survey solution and advanced management reporting using the Zap Business Analytics suiteincorporated within the LINKFresh solution.Pat Tracey, Group IT Manager at Hilton Food Group, says, “Our Irish business is expandingand we need a single fully integrated solution that will grow with our business. We were im-pressed with the food industry functionality already included within the LINKFresh solution.This will allow us to refine our operational practices for maximum efficiency and provide im-proved management information.”Detox your body with Flora TeaFlora Tea invite you todetox your body with theirnatural and unique HerbalGreen Tea - ideal for a spa,hotel, restaurant or cafe.The beauty comes fromwithin!Wholesale and online re-tail tea company FLORATEA (www.floratea.com)recently won the Best NewProducts Award, The GreatTaste Top Three-Star GoldAward and the BBC GoodFood Show Best StockingFillers Award. Flora Teas are hand-tied individual Green tea leaves with selected driedaromatic flowers forming a tea heart. Once placed in boiling water, it revealsits secret centre, blooming into an artistic and captivating flower display withan enriching taste. Special introductory packs are available on sale or return with free menusand glasses. You can watch the products’ video at www.FLORATEA.com.Flora Tea claim they are the best kept secret in tea… until now, and once dis-covered, never forgotten.04-08:Layout 1 24/2/12 11:19 Page 5DS Smith Packaging, Beech House, Whitebrook Park, 68 Lower Cookham Road, Maidenhead, Berkshire, SL6 8JZTel: 0845 260 70 80 Email: sales.support@dssp.comwww.dssmith-packaging.comTasty alternative from DS Smith PackagingDS Smith Packaging Livingston have supported Paterson Arranin designing a new innovative pack that reduces the amount ofmaterial needed, speeds up packing time and provides a greatpromotional unit in store.Bronte Giants cookies and creams had previously been packedinto solid board cartons, and then into a brown corrugated boxfor shipping. The new pack, specified in DS Smith’s R-Flute,results in the cookies being packed into a single corrugateddisplay unit which removes the need for an estimated 400,000cartons. The pack is stronger than the original so no shipper boxis required, and the print looks great too.Amy Coles, Marketing Manager from Paterson Arran, says,“The new pack means we receive more boxes per pallet inboundand have reduced the amount of items we have to order, storeand pack. We even improved the impact at the point of sale byincorporating a display feature. We are truly delighted with theoverall result.”DS Smith Packaging win Worldstar Award forInnovationDS Smith Packaging Belper have won at the prestigiousWorldstar competition, competing with entries from 33 countries.The successful TiltMaster pack is an innovative retail-readyconcept producedfor Roach Bros. Itfulfils a marketneed for a self-merchandising packand it’s 100%recyclable. Thecorrugated concept,which has alreadywon a StarpackAward, allows theproduct to be displayed ona backwards tilt thus keepingit upright and maximising shelfimpact. The tilting function onlyoperates when the lid is removed, therefore taking up 18% lessstorage and distribution resource compared to a pre-formedconstruction.Tony Foster, Sector Director for DS Smith Packaging, says,“Awards demonstrate our wide ranging capabilities and aretestament to the hard work and skill of our people, the success ofour business tools PackRight, and clever innovations such asTiltMaster. We aim to help customers succeed at the point of salewhile reducing cost and carbon in their supply chains.”New app for Everards BeersDS Smith Packaging has produced a new corrugated carry-packfor well-known family owned Everards Brewery, featuring QRcodes and a striking seven-colour print. Everards turned to DSSmith Packaging Belper to upgrade their 2-colour pack into onewith a flexible structural design, attractive graphics and QR codes.The print required careful testing to ensure the quality andintegrity of the QR codes that appear on the side of the carry-pack,for those customers wishing to learn more. The unit also promotesEverards’ use of social media platforms.The packs, engineered to carry either three bottles of beer or twoplus a glass, have been designed with integrated inserts and a carryhandle. Packs are available to buy through Everards Brewery shopsand via its online store. Graham Tattam, MD of the Belper site,says, ”It’s great to see corrugated developments and innovationfrom DS Smith Packaging are not only protecting precious goods,but also creating impact in-store while helping with advertisingtoo!”DS SmithPackaging makesideas happenD S SMITH PACKAGINGwww.fdiforum.net909:Layout 1 23/2/12 12:03 Page 1Next >