< Previous10:Layout 1 22/3/12 14:17 Page 1www.fdiforum.net11Process carbonation measurement from Anton PaarThe new Carbo 510 Smart Sensor from AntonPaar has arrived. Delivering values every fifteen sec-onds, it is the fastest CO2 analyser on the market. Itis designed in accordance with the hygiene guide-lines of the European Hygienic Engineering & De-sign Group and provides great accuracy andreliability, as well as reducing maintenance and serv-ice requirements.The new Carbo 510 offers high-precision meas-urement every fifteen seconds, with the highest ac-curacy and repeatability even with start/stopconditions. It has an integrated self-diagnosis ac-cording to NAMUR NE107 and robust stainless steel construction – IP67 and NEMA 6. Measure-ment is possible directly in the tank due to the pump function of the impeller.The instrument also features fittings for inline and bypass installation, very easy maintenancewithout having to drain the system and various communication possibilities, including digital, ana-logue , PROFIBUS, Modbus and DeviceNet. The Carbo 510 is ideal for on-line CO2 analysis of softand alcoholic drinks.newsPrintpack wins three flexible packagingawardsThe US Flexible Packaging Associ-ation has presented Printpack withthree FPA awards.The Ganador QuadSeal Sack 10kgreceived a Gold Award for Printing Ex-cellence. This has been completely re-designed to incorporate new features,including a matte finish, flexo printingover a rich black background and im-proved shape using Printpack’s Quad-Seal technology. The special side gussetseal configuration provides the packagewith an improved form when filled andmakes it easier for the retailer to stackit for storage, transportation, and dis-play at the point of sale.Silver Awards for Packaging Excel-lence were given to the new BEN-GAY Zero Degrees stand-up pouch,which lets users place the package in the freezer for optimal product storage,and the Beneful Discovery Pack used by Nestle Purina. Using Printpack’sShowpack true flat-bottom bag technology, the customer can have registeredprint and graphics on five panels, rather than just on the front and back.Vestey Foods Group choose LINKFreshAnglia Business Solutions has secured anew contract, worth in excess of£500,000, with Vestey Foods Group todeploy its Microsoft Dynamics-basedLINKFresh solution. Vestey Foods Group has a combinedturnover of £500 million and trade beef,pork, lamb, poultry, game, fish, seafoodand convenience products into some sev-enty countries worldwide. The new LINKFresh deployment will support an initial 120 users, and isexpected to grow to two hundred users by 2013.The LINKFresh deployment selected by Vestey includes the LINKFresh Foundation, SupplyChain, Logistics and Mobility Modules. The comprehensive solution will address key operationalareas such as consignment trading, bonded warehouse control, import license quota and accredita-tion management, traceability, forecasting, planning, production, live factory performance, manifestprocessing, warehouse operations, transport, quality control and intercompany trading.Anglia’s Group CEO Rob Frost says, “I am delighted to be working with one of the UK’s leadingmeat traders. They join several other meat-related businesses already using LINKFresh.”Interfood launches new websiteFood equipment andingredients specialist In-terfood Technology haslaunched a new websitewhich not only offers in-formation on the com-pany’s wide range ofproducts and services, butalso provides the latestnews from the meat andfood processing industry.www.interfoodtechnol-ogy.com is a significantstep forward from Inter-food’s previous site andillustrates the development of the company into one of the major suppliersto the UK and Ireland food industry. Jim Sydenham, Group Joint Managing Director of Interfood, says, “Wehave made a number of changes to the business as we have grown and we re-alised that our existing website was no longer really a true representation. Agood example of this is that we set up specific divisions to deal with the dif-ferent areas of the food production process in which we now operate. Thecolour coding for these divisions enables visitors to find the information theyare looking for much easier.”International support forindependent bakeryFrank Roberts & Sons has been working with en-gineers at Lorien Engineering Solutions on an au-tomation project which will secure its position as acost efficient bread supplier well into the future.Compliance engineers at Lorien have now been en-gaged with final stages of the development to ex-tend the existing process and packaging plant,working with the bakery’s international equipmentsuppliers.Tony Reynolds, compliance manager at Lorien,has been working with a bread slicing and baggingmachinery supplier in Los Angeles as well as a bas-ket conveying system engineering company inChristchurch, New Zealand.Tony says, “Neither of the international sup-pliers had any practical experience of the Ma-chinery Directive 2006/42/EC as required for CEmarking, so Lorien stepped in to ensure that themachinery met with all the relevant EU legisla-tion. By preparing the documentation for the CETechnical File for Frank Roberts & Sons, we canensure employees are using safe and approved ma-chinery.”11:Layout 1 22/3/12 14:20 Page 112:Layout 1 22/3/12 14:41 Page 1Thermo Fisher Scientific improves water sample collectionwith new containers Thermo Fisher Scientific has introduced a newrange of Thermo Scientific Sterilin Water SamplingBottles that better protect samples against contam-ination and other damage after collection.Designed for either chlorinated or non-chlori-nated water sampling, the new bottles are availablein two designs – square and rectangular – and bothstyles improve handling and traceability over stan-dard containers. The over-cap design of the bottlesreduces the risk of contamination as well as bottle-neck damage that can occur during transit. Tamper-evident seals also reduce the need for re-testing.The square bottles, available in 500ml and1000ml volumes, have a lower profile than many other models, making them ideal for use in restricted-access areas. Rectangular bottles, available in 350mland 500ml capacity, have a flatter style that is useful when storage space is limited. Thermo Scientific Sterilin Water Sampling Bottles are lightweight anddurable, ideal for use within industrial applications.www.fdiforum.net13newsRed Bull reorders dynamic storage technology from InterrollTo support its growing business, Red Bull have placed a repeat order for Interroll dynamic storage tech-nology to be installed in a new distribution centre to support 12,670 pallet positions. The company was seeking a solution to add and maximise the capacity of the distribution centre with themost suitable system for wooden pallets 1000mm wide x 1200mm deep x 1300mm high weighing up to1000kg. The new distribution centre would have to efficiently handle peak volumes of throughput, reducetravel distances and the number of forklift trucks. In addition, the installation needed to protect againstdamage through forklift truck operation and ensure a rapid return on investment.The positive experience gained with a flow storage solution from Interroll for 7700 pallets in a distribu-tion centre motivated Red Bull to entrust Interroll with supplying dynamic storage equipment for the newwarehouse. Interroll used its expertise gained from other live storage applications to provide a selection ofviable layouts and organised site visits to demonstrate existing systems. The new distribution centre provides safe and space-saving pallet handling with a total of 12,670 palletpositions for FIFO (first in, first out) pallet flow storage and LIFO (last in, first out) cart pushback stor-age. The FIFO section has 7840 pallet positions with gravity lanes accommodating sixteen pallets each andtwo safety separators for maximum pallet handling safety, with the first separator in the middle of the lane. The LIFO cart pushback section, storing a total of 4830 pallets in lanes 4-deep and 5-deep, restricts allloading and unloading operations for three pushback blocks to two space-saving aisles.Whether a company is distributing, buffering or storing products, Interroll can assist with analysing ofproduct throughputs, assessing special requirements and developing tailor-made solutions to meet indi-vidual needs, improving efficiency with rapid return on investments.Allied Bakeries receives palm oil accolade from BM TRADABM TRADA has presented Allied Bakeries,with a glass plaque to mark its Supply ChainCertification under the Roundtable on Sustain-able Palm Oil scheme. BM TRADA’s GroupCEO David Webb says, “Obtaining this certifi-cation is a wonderful achievement which showsAllied leading the way in the extremely impor-tant area of sustainability sourcing, building onits already excellent record and commitment toethical trading and responsible business.”Nicholas Law, Operations Director of AlliedBakeries, says the company, “is committed to re-sponsible sourcing of the palm oil that we use.Following an in-depth study of our supply chain,we started sourcing segregated sustainable palmoil in July 2011.“It became clear that in order to be able to communicate our progress, certification from an inde-pendent third party was a necessary development. This will help us meet our sustainability objectives bydemonstrating our commitment to Certified Sustainable Palm Oil palm with our ingredients suppliers.”Wealth of useful customerinformation now available onlinePressure relief specialist Elfab has added a sectionto its website where users, members and customerscan access technical and other useful information.ElfabTech offers product selectors, disc-sizing calcu-lators, NACE tables, order tracking, customerdossier files, installation videos and presentations.The new site, at www.elfabtech.com, can be ac-cessed on three separate levels. Disc and panel se-lectors, public media, news and updates are availableto Users. Members enjoy the same functionality, butalso have access to disc-sizing calculators, and havetheir details entered automatically when requestinga quote. Finally, in addition to accessing all of theabove, Customers can monitor Elfab product ordersinternally, track TNT references and download cus-tomer-sensitive information via Elfab SecureFile.ElfabTech’s Media section hosts installationvideos for Elfab’s Opti-Gard, Arma-Gard and Safe-Gard rupture discs, as well as presentations exam-ining the various types of rupture disc available andtheir applications.13:Layout 1 22/3/12 14:43 Page 114:Layout 1 22/3/12 14:44 Page 1WR Refrigeration and projectpartners win top CIBSE Awardfor Harrods installationWR Refrigeration and its project partnershave won a top award in the Chartered Instituteof Building Services Awards 2012.The company jointly won the CollaborativeWorking Award for a project to install a newstate-of-the-art carbon dioxide-based refrigera-tion system at Harrod’s flagship store in Knights-bridge, London.The CIBSE honour recognised the outstanding collaborative work required to co-ordinate the re-placement of Harrod’s existing refrigeration system with a new environmentally friendly plant based on CO2. WR Refrigeration installed and commissioned the new plant and also supplied refrigerated cases to Harrods. The project is the first CO2 refrigerationinstallation in the UK that operates with parallel compressors to give reduced energy consumption. Waste heat is harnessed for use in generating hot waterfor the store, with a heat exchanger coupled to the cold water supply to pre-heat water.www.fdiforum.net15newsLutterworth Ecolightinghelps Carlsberg cut energycosts by 70%Lutterworth Ecolighting is helping Carlsbergto cut lighting costs by approximately 70% fol-lowing the installation of state-of-the-art light-ing in its distribution centres. As part of its drive for greater energy effi-ciency across its estate, the beer manufacturerbrought in EHS Projects to source a cost-effec-tive alternative to its current lighting arrange-ments inside six of its centres. EHS Projects recommended Lutterworth Ecolighting’s Ecolite rangeto meet the need for improved efficiency, enhanced working conditions and to assist Carlsberg in itsongoing commitment to reducing its carbon footprint.Lutterworth Ecolighting removed the traditional sodium and metal halide lighting units, then pro-duced and installed a total of 1044 new Ecolite units. Each Ecolite utilises T5 photocell and passiveinfrared tracking technology, meaning the lights only operate when required. In addition to sub-stantial energy savings, the warehouses will also benefit from superior light quality to aid productiv-ity and further reduce health and safety issues.JBT FoodTech develops‘controlled fat’ Dry-Fry SystemJBT FoodTech has developed an integrated in-line Dry-Fry System designed to process coatedproducts with up to a 50% reduction in oil pick-up.The system is able to produce coated poultry, fish orvegetables which are considerably healthier thantraditionally fried products, while retaining an ex-cellent taste and appetising appearance.The system, which completely eliminates the pre-frying stage, is capable of delivering controlledamounts of oil to the product following the coatingor breading stage. This enables processors to man-ufacture or market ‘low fat’ or ‘lower fat’ optionson a wide range of foods, while retaining an ap-petising appearance and maximum flavour.The system integrates the Stein™ Ultra V Bread-ing Line, the Double D Revoband Continuous Pro-tein Oven, the Frigoscandia GYRoCOMPACT®Spiral Freezer and an oil spray system. The excel-lent results are achieved due to the impingementtechnology on the Revoband Continuous ProteinOven, which is unique in the industry.Prerequisite controls and testing fromRomer LabsRomer Labs are helping busi-nesses implement changes to meetnew labelling legislation, the lat-est BRC standard and retailercodes of practice with respect tofood allergens and mycotoxins.On Tuesday 17th April theywill host a seminar with guestspeakers Dr Franz Berthiller fromIFA Tulln, Austria and ProfessorSimon Edwards from Harper AdamsUniversity to review current testingmethodologies and practices for mycotoxincontrol in the supply chain. Romer Labs will alsodiscuss where there is value in testing and with which tests and calibrants.At their recent seminar on food allergen management, their new AgraS-trip Gluten G12 for on-site factory testing and the AgraQuant Gluten G12for quantitative testing in the laboratory were presented. The tests useRomer Labs’ new G12 antibody which targets the most immunotoxic proteinsfor those intolerant to gluten and thereby takes analysis in a new directionin assuring food safety.Brazilian deal for KliklokAfter seeing Kliklok’sCertiwrap C150 sleevingmachine at last year’s Inter-pack, Brazilian food com-pany Adria Alimentosdecided it was the right ma-chine for their Sau Pauloplant.Adria needed an auto-matic sleeving solution fortheir new range of mi-crowavable pasta snackbowls. For this application, Kliklok designed the C150 with a servo drivenSCROLL infeed system, ideal for the smooth transfer of round tubs or bowls,and capable of sleeving up to 150 bowls per minute.With the benefits of icon-based HMI touch screen controls, patented ro-tary carton feeder, powered carton hopper and quick size change facility, theC150 provides the reliability and flexibility Adria needs for their growingrange of products, as well as the reassurance of continual production effi-ciency, with minimal downtime, reduced maintenance and low running costs.This latest installation is another success for Kliklok’s best-selling Certi-wrap range, chosen by a number of global food companies to sleeve a varietyof products.15:Layout 1 22/3/12 14:46 Page 116www.fdiforum.netHEAT AND CONTROLMike Schena, president and chiefoperations officer, says, “Our oldconveyors were too noisy, our oldseasoning tumblers and bagmakerslimited production output, and ourproduct handling system could barelymove the output of one 1450kg/hr fryer.It was so overloaded we’d have chipsspilling onto the floor. We had to runsome products several times a week,which made order scheduling incrediblycomplicated.“We conducted our own industrysurvey and Heat and Control was thecompany others kept recommending. Forour needs, Heat and Control’s FastBackand Ishida system was the best choicebecause of its efficiency and productdelivery without broken chips. Heat andControl’s history of installing completesystems was also very encouraging.”At Better Made’s plant in Detroit,Heat and Control provided the latesttechnology in one complete package. Thesystem was composed of four integratedIshida weighers and bagmakers, FastBackon-machine seasoning andRevolution productdistribution systems, anITM-Plant iT control andmanufacturing executionsystem and a modular Rapid Deploymentpackaging platform, and includingsupport from highly experiencedengineering, installation, andcommissioning teams.Blake Svejkovsky, product handlingsystems manager at Heat and Control,says, “To achieve the highest level ofquality and productivity for Better Madeequipment, the entire on-machineseasoning and packaging room wasdesigned to behave as a single cohesivesystem, and not just a room full ofindividual unit operations. “The product demands of eachweigher-bagmaker are continuouslycommunicated to the FastBack conveyorsand Revolution distribution gatesthrough a sophisticated Revolution DFControl system. This assures eachweigher-bagmaker never has to wait forthe product and can run continuously. Inaddition to producing very accurate bagweights, this allows the on-machineseasoning system, weighers, andbagmakers to operate for longeruninterrupted periods. That improvesoverall seasoning and product qualitywithout missed cycles or overweightbags.”That’s certainly true at Better Made,where Mike Schena says the longeruninterrupted product runs have greatlyimproved efficiency. Seasoning tumbledrum “on” time now averages five to tenminutes, while the previous seasonerstopped and started every few seconds. Inaddition to providing greater seasoninguniformity and bagmaker efficiency, MikeSchena says, “Longer production runs areallowing us to revisit our schedulingpractices because we can now run thesame product fewer times each week tomeet order.“Seasoning coverage is perfect. Thechips look good. There are no brokenchips, and the delivery system isexcellent.”For more information contact Heat and Control oninfo@heatandcontrol.comor visit www.heatandcontrol.com.Mike Schena, president andchief operations officerBetter seasoningand packaging forBetter MadeSnack FoodsOne of America’s oldest potato chip manufacturers,Better Made Snack Foods’ formula for success hasbeen to maintain its standards for high productquality. That required a new way to season andpackage its potato chips and sticks16:Layout 1 23/3/12 13:29 Page 1WM Wrapping Machinery Ltd sells three thermoformingmachinesWM Wrapping Machinery SA Ltdhas announced the sale of three FC 780E IM2 Speedmaster Plus thermoformingmachines to Kobusch UK, this followson from an investment in 3 machines in2011.Kobusch UK Sales Director, TonyMitchell states, “We are delighted ournew owners, Sun Capital are backinggrowth plans. The three machines havehad approval from our factories. The ca-pacity in excess of £12 million these machines provide enables us to service customers, whilst searching for extra growth.”Kobusch offers products for salads, snacks, prepared food, produce, cake and bakery. Customers can choose from a range of designs, including multi- cav-ity packs, bowls, hinged containers, ready meal trays, drinking cups and lidded products.The ‘Speedmaster Plus’ version is an incarnation of WM’s FC 780 E form-cut-stack thermoformer. The FC 780 E IM2 has maximum tool dimensionsof 780x570mm and a maximum positive/negative forming height of 130mm. Proseal turns up speed for full vacuumtraysHeat sealing special-ist Proseal has ex-tended its range of traysealers with the launchof a new high speedmodel offering a fullvacuum system.While all existingProseal models are ca-pable of delivering gasflushing for MAP ap-plications, the newGT1V has been specifically developed for products such as meat and poultrywhere residual gas levels need to be less than 1%. At the same time, the ma-chine retains the high speed capabilities of the GT range, delivering a typi-cal running speed of eight cycles per minute although this can be as high as11 cycles per minute for certain applications.Designed to accept randomly spaced trays from any conveyor and capableof being fully and easily integrated with other line equipment, the GT1V of-fers ease of operation, fast changeovers, easy access, and Proseal’s provenreputation for exceptional reliability.Flow-wrapper boosts appearance of pasta packsPFM has announced a new variant ofits Falcon flow-wrapper that allows nestsof pasta to be wrapped on edge in an at-tractive slimline film pack. The machineis also able to cater for pasta or flapjacksarranged “penny stacked” and to makeconventional flow-wraps.PFM’s Chris Bolton says, “The PFMFalcon forms the basis of many special-ist machines and this latest model hasbeen developed in conjunction withpasta producers who were looking fornew forms of on-shelf presentation.”To ensure the nests are delivered to the folding box without risk of toppling, spring fingers withinthe infeed hold the product with light back pressure against the lugs that drive them forward. Oncethe collation is delivered to the forming box it is held upright and on edge during the wrappingprocess by two loops of motorised side fingers. Immediately the cross-seal is made the fingers re-lease the pack onto the outfeed.on linewww.fdiforum.net17Made in Dorset satisfies tropical taste budsOlder designs of equipment man-ufactured by Tetra Pak CPS areheld in such high regard, the com-pany continues to receive orders forthem globally. Business Develop-ment Manager Paul Griffin wastherefore not surprised to receivehis third order in 20 years fromRamsaran Dairy Products inTrinidad and Tobago, for a 200-gal-lon batch pasteuriser.“Our batch pasteuriser dates backaround 30 years but remains an ef-fective and reliable means of pas-teurising. We were delighted to hearfrom Mr Ramsaran and I’m sure theunit will perform as well as thosesupplied in the past. The only ‘mod-ernisation’ requested is a more accurate manual method for measuring liq-uid in the vessel,” Paul explained.Trinidad has relatively few processing plants for its declining number ofmainly small-scale dairy farmers. The dairy ensures competition and helps sus-tain a fragile supply chain in a market otherwise heavily dependent on imports. Dairy Crest looks to RPC fornew snack packThe latest entrant into the UK’s buoyant children’scheese snack market has gone on shelf in a pack fromRPC Bebo UK. It follows a two-year collaboration be-tween RPC Bebo UK and Dairy Crest to develop thepackaging for its Cathedral City Chedds Cheese &Toasties.Chedds Cheese & Toasties consists of six slices ofreal mild Cheddar cheese and six mini Melba toasts,foil wrapped for crispness in a specially-designedPP/EVOH pack which is heat sealed. Three snackpacks at a time are then sold inside a cardboardsleeve. Dairy Crest has backed Chedds with a £3 millionadvertising campaign, with a view to rivalling thethree leading children’s cheese brands, Dairylea,Cheestrings and Babybel. The children’s cheesesnacking category is currently worth in excess of £185million annually and growing at a rate of 1.5%.17:Layout 1 22/3/12 14:51 Page 1Spreading the word about Beatson Clark productsWhen Creative Spreads wanted a container for itsnew high-end Xqui range, Pont Packaging in theNetherlands called on sister company Beatson Clarkto come up with a solution. The Xqui range, whichincludes smoked salmon and butter mousse plusmushroom and black pepper spread, comes in a new125ml panelled food jar with a standard twist offneck finish.Manufactured in white flint, the jar is a new ad-dition to Beatson Clark’s extensive general salerange which provided Creative Spreads with aunique container. Beatson Clark’s general sale rangealso features 106ml, 190ml and 500ml panelled food jars, all of which are available from stock.Lynn Sidebottom, Sales Director at Beatson Clark says, “Working together Beatson Clark and Pont can findflexible solutions to requests like this. The customer gets the shape and size of jar he needs and we get an op-portunity to extend our range of general sale items.”Three uses, one delicious productCoconut water sales are pre-dicted to increase by 100% glob-ally as consumers switch frombottled water to other healthyalternatives. Cocofina has beenoperating in the UK for over sixyears and is the Europeanleader in this new category.Cocofina is a natural coconutwater drink made from the juiceof tender coconuts. It’s natu-rally isotonic so it re-hydratesthe body just like a sports drink, and the product’s healthy combination of vitamins and min-erals help to maintain good physical condition. Available in three fruity flavours, the rangeblends perfectly with alcohol to make exotic cocktails.Products in the Cocofina range incorporate premium ingredients such as ginseng, chamomileand green tea. Cocofina are the first coconut water company in the world to combine the iso-tonic properties of coconut water with the antioxidant properties of tea.on the shelf100% natural organic fruit – andnothing elseReal Nice Organic has grown from strength tostrength. Now in its third year, their products are soldin all major organic supermarkets, including Whole-foods, As Nature Intended and Planet Organic, as wellas the menu of the fast growing Handmade Burger Cochain and delis and farm shops across the UK.At the end of its summer season for 2011, Real NiceOrganic received a Great Taste Gold Award for its Ba-nana and Raspberry ice lolly. They are the only ice lollywith this prestigious award.Unlike most ice lollies, Real Nice 100% organic fruitice lollies are the only lollies in the UK made from wholefruit, not just juice, and the delicious specially blendedpurees contain no added water, sugar, additives or preser-vatives. The three flavours – Banana & Raspberry, MixedBerry and Mango – are all Soil Association approved.18www.fdiforum.netMariani Dried Fruit moves into ingredienttradeMariani Dried Fruit, the largestindependently-owned producerand packer of dried fruit in theworld, is now available for the firsttime in catering and bakery packsin the UK and across Europe.Mariani premium dried fruitsenhance flavour, naturallysweeten food, extend shelf-life,provide a powerful moisture bind-ing agent and maintain theirbright colours in the cookingprocess. Mariani offers a completerange of custom products to meeta variety of applications, includingbulk fruit, fruit pieces, fruit extru-sions, pastes and other ingredientitems. The 12.5 kg packs provide the perfect ingredients for baking – Cali-fornia Raisins, California Prunes and Sweetened Dried Cranberries.Mariani is one of the few dried fruit companies to be vertically-integratedfrom grower to packer ensuring competitive prices and premium quality. Thecompany is uniquely able to adapt to individual needs and requirements.King of Hot Pepper saucesadds sparkle to The Queen’sDiamond Jubilee 2012As the UK starts gearing up to a truly‘British’ year, McIlhenny Company, producer ofTabasco® Brand Pepper Sauce is no exception. Granted a Royal Warrant in 2009, McIl-henny Company aims to add real sparkle to theDiamond Jubilee celebrations.At the beginning of May, McIlhenny Co. willlaunch a limited edition Jubilee pack and a na-tional on-pack promotion. The sauce will behoused in a red white and blue box – enhancedby diamond artwork. The pack will feature anon-pack promotion, with a £15,000 prize for theperson who finds a white insert under the cap.The winner will receive a one carat round bril-liant diamond, set by William & Son of Lon-don. Over half a million of this special limited edi-tion pack are being made and will be on-shelffor May and June.18:Layout 1 22/3/12 14:52 Page 1NCIMB Food Microbiology ServicesThe professional food testing approach from ILSILS has the enviable reputation of being one of the finest equipped and most professional foodcontract laboratory testing facilities in Europe. Based in purpose built facilities on one site inDerbyshire, ILS provide a total quality service to their clients. ILS has fully equipped food andpharmaceutical Microbiology and Chemistry laboratories with the backing of professional andknowledgeable staff in both fields.The services ILS offer are of the highest standard and the emphasis placed on quality can not be toohighly stressed. Since achieving UKAS accreditation in 1991, ILS have expanded the range of tests they are accredited for and now have one of themost extensive scopes in the UK.ILS is also Tesco, M&S and DEFRA accredited and MHRA and FDA inspected. Working in partnership with their clients, ILS provide a qualityservice which is second to none – giving clients an all round one stop service from a single site for the provision of food testing and analysis.ILS Ltd, Shardlow Business Park, London Road, Shardlow, Derbyshire DE72 2GD Tel: 01332 793000 www.ils-limited.co.ukWickham LaboratoriesExpansion complete, UKAS accreditation transferredIn 2011 Wickham Laboratories announced the acquisition of a new site in Gosport, Hampshire. Followingextensive refurbishment of the facilities, its new Food Testing Services department is ready to go and will beoperational at Hoeford Point by the end of March 2012. We have already successfully relocated much of ourPharmaceutical Microbiology department. UKAS assessors visited the new site in February and wereimpressed with the quality of the accommodation together with the approach taken by Wickham Laboratoriesto maintain an uninterrupted service to our customers. Hoeford Point represents a doubling of floor spaceover the current location allowing plenty of scope for future growth.Wickham Laboratories Microbiology services include quality control testing, shelf life testing and project testing trials, as well aspotable water testing. Other services offered include food chemistry, environmental swabbing and foreign body examination, allbacked by a regional collection service covering London and much of the South East.Wickham Laboratories would be delighted to discuss testing requirements with businesses interested in visiting our FoodMicrobiology facilities at Hoeford Point, Barwell Lane, Gosport. www.wickhamlabs.co.uk mail@wickhamlabs.co.uk Tel: 01329 226600A new standard of professionalism in laboratory servicesALcontrol’s vision is to set a new standard of professionalism, commitment to service performance and customer care in laboratory testing. Their corevalues are aligned to your needs...Integrity first– data integrity and confidentiality is essential to customers and every ALcontrol employee is judged first on their commitment to integrity.They have a wide scope of ISO17025 accredited food and water testing at their seven UK laboratories and approved under the Tesco and Marks and Spencerschemes at all food laboratories. Service to customers– as well as ALcontrol’s extensive test range, they offer a full range of reporting options, a relationship founded on opencommunication. Its in-house transport fleet provides the most extensive coverage in the industry. Striving for excellence– beyond ALcontrol’s competitively-priced routine service, they add value and reduce your time and cost through technical advice,bespoke reporting, training and simplification of the registration process. To learn how ALcontrol can meet your needs, email contactus@alcontrol.comNCIMB Food Microbiology ServicesThe NCIMB Microbial Identification Service provides fast, confidential and accurateidentification of bacteria and certain common fungi to Good Manufacturing Practice standards.NCIMB’s Identification Team isolate and identify bacteria from diverse sources including industrialand process contaminants, factory or plant slimes, process and cooling waters, clean areacontaminants, isolates from personnel monitoring and from final products.As custodians of the UK’s major reference culture collection for environmental bacteria, NCIMB are ideally placed to provide an Identification Service withimmediate access to a unique source of authentic reference material for comparative purposes. They service a wide range of blue chip companies both from theUK and overseas who regularly inspect and audit their facility. Clients can have a wide range of analytical needs and they specialise in offering tailoredsolutions to client specific problems. NCIMB apply three core techniques in their Polyphasic approach to bacterial identifications – Genotypic identification,Phenotypic characterisation, and Strain to strain comparison and differentiation. NCIMB also provides Referencemicrobial cultures, QC cultures, contract freeze drying, and a secure, confidential safe deposit back up facility for clientstrains.Tel: 01224 711 100 Email: enquiries@ncimb.com www.ncimb.comLABORATORY SHOWCASEwww.fdiforum.net1919:Layout 1 22/3/12 14:53 Page 1Next >