< PreviousAccurate, hygienic flow control fromseepexseepex progressive cavity pumps provide a reliable means of transferringa variety of products accurately and with no shear damage, characteristicsthat are important to maintain product quality. A major producer of high quality dairy products and ice cream wanted tomake sure they had the right equipment for adding fruit pulps, syrups andcaramels to their ice cream mix. The pumps had to be able to pump differ-ent products with variable viscosity, with and without soft fruit pieces. Anaccurate but variable flow rate was also needed to enable product develop-ment and flexible production.A single pump size from the hygienic CS range was supplied for the flowrates ranging from 400l/h to 1600l/h and this makes spares holding and main-tenance easyThe linear accuracy and virtually pulse free flow make seepex progressivecavity pumps ideal for a range of applications, including hygienic producttransfer, chemical dosing, waste removal and effluent treatment.newsiCelsius BBQ CookingThermometer fromLabfacilityThe new iCelsius BBQ cooking probe isspecifically designed to convert an iPhone,iPad and iPod Touch into a digital ther-mometer. Available as a free download fromthe App Store, the new product offeringworks with the probe to simply read tem-peratures, create graphs, set-up alerts, storeand email graphs.The right angled, stainless steel food pen-etration probe has a diameter of 7mm witha pencil point sensing tip of 10cm length.The i-Celsius simply and quickly displaysthe most recent reading from the iCelsiusBBQ probe both as a digital reading andanalogue reading. For more demandingcooking applications, the iCelsius conve-niently shows the last minute data from thesensor on an easy to reach chart. As withmany other apps, you can easily zoom in and out of the graph by simplypinching or dragging the frame.10www.fdiforum.net10:Layout 1 19/4/12 10:10 Page 111:Layout 1 19/4/12 10:11 Page 112:Layout 1 19/4/12 10:11 Page 1Romer Labs launches next generation of gluten detectiontechnologyRomer Labs, the food-safety diagnostic company, haslaunched two new test kits for gluten. The AgraStrip GlutenG12 is a lateral flow device for onsite factory testing and theAgraQuant Gluten G12 is an ELISA for quantitative testingin the laboratory. The brand new test kits use Romer Labs proprietarygluten detection technology, which employs a next genera-tion antibody, called G12. The method represents a quantumleap in gluten detection as it targets the most immunotoxicproteins for those intolerant to gluten – thereby establishingthe important link between coeliac disease and the detection ofthe immunotoxic peptides in food.The AgraStrip Gluten G12 kit has an adjustable cut-off level forqualitative screening at either 5ppm, 10ppm or 20ppm gluten while theAgraQuant Gluten G12 ELISA quantitates levels of gluten between 4ppm and 200ppm. Both kits willimprove gluten detection, supporting controls and labelling.Award winning rapeseed oilproducers choose ViscoseClosuresViscose Closures of Crawley are supplying alu-minium caps to multi-award winning Irish rape-seed oil producers Derrycamma Farm. Havingalready won Gold Stars at the 2010 and 2011 GreatTaste Awards, Derrycamma Farm have now wonan award at this year’s Irish Food Writers’ Guildawards which celebrate producers of the highestquality.Viscose Closures are supplying plain black 31.5mm x 44 mm aluminium caps with an integral oilpourer. These are being used across Derrycamma’srange of plain and infused oils on both 250ml and500ml bottles.Patrick Rooney, owner of Derrycamma Farm,says, “I became aware of Viscose Closures throughtheir work with other quality food producers, andI have been totally happy with the quality of theproduct and their service.”www.fdiforum.net13newsMethodology to reduce energy consumptionJRP Solutions, the UK basedbusiness improvement special-ist, have developed an innova-tive new methodology designedto reduce process energy con-sumption by up to 30%.This new methodology, En-ergy Catalyst, has been devel-oped in collaboration with anumber of JRP’s existing cus-tomers from across a numberof industry sectors to helpmanufacturing businesses re-duce operating costs and tolower emissions.The current and potentialenergy performance of assets, process lines, buildings or sites are evaluatedand certified using a similar system to that used for domestic white goods.Practical Improvement opportunities to close the performance gaps are iden-tified, evaluated and costed before being uploaded to a Continuous Im-provement database.In recognising resource constraints many businesses experience, JRP areable to manage the implementation programme from capital approval andtender analysis to project management. And where capital investment is re-quired, the typical payback is less than 18 months.Measom Freer has the scoop on food safetyMeasom Freer has launched a new range ofscoops in standard food safety colours, with an-tibacterial additive also available to providethat extra depth of protection. The scoops aremanufactured in very durable food gradeHDPE, with natural available from stock andyellow, brown, red, white, blue and green avail-able to order.Scoops are available in micro, mini, smalland large sizes, suitable for a wide variety ofbulk handling and dosage applications. Theirother products such as measures, jars andboxes can also be colour matched and treatedwith antibacterial additives to help prevent cross contamination right throughout the preparation area. Measom Freer have been producing quality plastic packaging for over 75 years. They offer bespokeproduct design and a printing service for their bottles and ancillary products. Bespoke designed prod-ucts can be made to customers’ own requirements using their in-house 3D CAD design and qualityCNC tool-making facilities.Doubleblow® set to become the safersolutionAPPE and Nissei ASBGmbH (Europe) haveformed a strategic part-nership for the develop-ment and supply of hotfill and pasteurisablewide mouth plastic jarsfor the food market inEurope and Turkey.The partnership willseek to further developthe capability to produceplastic jars and bottles to meet the challenging needs of products includingsauces, tomato based foods, jams, pickles and vegetables. The clear focus isto bring to the market high performing packaging solutions which also offerenhanced benefits of light weight, safety and improved environmental im-pacts compared to existing formats.As a result, Nissei ASB will work exclusively with APPE in Europe andTurkey in the continuing development of the doubleblow wide neck system,with APPE taking delivery of the first two systems in Europe during 2012.The companies say they are already seeing an extremely high level of inter-est in the system, and jars are now available for evaluation and sampling.13:Layout 1 20/4/12 09:29 Page 114:Layout 1 19/4/12 10:11 Page 1Equipment demonstrates Ishida versatilityIshida’s ability to devise solutions for a huge varietyof products and pack types will be demonstrated on theHispack stand of Ishida’s Spanish distributor CIMAwhere the company will show a selection of new andrecently-launched equipment for fast, efficient and ac-curate weighing, filling, sealing and inspection.Highlights include the launch of a new tray sealeralongside the latest developments in snack packing sys-tems as well as multihead weigher and X-ray tech-nologies, The new state of the art version of Ishida’s market-leading QX-775 tray sealer, the QX-775-Flex, com-bines a compact design with high speeds for MAP traysof up to fifteen cycles per minute, along with maximumhygiene and high quality pack and product presentation. The system is also compatible with a varietyof packaging applications including standard MAP, skinpack and shrink film applications, making itideal for all types of ready meals, meat, poultry, fish and salads.Electronic Temperature Instruments receives Queen’sAward for EnterpriseElectronic Temperature Instruments has been ho-noured with the prestigious Queen’s Award for En-terprise for International Trade.This award represents a significant achievementfor ETI and the company is delighted to receive suchan accolade. ETI currently sells over one million ther-mometers every year, making it the UK’s largest dig-ital thermometer manufacturer and exporter.Peter Webb, Managing Director of ElectronicTemperature Instruments, says, “Receiving aQueen’s Award for Enterprise is a great honour forthe company and I am personally immensely proud.The award recognises the achievements and the hard work and dedication undertaken by all of ourteam. By keeping our manufacturing and Research & Development in the UK we have been able tosupport our local economy whilst successfully growing the business.”Electronic Temperature Instruments will be officially presented with its Queen’s Award for Enter-prise at a ceremony that will take place at the company’s Worthing headquarters during the summer.Young’s to store dry goodswith Yearsley GroupYoung’s Seafood has become the first majormanufacturer to take advantage of YearsleyGroup’s new ambient storage facility, after signinga deal to take space at the Grimsby depot.The UK seafood specialist, which has threemanufacturing facilities based in Grimsby, hasstored frozen raw materials and finished productswith Yearsleys for more than ten years. This newcontract extends the amount of pallet spaceYoung’s Seafood has with Yearsleys, to includenon-frozen ingredients and packaging. It is the biggest contract of its type since thelaunch of Grimsby’s ambient storage facility insummer 2011, following the £500,000 refurbish-ment of an existing ‘chamber’. Yearsley Groupalso provides Young’s Seafood with a dedicatedshuttle service, feeding materials into its threeGrimsby manufacturing facilities and collectingfinished frozen products for storage and distribu-tion to retailers.www.fdiforum.net15newsSun Branding Solutions implement PantoneLIVESun Branding Solutionshas helped Heinz achievecolour consistency on theentire range of its HeinzBeanz packaging using thelatest innovation in brandcolour management, Pan-toneLIVE.Different substrates andprinting processes made itdifficult for Heinz to achieveconsistent colour for theirtrademark Heinz BeanzBlue, and the layering ofsubstrates only exaggerated these differences. To ensure that consumers in-stantly recognised its trademark blue on shelf, Sun Branding Solutions rec-ommended Heinz implement PantoneLIVE – a system where all stakeholdersuse digital colour swatches in lieu of the traditional physical colour swatchesfor press run approvals.Sun Branding Solution played a key role in proving the concept and stresstesting this throughout the entire design – artwork – prepress process, for theHeinz Beanz range. The experience showed the advantages of cloud-basedcolour services that can improve colour quality and consistency, as well asshorten the time it takes to get printed materials from design to press.Cognex launches theUltimate VisionSystemCognex 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 in a compact, industrial IP67 packagethat makes the system ideal for more applications 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.15:Layout 1 20/4/12 10:57 Page 116:Layout 1 19/4/12 11:40 Page 1Shorn unveiled as next brandfor LegacyFollowing the successful launch of wine brand TheGathering, Legacy Wines has unveiled Shorn, the nextlaunch in a plan to grow a strong portfolio.Legacy Wines, the recently launched Impulse, exportand On-Trade division of Kingsland Wines & Spirits,has released the New Zealand brand to join their SouthAfrican range, The Gathering, which launched in Jan-uary.Legacy’s contemporary New Zealand brand Shorncurrently offers a Sauvignon Blanc 2011 from the Marl-borough region, with plans to expand the. With an RSPof £7.99 and promotions planned throughout the year, Shorn is already available in a number of accounts includ-ing Landmark members, Nisa retailers, select Spar retailers in the South West and Filshill in Scotland, with plansto launch into further customer’s shelves in the coming year.Laura Delooze, Marketing Manager says, “Our aim is to inject excitement back into the wine category with mod-ern, innovative and quality driven brands.”Fuel secures Sainsbury listing and rebrandsEnergy cereal Fuel has secured a major listingwith Sainsbury’s and unveiled an eye-catchingnew look. The brand will be stocked in Sains-bury’s to go with its existing listing in Tesco,where it is available in more than 450 stores. Thegranola is loaded with large clusters of toastedoats and is available in two flavours – Real Fruitand Chocolate (70% Cocoa) Chunks.Barney Mauleverer of Fuel says, “We had todevelop our old packaging in a very tight timeframe last summer in order to hit Tesco’s listingdeadline, but we have now been able to investmore time and resource into branding which hasresulted in the new look Fuel. The decision bySainsbury’s to list Fuel in its stores and our con-tinuing strong relationship with Tesco is vindication for all the hard work put into the ongoingdevelopment of the product by the team at Fuel.”on the shelfMornflake launches new Oats 2 Go PotsMornflake has created Oats 2Go Pots to reach the one in fourpeople, according to the HGCA,who skip breakfast during theweek. The new porridge pots areperfect for vending machines orbreakfast on the run.Mornflake Oats 2 Go Pots arethe only ones on the market tocome complete with a handyspoon. Simply add boiling water,stir, blow and breakfast is ready injust one minute. They are cur-rently available in two flavours –Original and Lyle’s Golden Syrup– with four more flavours to beadded later in the year. The potsare available, in shrink-wrappedtrays of 8 pots, for £5.15.Mornflake Oats 2 Go Pots are agreat source of fibre and whole-grain. With no added salt, the pots offer a wholesome breakfast or snack thatis perfect to enjoy on the move.Riso Gallo launches new Expresso range Riso Gallo, Italy’s number onerisotto rice producer for over 150years, has launched a convenient ex-press product to complement its pre-mium range of classic and easy cookrices. Riso Gallo Risotto Expresso al-lows consumers to create a deliciousrisotto in just two minutes – helpingmake risotto more accessible, particu-larly for the time poor. The new Expresso range includesthree flavours – Funghi (mushroom),Quattro Formaggi (four cheese), andFantasia Di Verdure (vegetable med-ley). Each 250g pack contains no arti-ficial colourings or preservatives, noMSG and is gluten free. Jason Morrison, Gallo UK Manag-ing Director, says, “We are alwayslooking to expand our offering and it is with great excitement that we launchthe Expresso range in the UK. Whether you are pressed for time, a novicechef or simply too tired to cook, it gives you the option of a delicious andauthentic Italian meal in minutes.”www.fdiforum.net17RH Amar takes on tea with a twistRH Amar has taken on distribution of The LondonTea Company’s Grocery Trade Business.The London Tea Company, launched in 2003, offersan innovative range of ethically sourced teas and herbalinfusions. Totting up six Great Taste Awards in 2011alone, The London Tea Company combines greatflavours that deliver on taste, yet are comfortably af-fordable to shoppers.Lesley Parker, Product Marketing Manager at RHAmar says, “The London Tea Company’s teas and infu-sions blend the traditional with a compellingly contem-porary twist that will add impact and excitement to theTea Fixture. While the Envelop Tea Bag range holdswide appeal to standard tea drinkers, many of its flavourcombinations are health-inspired which will drawyounger, health conscious shoppers down the tea aisles.” Following on from The London Tea Company’s suc-cesses in the food service sector, its partnership with RHAmar will boost its on-shelf presence in the retail gro-cery sector.17:Layout 1 20/4/12 09:32 Page 118www.fdiforum.netNEOGENNeogen’s lateral flow device Reveal2.0 for Salmonella has been validatedand approved in accordance with themost recent and stringent criteria ofthe newly renamed NF Validationstudy carried out according to the ENISO 16140 standard.This new validation follows the kit’sinitial approval by AOAC Internationaland testifies of Neogen’s dedication toincreasing its line of accreditedpathogen test kits for accurate andrapid results with minimal steps forusers.Neogen’s Dr Janice McGregor says,“The NF validation of Reveal 2.0 forSalmonella will allow Neogen access toa number of European markets, andbeyond, where the use of the testrequires an accreditation study carriedout according to the EN ISO 16140standard. The Reveal 2.0 for Salmonellasystem cuts the wait time for results tojust 24 hours, with only fifteen minutesof test development time followingenrichment. In the case of raw poultryand meat samples and poultry carcassrinses, Neogen has developed a singleenrichment protocol that eliminates thehands-on time and effort of multipleenrichments, while maintaining same-day results.”Reveal 2.0 for Salmonella provides aquick, accurate and easy method ofdetecting this pathogen withoutcompromising sensitivity or specificity.The validation processes verified theaccuracy of the Reveal 2.0 forSalmonella system when testing food,rinse water and environmental samples.In the AOAC study, Reveal 2.0 forSalmonella was found to be an effectiveprocedure for the detection ofSalmonella enterica in chicken carcassrinse water, raw ground turkey andbeef, hot dogs, raw shrimp, cantaloupe,sprout irrigation water and much else,and on stainless steel surfaces.Neogen’s rapid test for Salmonellareceives NF Validation 18:Layout 1 19/4/12 10:12 Page 1Printpack, Walkers Shortbread and Macfarlane reseal iton VFFSPrintpack has created a new, resealable pack-aging format for Walkers Shortbread in associ-ation with Macfarlane Labels Re-Seal Ittechnology. The format allows consumers toopen packages easily and then reclose them,keeping the remaining contents in the packfresh.Walkers Shortbread is the first UK companyto use Printpack’s Reclose format on a VFFSapplication to pack shortbread. Walkers’ tech-nical director Richard Walker says, “Workingclosely with Printpack’s Product Development Team has helped us to find a better packaging so-lution and enable us to launch this new innovation. The product has real shelf presence and we believe it will be a great success.”Printpack’s Reclose solution was created in response to demand for packaging that is simple to open and easy to reclose. Macfarlane’s Re Seal It labels arepre-applied to packaging material by Printpack and the package is then formed, filled and sealed on Walkers equipment in the normal way.Lock secures United Biscuits win withefficiency improving retro-fitsLock Inspection Systems hasworked with United Biscuits to im-prove the processing efficiency oftheir multi-bag crisp packing linesand reduced product wastage as adirect result of retrofitting theirsnack lines with 62 throat metal de-tectors.The packing lines were originallyfitted with conventional end of linemetal detectors which were in-specting sealed multipacks at theend of the packaging process. Themain drawback was that if a foreignmetal object was detected in one in-dividual bag, the entire multipack would be rejected. In contrast, Lock’s MET30+ UNIVERSAL throat metal detectors wereretrofitted to their crisp packing lines within the confined space between theoutlet of the multi head weigher and the inlet to the VFFS bag maker inorder that crisps were inspected during the free-fall prior to entering the bag.Without the hindrances of the metallised film packaging, the throat metal de-tectors are working at optimum level.Nicholl adds compostable vacuum pouches to portfolioNicholl Food Packaging is extending its port-folio with innovative high barrier compostablevacuum pouches from Plastopil, which combinesustainability benefits with excellent productpreservation and maximum consumer conven-ience for a wide range of food products.The new Plastopil pouches are manufacturedfrom a unique compostable coextruded high-barrier film, Ecoex HB, which is particularlysuitable for vacuum pouches and flowpacks ap-plications. The film provides excellent contactclarity, durability and sealability. Over 70% ofthe film is made from renewable resources andit confirms to the requirements of EN 13432 for controlled composting.The new Ecoex HB pouches are the latest addition to a wide range of high performance vacuumpouches from Nicholl. Standard pouches are available in a variety of sizes, thicknesses and barrierlevels, enabling them to be tailored to the precise requirements of different products in both retailand foodservice markets.on linewww.fdiforum.net19Standard software links labellers with SAPmanagementsystemsStandard software that allowspallet labellers to communicate di-rectly with SAP factory manage-ment systems – drawing off labeldata automatically – has been an-nounced by print & apply labellingspecialist Logopak for its range ofmachines.PC-based, Synchro-SAP soft-ware employs standard SAP webservices for data exchange with thelabelling machines which, as Lo-gopak UK sales manager Steve Hancock points out, contributes to faster in-stallation and reduced complexity. He says, “The new software provides aseamless link between labeller and factory or warehouse management systemwith no need for specific in-house expertise. This avoids the cost and time in-volved in writing one-off application software and ensures greater security.”The first application of Synchro-SAP is now running at a major spiritsproducer in Scotland where label data is being sent on demand to three pro-duction line pallet labelling systems.Battery power ideal forfieldwork and in-house testing Alicat Scientific’s MB series portable mass flowand liquid flow meters utilize a 9 volt battery pack tomake metering gas flow, pressure, or water flow inthe field and lab convenient and reliable. With 8-10 hours of battery life, the MB series massflow meters quickly and accurately measure pressure,temperature and volumetric flow in addition to massflow. The portable meters can be used to verify flowmeters and controllers, take measurements in thefield and testing for leaks. In permanent installation applications, the MBunits may also be hardwired or wall powered, withthe battery serving as a backup during power loss tomaintain critical operations monitoring.Alicat’s patented laminar flow differential pressuretechnology delivers highly accurate results with fastresponse times. Devices come pre-calibrated for Air,Hydrogen, Helium, and Argon as well as 16 othergases and 10 gas mixes.19:Layout 1 20/4/12 09:33 Page 1Next >