Join us at the PPMA Show Stand J42, NEC, Birmingham, 26th -28th SeptemberJoin us at the PPMA Show Stand J42, NEC, Birmingham, 26th -28th SeptemberPPMANEWSINTERNATIONALFood&DrinkFood&Drinkwww.fdiforum.netSEPTEMBER 2017£3.50 STERLINGBAKERY &CONFECTIONERYThecompletepackageThecompletepackage01_Layout 1 21/08/2017 12:45 Page 1 !"#"## $ %&'()(*+& *&'()(*+&MENSHEN PACKAGING UK LTD– One stop shop, complete pack solutionswww.menshen.co.ukT. 02920 473147 E. sales@menshen.co.uk Unit 92 Portmanmoor Road Ind. Est., Cardiff, CF24 5HB•Supplier of caps, bottles, jars and pouches •All products European made•Stock items available •Low MOQ02_Layout 1 21/08/2017 12:46 Page 1ContentsSeptember 2017This magazine is now fully recyclable. By recyclingmagazines, you can help reduce waste and add tothe 5.5 million tonnes of paper already recycledby the UK paper industry each year. Before yourecycle your magazine, please ensure you removeall plastic wrapping, free gifts and samples. FoodandDrinkInternational@fdiforumwww.fdiforum.netcompany/fdiforumNews 4• General news • On line - production news• On the shelf - new products and initiatives• AppointmentsImport and export 13A flurry of lucrative new export deals arecapitalising on the overseas hunger for Britishmeat and produce as the UK builds on itsrecord-breaking food export levels. Loading bays & doors16 Loading bays and doors are a core part of acompany’s logistics chain, linking theproduction line to warehouse and then ontosuppliers. For this very reason, they can alsoleave a company vulnerable. Software & hardware19Software and hardware systems are in use allacross the food and drink industry and yetthere are some areas where many foodmanufacturers fall behind.Dust control 22Dust brings with it myriad threats to a foodmanufacturing facility, from affectingmachinery to causing explosions. There are,however, a number of safeguards at acompany’s disposal. Bakery & confectionery25The bakery and confectionary industries face aslew of demands from consumers, many ofwhich would seem at odds with one another.Despite this, they’re expected to meet them all.Packaging materials & design30We’re told not to judge a book by its cover, butthere’s no denying we do, and it’s even worsefor the food and drink industry, where brandssink or swim based on their packaging. Machinery & equipmentspotlight34Food manufacturing today is a far cry fromwhat it was fifty years ago, and yet despite theconstant efficiency improvements made,consumers and customers demand more.Group Editor: Steve Fisher (s.fisher@blmgroup.co.uk) Editor:Michael Fisher (m.fisher@blmgroup.co.uk) Editor’s PA: Angela Sharman (a.sharman@blmgroup.co.uk)Journalists: Stuart Pearcey (s.pearcey@blmgroup.co.uk)Dominic Cuthbert (d.cuthbert@blmgroup.co.uk)Sales Director: Teri Cooper (t.cooper@blmgroup.co.uk)Sales Manager: Sam Trott (s.trott@blmgroup.co.uk)Sales: Vicky Hunt (v.hunt@blmgroup.co.uk)Kimberley Read (k.read@blmgroup.co.uk)Tel: +44 (0) 1472 310302 Accounts & Subscriptions: John Downes (j.downes@blmgroup.co.uk)Design & Production: Gary Jorgensen, Mark Casson(studio@blmgroup.co.uk)Editorial:Tel: +44 (0) 1472 310305, Email:fdi@blmgroup.co.ukPart of the Business Link Magazine Group: Armstrong House, Armstrong Street,Grimsby, N E Lincs DN31 2QE EnglandAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may bereproduced, transmitted, photocopied, recorded orotherwise without express permission of the copyrightholder, for which application should be addressed first tothe publisher. While every reasonable care is taken, neitherthe publisher nor its participating agents accept liability forloss or damage to prints, colour transparencies, negatives orother material of whatever nature submitted to thispublication. The views expressed in this publication are notnecessarily the views of those held by the publisher.PPMA42The PPMA Show, the seminal processing andpackaging machinery exhibition, returns tothe Birmingham NEC from 26-28 Septemberto provide manufacturers with insights intothe latest machinery products, technologiesand materials. Labelexpo55Labelexpo Europe 2017 gears up for itsbiggest edition to date as it returns toBrussels Expo, Belgium during 25 – 28September. Powtech58Bulk solids experts, process technicians,engineers and plant operators from all overthe world will gather on 26-28 September forPOWTECH in Nuremberg. Lunch!62This year marks the tenth anniversary oflunch!, the UK’s favourite food-to-go show,which will move to the new venue of ExCeLLondon when its biggest edition arrives on21-22 September. Anuga64Taking place 7-11 October at Koelnmesse inCologne, Anuga is unique in that it comprises10 trade shows in one offering unprecedentedopportunities for food and drinkprofessionals. Events62Your chance to keep abreast of forthcomingexhibitions and food fairs from around theworldClassified 65Food & DrinkDiary66MAIN: SHUTTERSTOCK/SLOTUS_STUDIO • TOP: FOREST SPIRITS• MIDDLE: ACROVISION • BOTTOM: SHUTTERSTOCK/EVGENY KARANDAEV03_Layout 1 21/08/2017 15:08 Page 1Tempting batters now with clean-label benefitsKRÖNER-STÄRKE, a leadingGerman natural starch producer, hassucceeded in developing specialistwheat starches which allow foodprocessors to formulate on-trend,clean-label batters and coatings whichare rich in texture and taste but containno chemicals.These starches allow the batter to be declared as a clean-label ingredient and are designedfor good adhesion, crispiness and coating stability. As well as outright replacement, existingrecipes can be enhanced by mixing clean-label starch with flour to create a lighter, moreversatile batter.One of its latest developments is a ready batter mix suitable for fresh or frozen fish, meat andvegetables called COASTAR. The cost-effective pre-mix comes with or without added salt, andwhen mixed with water yields a pure wheat-based batter for coating that is free from additives,milk and egg proteins. It offers lump-free mixing, stable viscosity, good flowability, goodadhesion, and important for the convenience market, good freeze-thaw stability.news4 Food & Drink Internationalwww.fdiforum.netLorien recognisedwith inaugural RoSPAsafety accolade Lorien Engineering Solutions is one of onlysix companies in the world to be recognisedwith the inaugural Patron’s Award by The RoyalSociety for the Prevention of Accidents(RoSPA).RoSPA has marked its centenary byintroducing the Patron’s Award, which itpresented to an exclusive group of businessesthat have achieved consecutive Gold Awardsfor 25 years or more. The award was presented to Lorien’s Health& Safety Manager Elliot Follows and OperationsDirector Bill Treddenick at a ceremony inBirmingham. Lorien was also presented with a Silvermedal for its work in the Management of RoadRisk (MoRR).Mr Follows said: “To be one of a very selectgroup of organisations to be recognised withRoSPA’s first Patron’s Award is a fantastic honourfor our business. It is proof of our long-standingcommitment to continually improving all aspectsof health and safety in the workplace.”Traypacker chain offers unrivalled benefitsto food and beverage industryTsubaki has developed a special chain for the traypacking machinery widely used in the food andbeverage industry. It is internally lubricated so that it isclean in use and does not need regular re-lubrication.Tsubaki Traypacker Chain is a development of thecompany’s Lambda solution, which uses a specialsintered oil-impregnated bush. Like the latestgeneration of Tsubaki Lambda Lube Free chain, theTraypacker is impregnated with NSF-H1 food gradelubricant as standard.With Tsubaki Traypacker Chain, the internallubrication cannot transmit to products, whicheradicates contamination. Also the consistent internal lubrication combats the risks of unevenwear and elongation, and does away with the need to apply expensive food grade lubricants.Traypacker Chain is supplied with Tsubaki’s Match & Tag Service to guarantee a minimumlength tolerance between chain strands that run parallel for conveyance purposes in forinstance packaging machinery. API takes latest research findingsto Packaging Innovations API will take its full range of brandenhancement products to PackagingInnovations in London thisSeptember as the companycontinues its focus on products andservices that take luxury brands tothe next level – a fact underlined by arecent study by Package InSight thatshows the decisive effect of its foilsand laminates on consumerpurchasing decisions.API’s recent work with PackageInSight at Clemson Universityprovides quantitative data on theimpact of foils and laminates onshoppers’ purchasing decisions. Using state-of-the-art eye-trackingtechnology in a realistic retailenvironment, the study found that consumers fixate on foiled andlaminated luxury chocolate packs more often, and for longer, than theydo on packs without those embellishments. It found that this, in turn,leads to more purchases.Buoyed by the results of the Package Insight study, the API stand willfeature all the company’s latest high-impact technologies. Axium designs, builds & commissionsfully optimised CIP systemsClean-in-Place Systems (CIP) are nowan essential part of most hygienicmanufacturing processes. Designing theoptimum CIP System for a givenapplication will ultimately depend upona comprehensive understanding of theproduct being purged and cleaned,plant operating parameters, flows,temperatures and pressures in order toget the best results.Axium Process specialises in thedesign and fabrication of fullyautomated CIP skids, complete withcontrol panel, PLC and software. Eachsystem is developed by a dedicatedproject engineer who works closely withthe customer to ensure that theirrequirements are fully complied with. Axium’s CIP Systems are fabricated in the company’s 30,000 sq ftmanufacturing facility which houses its fully equipped CNC machineshop, orbital and manual welding bays, surface finishing and polishingshop, wet test area and inspection department. The company operates its own electropolishing facility so canprovide electro-polished surface finishes for high-end companies suchas those operating in the pharmaceutical, food and beverage industries.(L-R) Lord Jordan of Bournville CBE, RoSPA Vice President,Elliot Follows, H&S Manager, Lorien, Bill Treddenick, OperationsDirector, Lorien, Errol Taylor, RoSPA Chief Executive04-12_Layout 1 21/08/2017 12:48 Page 1www.ifm.com/uk/lmtSeveral new variants of ifm's popular LMT point level sensors have been added to the range. Longer probes, up to 250 mm, are particularly useful in overfill applications. Internal timer functions can be set using standard IO-Link accessories.Level probes - extendedifm Telephone 020 8213 222204-12_Layout 1 21/08/2017 12:48 Page 2Register for free entrywww.foodmatterslive.comTuesday 21st - Thursday 23rd November 2017 ExCeL, LondonTomorrow’s diet or yesterday’s news? You decide. No one brings together a cross-sector of innovative food specialists quite like Food Matters Live. Don’t miss it. Register for free entrywww.foodmatterslive.comMANY VOICES, MAKING FOOD MATTER.• 800 exhibitors • 400 speakers • 100 conference and seminar sessionsNEW FOR 2017:• Food futures seminars• Future of food retail seminars• Food Matters Live Awards• Match - a curated matchmaking service to help you build your business network - includes a Meet the Buyer progamme.@foodmatterslivewww.foodmatterslive.com/linkedinwww.foodmatterslive.com/facebookJoin the conversation:04-12_Layout 1 21/08/2017 12:48 Page 3UK convenience benefits from ‘food to go’ boomThe food-to-go sector is one of the fastestgrowing convenience categories, withBritain’s high street benefiting to the tune of£36 million.For the year ended 25 March 2017, snacks,sandwiches, salads and sushi purchases to gowere up 6.6% for high street retailers –including Co-op Food, Tesco Express, LittleWaitrose and Sainsbury’s Local.This is according to IRI’s ConvenienceMarket Place solution – which covers all UKsupermarkets and convenience retailers including petrol forecourts.It found that retailers have capitalised on the British shopper’s culture for convenience andexpanded their ranges to include more innovative offerings than the lunch time sandwich.The sector now sells more than 1.4 billion meals meaning that on average every person buysan average of 20 ‘food to go’ meals a year.Collectively food to go, drinks and snacks are worth £7 billion annually for all retailers.Food & Drink International 7www.fdiforum.netnewsImpossible – FDArefuses meat-free pattyThe US Food and Drug Administration hasrefused to declare Impossible Foods’ flagshippatty as safe to eat.This despite the meat-free “burger thatbleeds” attracting high investors – such as BillGates – during its latest $75 millioninvestment round.The regulatory organisation cited concernsover one of the additives involved in themanufacture of the patty.The company uses the agent soyleghemoglobin to provide the patty with itsmeat-like profile. It is also what enables anotherwise burger to bleed like real meat.This substance is found naturally in the rootsof soybean plants and is recreated by thecompany in its lab.Despite being natural, the agent has neverbeen consumed by humans, leading the FDA toworry it could be an allergen.Although the FDA has expressed concerns,Impossible Foods is still free to sell theirproducts to restaurants and consumers.The company has said that both its pattyand soy leghemoglobin have undergoneextensive testing and investigation.Barry Callebaut joins sustainablecane sugar platformChocolate and cocamanufacturer Barry Callebauthas joined Bonsucro – theglobal change platform forsugarcane.Sugar plays a key role inthe company’s ‘ForeverChocolate’ sustainabilitywhich is laying theinfrastructure towards 100%sustainable ingredients in thecompany’s products.Bonsucro is a multi-stakeholder platform bringing together industryrepresentatives and NGOs to work on a sustainable cane sugar valuechain.Sugarcane is grown in over 100 countries around the world,presenting a diverse set of sustainability challenges – including labourrights, soil erosion and water scarcity.Barry Callebaut said that by becoming a member will help it drivesustainable solutions for cane-growing communities and ecosystems,expand its understanding of the challenges within the sugarcane sector,and bring it to the forefront of promoting positive change.Steve Woolley, Vice President Sourcing, Americas at Barry Callebaut,said: “We recognise the value a pre-competitive platform can bring,creating more effective and impactful change within sugarcane.”Reduce, re-use, recycle A new Western MechanicalHandling (WMH) control system hasseen a redundant pie-line savedfrom the scrap heap and re-configured into a state-of the-artcheesecake production line.Integration of new denesters,depositors and the installation ofservo drives and new control systemhas created a seamless inlinesystem, configured to handle threesizes of cheesecake. Change partsand tooling are monitoredthroughout the system to preventoperation with incorrect ormisaligned parts.Control is via a touch screen HMIwith menus giving operators all thefunctionality needed to run the lineefficiently. Re-wiring the line also improved fault-finding by reducingcable runs.The line integrates a two-stage detester for pots and bases, agranular depositor for crumb base, two depositors for the cheese caketopping and a “Swirly-Whirly” unit for decorating the top. A closed loopfeedback system was used to continuously monitor and feedback datafor auto-adjustment of deposit weights.PHOTO: IMPOSSIBLE FOODS © shutterstock/Phanuwat_NandeeCCTV made mandatory in English slaughterhousesSlaughterhouses in England are set to introducemandatory CCTV to preserve animal welfare.Environment Secretary Michael Gove said thatby implementing the proposals the UK wouldposition itself as a “global leader on animalwelfare”.This follows recent footage which showed someof the cruel conditions livestock – chickens, inparticular – are subjected to.Under the proposals, veterinarians from theFood Standards Agency will have unrestrictedaccess to footage of all areas containing livestock.Slaughterhouses found to be in breach can incur a welfare enforcement notice as well as thesuspension – or annulment – of staff licences. It could also mean a referral for criminalinvestigation.To complement the CCTV, the Government said it will also update statuary animal welfarecodes. It said this will better reflect advancements in medicines, technology as well as the latestadvice from vets.Chickens bred for meat will be the first to be updated, following by laying hens and then pigsover the coming year.© shutterstock/Guitar photographer© shutterstock/Daxiao Productions04-12_Layout 1 21/08/2017 12:48 Page 48 Food & Drink Internationalwww.fdiforum.netnewsBunting Magnetics Europesecures quality accreditationBuntingMagnetics Europehas successfullytransitioned tothe newISO9001:2015Quality and ISO14001:2015EnvironmentStandards. Thecertificationcovers the manufacture and supply of magnetic separators, metaldetectors, and magnets and magnetic assemblies from their Europeanmanufacturing headquarters in Berkhamsted, UK.Bunting Magnetics is a global manufacturer of magnetic separators,metal detectors, Magnets and magnetic assemblies.Denis Elkins, pictured, Bunting Magnetics Europe’s Quality AssuranceManager, said: “Bunting has held the ISO9001 quality standard sinceMay 2005. The quality of our products, manufacturing processes, andbusiness management is of utmost importance to us and ourcustomers, and, we believe, is one of the primary reasons for ourcontinued success.”The ISO 9001:2015 Quality Standard was revised in 2015 and now hasa definitive focus on business performance. The new standardacknowledges that modern organisations will have severalmanagement standards in place, and the 2015 version has beendesigned to be easily integrated with other management systems. Axium understands what thecustomer really wants Axium Process is aspecialist in hygienicengineering designand the fabricationof high qualitystainless steelequipment andcomponents. It has earned itsreputation as aspecialist hygienicengineeringcompany thatunderstands anddelivers what the customer really wants.By working with its customers and in accordance with GoodManufacturing Practice, each stage of a product is closely tracked by adedicated project engineer to ensure the customer’s requirements arefully complied with – from concept to delivery.Axium’s design office uses the latest 3D modelling and productdesign software, enhancing the visualisation of individual componentsand assembliers which is of the benefit to customers wishing todevelop an idea or progress to a prototype.The design expertise is backed up by Axium’s team of qualifiedengineers who routinely offer advice and cost effective engineeringsolutions, ensuring the best possible value for money in terms ofdesign, fabrication and delivery. 04-12_Layout 1 21/08/2017 12:48 Page 5Smithers Pira conference keeps food contactprofessionals ahead of EU regulationsOver 200 experts from across the foodcontact industry will come together in Berlinfrom 4 – 7 December 2017 to attend SmithersPira’s ‘Plastics & Paper in Contact withFoodstuffs (P&P)’. With the European Commission havingrecently published EU regulation 752/2017amending EU Regulation 10/2011 on plasticmaterials and articles intended for food contact,all areas of the food contact supply chain needto be aware of the new changes in legislation,especially when dealing with goods to beexported within various countries in the EU.Plastics and Paper in Contact with Foodstuffs will provide an in-depth and timely overview of the latest EU legislation as well as a small focus onglobal regulations. The conference provides a unique opportunity to stay ahead of the latest regulations in food contact, network with like-mindedprofessionals. Companies speaking at the event will include BASF, Nestlé Nespresso S.A., SABIC, The Valspar Corporation, Metsä Board, CEPI and more.Food & Drink International 9www.fdiforum.netYorkshire Packaging celebrateforty yearsYorkshire Packaging Systems – supplier of shrink wrapping machinery, materialsand service – is celebrating four decades in business.Established in 1977, the company has a long history of success. After winning theprestigious ‘Customer Service Award’ at the 2014 PPMA Awards, Chairman DavidJohnson was handed the ‘Outstanding Achievement Award’ in 2015 marking thecompany’s transition from humble beginnings to industry leaders. Having joined YPSas a start-up, Mr Johnson bought the business and survived tough challengesincluding their biggest customer going bust in the 1980’s recession. Luckily, hemanaged to keep control and steer the company onward. At PPMA 2016, the company were recognised with two ‘Highly Commended’ awards in the ‘Manufacturer of the Year’ and ‘Exceptional Sales orCompany Growth’ categories & They’re going for a hat-trick in the upcoming awards this September so watch this space! To celebrate the anniversary, staff will be fundraising for the Forget Me Not Children’s Hospice through various activities, including a triathlon. If you think you’ve seen this before, you’re wrongAsk us for a sample on 01274 68 55 66 or email marketing@nationalflexible.netPFM extends labour-saving design forbagging machines Two of the first machines in a newrange of high output baggers are beingintroduced on the UK market at thisyear’s PPMA Show by Italianmanufacturer PFM. Both are based on an innovativelabour saving design, pioneered by PFMto give automatic film alignment andtracking on its R700 intermittent motionmachine. The RC600 continuous motionversion and the RD550 twin tubemachine are typically able to produce stand-up bags, including the PFM Steelo four-side-sealdesign, at speeds up to 80 a minute.In addition, PFM is showing the latest version of its entry-level Pearl servo-driven flow-wrapper, for smaller or start-up operations in the food and bakery industry, examples of multi-head weighers and the Scirocco high speed MAP flow-wrapper.This is equipped with extended dwell time sealing jaws for hermetic sealing in modifiedatmosphere packaging at speeds up to 250 packs a minute.Kite Packaginglaunch corrugatedpalletsKite Packaging has launched a new range ofcorrugated pallets that offer a strong,lightweight alternative to wooden and plasticpallets.Stronger than cardboard – yet lighter thanwooden crates, and quick and easy to build –these pallets are designed for shippingproducts, and will save customers money ontransport costs and allow more weight to becarried on each load.Kite also has a range of pallet runnersavailable. They are the perfect alternative forreplacing wooden or other kinds of plasticrunners and are the ideal solution to keepcorrugated boxes off the floor or can be usedin the same way you would a pallet i.e. with apump truck or forklift. They are ISPM15 exempt, meaning they canbe sent anywhere in the world without theneed for heat treatment and are formed withspiral wound tubes, caged with a 7 layerprofile, bonded with PVA adhesive.04-12_Layout 1 21/08/2017 12:48 Page 6Next >