Mathiesons, a leading supplier of stollen and chilled bakery cakes in the UK, has installed a new VMI Mixer to increase production and quality levels to supply major retailers. The long-standing Scottish Bakery prides itself on its secret recipe for Stollen and distributes various delicious goods throughout Scotland and the rest of the UK. Beginning its journey in 1872, Scottish bakery, Mathiesons, is located in Larbert, Scotland, and is proud of being ranked the number one supplier of stollen throughout the UK, now employing 220 staff in seasonal times. Alongside its wealth of expertise, it i ..read more

Origin Materials and IMDvista, a Swiss high-tech company specialising in the vision inspection of closures and other packaging components, announced a strategic partnership to produce the world’s first PET cap and closure manufacturing system. “Best-in-class manufacturing partners like IMD are providing subsystems for our production line. Together we are doing something nobody has done before: we are building the world’s first commercial-scale PET cap and closure manufacturing system,” said Origin co-CEO and co-founder John Bissell. “Our high-throughput system will allow us to bring the recycl ..read more

Nosh.bio has announced it will reach a mycelium protein production capacity of thousands of tonnes per year at its new German plant. The latest breakthrough is the result of a series of production tests Nosh ran at its plant near Dresden, a shut-down brewery – successfully repurposed to overcome scalability bottlenecks that plague many alternative protein companies. The results indicated that the company should soon be capable of producing thousands of tons of mycelium protein per year, with the first production run anticipated in four to five months. Having already identified suitable de ..read more

A Scottish owned and operated oat milk producer has secured national distribution after embarking on a major expansion thanks to Scottish EDGE. East Lothian-based Brose Oats has commenced a contract with the Cress Company that will see its products available in specialist retailers including farm shops and delicatessens UK-wide. Josh Barton, CEO and founder of Brose Oats, won the inaugural food and drink category at Scottish EDGE in November 2023. In addition to taking the top prize of £100,000, the entrepreneur also received a package of advisory services including support from competition sp ..read more

Over the Moo is primed to showcase its latest flavour, a stunning on-the-go interpretation of its top selling Australian tub flavour, ‘Choc Choc Who’s There’ as Summer beckons. Despite the recent explosion in intriguing tub flavours on offer: Pralines n Cream, Pistachio & Lemon, Peanut Butter, Ginger & Honey, Hot Cross Bun (to name but a few) … the fact remains that it’s still the quality interpretations of those timeless classics that continue to woo and wow our taste buds. Latest 2023 flavour forecasts reaffirm that for all the flamboyant flavour experimentation taking place, one in ..read more

Alfa Laval has launched its latest energy-saving initiative, Energy Hunter, to highlight potential efficiency gains from optimising existing heat exchanger technologies. With plant, process and production managers under increasing pressure to demonstrate progress against decarbonisation goals, the heat transfer specialists are highlighting how optimising operations can reduce emissions following a late 2023 report that claimed doubling energy efficiency by 2030 could cut greenhouse gas emissions by almost a third. Alfa Laval is pointing out improvements that can be achieved through updating in ..read more

Sappi addresses the 10 most pressing questions brand owners, converters and printers are currently asking with a new video series. Understanding the intricacies of paper packaging is one of Sappi’s key strengths, the company notes and it understands that customers need to reach new levels of understanding, too. It all comes down to asking the right questions and getting the right answers. Sappi’s new Q&A functional papers video series Top 10 questions, ranging from applications to sustainability Providing invaluable assistance to decision-makers. In response to frequent customer enquirie ..read more

Tate & Lyle has welcomed the British Ambassador to Slovakia. Nigel Baker, Tate & Lyle’s chair, David Hearn and other guests to celebrate the formal opening of new capacity at its facility in Boleráz, Slovakia, for its non-GMO Promitor Soluble Fibres. The new capacity, representing a €25 million investment, is the first phase of a programme expected to significantly increase Tate & Lyle’s fibre capacity to serve both its European and global customer base. As well as providing new capacity, the project generates sustainability benefits through supply chain optimisation and improved e ..read more

With heart health and immunity key concerns among consumers seeking to improve their diets and prevent illness, Ohly has developed its new Neiva range of health products which support immune health and overall wellbeing. According to the leading global supplier of yeast extracts, yeast-based flavours, and culinary powders, these scientifically validated products provide formulators with tailored solutions for functional food, sports nutrition and dietary supplements. Andreas Preisler, business development manager for health at Ohly noted the supplier’s expertise in yeast and spray-dried ingred ..read more

To address this deficit and help businesses take the first step on their journey towards energy efficiency, ABB is launching an online calculator which offers easy access to data insight based on the energy performance of motor-driven systems. By inputting basic details about their motor fleet, running hours and average operating power, the customer can estimate energy and emissions savings, and payback period. The online calculator is a light version of an in-depth energy efficiency audit used by ABB’s experts in a full study and is based on the same algorithm. With the International Energy A ..read more