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Rising to the occasion

UK-based Stable Micro Systems, a leading designer and manufacturer of texture analysis instrumentation, is set to showcase what it calls a unique portfolio for the bakery industry at Food & Bake 2004. Innovations will include the dough inflation system attachment, which can perform a constant strain inflation rate test, the Chen-Hoseney dough stickiness rig, the Miller-Hoseney toughness rig and the Kieffer dough & gluten extensibility rig.

Automatic milking in Northern Europe

The University of Maryland is embarking on a tour of the Netherlands and Denmark to discuss some of the problems that may face the users of milking machines that are designed to boost milk production while improving animal welfare.

Continuous improvement

Spooner-Vicars, a leading name in the design, manufacture and supply of high quality baking equipment has unveiled a new product, the Continuous Proof and Bake System, with the aim of maximising production efficiency.

Fri-jado caters for all

Dutch food processing group Fri-jado is soon to release its newest and most technologically advanced oven, the Multisserie, catering for the bakery and meat industries.

Mega Pizza breakthrough

Lawrence Equipment, a major manufacturer of flat bread machinery in the United States and Europe, has recently released a new innovation, the Mega Pizza System, which is capable of producing multiple pizza bases operating at multiple cycles per minute.

Compact and quick - the Newton oven from Europa

Europa, the Italy-based company that specialises in the production of ovens for the bread making, pizza, pastry and biscuit making industries has unveiled a new range of convection ovens, the most popular of which are the 5T and its larger counterpart the 10T, primarily aimed at reducing baking time.

Jetcirc Oven from APV

Bakery and snacks equipment provider APV Baker has improved and expanded its range of ovens for the production of cookies, biscuits, bar products and pet foods as well as a whole host of traditional bakery products including tarts, cakes and pastries. The new oven is proclaimed to reduce baking time by up to 30 per cent, cut capital costs and be highly energy efficient.

Better baking

Daub Hamburg Gmbh, the traditional bakery equipment manufacturer has assembled two large scale bakery processing models for baguettes, bread and rolls - the Thermo-Roll and the Backmiester - which, the company believes, delivers convincing baking results consistently.

Filling a need

German machinery manufacturer KHS has developed a new mechanically controlled filling system specifically for the wine and spirit industry.

Many tanks

UK-based Carlisle Process Systems is extending its range of stainless steel mobile tanks to include a new model capable of minimising waste. The new machine features a mirror finish to both internal and external surfaces, which helps to ensure that high value viscous products are fully drained.

Kerrygold boosts production capacity

It's all change at Irish dairy firm Kerrygold. The company has boosted production capacity using Ilapak's Delta 3000 HSR inverted, electronic flow-wrapper, and has also...

Better bread

FMC FoodTech subsidiary Stein is launching the newest addition to its line of XL Series Breading Applicators today at the AMI International Meat, Poultry &...

Potato power

Danish food company KMC is set to open its new plant for the production of potato granules and potato flakes next month. Located conveniently close...

Top of the mill

Buhler has developed a roller mill for grains, bean, seeds and cocoa which allows such commodities to be ground into an ultrafine consistency - crucial...

Roll with it

Buhler has developed a roller mill for grains, bean, seeds and cocoa which allows such commodities to be ground into an ultrafine consistency - crucial...

APV gets dairy homogenised

APV, a subsidiary of Invensys, has launched the Rannie/Gaulin 185Q homogeniser - a high capacity solution primarily aimed at dairies. This latest addition to the...

Foss first for rinsing

Denmark-based analysis and safety systems provider Foss says it has improved the capabilities of the new rinse concentrate for its milk scanning system. The company...

Beer gets technical

Czech brewer Plzensky Prazdroj recently undertook an extensive survey into the art of beer drawing. The experts concluded that the process has an unquestionable influence on the resulting taste and quality of the product.

On display

The Hosokawa Confectionery & Bakery Group is currently attending one of Europe's biggest bakery equipment shows, the IBA in Düsseldorf. This year two branches of...

Gain for UK grain

The UK's Cereals Industry Forum is to receive a £1.4 million government grant over the next three years in an effort to improve efficiency and...