As Asia’s food and beverage manufacturing industry experiences unprecedented challenges and changes in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak, it has become more important now than ever for businesses to prepare for the next normal. Food Industry Asia (FIA) hosted FIA Dialogues—a three-day virtual conference to provide industry leaders, regulators,…
Food Industry Technology Show Korea Debuts In November 2020
DLG (Deutsche Landwirtschafts-Gesellschaft - German Agricultural Society) has partnered with Korea's leading trade fair company, Coex to organise the Food Industry Technology Show Korea. Running parallel with Coex Food Week, this new platform food technology, processing and packaging will premiere on 25 to 28 November 2020, at the Coex Center…
Fast And Lubrication-Free: New igus xiros Film Guide Roller For Labelling Technology
Black guide roller with smooth-running polymer ball bearings saves up to 48 per cent weight and 42 per cent mass inertia. They divert films or labels: guide rollers with ball bearings. Mainly used, so far, in clear anodised aluminium, the new black guide roller from igus now provides a real…
4 Critical Safety Questions For Post-COVID-19 Success In Smart And Safe Automation
Now that the world is slowly re-opening industries to enable the recovery of badly hit economies and save jobs, the key question remains on how best to move forward in automating as much as possible, while retaining jobs, and keeping facilities and employees safe? Safety and automation go together…
Digital And Analog Interface Benefits All At Once Thanks To Dual Channel
Pressure sensor PP20H and conductivity sensor CombiLyz AFI now add on the Baumer portfolio of process sensors with digital communication interface Digital communication opens up many opportunities – but only sensors that reliably deliver precise measured values offer real added value by IO-Link. Well established and appreciated by many users,…
How Much Is An Hour Of Downtime Costing You?
Lost business and maintenance costs are the most obvious consequences of downtime, but not the only ones. John Young, APAC direct at EU Automation, delves deeper into the tangible and hidden costs of downtime. According to research by independent analysts Aberdeen, 70 per cent of companies lack awareness of when…
Emerging Snack Trends Delivered By Heat And Control’s Innovations
Emerging snack trends are being driven by crossover trends in convenience, health, protein and better-for-you options and technology is paving the way for these snacks of the future. High fat, high sugar and empty calories are out, and consumers are demanding healthier and value-added snack options and are more aware…
Cadbury’s Smaller-Size, Same-Price Announcement Won’t Fly With Consumers’ Budgets, Says GlobalData
Cadbury has announced plans to reduce size of its chocolate bars sold in multipacks to reduce calorie counts by 2021, however, prices will remain the same. Following this news, Yamina Tsalamlal, Consumer Analyst at GlobalData offers her view: “Following ‘Watergate’, and ‘Deflate-Gate’ comes the latest in the series of ‘-gate’…
Euromed Milk Thistle Extract Investigated As A Treatment For COVID-19
The Spanish Agency for Medicines and Health Products (AEMPS) has approved the clinical trial SilCOVID19 with this substance in oncohematological patients with coronavirus. Euromed S.A. manufactures standardised botanical extracts, and its milk thistle extract has been clinically studied during the past few decades in thousands of patients worldwide. Milk thistle…
Asia’s Sports Drink Market Driven By Health Awareness And Organic Product Developments
The global sports drink market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.48 percent over the forecast period to reach a total market size of US$31.976 billion by 2025, increasing from US$24.581 billion in 2019, according to a report “Global Sports Drink Market - Forecasts from 2020 to 2025”…