NEWS

Construction: Important considerations for food entrepreneurs

You want to expand or renovate. So, you decide to build! Once you’ve made that decision, questions start arising. What materials will you choose? Are they sustainable? How does this choice affect fire safety? What about ..

Rise in number of food-sector bankruptcies

15 August 2017

The Dutch economy is going strong, and ABN AMRO’s Economic Office forecasts growth of almost 2.5% for 2017. This sharp increase is primarily due to exports, personal consumption and business investments. Thanks to the ri...

Seaweed: vegetable of the future

09 May 2017

State Secretary Martijn van Dam from the Dutch Ministry of Economic Affairs recently officially launched the ‘Seaweed for Food and Feed’ innovation programme. Over the next four years, the Dutch government is providing E...

Challenging market for food businesses

09 May 2017

Higher consumer spending and an increase in exports resulted in revenue growth for the Dutch food sector in 2016. Notably, the sustainability trend that started a while ago seems to be accelerating. Consumers are paying ...

Taking slicing and packaging to the highest leve

11 April 2017

Ton Aarnink’s meat factory is based in the Dutch town of Meppel. With his knowledge of the business, his strong team and top-quality machines, this seasoned butcher can make virtually any meat product. Ton Aarnink has...

Presentations, demos and workshops

11 April 2017

Are you interested in attending an interesting day about surface finishing and metalworking? And seeing demonstrations of some of the most innovative and robotised machines around? Or perhaps you’re keen to learn about t...

Small-scale producers add zest to the food sector

06 March 2017

Over the past five years the number of food and drink manufacturing companies with fewer than five employees rose by 45 percent to 3,660, according to a recent report by Dutch bank ABN AMRO. As a result, this market segm...

COV launches Future Vision for the Meat Sector

07 February 2017

The Netherlands’ Central Organisation for the Meat Sector (COV) presented its vision of the future at the end of December 2016. The organisation is keen for Dutch society to once again take pride in a sector that is lead...

‘Forgotten meat’ in the spotlight

07 February 2017

During Grüne Woche in Berlin, Dutch State Secretary Van Dam (Economic Affairs, Agriculture) accepted the Dutch pork chain’s sustainable Schlachtplatte (platter of ‘forgotten meat’), presented by Platform Varkensvleeskete...

New convenience brand by VanDrie Group

14 November 2016

During the international food trade show SIAL in Paris, VanDrie Group launched its new brand, JAN, for convenience products. The brand currently covers products such as veal burgers and pulled veal and the company plans ...

Snel en toch ambachtelijk

13 September 2016

Bonpack International BV is fabrikant van elastische en niet-elastische netten voor de vleesindustrie. Naast het enige elastische net met een vast eindkaliber (Total Control Net) en een lactose-vrij elastisch net, is er ...

Eerste teken van herstel in varkenssector

10 May 2016

De Europese varkenssector krijgt in het tweede kwartaal van 2016 te maken met de eerste tekenen van herstel. De opleving van de vleesvarkensprijzen zal pas echt doorzetten als de eerste volumes uit de private opslagregel...

OSV-YFM ‘Smaakstampei’ Tasting Event 2015

24 November 2015

Smaakstampei 2015 was another resounding success. Attracting around 50 attendees, this event has become a regular fixture on the annual calendar. There was plenty of time for good conversations. The participants were onc...

Research into the transport of partially chilled carcasses

30 June 2015

In September 2014 Vakblad Voedingsindustrie and FoodInBusiness reported on research into the transport of partially chilled carcasses in the light of a possible amendment to EU legislation. It’s high time for an update. ...

Gedurfde ‘rook’smaak met een Clean label

30 June 2015

Geef uw producten een gedurfde unieke rooksmaak, met natuurlijk gerookte ingrediënten, leverbaar in poeder of vloeibare vorm: Natural Hardwood Smoked Sugar / Maltodextrin Natural Mesquite Smoked Sugar / Maltodext...

Hygiëne in het productieproces

14 April 2015

Op donderdag 12 maart jl. waren we met een grote groep OSV-ers op bezoek bij Intralox in Amsterdam. Intralox is producent van modulaire kunststof transportbanden. In zijn presentatie vertelt Jeroen Neuhof, General Man...