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The 10 most-read articles of June 2024

From energy-saving innovations and sustainable production methods to health warnings and groundbreaking technologies, these are the stories that captured the most attention in June 2024. 1. Schmidt Zeevis invests in t..

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Automated disinfection

11 April 2023

Nocotech disinfection is highly effective against all micro-organisms. Thus against Listeria, Salmonella and fungi, to mention just a few. Disinfection has recently become fully automated. The Nocotech equipment can b...

Column Pieter Vos: A real foothold for innovation

11 April 2023

The BBB made a huge gain in the provincial elections. Numerous analyses followed in the media: what caused this monster victory? Whether you agree with them or not; I think above all they listened very carefully to the p...

Renewable proteins and energy from seaweed

11 April 2023

We know seaweed mainly from sushi, and perhaps from chips. But it can also be made into paper, fabric, leather and bioplastic. "In a country like Korea, 30% of what they eat is based on seaweed. We are not ready for that...

Repak aims for zero-downtime

11 April 2023

During the Empack, Repak did not just show how good they are at packaging, they pulled out all the stops. The new HMI was introduced in Den Bosch. The HMI, displayed at the fair on the RE thermoformer, is easy to operate...

Roy Meenderink: The key for innovation

11 April 2023

"Are you that old already?" a customer asked me when I recently told them that I have been in the food industry for 38 years. But no, I simply started early. In all that time, I have seen a lot of product innovations pas...

Proseal Case Packer - Today's end-of-line solution

11 April 2023

With the Case Packer, Sismatec and Proseal offer the end-of-line solution for automatically packing trays/punnets/buckets (with top seal or lid) into crates and boxes at up to 160 packs per minute. This machine is the pe...

Get a grip on food

11 April 2023

Hardly anywhere is getting a grip on your business processes as crucial, and at the same time as challenging, as in the food industry. This puts a continuous strain on your margins, on processes and on people - and thus ...

Saskia Stender: Planning is predicting the future

11 April 2023

No matter how good your preparation, and how tight your planning, things always go differently. I have just finished a project that started in November and was due to go to print in January. This took (slightly) longe...

CBL wants new basis for sustainability standard

05 April 2023

Supermarket organisations and foodservice companies in the Netherlands have decided to take further steps in the short term to work with Dutch farmers and market gardeners and civil society organisations to achieve a wid...

Price of eggs historically high

05 April 2023

In the Netherlands, eggs were on average 26.3 per cent more expensive in February 2023 than a year earlier. The price of eggs rose sharply in recent months. Consumers in the rest of the world also had to pay more for egg...

The barcode is 50 years old and the 2D barcode is on the rise

04 April 2023

Since its introduction in 1973, the barcode has been on more than 1 billion products. Although this technology has been among us for five decades, a promising future still lies ahead. The next generation of barcodes is p...

Remarkable food industry turnover growth in 2022

04 April 2023

The food industry experienced remarkable sales growth in 2022. As many as 65 per cent of the companies managed to increase their turnover. Of these companies, half even achieved more than 20 per cent increase in turnover...

TAPP Coalition: 57% of Dutch support meat and dairy tax

04 April 2023

More than half of the Dutch agree with a levy on meat and dairy provided healthy food is made cheaper, according to a survey by Ipsos among a representative selection of 1,039 Dutch people, commissioned by the TAPP Coali...

Inflation rate falls sharply in March, food prices remain high

04 April 2023

Inflation in the Netherlands fell sharply in March 2023, to 4.5% from 8.9% in February. This was mainly due to a decline in energy prices, which were 28.2% lower than a year ago.  Nevertheless, upward price press...

Strong year expected for poultry industry

04 April 2023

The outlook for poultry farming in Europe and the Netherlands is positive, but it comes with challenges. Demand for chicken remains as strong as ever, while global supply remains tight due to the impact of bird flu and h...