Delivering Creative Ingredients Solutions through Innovation

It’s been 8 months since Hawkins Watts moved into their spacious new premises in Mulgrave, Victoria. New state-of-the art laboratories take pride of place, boasting equipment to make many an innovation technologist envious. The laboratories are equipped with cutting-edge technical equipment, including a UV-vis spectrophotometer, 3-1 combi oven, 2 stage homogenisers, water activity measurement capabilities, […]

Bringing World-Class Food Processing Solutions to the Poultry, Fish and Meat Industries

From a single machine to full plants and turn-key solutions, Oestergaard Australia is a global supplier of innovative food processing solutions for the poultry, fish and meat industries across Australia, New Zealand, and South Pacific. Representing a range of quality European brands, Oestergaard specialize in designing, manufacturing, installing and servicing equipment to help your food […]

How Food Manufacturers are Maximising Product Development Efficiency for Long-term Growth

According to an Australian Food & Grocery Council (AFGC) report, past strengths may not be enough to ensure long-term resilience and growth due to high manufacturing costs and lower R&D spending.  In this fiercely competitive landscape with evolving market conditions, prioritising innovation and eliminating inefficiencies throughout product development becomes crucial for enhancing competitiveness and improving profitability.  […]

Future-proof natural ingredients with added functionality

Today, sustainability is uppermost in people’s minds and plays a key role in consumer purchasing decisions. It therefore goes without saying that the food industry must prove itself capable of making the right decisions when it comes to safeguarding precious, natural resources such as water, soil and the very air that we breathe. As a […]

Enhancing Packaging Efficiency and Reliability with MOSCA Strapping Solutions

By Brenda Porter-Smith, MOSCA Marketing Manager MOSCA products have been sold throughout Australia and New Zealand for over 30 years. The continued growth in this region lead to the founding of MOSCA Australia in early 2003. The subsidiary is a key supplier to several large multinational, medium and small organisations within various industries including newsprint, corrugated […]

Food and Nutrition Innovation for Engaging Products

Article provided by Azelis  Food and Nutrition, build a product story to engage with your audience. The food and beverage industry is evolving, driven by changing consumer behaviors, unpredictable environmental factors, and socio-economical changes. As globalization softly blurs inter-country borders, we see merging trends and standardization of consumers’ expectations. Manufacturers are facing new macro standards […]

Contech Engineering – Providing high-quality food manufacturing solutions

As an expert manufacturer in the food industry, Contech provides high-quality solutions to companies worldwide. Priding themselves on their commitment to innovation, reliability, and exceptional customer service. They have offices across the major cities in Australia, while manufacturing is at the head office in Melbourne, they also have sales offices in UK and Thailand, with […]

Magnetic solutions for reducing equipment contamination

By Eric Confer, Market Manager—Eriez® Light Industry Team  In the food industry, ferrous metal contamination can damage process equipment and create an impure product that must be scrapped. This metallic contamination may come from a variety of sources; incoming products sometimes contain contaminants from the transportation vessel used to deliver the product, such as a […]

Award-winning sustainable packaging suppliers to showcase innovations at foodpro 2023

Sustainability took centre stage at this year’s PIDA with the Sustainable Packaging Design of the Year award split into the following categories:   Recycled Content  Labelling   Mono Material Advancements   Renewable Materials   Compostables   This year, foodpro is partnering with the AIP to bring education on responsible practices when it comes to food packaging, and we are thrilled […]

Digital solutions for an improved CPG industry

Consumers are demanding more, and for those working in the consumer-packaged goods (CPG) industry, these demands are changing the way products are brought to market and bringing about several challenges as a result. Shorter product lifecycles, with an increase in small batch manufacturing, require increased agility and flexibility in the operations of the CPG sector. […]