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SABMiller Commissions new Brewery in Australia

22 June 2010 | By SABMiller

SABMiller announces that Pacific Beverages, its joint venture in Australia with Coca-Cola Amatil, has commenced brewing at its new US$105 million Bluetongue brewery in Warnervale...

Margaret Lawson honored by IFT

10 June 2010 | By Institute of Food Technologists

Margaret Lawson has been selected as the winner of the 2010 Calvert L. Willey Distinguished Service Award by the Institute of Food Technologists.

Roger White elected BSDA president

9 June 2010 | By British Soft Drinks Association

The British Soft Drinks Association has elected a new president, Roger White, Chief Executive of A G Barr, at its AGM on 8 June 2010. He will lead the soft drinks industry trade body for the next two years.

Explosion of opportunities in Nutraceuticals

23 April 2010 | By

New research from Business Insights has revealed that despite costs of over $10m to gain the right to claim that a food or drink product has a health benefit, investing is worthwhile.

Something needs to come out

23 March 2010 | By Greg Sutcliffe, Burkert Fluid Control Systems

We have successfully sized the steam control valve, but during commissioning and testing the warm up times are sluggish. Why? Well is might be a case of needing to get things out, before we can hope to put things in! We know that "new" steam is delivered, as the "existing"…

The ins and outs of steam control valves

23 March 2010 | By Greg Sutcliffe, Burkert Fluid Control Systems

When dry saturated steam comes into contact with a surface at a lower temperature than itself (let’s take the example of a jacketed cooking vessel) it will give up its latent energy and returns to condensate. Upon condensing, the steam’s volume reduces by approximately 1673 times; depending on the steam…