Hawkins
Watts New Zealand commissioned colour blending
equipment in its state-of-the-art repacking
facility in Maurice Road in late 2012. It is
now able to produce small batches of colour
specifically to support the requirements of
the NZ market.
Making blends locally will reduce lead times and improve the cost
competitiveness of the material sold by HWNZ. The blending facility
is supported by a full suite of analytical equipment, including a
UV-Vis Spectrophotometer.
The FOODBOWL Open Day: March 13 and 14 . . .
Auckland’s innovation centre,
The FOODBOWL is
opening its doors to the industry and public on the 13th and 14th
of March to showcase its capability and state of the art processing
suites.
Hawkins Watts has partnered
with the team at The FOODBOWL to develop several concepts to
be produced on the day. If you haven’t had the opportunity
to see inside The FOODBOWL we highly recommend you get out to
have a look. We would love to see you there!
The open day is a chance to:
See
real
food products created live, view
finished products and talk
with users of
The FOODBOWL.
Discover
new
technologies and processes:
High Pressure Processing,
Twin-Screw Extruding
and Aseptic Bottle Filling.
Talk
with
industry experts, equipment suppliers
and capability providers
to the food and beverage
sector.
Hear
key
presentations that will help grow new
ideas.
Enjoy
a
networking opportunity.
To
register for the open days, go to
www.foodinnovationnetwork.co.nz/
foodbowl/who-we-are/news-and-events/
FMC Corporation News
In the second half of 2012
FMC Corporation acquired
two food ingredient manufacturers namely:
Phytone
Limited - a leading natural colour producer based in
the United Kingdom.
At
the time of the acquisition
Pierre Brondeau,
President CEO and Chairman of FMC Corporation stated “This
acquisition underscores our commitment to grow FMC’s new
natural colours portfolio, and represents another important step
in our Vision 2015 growth strategy. We expect the high-growth,
natural colours market to reach well over $1 billion by 2015.
The addition of Phytone’s unique colour technology, coupled
with our acquisition last year of Chilean-based South Pole BioGroup,
greatly strengthens our position in this exciting market”.
Pectine
Italia – a leading Italian based manufacturer
of pectin for the food ingredients market. The acquisition marks
FMC’s entry into the pectin market, expanding the company’s
industry-leading portfolio of hydrocolloid texturants and stabilizers.
“
This acquisition continues our strategic expansion into the high-growth,
natural-based food ingredients market,” said
Michael
Wilson, president, FMC Specialty Chemicals. “With
our recent acquisitions of two natural food colours businesses,
our entry into pectin underscores our commitment to broaden FMC’s
portfolio of innovative food ingredients. It also represents
another important step in our Vision 2015 growth”.
emulsifiers
and integrated blends to expand its market leadership to dairy, ice
cream, margarine as well as in soya beverages over the next year.
Our
competition is back and you have a chance to win the $40 Farro
Fresh Food voucher again.
