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Net Zero Food Manufacturing - 16th June - In-Person & Online

  • National Centre for Food Manufacturing NCFM, Park Road Holbeach, PE12 7PT United Kingdom (map)

On Thursday 16th June 2022 we welcomed food industry leaders to our Net Zero Food Manufacturing Event . We blended success stories from early adopters, with advice from automation experts and even made a batch of net zero soup.

You can watch videos from the day below.


What: Net Zero Food Manufacturing Event - (free to attend) - attend in person or online.
Where: National Centre for Food Manufacturing, University of Lincoln, Holbeach, UK & online webinar.
When: 09:00-16:00 - Thursday 16th June 2022


End-user stories

Learn from food manufacturing colleagues as they share their automation journey covering the challenges, the benefits and adoption advice.

  • Executive Chair of Wealmoor, a leading sub-tropical fruit and vegetable grower, packer and distributor, will share how the business has implemented a number of sustainability programmes including switching to renewables and investing in automation to improve efficiency.

  • CEO of Go-Tan, a Netherlands based sauce manufacturer, will share their learnings from adopting APRIL batch cooking (chef) and APRIL Weighing (sous chef).

  • Head of IT at Berry Gardens, the UK's largest soft fruit business, will share how they have integrated new technologies to improve sustainability in their state of the art new packhouse.

Technology demos

Get to grips with the latest technology shaping the automation of food manufacturing including:

  • Full-scale demonstration of APRIL making soup at a rate of 2.4T/HR including fully automated powder weigh up and liquid dosing with KUKA robotics.

  • How Ignition can help you easily and quickly connect your factory to see your energy and production savings in real-time from any device.

  • Examples of the latest developments in quality inspection using Cognex’s powerful vision and artificial intelligence (AI) technologies.

Discover digital skills
Learn about the digital skills and tools you need to “level-up” your team and realise the full benefits of digitalisation.

  • How to access the digital skills your organisation needs to thrive.


Agenda

Every kW matters; energy is and will continue to dramatically affect your business. Learn how APRIL and digital technologies can shake up your manufacturing processes to move towards a low carbon, profitable future.

09:30 Welcome – Setting the scene

Prof. Val Braybrooks MBE - University of Lincoln, Jake Norman – OAL

Grant Barr – EON, Ling Sin Fai Lam – Shore Capital

 10:00 Carbon footprint of chilled food manufacturing

Dr Wayne Martindale – University of Lincoln

 10:30 Case Study – Go Tan – APRIL sauce manufacture

Bing Go – Go Tan

 11:10 Coffee break

11:30 Net-zero food manufacture

Ian Beauchamp - OAL

 11:50 Case Study – Agrana – APRIL robotic powder weighing

Benoit Wissoq – Agrana

12:20 – Lunch & networking

Chilled soup manufacture cooking & cooling demo

 13:00 Case Study – Building sustainability into a new packhouse

James Judge - Berry Gardens

 13:30 Technology Session – Digitalisation

Ethan Stone – OAL, Matthew Raybourn – Inductive Automation 

1400 Case Study – Improving sustainability with automation

Matthew Beacham – Wealmoor

14:30 Technology Session – Vision

Harry Norman – OAL, Thomas Flude – Cognex

15:00 Food Sector Support, Funding & Digitalisation

Prof. Mark Swainson - University of Lincoln, Jenni McDonnell MBE - Knowledge Transfer Network

15:30 Q&A + Debate 

16:00 Finish


FAQ

  • Who should attend? The event is designed for senior leaders working in food manufacturing who want to learn how automation and robotics technologies can make their businesses more sustainable.

  • Will there be lunch? Yes, we’ll be providing lunch and you’ll also have the chance to taste the APRIL difference with samples of our “net-zero” soup. Dietary requirements.

  • What’s the best way of getting there? In the spirit of the day, we’re going to make it easy to take public transport by offering complimentary lifts from Peterborough train station. Alternatively, you can travel directly to Holbeach by car and there is plenty of parking at the centre.

  • Please note that photographs and footage will be taken throughout the event. These will be used for marketing. Please contact us if you have any concerns or if you wish to be exempted from this activity.

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