Machinery Update July / August 2020
The July / August 2020 issue of Machinery Update.
The July / August 2020 issue of Machinery Update.
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www.machineryupdate.co.uk JULY/AUGUST <strong>2020</strong> MACHINERY UPDATE 7<br />
This year’s PPMA Show<br />
is postponed 12 months<br />
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W www.jenact.co.uk<br />
Further to the PPMA’s<br />
detailed conversations<br />
with the National<br />
Exhibition Centre (NEC),<br />
and in the interests of health<br />
and safety for all concerned,<br />
the trade association has<br />
taken the decision to postpone<br />
this year’s PPMA Show until<br />
2021 (28-30 September).<br />
The PPMA says this decision<br />
was not taken lightly as it<br />
considered the implications<br />
for visitors and exhibitors in<br />
respect of everything from<br />
social distancing, availability<br />
of hotels, travel and the<br />
preparation time required.<br />
Also, the government has<br />
not yet relaxed restrictions<br />
regarding mass gatherings,<br />
nor has it published any<br />
guidelines for staging large<br />
scale events such as this when<br />
the restrictions are lifted.<br />
All in all, the PPMA felt<br />
the risk was too great as<br />
the health and well-being<br />
of those involved remains<br />
The PPMA Show will not run this year, the first time not staged since 1988<br />
paramount, especially during<br />
the COVID-19 pandemic.<br />
Following the exhibition<br />
announcement, the PPMA’s<br />
Show Director Richard Little,<br />
said: “It’s the first time that<br />
we will not be staging our<br />
flagship event since the show’s<br />
inception in 1988, which is<br />
really disappointing.<br />
“We have also had to<br />
consider that many of our<br />
exhibitors and visitors to<br />
our shows are categorised<br />
by the government as key<br />
workers, providing a range<br />
of essential engineering<br />
and maintenance services to<br />
aid the critical supply of food<br />
and pharmaceutical goods.<br />
“On behalf of the PPMA,<br />
I would like to take this<br />
opportunity to thank all<br />
our exhibitors, suppliers,<br />
registered visitors, staff<br />
members and media partners<br />
alike for their continued<br />
support during these<br />
unprecedented times.”<br />
The PPMA Show <strong>2020</strong><br />
website will remain a live<br />
information source for<br />
exhibitors and visitors.<br />
W www.ppmashow.co.uk<br />
Business assurance<br />
service for a range<br />
of management rules<br />
Help with process<br />
needs is available<br />
at online event<br />
TÜV SÜD has introduced its<br />
business assurance service<br />
in the UK to provide<br />
management system auditing<br />
and certification services for<br />
more than 40 management<br />
standards, including ISO 9001<br />
(quality management),<br />
ISO 14001 (environmental<br />
management) and ISO 45001<br />
(occupational health & safety).<br />
As industry standards are<br />
becoming an increasingly<br />
common prerequisite for<br />
tenders within the supply<br />
chain, the service provides<br />
management system auditing<br />
and certification to assess<br />
business processes.<br />
W www.tuv-sud.co.uk<br />
AN ASEPTIC PET BOTTLE LINE IS OPERATING IN GHANA<br />
Milky drinks for school kids<br />
Ghana’s largest fully integrated cocoa processor Niche Cocoa Industry<br />
has signed a deal with Sidel to buy equipment to package a ready to<br />
drink chocolate milk in support of Ghana’s School Feeding Programme,<br />
providing 5.6 million pupils with the milk, aseptically packed in 250 ml<br />
PET bottles, for 100 school days per year. Read more on page 24.<br />
The International Cheese<br />
Awards have gone online<br />
and will be hosted by<br />
dairy process solution<br />
company Sycamore Process<br />
Engineering, and its<br />
automation partner Au2mate.<br />
The team at Sycamore<br />
and Au2mate are offering<br />
up one-to-one meetings<br />
(in 30 minute slots) on<br />
Tuesday 28 <strong>July</strong> to give<br />
cheese and dairy companies<br />
the opportunity to ask<br />
questions about all of their<br />
processing needs, CIPs,<br />
pasteurisers and other<br />
machine upgrades.<br />
E k.burt@sycamore.uk.com