· AUTOMATION & INNOVATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY IN FOOD (9)
Food Manufacturing Engineering Group (FMEG)
AUTOMATION & INNOVATION FOR SUSTAINABILITY IN FOOD MANUFACTURING MEETING
TO BE HELD AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS, YORKSHIRE ON 10 MAY 2006
| | · Automation in Cold Chain & Sustainability 2005 (9)
The purpose of this meeting of the food industry, food equipment industry and academia was to discuss developments in automation and control in the cold chain and sustainability.
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· Decemeber 2004 Group Meeting (3)
Academic meeting of the AFA group
| | · EPSRC Automated Food Assembly Meeting,Salford 2005 (6)
The Univeristy of Salford, 25 May 2005
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· FMEG in 2010 and beyond (1)
FMEG strategy for future
| | · FMEG July 2008 (5)
Samworth Brothers A Family Business – Mike Mountain
Centre for Food Robotics and Automation – Stephen Fitzpatrick
Implementing good automation for a sustainable food industry - Alan Spreckley
EPSRC Project: Creating Physical Structure from Disarray – Graham Purnell
GRAIL The Development of a Food Industry Appropriate Robot – Geoff Pegman
Food Security – Jose Spring
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· FMEG MEETING AT FESTO, NORTHAMPTON - 4 Nov 2009 (3)
This successful meeting was attended by more than 40 delegates. Steve Land welcomed the meeting to Festo, explained the history of the company and the focus on automation, industrial control and pneumatics.
The Managing Director of Festo, Gary Wyles, addressed the meeting on emerging from the recession and urged companies to consider three dimensions of waste and energy. These are: power, process and people. An example of wasted power was leakage from pneumatics. Processes needed to be productive, flexible, add value, be sustainable, be continuously improved and part of the lean agenda. Any process that does not add value creates waste. People need to be engaged in the agenda and tasks and the engagement needs to be from the ground up. Staff will mimic the management so leadership must have conviction and communicate clearly.
Robert Matthews of Defra outlined the consultation 'Food 2030'. He emphasised the importance of the food industry as an employer, creator of wealth and providing nutrients essential to health. He listed the future challenges of feeding a larger population in a sustainable way, with thriving food and farming and reductions in the use of water and energy and minimising waste. Defra was leading co-ordination across the government. There had been a good response to the consultation. This would be published in early 2010.
| | · FMEG Siemens meeting 23 June 2010 (5)
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· Holbeach (3)
Report of The Meeting on Research Opportunities in Food Manufacturing Held at The National Centre for Food Manufacturing, University of Lincoln, Holbeach Campus on 13 May 2009
| | · Plymouth Meeting (2)
Plymouth Meeting
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· Proceeedings (1)
The proceedings of conferences that have been organised by members of the AFA network.
·Automated Food Assembly Workshop - Manchester 2007 (7)
·Automated Food Assembly Workshop at Salford 2001 (6)
·Automated Food Assembly Workshop at Salford 2002 (5)
| | · THE JOINT MEETING OF FMEG AND AFAN AT OXFORD 2006 (10)
The programme links the industrial members of FMEG with the EPSRC Automated Food Assembly Network of University researchers from 18 Universities and with the Food Processing Faraday in promoting partnerships with universities and equipment suppliers to improve efficiency and develop new ideas. This is the eleventh meeting of the FMEG.
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