Sidel's Super Combi is an all-in-one system for water and carbonated soft drinks production that delivers ready-to-sell products at high speed. The machine is billed as the ‘next generation’ solution and has five process steps: preform feeder, blower, labeller, filler/capper and cap feeder into an all-in-one system. 

Sam Strömerstén is President and CEO of the Sidel Group and he spoke with FoodBev Media's Darren Wood about the Super Combi.

Jules Scully rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Unilever secures deal to sell its southern African spreads unit, Fonterra confirms takeover bid for Australia’s Murray Goulburn, Conagra acquires Boomchickapop owner Angie’s Artisan Treats. 

Endress + Hauser, a supplier of products, solutions and services for industrial process measurement and automation, has unveiled its new self-calibrating sensor called TrustSens.

The company has said that this new sensor is designed for customers in the food & beverage industries who require 100% compliance with FDA and GMP regulations. The new thermometer offers process reliability and system availability through permanent inline self-calibration, thus eliminating the risk of non-compliance during production.

Tim Schrodt from Endress + Hauser spoke with FoodBev Media's Darren Wood about the TrustSens.

Jules Scully rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Sales of organic agricultural products in the US rise by 23%, Ab InBev acquires ‘innovative’ Australian brewery 4 Pines, Chinese spirits market expected to be worth $450bn by 2021.

Jules Scully rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Albertsons acquires meal kit start-up Plated, Kroger announces programme to eliminate grocery waste by 2025, Jack Link’s targeting European expansion with ‘major UK facility’

Jules Scully rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Food and drink companies to standardise date labels by 2020, Carlsberg chairman: Sustainable development vital for growth, Olam International invests $150m in two Nigerian poultry facilities

Jules Scully rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Femsa sells a 5.24% stake in Heineken for €2.5bn, Post Holdings to pay $1.5bn for refrigerated food firm Bob Evans, Walmart to build ‘more modern’ headquarters in war with Amazon.

Jules Scully rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Unilever: partnerships between start-ups and big firms to grow, Müller to invest £100m in its UK Yogurt and Dessert business, Dutch farms get 130m euro fund for manure manofermentation

Jules Scully rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Nestlé takes majority stake in high-end coffee chain Blue Bottle, UK cider sales increase by 5.5% year-on-year to reach £1bn, Glanbia Cheese chief Paul Vernon named as Dairy UK chairman

Jules Scully rounds up the day's top stories in the world of food and beverages, including: Juncker 'will not accept' dual food quality within EU member states, Evian opens carbon-neutral production facility in France, US plant-based food market grows by 8.1% in the past year