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NEWS 6INDUSTRY NEWS


The latest news in the confectionery industry


42MOVERS AND SHAKERS Key appointments and promotions that are shaking up the industry


events


8 LCF 2024 Simon Wright has been announced as the Chairman of the London Chocolate Forum 2024, marking his fourth time leading the event


KennedysConfection.com 10 IFT FIRST Review


Kiran Grewal provides an extensive report on the popular food science, technology and innovation expo held at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois


FEATURES


26PROCESS CONTROL & AUTOMATION Embracing today’s digitalised automation


solutions can help enhance efficiency, improve product quality, and meet the fast-changing demands


Kennedy’s Confection July 2024 5


Mehdi Taki of Branson Ultrasonics highlights a technology for cleanly cutting extruded bars, while Gabriela Saavedra of Thermo Fisher Scientific discusses confectionery extrusion with a co-rotating twin-screw extruder, responding to Kennedy’s Confection’s questions on industry trends and technology choices.


32 FORMING & EXTRUSION


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