The award season is well under way and Lock Inspection Systems is celebrating after being nominated for a top award at the food and beverage industry equivalent of the Oscars– Food Processing Awards 2012! Read more
Lock Chief Exec identifies the US as major growth market. Interviewed by a Manchester newspaper, Lock CEO Dave Garnett said: “The US seems to be the market that is growing for us. People are still eating and needing to take pills, so there is continuing growth and demand in these sectors for us. Read more
Lock helps United Biscuits to improve the processing efficiency of their multi-bag crisp packing lines and dramatically reduced product wastage as a direct result of retrofitting four snack lines with 62 throat metal detectors.
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With food and pharmaceutical manufacturers looking to extract every ounce of value from their assets, the potential benefits to be accrued by removing contamination before valuable manufacturing time has been wasted are very attractive and the demand for in process contaminant removal is rising significantly in the industry. Read more
Datachek management software from Lock Inspection Systems, provides constant monitoring of the metal detectors on the food line. The software helps to ensure that routine checks and calibrations are carried out at the requested frequency. It also records whether there has been any activation of the detectors, resulting in the contaminated material being rejected and root cause analysis being activated. This helps to diagnose any metal-related contamination issues before the product leaves the site with real-time measurements. Read more
Mike Randall is retiring from Lock on 8th September 2011. Mike has been an integral part of the latest successful chapter of Lock’s long history, and his experience and understanding of the product inspection business have proved invaluable as we plotted our course toward growth and development. Read more
The Food Network Wales and the United Kingdom Association for Food Protection held conference entitled "Contamination in Food" on May 24th, at the Village Hotel, Cardiff, attended by food producers from all round the UK Read more
THE FOOD INDUSTRY IN THE UK is set to benefit from a new partnership between the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff’s Food Industry Center and Lock Inspection Systems Ltd, the world’s leading independent manufacturer of industrial metal detection equipment. Read more
Following the second successive year of unprecedented growth in the important pharmaceutical sector, LOCK INSPECTION SYSTEMS has created the role of Strategic Account Manager within it's LOCK BV subsidiary to provide comprehensive commercial and technical support for pharmaceutical producers around the globe. Read more
