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Upakovka Preview
 BCH will be meeting new and existing customers of liquorice, fruit, mallow and caramel process equipment at the forthcoming Upakovka exhibition in Moscow. In addition, BCH hope to attract new customers to their stand who are looking for the next generation of process solutions. BCH are keen to demonstrate their process knowledge and manufacturing flexibility to assist those customers looking for something a little different.
The focus of the exhibition for BCH will be their Micro Extrusion Line, a low cost confectionery extrusion line suitable for new start-up companies in Russia which is capable of making healthy snack products from fruit.
Apart from a wide variety of processing equipment for the confectionery industry, BCH is a world leading manufacturer of processing equipment for the ready meal industry with a special focus on cooking and cooling equipment.
BCH will be exhibiting in hall 2, stand 22A27.
Visit BCH at Interpack, Dusseldorf in May 2011
 BCH will be exhibiting in hall 5, stand F04-16 with the British PPMA organisation at the forthcoming Interpack exhibition in Dusseldorf. As well as hoping to meet their existing customers of liquorice, fruit, mallow and caramel process equipment from around the world, BCH hope to attract those new customers who are looking for the next generation of process solutions. BCH are keen to demonstrate their process knowledge and manufacturing flexibility to assist those customers looking for something a little different.
The focus of the exhibition for BCH will be to present a low cost confectionery extrusion equipment suitable for new start up companies or developing markets in the Middle East, Africa and Asia.
Equipment on show includes:
- The micro co-extrusion system is for liquorice and starch gummy extrusions with sugar paste or other caramel centres. The system extrudes 9 ropes with a capacity of 150-400kg/hr.
- The 400mm wide micro guillotine is made in stainless steel and servo motor controlled for cut speeds up to 200/min with auto cut length control.
- The Z arm mixer is made in stainless steel for 75kg batch sizes for a range of products from sugar paste to chewing gum.
BCH celebrates the Innovation Centre’s 10 Year Anniversary
On the 18th October 2010 BCH will be celebrating the 10th Anniversary since their state of the art 1025m² Innovation Centre was built.
Since opening, the Innovation centre has served customers from all over the world. Although the centre has only been built 10 years, BCH has always been at the forefront of innovation since the company was started in 1835. The company was started by 3 gentlemen – William Brierley, Luke Collier and Thomas Hartley. In 1885 they were awarded a silver medal in London and in 1888 a gold medal and diploma in Melbourne at the International Inventions Exhibition. The awards were for a self generating steam pan that revolutionised the confectionery industry by replacing gas fired cooking with steam cooking.
 Over the last 10 years the BCH Innovation Centre and the philosophy on which it is based has enabled BCH in partnership with its customers to produce innovative designs and technology for mixing, cooking, cooling, extruding and enrobing food and confectionery products. Some examples of the products developed and tested are cinder toffee, popcorn, 100% fruit bars, chilled soups, 4 colour liquorice, banana fruit bars, Bolognese sauces and many more.
The latest technologies that have been developed in the Innovation Centre are the 100% fruit cooking and extrusion line, the 4 colour liquorice extrusion line, the ProWok for fresh, healthy high quality stir fry production and potato cooking, cooling and extruding for healthy potato snacks.
Within the Innovation Centre we also house a conference facility for customers to meet and discuss trials undertaken with our staff or for training on BCH plant, software and control systems.
The centre is staffed and supported by a wealth of knowledge from food scientists, process engineers, design and mechanical engineers and software developers and it is all managed by a newly appointed facilities manager. The centre has also welcomed students from different universities on placements over the years studying various projects from cryogenic cooling to vacuum cooling technology for cakes.
For more information or to visit the Innovation centre please ring Sara Burton, Facilities Manager on +44 (1706) 855271 Or sara.burton@bchltd.com or visit www.bchltd.com
29th April 2010 – BCH University Placement is awarded 2nd Prize
Jancie Ng, BCH’s university placement student from Manchester University has been awarded 2nd prize in the IFST North of England Young Scientist Competition 2010. Jancie presented her presentation about Vacuum Cooling technology for Cakes; Food properties comparison between cooling methods and vacuum cooling at the University of Leeds on the 29th April 2010. We would like to congratulate Jancie on all her hard work.
Total Processing & Packaging exhibition
BCH recently attended the Total exhibition in Birmingham where they had a brilliant show with lots of new leads being generated.
 The 23rd Annual bike ride of 64 miles from Manchester to Blackpool
On Sunday 12th July 2009 a group of employees from BCH Engineering took on the challenge of taking part in the 23rd Annual bike ride of 64 miles from Manchester to Blackpool. The ride started at Old Trafford and finished at the Mirror ball at the South Promenade.
Congratulations Rick Holt, Paul Burton, Craig Rhodes Richard Coyne and Chris Trivett on all completing the challenge and raising over £1000 for Christies which will help with their quest to transform cancer services for more than 40,000 patients every year.
 BCH launch the NEW ProWok at PPMA Exhibition at the NEC Birmingham
BCH will be at the PPMA show from the 29th September to the 1st October 2009 on stand E91 in Hall 5 where they will be promoting a wide range of food and confectionery processing equipment solutions.
The focus of the exhibition for BCH will be to present their new innovation ~ the ProWok. The new industrial wok produces fresh, healthy and high quality stir fry foods to a chef quality standard. The patented method used by ProWok solves the problem of vegetables losing their crispness and bite and meat joints retaining their roasted taste using minimal fat or oil content. The ProWok makes it possible to mass produce vegetables of a quality equal to those prepared freshly at home and has a capacity of up to 400kg/hr of raw ingredients, depending on production requirements.
 BCH take part in the Bupa Great Manchester 10k Run - May 2009
On the 17th May 2009 a team of 11 of us from BCH ran the Bupa Great Manchester 10k Run. Everyone achieved their own personal goals with times ranging from just under an hour to an hour and half.
The event was started by Russell Watson and had amazing support all the way round from families, friends, the general public and all the different charities.
In all we have managed to raise £1,700.00 for the Alzheimers Society, Diabetes and Cancer Research UK.
We would like to thank everyone who has sponsored us and we will keep you up to date about what charity event/s we will be taking part in next year.
BCH launch the NEW ProWok at Anuga, Cologne - April 2009
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 BCH recently exhibited at the Anuga FoodTec exhibition in Cologne. The focus of the exhibition for BCH was to present their new innovation ~ the ProWok. The launch was a huge success and generated a lot of interest from food processing companies from the UK, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
The new industrial wok produces fresh, healthy and high quality stir fry foods to a chef quality standard. The patented method used by ProWok solves the problem of vegetables losing their crispness and bite and meat joints retaining their roasted taste using minimal fat or oil content. The ProWok makes it possible to mass produce vegetables of a quality equal to those prepared freshly at home and has a capacity of up to 400kg/hr of raw ingredients, depending on production requirements.
For more information please contact us on +44 (0)1706 852122 or visit our website www.bchltd.com/prowok.html.
Photograph shows the NEW BCH ProWok which meets the current trend for fresh & healthy, high quality stir fry production.
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BCH recently attended the PPMA show at the Birmingham NEC - October 2008
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BCH recently attended the PPMA show at the Birmingham NEC. The show was a great success with many new contacts made and the show generated many new leads. Dont miss us there again in 2009. |
BCH NEW Micro Extrusion Line
 BCH launch new new micro confectionery extrusion line is a cost-effective solution for any new start-up companies as well as certain developing markets within the Middle East, Africa and Asia who wish to gain a foothold in the sector, without committing huge initial outlay. The new user-friendly and easy-to-install solution should be of interest to those niche companies serving smaller segments of the confectionery industry. The line presents a viable option as users invariably lack the large sales volumes to warrant investment in larger, more expensive production lines and may also offer advantages to test kitchens environments.
In addition to its ability to extrude traditional confectionery products, the new micro extrusion line has also been designed in tune with the continued move towards more responsible, healthy-eating attitudes. As a result, the new line offers the capability for 100% fruit and vegetable extrusion to suit the latest consumer trends for natural, organic and clean ingredient labels on snack products.
The micro extrusion line has a 300mm product width for output capacities of up to 150kg/hr of liquorice product and up to 300kg/hr of liquorice and sugar paste co-extrusion.
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