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NCFM’s “Excellent partnerships” with industry – Ofsted

“Excellent partnerships” with industry at heart of success of National Centre for Food Manufacturing – Ofsted The National Centre for Food Manufacturing (NCFM) has been praised for the valuable training it provides to the UK’s food manufacturing workforce by the national educational watchdog, Ofsted. As part of the University...

Project to revolutionise food process technologies

A collaborative research project between the University of Lincoln’s National Centre for Food Manufacturing (NCFM) at Holbeach and leading engineering company Olympus Automation Ltd aims to revolutionise advances in food processing. Funded by the Technology Strategy Board (TSB), the project will look at developing a fuller understanding of the...

Visit will boost food sector

Food sector specialists from UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) will be given a tour of the National Centre for Food Manufacturing at Holbeach. The Government team tasked with boosting business will also visit major food producer QV Foods’ site in Holbeach and a farm run by Moy Park, to...

Lecturer on BBC Radio Lincolnshire

Mike Dudbridge @HolbeachNCFM on BBC Radio Lincolnshire’s  Rod Whiting breakfast show – Pepsico modernising Lincoln’s Walkers factory to maintain position in competitive market. Listen on http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p012lw7g at 2 hours 22 minutes.  

Lecturer featured in “New Food” magazine

NCFM’s Mike Dudbridge  has written a four-page feature in the latest edition of  “New Food” magazine. Within the piece Mike explains the aim of Lean Manufacturing, which is a series of techniques that, if applied correctly, will improve the performance of a factory, a department or even a single...