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Mr Donald Ives

21 Gunnings Way
Hemingford Grey
Cambridgeshire
PE28 9EE


Contact Person: Mr Donald Ives
Qualifications: FIFST FIMechE FAE
Phone: 01480 462350
Occupation: Food Engineering Specialist and Food Scientist

Mr Donald Ives FIFST FIMechE FAE

Food Engineering Specialist and Food Scientist

Mr Donald Ives is the Senior Partner of D C Ives International Consultants. He has extensive experience of the food and allied processing industries worldwide gained over the past 48 years. He has achieved three Packaging Awards for food in Japan and the UK.

Prior to establishing the consultancy partnership 32 years ago, Mr Ives held important posts with International companies:

  • Technical Director, Lark Valley Foods
  • Group Engineer, Danepak and ESS Foods, Denmark
  • Works Manager and General Manager, W R Grace Automotive Division, USA
  • Group Engineer, Borg Warner Corporation, USA
  • Food Industry Trainee, Unilever, Bachelor Foods and Unilever Research

Mr Ives undertakes project assessments for the World Bank Washington DC and the Northern Ireland Government on food matters. He has completed assignments in the USA, Canda, Denmark, Hong Kong, Turkey, Yugoslavia and New Zealand.

He is trained in report writing, CPR and acting as a joint or single expert, having received commendation from the Court of Construction and Technology.

Mr Ives has been the chairman of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers Food Committee for the past 10 years. As a member of the Process Industries Board he advises on advancements and new technology in the food sector.