Tendencias Alimentarias

After almost 20 years at ZEISS, the President and CEO of Carl Zeiss AG, Dr. Karl Lamprecht, has decided not to extend his contract. Therefore, the Supervisory Board of Carl Zeiss AG has decided to appoint Andreas Pecher as the new President and CEO of Carl Zeiss AG effective 1 April 2025.

With a view to the upcoming state elections on September 1, 2024, in Thuringia (Thüringen), the German Potato Trade Association (DKHV) underlines the outstanding importance of the potato as a renewable resource and cornerstone of regional value creation.

Royal Avebe will continue to purchase two million kilowatt hours of fossil-free biomethane at its German plant in Lüchow in 2024.

Sandrine Dixson-Declève is going to open Anuga FoodTec in Cologne on 19 March 2024 at 9.15 a.m. with a keynote speech on the Main Stage Responsibility (Hall 9, B080/C081).

Across the entire packaging industry, there is increasing demand for simple and fully recyclable packaging.

Machine learning driven crop insights tool HarvestEye will be exhibiting on the global agronomy stage at Fruit Logistica. Fitting to harvesting or grading equipment provides visibility on the size, shape and mapping variability of potatoes and now also onions.

The German Potato Industry Association (DKHV) honored Christin Meyer's thesis on nitrogen fertilization of (starch) potatoes, research carried out at the University of Göttingen.

The Technology Commission of the UNIKA and the Technology Committee of the German Potato Trade Association served as discussion partners and sources of inspiration. V. (DKHV) was invited to the geoecology working group at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) in December.

Schools all over Germany take part in "Kids an die Knolle", an educational program run by the German Potato Trade Association (DKHV).

The Germany-headquartered company presented a series of innovations at the two-day event of the mechanical and plant machinery companies' network.

Serenade is a biological fungicide based on a living bacterium derived from nature. In extensive trials, Bayer identified a number of positive effects on the potato crop.

Brenntag, the global market leader in chemicals and ingredients distribution, just announced a partnership with Coöperatie Koninklijke Avebe U.A. ("Royal Avebe").

Listen up all you potato fans: here come five trendy snacks, which really bring out the luscious taste of potatoes. These new guys are called the Crispy Veggie Snacks and their crunchy golden brown coating envelops a filling of delicious potato mousse.

Bosch BASF Smart Farming, the joint venture between Bosch and BASF Digital Farming to globally market and sell smart farming technology, announced its new brand name: ONE SMART SPRAY.

At Interpack 2023, tna solutions will showcase its processing and packaging solutions for food manufacturers worldwide. Visitors to booth C56 and D56, Hall 14, will have an opportunity to enter a fully functioning virtual factory

HarvestEye is set to launch the newest version of its industry leading machine-learning driven root crops insights tool at Fruit Logistica, the world’s largest fresh produce trade fair.

Global sales of French fries are being driven by the rising number of online food delivery service companies. According to projections published by Fact.MR, French fries are forecast to register a whopping 5.8% value CAGR over the next 10 years.

From 8 to 10 February 2023, thirty-two Belgian suppliers of fruit and vegetables, potatoes and fruit trees, together with three trade associations and four fruit and vegetable auctions, will present themselves at the joint stand of Flanders’ Agricultural Marketing Board, VLAM, at Fruit Logistica in hall 27, at stand A 22.