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Kiremko and Packo are proud to present an innovative new product pump, specifically built for the vegetable and potato processing industry. Named VPCK, the pump is the successor of the current VDKK product pump.

Eliane™ Bind 12 is a potato starch with unique properties that allow food manufacturers to create high quality and crispy coatings for fish and meat.

Extremely low prices in the European ware potato market have put a dent in HZPC's sales of certified seed potatoes in Europe.

Hybrid potatoes are piquing the interests of people both within and outside the potato sector. A hybrid combines the best of two systems in order to maximize performance. But what does hybridization mean? And will it change the sector for good? HZPC weighs in.

The Dutch Association of Arable Farmers of (VTA) finds an average yield of 53.622 kg/ha, 8% below last year and on par with the 5-year average. Although tubers are large this season, the VTA predicts low factory yields as a result of a host of quality issues, resulting in an increased demand for potatoes per ton finished product.

Last Friday, the expansion of Lamb Weston / Meijer's French Fry factory in Kruiningen was inaugurated by Royal Commissioner Han Polman

La compañía holandesa Caenator puso en marcha, en colaboración con StartLife y la Universidad de Wageningen y Centro de Investigación, una nueva generación de máquinas automáticas expendedoras de papas (o patatas).

Fifty percent of the trucks used for the transport of potatoes to Avebe now meet the Euro 6 emission standards.

Dutch start-up Caenator, in collaboration with StartLife and Wageningen University & Research Centre, presented a new fully automatic french fry vending machine.

Dutch processing equipment manufacturer Florigo, since March of this year a tna company, takes its processing capabilities to a new level with the company’s breakthrough high performance 25 t/h fryer for french fries.

Research shows that crops with stacks of two or more resistance genes from closely related species, introduced into the crop via for instance genetic engineering, combined with the simultaneous introduction of resistance management, can ensure the long-term resistance of these plants to economically significant and aggressive diseases.

In the annual VTA sampling of the development of the Dutch potato crop development, mid August a yield was found 16% lower than last year and 7.1 below the 5 year average.

To obtain a better quality potatoes and fewer clods, potato packer Nedato has installed a TOMRA Field Potato Sorter directly at the reception of the potatoes.

Dutch potato company Nedato - specialized in handling and sales of ware potatoes and potatoes for the European processing industry - has launched a new website and corporate identity.

Dutch Potato Starch Manufacture AVEBE has developed a new house style including a new logo, which was unveiled July 2..

Manter International BV, manufacturer of weighing and packing equipment for the fruit and vegetable industry launches a new model of their Automatic Bagplacing system - called MBP 2 - onto the market.

Potato starch manufacturer AVEBE introduces a high amylopectin potato starch (ELIANE™ GEL 100) with unique properties that allow food manufacturers to create high quality, creamy and indulgent fat reduced soups, dressings and sauces.

Lamb Weston® has announced the launch of a new global brand identity expressed by the tagline 'Seeing Possibilities in Potatoes'.