News on Processing Equipment from Northern America

October 05, 2015

New PacLite Conveyor Belt Introduced by Cambridge Engineered Solutions

Cambridge Engineered Solutions has introduced PacLite, a new lighter weight, flatwire conveyor belt with variable openings that is ideally suited for three segments of the food processing industry: Packaging, baking and rock traps used for root crops.

October 05, 2015

Tortilla Chip Manufacturer Donkey Chips Doubles production with new FOODesign processing line

Tortilla chip manufacturer, Donkey Brands LLC, has doubled production volumes by installing a new production line from specialist food processing equipment provider, FOODesign, a tna company.

September 28, 2015

Heat and Control ships new equipment for 5,000 lb/hr of potato chips.

Engineered to integrate with a customer’s existing potato handling equipment, a new Heat and Control continuous potato chip slicer feeding, washing, and frying system will boost finished chip production capacity and improve product quality.

September 23, 2015

VERYX™ an All-New Digital Sorting Platform by Key Technology

Key Technology introduces an all-new digital sorting platform: VERYX™

Heat and Control offers new speed washer / blancher for potato slices

September 22, 2015

Washer Blancher Combi for Potato Chip Production introduced by Heat and Control

Heat and Control helps out potato chip manufacturers with limited space with this new compact speed washer for potato slices that doubles as a blancher.

September 15, 2015

Chris Rippee appointed as new President of Triple/S Dynamics

Equipment Manufacturer Triple/S Dynamics has announced the appointment of Chris Rippee as new President, succeeding Jeff Sullivan. Mr. Rippee has officially moved into the office September 14th.

September 10, 2015

High-speed Micro weigher for precise small package weights

Accurately weigh 0.5 to 50 gram portions at up to 120 per minute using the new Ishida Micro multihead weigher from Heat and Control, Inc.

September 09, 2015

Key Technology Appoints Randy Unterseher as Senior Director of Aftermarket for North America

Key Technology announces the appointment of Randy Unterseher to the position of Senior Director of Aftermarket for North America and the Intercontinental region, which includes Latin America, Asia Pacific and Australia/New Zealand.

REYCO Systems® EcoMiser™ Oil Removal System

September 03, 2015

REYCO Systems® introduces its EcoMiser™ Oil Removal System

REYCO Systems® and its partner companies Idaho Steel Products and Kiremko today announced the release of the EcoMiser™ Oil Removal System.

TOMRA Common User Interface (CUI), already implemented in the Halo and Field Potato Sorter

August 26, 2015

TOMRA wins Award for the User Interface applied in the Halo, Field Potato Sorter

TOMRA’s Common User Interface (CUI) - already applied in the Halo and the Field Potato Sorter - received this year´s International Design Excellence Award (IDEA) at a gala ceremony in Seattle, US, on the 22nd August.

August 13, 2015

Heat and Control shows Processing, Packaging and Inspection Innovations at Pack Expo Las Vegas

Heat and Control, Inc. will display the latest examples of its range of equipment for weighing, packaging, product inspection, seasoning application, controls, and processing in Booth C-3627 at Pack Expo Las Vegas, Sept. 28 – 30

August 06, 2015

TOMRA Sorting at PROCESS EXPO and PACK EXPO Las Vegas

TOMRA Sorting Food will exhibit its wide range of innovative solutions for food sorting and peeling at two of the industry’s largest trade shows – PROCESS EXPO and PACK EXPO.

July 15, 2015

Key Technology Introduces Sanitation Enhancements to Rotary Sizing and Grading Systems

Key Technology introduces its enhanced Rotary Sizing and Grading Systems, which includes its popular Sliver Sizer Remover, Precision Size Grader and Rotary Size Grader.

July 14, 2015

Equipment manufacturer Gillenkirch offers solution to detect metal in potatoes

Equipment manufacturer GIllenkirch offers an innovative solution to the Prince Edward Island potato industry after the recent scare involving needles inserted in potatoes

Potato Field in bloom on Prince Edward Island, Canada-

June 22, 2015

Prince Edward Island Potato Growers receive 2 million additional support for Metal Detection

The Province of Prince Edward Island is providing additional funding support of $500,000 to the Prince Edward Island potato industry, while the federal government also offers $1.5 million additional financial assistance for the purchase and installation of foreign material detection equipment.