News on Conveying and Handling Equipment

Key Technology, a member of the Duravant family of operating companies, introduces their new vibratory conveying systems designed to feed pick-and-place robots on packaging lines.

By the end of 2022, in a well-known potato growing area in China, the factory buildings were ready to be furnished with a Grisnich receiving, cleaning and sorting plant.

Charlottetown Metal Products Ltd (CMP and FPS Food Process Solutions (FPS) launch an Innovation Center located at CMP’s manufacturing complex on Prince Edward Island, Canada.

Hardbite Chips, a manufacturer of potato chips in Canada, recently moved its manufacturing operations into a new 43,000-square-foot production facility. The company relied on Vanmark equipment for many of the units at the start of the production line.

Duravant announces the appointment of Jack Lee as Group President, Food Sorting and Handling Solutions. Lee is responsible for leading strategies that bring sorting, conveying and other process automation systems

DOWNS has extended its range of optical potato sorters with the arrival of the I-CropVision®: a modular version of the CropVision®, it incorporates the same technology and numerous benefits.

Duravant’s newly-formed Food Sorting and Handling Solutions group, which includes operating companies Key Technology, Multiscan Technologies, PPM Technologies and WECO, will exhibit for the first time together at Pack Expo Las Vegas, September 11 – 13th, in booth C-4230.

In keeping with the four-yearly tradition, one of the potato sector's most important trade fairs, Potato Europe, will soon again be held in Kain (Doornik), Belgium. Among a range of innovations Dewulf will present at Potato Europe 2023, the main eye catcher will be an entirely new cup planter, named Certa 40 Integral.

Vanmark, an industrial potato and produce processing equipment manufacturer, today announced it has named Mike Barber as Sales Manager. Barber is transitioning to this role after working as an applications specialist with Vanmark’s sister brand PFI.

The UK's leading manufacturer of potato handling equipment has announced it is launching several new products at this year's British Potato show. Event sponsors Haith Group will unveil its new potato dryer and the latest version of its Queen's Award-winning Rota-Tip at the November event.

The UK's leading manufacturer of vegetable and materials handling equipment, Haith Group, has added 40 years of manufacturing experience to its board with the appointment of Mark Lloyd as the company's first-ever non-executive director.

Duravant LLC , a global engineered equipment and automation solutions provider to the food processing, packaging, and material handling sectors, has announced that it has acquired PPM Technologies from Stonehenge Partners.

Leading Potato Processing Equipment Manufacturer Idaho Steel announced a new addition to their team, Rick Garrett, who assumed the position of Director of Sales and Marketing in June 2023.

Southern Fabrication Works (SFW) introduces their new Chief Operating Officer, Robert Sperry, who joins them with an impressive background and a proven track record of success in the industry.

Intralox, L.L.C.—the inventor of modular plastic belting and the leading global conveyance solutions provider—announced the relocation of their European headquarters to a larger facility in Schiphol, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Equipment manufacturer and food industry supplier Heat and Control celebrates the grand opening of their new office and thirty years of business in Africa.

It’s amazing to see how much Equipment manufacturer Sormac has grown since its inception in 2003 with 15 employees. Now, exactly 20 years later, Sormac has over 125 employees and is a key player in the market.

Grote Company, a manufacturer of reliable, top-quality food slicing and assembly equipment, announced three promotions as part of its Lifecycle Management initiative.