News on Conveying and Handling Equipment from the Americas

With Intralox LugDrive™ Series 8140 belting, food industry manufacturers can now purchase high-quality, hygienic lug-driven belts supported by Intralox’s expertise and guarantees. 

Tummers Food Processing Solutions, a global leader in potato processing technology, is headquartered in Hoogerheide, The Netherlands. Tummers provides cutting-edge solutions to the potato processing industry worldwide, including potato flake lines, French fry lines, and Freshpack lines.

JBT Marel Corporation (NYSE and Nasdaq Iceland: JBTM) has completed the settlement of its voluntary takeover offer to acquire all validly tendered shares of Marel hf.

Every potato grower, farmer, and packer dreams of perfect growing conditions each season. Yet, Mother Nature has her own plans.

Haith and its US agent, Fox Solutions, will be putting the spotlight on packhouse innovations and box filling at next month's Potato Expo (Jan 9-10, Orlando, Florida). 

Tummers Food Processing Solutions has announced the opening of its new branch in the United States, operating (since may 2024) under the statutory name Tummers USA Inc.

The Heat and Control® global design team has been proactively researching and developing innovative technologies and is releasing multiple innovative solutions at PACKEXPO International 2024.

Intralox unveiled their latest innovation, ZeroSplice technology, to offer food processors a reliable alternative to splicing their belts. ZeroSplice technology enables food processors to connect ThermoDrive belting sections quickly and easily without field splicing.

When your brand is at stake, you need a partner you can trust. At Intralox, expertise is focused on addressing challenges before they arise. Intralox FoodSafe solutions make foreign material contamination, pathogens, and allergen risks an afterthought.

Hughes Farms from Mount Vernon (Washington / USA) has invested in a new optical potato grading machine: the Elisam GranTorino.

Potato washing, rock removal, and debris removal is one of the most challenging applications for French fry manufacturers globally. This is certainly true for BEM Brazil’s Minas Gerais plant, where 110 tons of product go through the washer on a main line every hour.

Key Technology (Key), a member of Duravant’s Food Sorting and Handling Solutions group, announces the appointment of Ricardo Andrade to Director of Latin American Sales.

After decades of working together with North American clients, Dutch machine builder Eqraft now opens a branch on American soil.

FPS Food Process Solutions, a global leader in turn-key food processing solutions, reaches a global headcount of over 1,000 employees in 20 locations on six continents. 

Haith, a leading manufacturer of potato handling equipment in the United Kingdom, will kick start the new year by putting the spotlight on three new innovations at Potato Expo 2024 in Austin, Texas.

Key Technology, a member of Duravant’s Food Sorting and Handling Solutions group, introduces new features for their Rotary Sizing and Grading Systems.

Since 2006, Brazilian Potato processor Bem Brasil has grown from a single line to four. Built in partnership with Idaho Steel and Kiremko, Bem Brasil's fourth processing line features a capacity of 30 tons of french fries per hour

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.