News on Processing Equipment

Tong Engineering will be promoting its latest range of potato equipment and handling technology at this year’s British Potato event in Harrogate on 12th and 13th November.

A fire in a centrifugal cooking vat in the Kettle Foods potato chips factory in Beloit caused no injuries but about USD 170.000 damage in contents

BP 2015 is the first time this event held every two year for the British Potato Industry is entirely indoors. Visit BP2015 in Harrogate in 8 days from today...

At the Agritechnica in Hanover Tolsma-Grisnich (hall 24, stand A10) will show new modules for its Vision Control storage computer, the Samro stone and clod separator, its in-house developed Track & Trace system for box storage, the Fresh Box, and itsinnovative washing installations.

Ashley Hunter, head of TOMRA Sorting Food, comments on TOMRA Sorting Food announcement that performance has been ‘positive’ for the first nine months of the year.

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.

Amica Chips uses Turatti's Nextra Plus spin dryer to produce a potato chip with a substantially lower oil content.

Easily integrate a CEIA metal detector with any checkweigher or other in-line equipment with the new CEIA THS/RB-800 system from Heat and Control, Inc.

Experts from TOMRA Sorting Food will be advising potato processors about the benefits of an effective product sort at British Potato 2015.

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.

Visar Sorting, a Swiss company that developed and manufacturers of an optical sorting system for carrots, used Potato Europe to gauge the interest of the potato industry for their prototype of an optical sorting system for potatoes.

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.

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.

The improved separator made by Hoegger ensures better quality and yield when separating boiled potatoes and vegetables. In addition, the new technology results in low operating costs, reliable cleaning and straightforward operation.

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

TOMRA Sorting has appointed Thomas Molnar to the new position of Global Sales and Marketing Communications Director for its food sorting business.

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.

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