Potato News from Germany

Böhm-Nordkartoffel Agrarproduktion GmbH & Co. OHG (BNA) is now operating under the name EUROPLANT Innovation GmbH & Co. KG.

As the highly anticipated Food Ingredients Europe (FI Europe) exhibition approaches, Goodrich Cereals is set to showcase innovative potato flakes and highlight a commitment to quality, sustainability, and customer satisfaction.

Elea is set to move into its new headquarters and PEF technology test center in Quakenbrück in April 2025. The new facility, located just a few hundred meters from their current site, will feature advanced pilot halls, laboratory spaces, a seminar area, and a showroom.

After almost 20 years at ZEISS, the President and CEO of Carl Zeiss AG, Dr. Karl Lamprecht, has decided not to extend his contract. Therefore, the Supervisory Board of Carl Zeiss AG has decided to appoint Andreas Pecher as the new President and CEO of Carl Zeiss AG effective 1 April 2025.

At Elea Technology GmbH's upcoming PEF Advantage Day 2024 on September 25th, a special on potato processing will be featured due to high demand. Participants will explore how Elea Technology GmbH's Pulsed Electric Field treatment

With a view to the upcoming state elections on September 1, 2024, in Thuringia (Thüringen), the German Potato Trade Association (DKHV) underlines the outstanding importance of the potato as a renewable resource and cornerstone of regional value creation.

The potato breeder NORIKA GmbH from Groß Lüsewitz on the Baltic coast in Germany is preparing a generational change. An eventful and prosperous professional life is coming to an end for the retiring Managing Director Wolfgang Walter.

It is not easy to be a potato farmer in Europe these days, and it may get even worse: To maintain the harvest, farmers need a sufficient number of highly efficient fungicides to cover a spray scheme for control of Late Blight (Phytophthora infestans).

FAM STUMABO, a developer in the food industry specializing in industrial cutting machines and precision knives, unveiled two heavy-duty dicers at Anuga FoodTec 2024.

At the constituent meeting of the Advisory Board of interpack, the world's leading trade fair for processing & packaging, the Chairman and his two deputies were confirmed in their positions.

At Anuga FoodTec Hall 10.1 Booth E51 Insort presents their latest machine, the Sherlock Hypernova, from March 19 to 2.

TNA solutions has revealed its latest innovation in french fries processing, delivering greater efficiency, flexibility and consistency.

Royal Avebe will continue to purchase two million kilowatt hours of fossil-free biomethane at its German plant in Lüchow in 2024.

Anuga FoodTec, the leading international trade fair for the food industry, will take place next week from 19
to 22 March in Cologne, Germany.

Sandrine Dixson-Declève is going to open Anuga FoodTec in Cologne on 19 March 2024 at 9.15 a.m. with a keynote speech on the Main Stage Responsibility (Hall 9, B080/C081).

Pulsemaster is poised to unveil its latest advancements in Pulsed Electric Field (PEF) technology at the upcoming Anuga FoodTec 2024.

Urschel will showcase its latest innovations at Anuga FoodTec, Hall 10.1, Booth C-030. on March 19-24th, 2024.

The new generation of the proven GRIMME RH 20, RH 24 and RH 28 receiving hoppers features numerous further developments in terms of throughput capacity, crop protection, convenience and variety of equipment.