Potato News from the Netherlands

August 15, 2016

Potato starch Manufacturer Avebe starts the 2016 campaign

Today, Dutch Potato Starch Manufacturer Avebe started the production campaign of harvest 2016 in its processing plant in Gasselternijveen.

August 04, 2016

Avebe benoemt Gerard ten Bolscher tot Managing Director R&D

Per 1 augustus 2016 is de heer Gerard ten Bolscher (48 jaar) in dienst getreden bij Avebe als Managing Director R&D en lid van het Executive Committee.

July 26, 2016

Blanching Equipment Specialist DTS started construction of another new building

Dutch Blanching Equipment Specialist DutchTecSource B.V. (DTS) is Expanding. On the current premises next to the two existing buildings, a brand new building will arise.

July 19, 2016

Construction of 5th BluePrint Automation plant underway

On May 24th, case packing specialist BluePrint Automation (BPA) celebrated the start of the construction of their new plant in Woerden, The Netherlands.

July 18, 2016

Potato Storage: New Generation Miedema Store Loaders

Miedema introduces the new, 80 cm wide series of ML (Miedema Loaders) store loaders. ML store loaders are made to fill your potato store as quickly as possible while maintaining maximum product quality.

July 14, 2016

Kiremko 'Fry by Wire' system addresses challenges of frying formed potato products

As demands increase, the needs for more intelligent frying control systems have become more apparent. The Kiremko ‘fry by wire’ system is a fryer specifically designed to deal with the challenges of frying formed potato products.

July 06, 2016

Tummers washing equipment handles potatoes real gentle...

How potatoes are treated during the washing process is crucial for the fresh pack industry and particularly when it concerns small and fragile specialty products.

Extreme rainfall triggers first cases of potatoes with Phytophthora in The Netherlands

July 05, 2016

Extreme rainfall triggers first Phytophthora cases in the potato fields in The Netherlands

Every once in a while the potato disease Phytophthora crops up in the Netherlands, and this year is no exception. Especially potato farmers in the South of the Netherlands are worried.

July 02, 2016

It's a deal! New Avebe Innovation Centre to be built in Groningen, at the Zernike complex

Potato Starch Cooperative Avebe, Groningen University and the project developer Triade have reached agreement about a new innovation centre to be built at the Zernike complex in Groningen.

Potato acreage North-western Europe grown by 5 percent, estimates NEPG

June 29, 2016

Potato acreage North-western Europe increased by 5 percent, expects NEPG

The North-western European Potato growers (NEPG) expect the combined potato acreage in Belgium, Germany, France, The Netherlands and Great Britain to be 552.000 hectares (1.36 million acres). This is an increase of 4.9 percent compared to last year.

June 29, 2016

NEPG: Aardappel-areaal in Noord-west Europa groeit 5 procent

De NEPG (North-western European Potato Growers) verwacht in North-Western Europe een areaal van 552.000 hectare consumptieaardappelen. Dit is 4,9% meer dan vorig seizoen.

June 26, 2016

Improving the texture of potato specialties by optimizing retrogradation

Retrogradation of starch is a process that is used in the potato processing industry in order to obtain a more stable texture. To manage this process Kiremko designed the 'Retro Grader' with a drying and cooling system as part of a hash brown processing line.

June 24, 2016

Adrie Vermeulen appointed as new Chairman of Agrico Potato Cooperative

Last week Board of Members of the Agrico potato cooperative appointed Mr Adrie Vermeulen as chairman of the board commencing on December 20, 12016.

The Potato Company (TPC) buys a new lot in Emmeloord for expansion

June 22, 2016

The Potato Company (TPC) buys new lot in Emmeloord for expansion

The Potato Company (TPC) is expanding. Owner and founder of the company Gaby Stet and the Municipality Noordoostpolder have signed an agreement for the sale of a 4633 m<sup>2</sup> sized lot in the new business park 'De Munt' in Emmeloord.

Kiremko builds five snack pellet frying systems for Intersnack

June 20, 2016

Kiremko built five snack pellet frying systems for the Intersnack Group

As part of a negotiated framework agreement at corporate level, in the early part of 2014 Potato Processing Specialist Kiremko was awarded the honor of supplying five complete snack pellet frying systems for a number of Intersnack plants across Europe.

June 19, 2016

Seed Potato Price paid to Dutch HZPC farmers exceeds 30 euros

HZPC Holland B.V., a leading potato breeding company sets the final price for harvest 2015 for its Dutch seed potato pool at € 30,28 per 100 kilo.

June 19, 2016

Prijs pootaardappel-pool HZPC Nederland boven 30 Euro door record afzet en hoge opbrengsten

HZPC Holland bv, wereldleider in aardappelveredeling, stelt de definitieve uitbetalingsprijs voor zijn Nederlandse pootaardappel-pool over Oogst 2015 vast op € 30,28 per 100 kilo.