News on Packaging Innovations from the Netherlands

Advanced Packaging Equipment at Maatschap Schuiling: The Combination Weigher, Baxmatic®, and Sewing Lane from Eqraft streamline seed potato processing, ensuring efficiency and flexibility to meet market demands

December 03, 2024

Combination Scale and Baxmatic make Schuiling flexible while packing seed potatoes

Maatschap Schuiling, led by brothers Wietze and Gosse, is an agricultural family business focused on seed potatoes. What began with their grandfather after the war has grown into a flexible company delivering custom solutions to clients like Agrico and exporters.

Eqraft®’s advanced potato packing line featuring the Combination Scale, Cratefiller, Boxfiller, Cartonfiller, Baxmatic, Bagfiller, and Sewing Lane, designed for efficiency and precision

October 28, 2024

Eqraft: Turn-key Weighing and Packing Solutions in Agriculture

Eqraft® believes the future of agriculture lies in automation and smart technology. With its 40-year legacy in the industry, the Dutch machine builder is leading this technological revolution. They offer turn-key solutions for high-volume grading, weighing, and packing, helping agri factories worldwide to overcome daily challenges.

Eqraft’s Bin Handling Solutions: from roller tracks and (de)stacker, to turntable, shuttle, filling stations, and crossing.

August 14, 2024

Eqraft introduces bin handling solutions: the next step towards the agri factory of the future

Eqraft is known for their state-of-the-art machines and software solutions for smart factories that process onions, potatoes and bulk products.

IMA Record horizontal flow wrapping machine

December 03, 2023

Packaging equipment specialists Manter, IMA Ilapak Italia and IMA Record announce exclusive partnership.

Manter International, IMA Ilapak Italia, and IMA Record join forces to redefine Agricultural Fresh Produce packaging.

September 23, 2023

Exploring new markets with Quik’s Quality Potatoes

Over two years ago, Dutch family business Quik’s Quality Potatoes decided to invest in a new Eqraft packing line for their fresh potato department.

July 24, 2023

Packaging equipment company Manter finalist in 'Drenthe Enterprise of the Year 2023'

The race for the title 'Drenthe Enterprise of the Year 2023' is in full swing. From 150 entries, 10 companies from Drenthe (a province in the Netherlands) were nominated.

April 02, 2023

Avebe’s Sustainable Plant-Based Packaging & Building Solutions at European Coatings Show

Avebe makes innovative ingredients derived from potatoes, which they use to create unique solutions for the food, pet food and industrial such as building, and packaging industries.

February 22, 2018

Potatoes in Retail: Albert Heyn's total overhaul of its potato display

Dutch grocery chain Albert Heyn is introducing a total overhaul of its potato display. At first glance, it may not look that different, but look closer - and you will notice that it is bold and in some aspects truly revolutionary...

July 06, 2015

Manter International introduces New Bagplacer MBP2

Manter International BV, manufacturer of weighing and packing equipment for the fruit and vegetable industry launches a new model of their Automatic Bagplacing system - called MBP 2 - onto the market.

When is the Right Time to Transition to Robotic Packaging?

Scott Williams, the Northwest Regional Sales Manager of BluePrint Automation (BPA) answers some of the common questions about transition to Robotic Packaging.