News on Processing Equipment from Europe

Because labourers are becoming an ever-scarcer commodity, today’s farmer requires customised machines that perfectly match the way he works. In order to meet this need, Miedema has formed a new department: Miedema Smart Solutions.

Potato and vegetable machinery exporter, the APH Group, moved its corporate headquarters from Joure to Heerenveen (both in the Netherlands) on January 5th 2013.

Machine manufacturer Florigo International has a long history in vacuum fryers and offers both batch and continuous systems. Recently the company tested the benefits of continuous vacuum frying on the acrylamide content of potato chips.

The 16th edition of INTERPOM | PRIMEURS in Kortrijk Xpo shot past the record-breaking number of visitors at the last event: with an amazing 17 678 visitors this year, INTERPOM | PRIMEURS clocked up a spectacular 25.7% more visitors.

Rosenqvists, the Swedish manufacturer of equipment for the food industry, has extended its range of pellet frying systems. Rosenqvists range of the unique and patented Star Wheel Fryer has been extended with a fourth model. This extends the range of ...

Herbert Engineering has launched Oculus, the next generation in optical sorting for washed and peeled potatoes. See for yourself this new vision in optical sorting on the Herbert stand, no 1100 at this year’s Interpom.

ODENBERG and BEST, part of TOMRA Sorting Solutions, will showcase different systems from their market-leading Halo and Genius range of sensor-based optical sorters at Interpom | Primeurs

R J Herbert Engineering, the leaders in agricultural handling systems, has supplied three further potato washer systems for one of the world’s largest snack food companies.

Visys NV, the advanced sorting technology provider, today announced it expands its successful vegetables sorting applications towards dedicated potato processing applications.

Packaging machinery supplier Prins Verpakkingstechniek highlights its hygienic vertical bagmaker for vacuum packed (potato) products at the upcoming Interpom | Primeurs.

Conveyor belt supplier Wellwaij Belting uses the Interpom Primeurs to highlight its needle belt to transport potatoes with minimal damage.

In cooperation with the 'Wageningen UR – Food & Biobased Research', OptiServe BV has developed a new-generation-sorting-machine for optical sorting of French fries. Optiserve's patented way of optical sorting will be displayed at the Interpom | Prim...

The trade fair INTERPOM | PRIMEURS is the most complete contact and information forum for the potato, fruit & vegetable sector, from growers to processors. The event’s strong focus on quality and professionalism biennially mobilizes the whole sector.

Weighing and packaging equipment specialist Vanhemens bvba highlights at the Interpom | Primeurs in Kortrijk a Newtec sampling solution to maximize the value of a given lot of potatoes.

Schouten Sorting Equipment BV highlights a range of potato handling solutions at the Interpom | Primeurs.

Van Antwerpen Milieutechniek BV showcase their water treatment technology at the Interpom | Primeurs.

The French machinery manufacturer and equipment integrator Group Euro-Direct shows a range of potato handling solutions at the Interpom| Primeurs.

Dutch Packaging equipment manufacturer Manter International BV highlights two of their new multihead weighers, the MD16 and the M12V at the upcoming Interpom | Primeurs.