News on Processing Equipment

Preparations for this year's PotatoEurope exhibition are progressing well, with planting now complete at the event venue, Rittergut Bockerode farm, near Hanover in Germany

La compañía noruega participó en la feria HISPACK, celebrada del 8-11 de mayo en Barcelona. En el stand de Luciano Aguilar, distribuidora de TOMRA Sorting Food en España, exhibió la TOMRA 5B, clasificadora de verduras, papas y frutas.

Last month, Packaging Equipment Specialist BluePrint Automation (BPA) named Andre Boom Chief Operating Officer for BluePrint Automation (BPA) Americas

Today, TOMRA, announced the appointment of Felix Flemming to Head of Digital for TOMRA Sorting Solutions. His appointment and mandate highlights the growing importance of software in (food) processing equipment.

Paturpat, a Spanish company specialised in processing and marketing steamed potatoes, has opted for a TOMRA Food Orbit steam peeler.

Potato Processor Lamb Weston recently implemented new refrigeration equipment in its Hermiston plant, which company executives said will save 12 million kilowatt hours annually.

Ishida Europe has introduced an internal moisture sensor and monitoring system for its latest multihead weighers, which will enable fresh and frozen food producers to more easily control and prevent water ingress into their critical production equipment.

Processing and Packaging Equipment specialist tna is pleased to announce the appointment of Tom McPhee to the newly-created position of Group Technical Support Manager

Exclusively for PotatoPro readers we can now show you a video of the industrial application of a Pulsemaster Conditioner Pulsed Electric Field system at industrial scale, treating the full line load of potatoes (60 tons/hour) for a large French Fry line.

Lamb Weston Hermiston welcomed the Oregon Governor Kate Brown, who got a look at the site where workers are busy constructing the $250 million expansion of the existing french fry factory.

Today, the first Russian large-scale French fries production facility - built in Lipetsk by a Joint Venture of the Russian Belaya Dacha Group and Lamb Weston / Meijer - was officially opened

Processing and packaging equipment manufacturer tna has officially opened a brand new, state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in the Netherlands, further reinforcing its position as a leading supplier to the potato and vegetable processing industries.

Key Technology, a member of the Duravant family of operating companies, announces the completion of its facility expansion in Beusichem, the Netherlands. The upgrade increases Key’s production capacity at this location by 50 percent.

Potato packing company Patates Dolbec Inc. in Quebec just completed an expansion and modernization project supported by the Canadian Government.

Ishida and Heat and Control are establishing a stronger collaborative alliance to provide food industry customers with full 'end to end' processing and packaging solutions.

Worldwide consumption of potatoes is increasing, according to Blair Richardson, chief executive officer of Potatoes USA during a recent meeting of Wisconsin potato growers

Heat and Control® chose SNAXPO 2018, the year’s premier snack event, to release the latest snack packaging technologies from Ishida for the North America/Latin America market. This article gets you up to speed if you missed it.

Key Technology introduces VERYX® digital sorters equipped with their patented Sort-to-Grade™ software for both wet and frozen potato strips.