News on Processing Equipment from Belgium

The 18th edition of the Interpom | Primeurs once again set a new record with 19 938 visitors from no less than 55 different countries, illustrating the growing interest for this event far beyond the Belgian borders.

Key Technology introduces VERYX® digital sorters, optimized for potato strips and specialty potato products.

In order to meet the global population’s growing demand for food, research by the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO) predicts that the worldwide food manufacturing and processing industries need to increase their total output by 70 per cent by 2050.

Key Technology strengthens support of European food processors with the opening of a new customer visit center – The Innovation and Solutions Center – in Hasselt, Belgium.

INTERPOM | PRIMEURS, the leading indoor trade fair for the potato, vegetable and fruit sector in Europe, shows strong growth in 2016, featuring 310 exhibitors and all stand space fully booked.

Key Technology introduces its VERYX® belt-fed digital sorters to the European food processing industry at Interpom | Primeurs, stand #257.

The global population has been expanding rapidly for many years, standing at around 7.3 billion in 2016. This brings with it a number of challenges around global sustainability, including the need for more food.

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), an estimated 600 million people – almost 10 per cent of the global population – fall ill after eating contaminated food.

Interpom | Primeurs 2016 promises to be the biggest edition of this potato event ever and the 2016 theme is: 'Growing through precision technology'.

Dutch Potato Processing Equipment manufacturer Kiremko installs an innovative production line in Belgium with a capacity of 16-20 ton/hr of French fries

Almost a third of all food produced worldwide is never eaten, leading to 1.3 billion tons of food waste each year. This includes around 45 per cent of all fruit and vegetables and 20 per cent of meat.

In September 2015, the United Nations (UN) met to agree to reduce per capita food waste by half by 2030. TOMRA Sorting Food explains how their activities impact food waste

TOMRA Sorting Food, el fabricante líder de sistemas de clasificación óptica para alimentos, ha llegado a un punto importante en su historia.

From 2016 onwards, the BEST Sorting and ODENBERG legacy brands will be retired and the company will progress as a single, unified brand under TOMRA Sorting Food.

In December Potato Processor Agristo completed a new phase in the construction of the new deepfreeze warehouse in Nazareth, the installation of the automated stacker cranes. Completion of the cold-store is planned for late March 2016

Continued advances in automation and robotics are making the global food manufacturing and processing industries safer, more efficient and able to deliver higher profits, according to TOMRA Sorting Food.

TOMRA Sorting Food has further improved its customer care offer with the appointment of Andreas Reddemann as new global service director.

TOMRA Sorting has appointed Thomas Molnar to the new position of Global Sales and Marketing Communications Director for its food sorting business.