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June 08, 2017
Complete Customer Satisfaction with a modular Service Portfolio: TOMRA Care
TOMRA Sorting Food has launched TOMRA Care to satisfy customers’ changing service needs, and to meet the new way of thinking about service in general.From the archive
May 23, 2017
Unlawful use of farm-saved seed potatoes in Belgium leads to large fine and damage compensation
The Antwerp Court of Appeal has sentenced a farmer in the Belgian province of Antwerp to pay a large fine and damage compensation to Breeders Trust for not reporting his acreage farm saved seed for the varieties Asterix and Fontane which are protected under Plant Breeders’ Rights.From the archive
May 10, 2017
Potato Machine Manufacturer AVR highlights Crop Handling & Storage Equipment Options
Potato Machine Manufacturer AVR explains a number of options for the crop handling & storage equipment launched last seasonFrom the archive
May 08, 2017
TOMRA delivers world's largest steam peeler to potato processing company
TOMRA Sorting Food has delivered the world’s highest capacity steam peeler to a leading potato processing company.From the archive
April 27, 2017
Key Technology to supply VERYX Sorters for Lutosa's new French Fry production line
Key Technology has been selected to equip a new production line at Lutosa, a subsidiary of McCain Foods Limited, with a complete solution of their optical inspection and material handling equipment that will prominently feature their new VERYX® digital sorters in a contract worth US$9 million.From the archive
April 24, 2017
AVR launches trailed Ceres 450 combined potato planter
Now that the potato planting season is upon us, we have a newcomer in the field. Potato machine manufacturer AVR is launching the trailed Ceres 450 combined potato planter.From the archive
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April 20, 2017
Europatat Congress 2017 confirms new high level speakers!
The organizers of the Europatat 2017 Congress in Antwerp from 15 to 17 June announce the addition of a number of high level speakers to the programmeFrom the archive
April 18, 2017
North-Western European potato area estimated to grow by 3.6 percent
The NEPG (North-Western European Potato Growers) estimates the potato acreage will grow by 3.6% compared to last season.From the archive
April 17, 2017
Pom’Alliance and Pomuni join forces
Pom'Alliance and Pomuni are joining forces in the fresh potato sector. Both companies signed mutual cooperation agreements on March 30, 2017.From the archive
March 25, 2017
German Potato Breeder Interseed New Shareholder Breeders Trust
The seed potato breeding company Interseed Potatoes GmbH located at Wittmund Germany, recently became the newest shareholder of Breeders Trust.From the archive
March 21, 2017
Belgapom: Belgian Potato Processing Sector sets multiple records in 2016
According to the data of Belgapom, the Potato Processing Industry in Belgium last year not only set a record for the amount of potatoes processed, but also a record for investments in the sector, with over 300 million euro (325 million USD) invested.From the archive
March 18, 2017
WatchITgrow: Potato (Processing) sector in Belgium launches geo-information system
WatchITgrow is a new geo-information platform developed for the potato sector in Belgium with the purpose to better estimate and increase the potato yield in a sustainable way.From the archive
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March 09, 2017
TOMRA Sorting Food appoints Maciek Wasowski as Technical Director to enhance Research and Development
Leading food sorting solutions manufacturer TOMRA Sorting Food has appointed Maciek Wasowski as new technical director to oversee the global development of the company’s innovative technologies.From the archive
February 22, 2017
La agricultura orgánica debería incluir la papa genéticamente modificada con resistencia al tizón tardío
El Reglamento de la UE sobre la agricultura orgánica no permite el uso de organismos genéticamente modificados (OGM).Pero..... puede distinguirse un cultivo de papa cisgenico de un cultivo de papa que es el resultado de la producción convencional?From the archive
February 22, 2017
'Making the European Potato Trade great again! (it’s gonna be huge, it’s gonna be great, it’s true!)'
Under the provocative slogan 'Making the European Potato Trade great again! (it’s gonna be huge, it’s gonna be great, it’s true!)', the Europatat Congress 2017 will focus on two major current issues for the potato sector: plant health and trade.From the archive
February 15, 2017
Lutosa invests in Burgmetaal lifting tools to facilitate handling of VFFS bag forming shoulders
Belgian metalworking specialist Burgmetaal has installed 20 lifting systems at Lutosa to facilitate the handling and exchange of the (bag) forming shoulders for the VFFS packaging machines.From the archive
January 30, 2017
Lutosa adds a new French Fry processing line in Leuze-en Hainaut
Belgian Potato Processing company Lutosa, a subsidiary of McCain Foods, plans the construction of a new french fry line in Leuze-en-Hainaut. The line is expected to be operational early in 2018From the archive
January 25, 2017
Peruvian native Potatoes to join world's largest banana collection in KU Leuven, Belgium
---->Update 2017-01-26: This News Item has been withdrawn by the KU Leuven.....8,000 native potato varieties of the International Potato Centre (CIP) in Peru will soon join the banana collection of the University of Leuven.
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