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May 05, 2016
Time to sort out Food Waste, says TOMRA
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.
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Europatat Congress 2016: "Not business as usual!" Discover how to manage change in an uncertain world to remain successful.
April 11, 2016
Europatat & Freshfel’s First-Ever Combined Event in June 2016 in Brussels looks beyond 'business as usual'
Europatat and Freshfel Europe will jointly celebrate their first common annual meeting on 2 June 2016 in Brussels.
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Romain Cools, General Secretary of Industry Association Belgapom, posing for a #selfie with James Bint, the cartoon character with a ‘license to fry’ and the global ambassador for Belgian fries.
March 09, 2016
Potato Processing Industry Belgium sets a new Record
The remarkable growth of the Belgian potato-processing sector in the past few decades has continued in 2015.
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TOMRA Sorting Food activities both in the field of sensor based sorting as well as steam peeling are closely linked to waste reduction and processing efficiency
February 04, 2016
No time to waste, says TOMRA Sorting Foods
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
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Europatat Congress 2016: "Not business as usual!" Discover how to manage change in an uncertain world to remain successful.
January 28, 2016
'Not business as usual!': Europatat Congress 2016 registration now open
The Europatat Congress 2016 will take place in Brussels (Belgium) on 1 & 2 June 2016, under the slogan “Not business as usual!”
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TOMRA Sorting Food alcanza hito histórico
January 27, 2016
TOMRA Sorting Food alcanza hito histórico
TOMRA Sorting Food, el fabricante líder de sistemas de clasificación óptica para alimentos, ha llegado a un punto importante en su historia.
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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.
January 27, 2016
TOMRA Sorting Food reaches historic milestone
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.
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In December Agristo completed a new phase in the construction of the new deepfreeze warehouse in Nazareth, the installation of the automated stacker cranes (see inset). Completion of the cold-store is planned for March 2016
January 11, 2016
New Agristo cold-store nears completion
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
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A TOMRA potato sorter in operation.
November 23, 2015
Advancements in automation and robotics are driving improvements in food processing
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.
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Andreas Reddemann, Global Service Director TOMRA Sorting Food
November 05, 2015
TOMRA Sorting Food appoints Andreas Reddemann as Global Service Director to enhance Customer Care
TOMRA Sorting Food has further improved its customer care offer with the appointment of Andreas Reddemann as new global service director.
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UJamie Fortescue, Managing Director Starch Europe
October 23, 2015
Discussing a fair and level global playing field for starch and derivates
EU and US negotiators were meeting this week in Miami, USA for the 11th round of Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations. Negotiations on tariffs and quotas could have serious implications – either positive or negative - for the agricultural and primary food transformation sector as markets would open up.
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Impression of today's meeting (Courtesy: Europatat, Twitter)
October 22, 2015
Agri food chain partners share best practices on implementation EU promotion policy for agri-food products
Celcaa, FoodDrinkEurope, SACAR and Copa and Cogeca held a high-level Seminar in Brussels today to
discuss the new EU promotion policy for agri-food products which is entering into force on 1 December
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Created in April 2015, the International Food Waste Coalition (IFWC) is a not-for-profit association, constellation of food organizations joining forces to reduce food waste throughout the food services value chain in the world, starting with Europe.
October 21, 2015
Joint farm-to-fork initiative against food waste in foodservice sector
With a value chain wide approach, McCain, PepsiCo, SCA, Sodexo, Ardo, Unilever Food Solutions and WWF have joined forces to fight against food waste in the food services sector starting in Europe.
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Dewulf Kwatro potato harvester undergoes a remarkable transformation
October 20, 2015
Dewulf Kwatro potato harvester undergoes a remarkable transformation
Dewulf, specialist in harvesting technology for potatoes and carrots, has implemented extensive updates for 2016 on the current Kwatro self-propelled 4-row sieving harvester.
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Thomas Molnar, Global Sales and Marketing Communications Director for TOMRA Sorting Food
September 22, 2015
TOMRA makes new Senior Appointment as it seeks to strengthen Food Business Market Position
TOMRA Sorting has appointed Thomas Molnar to the new position of Global Sales and Marketing Communications Director for its food sorting business.
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Estimate of the potato crop in North-western Europe (Consumption potatoes excl. Seed and Starch) provided by the NEPG and dated September 1, 2015. (*) Acreage in Germany not yet final.
September 08, 2015
North-western European Potato Growers expect cropsize to be below 5-year average
The North-western European Potato Growers (NEPG) expect the total potato production (excluding seed and starch potatoes) of this year' s harvest to amount to 24.5 million tonnes. This is 14.1 percent below the potato production last year and 2.9 percent below the 5-year average.
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Monday morning a major fire totally destroyed the production plant of French Fry manufacturer Clarebout Potatoes in Nieuwkerke
September 08, 2015
Factory Clarebout Potatoes totally destroyed by fire
Monday morning, the production plant of Clarebout Potatoes in Nieuwkerke (Belgium) was totally destroyed by a major fire.
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August 30, 2015
TOMRA demonstreert de Field Potato Sorter tijdens PotatoEurope
Boeren, telers en producenten die hun sorteerproces wensen te optimaliseren, moeten zeker en vast een bezoekje brengen aan PotatoEurope, waar TOMRA Sorting Food de Field Potato Sorter zal demonstreren.
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