Potato News from Europe

On November 21, Breda District Court ordered the liquidation of Thermphos International B.V.

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.

Haciendo campaña para las elecciones agrarias en el mercadillo semanal de los sábados en La Bañeza, los dirigentes de la Asociación Agraria de Jóvenes Agricultores (ASAJA) han pedido medidas para que cultivos tan arraigados en las vegas bañezanas...

In financial year 2011/2012 AVEBE achieved a net profit of 32.1 million euros with a turnover of 595.5 million euros. This represents an increase in the net result of over 60% compared to the previous year (19.8 million euros). The turnover for that ye...

AVEBE heeft in het boekjaar 2011/2012 een netto resultaat geboekt van 32,1 miljoen euro, bij een omzet van 595,5 miljoen euro. Dat is een stijging van het netto resultaat van ruim 60% ten opzichte van vorig jaar (19,8 miljoen euro). De omzet was toen 5...

On Wednesday 14 November Europatat, the European Potato Trade Association, celebrated its 60th Anniversary with a policy event in Brussels Museum of Natural Sciences.

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

HZPC reports that the value of the certificate of HZPC has increased again with 10% on the stock trading day of 16 November 2012.

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.

VION Food Group has today announced that it will be returning to its core markets, focussing entirely on its food operations in the Netherlands and Germany and on its global ingredients business.

VION Food Group gaat terug naar de kern. De onderneming gaat zich in de toekomst volledig richten op Food in Nederland en Duitsland en Ingredients wereldwijd. De strategische keuze die ten grondslag ligt aan de nieuwe koers, betekent dat VION afscheid ...

Lay’s quiere estar al lado de los consumidores esta Navidad y para ello ha diseñado una ejecución completa que hará muy especial esta época del año tan esperada. El packaging, el material de punto de venta, la comunicación en redes sociales y el lanzam...

On Thursday 8 November Agrico opened its annual Presentation of Varieties and Seedlings at its breeding company Agrico Research in Bant.

Greenvale AP, the UK’s leading potato supplier, launches a series of consumer magazine ads in a £1million plus marketing campaign to support its GreenVale Farm Fresh potato brand.

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...