News on Optical Sorters

Key Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: KTEC) announced today sales and operating results for its fiscal 2015 second quarter, ended March 31, 2015.

Key Technology announces the launch of its redesigned corporate website at www.key.net.

At the Anuga FoodTec trade fair from 24 to 27 March in Cologne, Insort presents the latest innovation in process monitoring for food production with its 'Sherlock food analyser'.

The family business Hof Trumann has installed a Halo for the sorting of unwashed, brushed potatoes. Since the installation of this equipment there was an increase in efficiency, turnover and quality of the end product.

Key Technology announces the appointment of H.J.K. (Eric) Geling to the position of Senior Director of Sales for the EMEIA Region. Geling is responsible for sales and channel development in Europe, the Middle East, India, and Africa (EMEIA).

In the potato processing industry, each year seems to have a trend - meaning there is a lot of attention on a particular machine or process. This year seems to be “the year of the steam peeler”.

Key Technology announces the expansion of its global customer service and support.

Experts from TOMRA Sorting Food will be on hand at AUSPACK 2015 to advise visitors about the organisation's wide range of state-of-the-art sensor-based sorting and peeling systems.

A visit to TOMRA Sorting’s booth at Anuga FoodTec could pay dividends for food processors looking to drive up efficiency and production on their lines.

Insort GmbH is one of the winners of the International FoodTec Awards in the category GOLD. Insort received the award for its Sherlock Food Analyser (Sherlock Analyst).

TOMRA Sorting Food is pleased to announce the availability of the Chinese langcode version of its website the newest addition in TOMRA’s effort to be closer to the customer and to serve them in their own langcode.

Visitors to Pack Expo EAST 2015 will have the chance to question the experts from TOMRA Sorting Food about their broad portfolio of cutting-edge sorting and peeling equipment later this month.

Key Technology announces the availability of Information Analytics, a powerful suite of software capabilities embedded within Key’s digital sorters.

TOMRA Sorting Food will display two of its state-of-the-art sorting machines and steam peeling XP valve at the Northwest Food Processors Association (NWFPA) Expo and Conference 2015.

TOMRA Sorting Food will exhibit its innovative Halo sorting system at Potato Expo 2015, the largest conference and trade show for the potato industry in North America.

Key Technology announces the appointment of Bert Switten as Technical Sales Support Manager, Optical Sorting. He is based at the company’s Sacramento, California USA customer center.

In 2014 Tayto installed four new Optyx® digital sorters from Key Technology to better control the removal of defects and foreign material and produce the highest quality batch-fried and continuous-fried potato chips.

Accurate sizing of whole potatoes does not just need to be rough and mechanical thanks to the Modus, TOMRA’s new size grader!