News on Processing Equipment from Belgium

September 14, 2017

VDH Concept launches a new type of retail potato packaging

VDH Concept, a Belgian company specialized in retail packaging for potatoes, vegetables and fruit, has recently introduced SQ Pack, packaging with a net structure perforation.

August 05, 2017

TOMRA Sorting Food announces successful half year performance

TOMRA Sorting Food has announced a positive six months trading since the start of 2017 thanks to the successful launch of three sorting platforms, new senior management appointments and the implementation of an enhanced customer support service.

New TOMRA ACT User Interface helps Food Processors to Optimize Workflow and Improve Profitability

June 22, 2017

New TOMRA ACT UI helps Processors optimize Workflow and improve Profitability

TOMRA Sorting Food has unveiled a powerful new graphical user interface (UI) to help food processors get the most from their sorting systems by optimizing work flows and reducing waste to deliver improved profitability.

TOMRA Success Story: Van Roey and Zonen, Belgium

June 15, 2017

TOMRA Success Story: Van Roey & Zonen, Belgium

From Belgium, Van Roey & Zonen explains how TOMRA has helped its potato and onion sorting business to reduce expenditure and boost productivity.

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.

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 season

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.

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.

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.

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.

Lutosa plans the addition of a new French Fry line in Leuze-en Hainaut

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 2018

December 12, 2016

TOMRA and Farm Frites donate €2,000 to UNICEF in Golden Fry Contest at Interpom | Primeurs

Farm Frites, a Dutch family business specializing in fries and potato products, has been presented with a charity voucher worth €2,000 after winning The Golden Fry competition, held by TOMRA Sorting Food, a leading provider of sensor-based food sorting machines.

December 08, 2016

TOMRA launches new way of naming Food Sorting Systems

TOMRA Sorting Food has launched a new way of naming its food sorting machines to bring clarity and simplicity to the way its next generation of sorters can be identified and specified by customers.

December 05, 2016

Tummers: New Zic-Zac brush peels even more efficiently

In 2004, Tummers Food Processing introduced the Zic-Zac brushing technique for brushing potatoes and tuberous plants after steam peeling. This technique now has been improved.

December 01, 2016

Interpom | Primeurs 2016 attracts 20.000 visitors from 55 countries

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.

November 17, 2016

Key Technology Introduces VERYX® Digital Sorters for Potato Processing

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

November 16, 2016

Making the Most of Food

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.