News on Processing Equipment from Europe

Have you ever wondered how potato packers fill each bag with exactly the right amount of potatoes? All potatoes have different weights and as packaging sizes get smaller, this task get harder. Newtec - a supplier of technology that guarantees weighing accuracy - explains how it can be done.

In spite of current market and supply chain challenges, Scott Europe (formerly Alvey) - the leading supplier of palletising and end-of-line materials handling solutions - ends its financial year with outstanding results.

The FAM Flexis slicer was the main novelty exhibited by FAM Stumabo at Fruit Attraction 2022. It has a versatile belt for slicing and chopping vegetables and fruit.

On November 16 and 17, Elea is having its yearly PEF Advantage Day in their facilities in Quakenbrück, Germany. This year, the event will also be an occasion to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the successful company.

The UK’s leading manufacturer of vegetable handling solutions will reveal the latest innovation in mobile machinery at next month’s Interpom (27 – 29 November) - a Mobile Water Treatment System.

Newtec is a leading manufacturer of weighing, packing and sorting machinery primarily for the fruit and vegetable industry. With more than 20,000 successful installations over the last 45 years

The Smart Grader is an optical grader that uses advanced camera technology. It sorts by size, shape, and visible characteristics like cracks, green areas, bumps, and scab and wireworm damage.

At PotatoEurope, the new Grimme SL 919 store loader with "Quantum" infeed conveyor was demonstrated. The store loader is equipped with a 900 mm wide conveyor belt and a CCI 800 ISOBUS operator terminal.

The European Frozen Food business is reported to be in excess of EUR 75 billion (USD 81 billion) and all indications are of strong continued growth across all the markets. The vast majority of those products, together with those in the Chilled Foods sector

TOMRA Food and ICOEL S.r.l. have reached an agreement that positions ICOEL as a TOMRA Food integrated business partner for Europe and our partner in cherry solutions in LATAM.

From 4 to 6 October, Madrid once again became the world fruit and vegetable capital with the 14th edition of Fruit Attraction, the sector's largest international event, organised by IFEMA MADRID and FEPEX.

Leading vegetable handling equipment manufacturer Tong Engineering has announced its latest product development, which will see advanced optical sorting options available on all new models of its popular fieldloader machine, the FieldLoad PRO.

PEKA Kroef is a potato processor in the Netherlands, and, as such, it saw that the potato slicing process needed to be optimized and its efficiency improved.

Patatas Meléndez estará presente en Fruit Attraction transmitiendo todos sus valores y sus últimas novedades en el stand 10G02 del pabellón 10 del IFEMA, el día 5 de octubre a las 17:30 horas.

Visit Scotts´ stand H50 in Birmingham from 27 - 29 September to see their complete portfolio of palletising solutions and case studies, including the latest PAL 4.0 range.

Newtec Odense (UK) Ltd. will be ready to show two machines incl. a wash down trolley on this year’s PPMA Show, taking place 27-29 September.

La ministra de Industria, Comercio y Turismo, Reyes Maroto, visitó el viernes las instalaciones de la nueva planta de producción que inaugurará Patatas Meléndez a finales de año.

The PotatoEurope trade fair, which took place this week on 7 and 8 September, at the Rittergut Bockerode Estate in Springe-Mittelrode near Hanover, Germany, has confirmed its role as the international venue for potato.