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The production of potato flakes on a drum dryer
April 17, 2008
Kiremko and Idaho Steel help potato processors take full advantage of flakes boom!
It will come as no surprise to insiders of the potato processing industry that the worldwide flakes industry finds itself in a favourable position over the last 1½ years. Demand for this versatile ingredient mainly driven by savoury snacks
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McCain for news
April 14, 2008
McCain Foods and Fuller's pubs launch french fries coated with unique London Pride beer batter
McCain Foods and Fuller’s have launched the London Pride Brewer’s Ridge, a bespoke chip (french fry) which is being being rolled out across Fuller’s pubs. The French fries are made with 100 per cent British potatoes and coated with a unique London Pr...
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Herbert Engineering improves UK's best selling vertical eject box tipper
April 11, 2008
Herbert Engineering improves UK's best selling vertical eject box tipper
Herbert Engineering’s latest product improvement can rotate their best selling Vertical Eject Box Tipper within 20 degrees of vertical inversion and thus making it ‘Super High Angle’. The already highly proven and well trusted box tipper offers reliab...
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Twin screw extrusion manufacturer Clextral acquires K.A.L. Procesteknik
April 07, 2008
Twin screw extrusion manufacturer Clextral acquires K.A.L. Procesteknik
One year after joining Legris Industries Group, Clextral announces the acquisition of Danish company K.A.L. ProcesTeknik A/S (Gadstrup,Copenhagen region), specialized in refurbishing extruder screws.
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McCain for news
March 27, 2008
McCain launches Purely Potato steam cooked potatoes for schools
Purely Potato, a new range of potato products from McCain, aims to make it easier for caterers to meet the new school food standards. The steam-blanched potato products are designed to be cooked without oil and are unrestricted under school food guidel...
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Key Technology Announces Retirement of Gordon Wicher, Sr. Vice President Global Operations
March 26, 2008
Key Technology Announces Retirement of Gordon Wicher, Sr. Vice President Global Operations
Key Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: KTEC) announced today that Gordon Wicher, Sr. Vice President of Global Operations, will retire from the Company effective May 30, 2008. "Gordon has served Key Technology with energy, wisdom, integrity, and vision f...
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Ohio Potato Grower Todd Michael to Lead Industry Communications & Policy Committee of the USPB
March 25, 2008
Ohio Potato Grower Todd Michael to Lead Industry Communications & Policy Committee of the USPB
Todd Michael of Urbana, OH, was elected to the United States Potato Board (USPB) Executive Committee at the organization’s 36th Annual Meeting held in Denver, CO, March 12-14. Michael is serving his third year on the USPB and first year as co-chairman ...
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Key Technology Introduces Manta Three-Way Sorting
March 24, 2008
Key Technology Introduces its Highest Volume Sorter – Manta™
Key Technology introduces Manta™, a new state-of-the-art high volume, high performance sorter featuring a two-meter wide scan area that dramatically increases throughput within a space-saving footprint. Handling up to 27 metric tons (60,000 pounds) of ...
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March 17, 2008
Management changes at Clextral
Clextral, manufacturer of twin-screw extrusion and supplier of drying solutions, continues to break records of sales in 2007 and 2008 already shows very promising figures.Clextral decided to change its organization which has been under the leadership o...
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Short course: Implementing Cost-Effective Energy Recovery Systems at Food, Dairy & Meat Processing Facilities
March 13, 2008
Short course: Implementing Cost-Effective Energy Recovery Systems at Food, Dairy & Meat Processing Facilities
One of the PotatoPro readers tipped us on the following event which we would like to share with you:   The development and implementation of a successful waste-to-energy or energy conservation bio-processing facility requires extensive planning, a cl...
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BMA-Nederland will install a French Fry line in Turkey for Konya Seker
March 05, 2008
BMA-Nederland will install a French Fry line in Turkey for Konya Seker
In November 2007 BMA Nederland has signed the order with Konya Seker of Turkey for the supply of an ultra modern potato processing line for French fries.
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Potato Processor Frigemo Relies on ADR4 from Key Technology to Optimize French Fry Quality
February 26, 2008
Potato Processor Frigemo Relies on ADR4 from Key Technology to Optimize French Fry Quality
Quality is a top priority at Frigemo, the Swiss food processor that manufactures french fries for McDonald’s. To consistently match product quality to specifications, Frigemo relies on ADR® 4, an automatic defect removal system for potato strips from ...
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