News on Processing Equipment

Packaging and Processing Equipment Specialist tna will be using a combination of virtual and augmented reality at this year’s Interpack in Düsseldorf, Germany, to showcase its complete range of packaging and processing solutions.

tna utilizará una combinación de realidades virtual y aumentada en el Interpack de este año en Düsseldorf, (Alemania), para mostrar su gama completa de soluciones de envasado y procesamiento.

Para los agricultores de la provincia del Chapare, el tiempo del lavado y seleccionado de la papa se reduce en 21 veces desde la implementación de la Planta Procesadora de Papa, cuya capacidad es de lavar y seleccionar una tonelada del producto en 17 minutos. Antes, este trabajo se realizaba en seis horas.

Mrs. Gerry's Kitchen, a manufacturer of Salads and Sides - including numerous variations of potato salad and mashed potatoes, invested in a TOMRA peeling line, consisting of an Orbit 350 peeler with OBD 6/20 brusher and an M01 steam accumulator.

TOMRA Sorting Food will showcase the TOMRA 5A, its newest state-of-the-art potato sorter, at the new biennial processing event ProFoodTech 2017. Potato Processors can find TOMRA at Booth #1721

Key Technology introduces new product-specific infeed and collection conveyors for their new VERYX® digital sorters. Designed to work together with VERYX belt-fed and chute-fed sorters as integrated systems, Key’s vibratory shakers and belt conveyors bring together the company’s expertise in both product handling and sorting.

McCain Foods announces an investment of £100m (USD 120m) in its Scarborough Potato Processing Plant (United Kingdom).

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.

Anyone travelling to PotatoEurope in Emmeloord by car on 13 and 14 September 2017 will have much more convenient access to the event than in previous years.

Equipment manufacturer Heat and Control launched an Augmented Reality App, featuring the Heatwave Fryer. The app is available for download now - in time for the AusPack 2017

Leading food sorting systems manufacturer TOMRA Sorting Food has launched its first customer service center in Istanbul, Turkey, to expand further into the country and beyond to the Middle East.

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.

Processing and packaging equipment manufacturer Heat and Control has recently helped another snack food processing company increase their production capacities with the delivery of a ‘snack’ product processing system.

Aviko, one of the top potato processing companies in Europe, plans to invest € 200 million (USD 210 million) in new and existing production plants.

Leading suppliers of processing and packaging machinery to the global food and pharmaceuticals industry – Heat and Control – are returning to Auspack in 2017 to showcase their latest and most innovative products available on the Australian market.

As construction advances on Lamb Weston’s new french fry line in Richland, Washington, the US-based potato processing giant is preparing to hire workers.

Tna, a leading supplier of food processing and packaging solutions, celebrates 35 years of bringing innovative food equipment solutions on the market.

Tong Engineering, the UK’s leading designer and manufacturer of quality handling equipment for the vegetable and recycling industries, has announced the appointment of Ian Hodgson to the newly created role of Commercial Manager.