News on Processing Equipment

Herbert Engineering has appointed Jon Rennie as operations manager.

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.

FRUIT LOGISTICA 2015 will be the global fresh produce sector's most significant and comprehensive industry event ever. There will be a total of 2,750 exhibitors from 83 countries – 150 more exhibitors than last year.

Tong Peal Engineering has boosted its sales team with the appointment of Steven Skipper as new area sales manager, who will help drive sales in 2015.

With all of its machinery built to last, Herbert’s stock of pre-owned machinery offers flexible options for meeting peaks in demand or simply to upgrade an existing system.

GEA Barr-Rosin has recently secured an order to supply Finnamyl Oy in Finland with a pneumatic drying and cooling system for potato protein.

The first production plant for French Fries in Uganda was commissioned last Friday and will provide opportunities for potato farmers in three countries: Uganda, Rwanda and Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo

Heat and Control has just completed another continuous fryer system to produce 500 kg / hour of finished formed and stackable potato chips.

Herbert Engineering has an unrivaled parts division to provide customers with the best possible after sales.

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

Tong Peal Engineering has announced it is launching an upgraded version of its market-leading Caretaker mobile grader for 2015.

Integrated food packaging and processing solutions provider tna is pleased to announce the appointment of Sonia Loeza as general manager - Latin America.

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.

Vibratory Conveyor manufacturer FoodeQ has officially opened its new facility in Steenbergen.

Pulsed Electric Field treatment of potatoes before cutting results in 'smooth cut' slices that can help reduce the oil uptake of potato chips.

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.