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Hata Foods, Japan, bought a TOMRA Orbit 150 Steam Peeler. Here you see how the unit can be controlled from a touch screen interface on the machine.
August 11, 2016
Impact TOMRA Sorter and Steam Peeler on Potato Salad Base at Hata Foods
Toshiyuki Hata, CEO at the Japanese company Hata Foods explains the impact of the installation of a TOMRA Orbit 150 steam peeler, brusher, washer, and a TOMRA Genius B1200 sorting machine on the production of their 'potato salad base'
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Herbert Engineering washer on display in better days (Interpom | Primeurs, November 2014)
August 02, 2016
Jobs to be axed at Herbert Engineering
Jobs are to be axed at Herbert Engineering in Wisbech after the company went into administration on July 14
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Tong Engineering is now offering potato processors using its advanced grading and handling equipment a Diagnostics module as part of its latest pro-series Auto-Touch HMI touch screen control.
July 28, 2016
Tong launches Diagnostics module for all its advanced potato handling equipment
Tong Engineering is now offering potato processors using its advanced grading and handling equipment a Diagnostics module as part of its latest pro-series Auto-Touch HMI touch screen control.
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DutchTecSource B.V. (DTS) - a manufacturer of industrial blanching equipment - has started construction of an additional building, next to the to two existing buildings.
July 26, 2016
Blanching Equipment Specialist DTS started construction of another new building
Dutch Blanching Equipment Specialist DutchTecSource B.V. (DTS) is Expanding. On the current premises next to the two existing buildings, a brand new building will arise.
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TOMRA website now also in Polish: Firma TOMRA Sorting Solutions jest czołowym dostawcą maszyn sortujących żywność opartych na czujnikach oraz technologii obróbki żywności świeżej i przetworzonej.
July 20, 2016
TOMRA Sorting Food strengthens online presence with Polish Language website
TOMRA Sorting Food has announced the launch of its new Polish langcode website, which will provide a dynamic online resource for its customers in Poland.
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Martin Prakken, owner and CEO of BluePrint Automation at the groundbreaking ceremony in Woerden in May.
July 19, 2016
Construction of 5th BluePrint Automation plant underway
On May 24th, case packing specialist BluePrint Automation (BPA) celebrated the start of the construction of their new plant in Woerden, The Netherlands.
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An important reason for the identification and removal of contaminants is to reduce the accidental spread of allergens.
July 18, 2016
Cross out Contamination
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), an estimated 600 million people – almost 10 per cent of the global population – fall ill after eating contaminated food.
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ML store loaders are made to fill your potato store as quickly as possible while maintaining maximum product quality.
July 18, 2016
Potato Storage: New Generation Miedema Store Loaders
Miedema introduces the new, 80 cm wide series of ML (Miedema Loaders) store loaders. ML store loaders are made to fill your potato store as quickly as possible while maintaining maximum product quality.
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Herbert Agri at Cereals 2016 (Courtesy: Herbert Agri / twitter)
July 16, 2016
RJ Herbert Engineering has been placed into administration and is offered for sale.
Last week, administrators were appointed to R J Herbert Engineering and R J Herbert Group Ltd of Walton Highway near Wisbech.
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This Kiremko 'fry-by-wire' potato specialty fryer - loaded on a truck for transport to the customer - gives a good impression of the enormous size of this equipment.
July 14, 2016
Kiremko 'Fry by Wire' system addresses challenges of frying formed potato products
As demands increase, the needs for more intelligent frying control systems have become more apparent. The Kiremko ‘fry by wire’ system is a fryer specifically designed to deal with the challenges of frying formed potato products.
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Tummers Food Processing Solutions washing line for specialty potatoes.
July 06, 2016
Tummers washing equipment handles potatoes real gentle...
How potatoes are treated during the washing process is crucial for the fresh pack industry and particularly when it concerns small and fragile specialty products.
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Canadian-based Brandneu Foods significantly reduced lead times for its popular range of kale chips by 75 percent after installing the high performance tna intelli-flav® OMS 5 at its plant in Toronto.
July 06, 2016
Canadian snack manufacturer transforms lead time with innovative seasoning solution
Canadian-based Brandneu Foods significantly reduced lead times for its popular range of kale chips by 75 percent after installing the high performance tna intelli-flav® OMS 5 at its plant in Toronto.
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The Interpom | Primeurs 2016 Tradeshow truly covers the entire potato production chain: potato varieties and seed potatoes, crop protection, agricultural machinery, storage, processing and packaging equipment and processed potato products.
July 06, 2016
Potato Trade show Interpom | Primeurs 2016 focuses on Precision Technology
Interpom | Primeurs 2016 promises to be the biggest edition of this potato event ever and the 2016 theme is: 'Growing through precision technology'.
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Packaging veteran and entrepreneur Stefano Rizzato will head up the new tna office in Milan, Italy in the position of general manager - TNA Southern Europe S.R.L.
July 02, 2016
Processing and Packaging specialist tna opens a new office in Southern Europe
Food processing and packaging specialist tna announced the opening of a new office in Southern Europe. Located in Milan, Italy, the new office will service the wider Mediterranean region and will be headed up by Stefano Rizzato.
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Currently Serya Alimentos offers a hash brown style (Rustí, right) and a mashed potato based product (Batatinha Quando Assa, left), “but for sure in a short term we will bring new products to the market”.
July 01, 2016
Sérya Alimentos Promises New Specialty Potato Products 'inspired by Brazilian consumers'
Inspired by Brazilian consumers eager to new products, Serya Alimentos decided to go beyond the traditional pre-fried French-Fries and created the first Brazilian factory dedicated to producing potato specialties.
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As announced a year ago, Stefan Scheiber is now CEO of Bühler AG. Stefan can be seen here in one of the companies production facilities (Courtesy: Bühler AG)
July 01, 2016
Stefan Scheiber is the new CEO of Bühler
As announced a year ago, Stefan Scheiber is now CEO of Bühler. He succeeds Calvin Grieder, who will focus on his role as Chairman of the Board.
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Inner Mongolia Linkage Farm Frites Co., Ltd., founded in March, 2015, is a joint venture enterprise between Inner Mongolia Linkage Potato Co., Ltd and Farm Frites in Holland, created to enable the construction of a french fry processing line in China.
June 28, 2016
Kiremko main supplier for French fry plant for Linkage Farm Frites China
An agreement between the potato processing JV Linkage Farm Frites and equipment manufacturer Kiremko makes Kiremko the main supplier and integrator of a complete new French fries process- and packaging line in China.
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Aim of the newly created Joint Venture is to invest in a new French fry plant in Lipetsk in order to support key customers in the rapidly growing Russian (foodservice) market with french fries.
June 28, 2016
Lamb Weston / Meijer partners with Belaya Dacha to serve the Russian market with frozen potato products
Lamb Weston / Meijer announced that they have signed an agreement with the Russian company Belaya Dacha to establish a new joint venture partnership to serve the Russian market.
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