News on Processing Equipment from the Netherlands

With Pulsed Electric Field Treatment increasingly replacing the traditional preheating step in potato processing, insight and quantification of the effect of the PEF treatment on the potato becomes more and more important. The Membrana by Pulsemaster makes conductivity measurements of untreated and treated potato easy to apply.

Equipment Manufacturer Tummers Food Processing Solutions has announced the appointment of a new managing director, Lennaert van Dijk, who assumed his new position on September 1, 2017.

Sormac has introduced a new MS-30 knife peeler suitable for potatoes and other root crops, featuring a 3-metre long drum making it a great fit for production lines with a higher processing capacity.

Despite the cancellation of the first day of Potato Europe (Wednesday) and the less then perfect weather on Thursday, the 270 exhibitors were able to welcome around 10,000 visitors, just on the Thursday

Tong Engineering will display and demonstrate the Easy-Fill box filler at PotatoEurope 2017, its best selling box filler in the UK market.

Dewulf-Miedema presents an impressive number of machines at Potato Europe. Much of the equipment can be seen in action during numerous demonstrations of harvesting and storage technology. But the the main eye-catcher will be the unveiling of Torro!

Potato Processing Equipment Specialist Kiremko introduces a new sliver remover that effectively removes more than 98% of all cutting waste of your product.

The Tummers Group highlights the improvements made of its potato processing machinery in response to demands of the market.

GPI - a Dutch manufacturer of stainless steel tanks and process equipment - has designed and built a complete batter mixing system for french fries for Potato Processing Equipment specialist Kiremko.

On 19th May 2017 Kiremko celebrated her 50th anniversary and the opening of the new building with all employees and guests from all over the world. For this special occasion the factory was transformed into an amazing party venue.

Leading processing and packaging solutions provider tna has appointed Carel Pfaff as group product manager – processing, to head up tna’s processing portfolio

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.

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

Lamb Weston / Meijer invested in four new FAM Tridis 240P cutters for the production of its wavy fries in Bergen op Zoom

Lamb Weston / Meijer inaugurated its new production line for french fries in Bergen op Zoom, the Netherlands, on 10 November 2016 in the presence of employees, suppliers, the mayor and the King’s Commissioner.

Dutch industrial equipment manufacturer Optiserve has granted worldwide exclusivity to FAM - European market leader in industrial cutting solutions - for the sale of its Glide defect cutter.

The Dutch company Pulsemaster announced the sale of a 100kW Pulsed Electric Field (PEF) system to a Major European manufacturer of Premium Potato Products for the treatment of up to 60 ton potatoes per hour.

British company RJ Herbert Engineering Ltd., which has been in administration since July 2016, has been acquired by Dutch company Herbert Engineering BV effective 1 November 2016.