News on Processing Equipment

A special ceremony, held on December 6 celebrated the signing of a renewed agreement between the International Potato Center and the Pisaq Potato Park’s Association of Communities - represented by the Association ANDES.

Food processing is an ever-changing environment. To be as efficient and effective as possible, individual processes must be regularly audited and analyzed, with outcomes measured and costs considered.

Pack Expo 2010 didn't seem to suffer any as a solo show for the first time in 14 years.

After long and thorough research Kiremko introduces a new type of sliver remover

Unlike other potato processors that use optical sorters to remove defects on their primary lines, Konya Seker relies on an ADR®5 Automatic Defect Removal System from Key Technology.

Tong Peal, a leading designer and manufacturer of handling and sorting equipment in the United Kingdom, has strengthened its sales division with the appointment of Charlie Rich and Carole Metcalfe and with the promotion of Simon Lee.

Bayer CropScience today announced that is has divested certain crop protection products to Amvac Chemical Corporation (Amvac)

As of this morning, Tomra Systems ASA (Tomra, www.tomra.com) a Norwegian public company (quoted on the Oslo Børs: TOM), has announced that it is to wholly acquire Dublin based technology company, Odenberg.

The latest edition of Interpom | Primeurs in Kortrijk, Belgium didn't only seem to be a record edition concerning the number of exhibitioners and used surface ... also the number of visitors increased

Prins Verpakkingstechniek will introduce at the Interpom | Primeurs 2010 exhibition in Kortrijk, its re-styled, carrousel shaped multihead weigher specially designed for unpeeled potatoes.

In flexible packaging, aluminum foil (hereafter foil) is the benchmark for barrier substrates when the requirements are protection against gases, moisture, and light.

The prosperity index of equipment manufacturing industry from China Economic Monitoring Center indicated that after the seasonal adjustment, the growth rate of packaging equipments in Q3 reached 37.2 percent year on year.

The Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (Kari) is testing new potato varieties ahead of a planned release next April for mid- and high-altitude regions.