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Last week we posted an article that multihead weigher manufacturer Ishida filed an injunction against 3 Chinese exhibitors at the Interpack. Ishida accuses them of infringing their patents.

To cut the cost of manual grading of the potato crop, Jalandhar Potato Growers Association is all set to install grading machines of International standard and for the purpose approached Holland based company Allround Nu-Tech. "Presently the potat...

Interpack Processess and Packaging 2008 was a source of excellent business for the 2,744 exhibitors. On few other occasions in the event’s fifty-year history has the mood in the halls been quite as exuberant, the contacts forged by companies as abundan...

Multihead weigher manufacturer Ishida has filed an injunction with the Regional Court of Dusseldorf, Germany, against a number of Chinese exhibitors. At the Interpack trade fair in Dusseldorf, Germany, Ishida has begun a legal challenge against the e...

A major patent infringement row broke out on the first day of Interpack today (24 April) after Japanese firm Ishida was granted an injunction against three rival Chinese makers of multi-head weighers. High Dream, Jinyi and Saimo were ordered to remove...

Key Technology announces the launch of new industry-specific blogs to provide information and insight of interest to food processors and to encourage the expansion of visionary ideas through collaboration.

It will come as no surprise to insiders of the potato processing industry that the worldwide flakes industry finds itself in a favourable position over the last 1½ years. Demand for this versatile ingredient mainly driven by savoury snacks

McCain Foods and Fuller’s have launched the London Pride Brewer’s Ridge, a bespoke chip (french fry) which is being being rolled out across Fuller’s pubs. The French fries are made with 100 per cent British potatoes and coated with a unique London Pr...

Herbert Engineering’s latest product improvement can rotate their best selling Vertical Eject Box Tipper within 20 degrees of vertical inversion and thus making it ‘Super High Angle’. The already highly proven and well trusted box tipper offers reliab...

One year after joining Legris Industries Group, Clextral announces the acquisition of Danish company K.A.L. ProcesTeknik A/S (Gadstrup,Copenhagen region), specialized in refurbishing extruder screws.

Purely Potato, a new range of potato products from McCain, aims to make it easier for caterers to meet the new school food standards. The steam-blanched potato products are designed to be cooked without oil and are unrestricted under school food guidel...

Key Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: KTEC) announced today that Gordon Wicher, Sr. Vice President of Global Operations, will retire from the Company effective May 30, 2008. "Gordon has served Key Technology with energy, wisdom, integrity, and vision f...

Todd Michael of Urbana, OH, was elected to the United States Potato Board (USPB) Executive Committee at the organization’s 36th Annual Meeting held in Denver, CO, March 12-14. Michael is serving his third year on the USPB and first year as co-chairman ...

Key Technology introduces Manta™, a new state-of-the-art high volume, high performance sorter featuring a two-meter wide scan area that dramatically increases throughput within a space-saving footprint. Handling up to 27 metric tons (60,000 pounds) of ...

Clextral, manufacturer of twin-screw extrusion and supplier of drying solutions, continues to break records of sales in 2007 and 2008 already shows very promising figures.Clextral decided to change its organization which has been under the leadership o...

One of the PotatoPro readers tipped us on the following event which we would like to share with you:   The development and implementation of a successful waste-to-energy or energy conservation bio-processing facility requires extensive planning, a cl...

In November 2007 BMA Nederland has signed the order with Konya Seker of Turkey for the supply of an ultra modern potato processing line for French fries.

Quality is a top priority at Frigemo, the Swiss food processor that manufactures french fries for McDonald’s. To consistently match product quality to specifications, Frigemo relies on ADR® 4, an automatic defect removal system for potato strips from ...