News on Sorters (Mechanical) and Cleaners

The UK's leading manufacturer Haith's, has announced that it has appointed a new Managing Director. Duane Hill takes over the role as Haith's Managing Director as Nigel Haith moves to the position of Chairman as he prepares for semi-retirement.

Haith has this month marked 21 years of working with R S Cockerill. The anniversary coincides with the completion of £3m investment into R S Cockerill’s site in Dunnington, near York.

In 2020, with demand for homegrown produce soaring, E W Button & Son decided to invest in a brand new, purpose-built grading facility for its early season and ware potatoes.

Key Technology introduces Key Discovery™. This suite of software solutions transforms Key’s digital sorting systems into IIoT connected devices that collect, analyze and share data while sorting product.

A new mobile washing facility, featuring Tong’s next generation barrel washer, is bringing increased throughput and a highly flexible washing solution for UK potato supplier Wolds Produce this season.

Puffin Produce, a potato supplier in the United Kingdom, has reduced its water use to wash and polish its potatoes by 90% and electricity use by 40% as a result of a major equipment update provided by Haith.

For the new construction and expansion of its potato protein production line at its Wietzendorf site, the Germany based Emsland Group is calling once more on the expertise of GEA, who in 2018 constructed a potato protein line at Emsland's Kyritz plant.

With a ceremonial groundbreaking on April 12, 2021, Heat and Control, Inc.®, a world-leading equipment manufacturer and food/non-food processing industry supplier has started construction on a new facility in Mexico.

For some companies, responding to a sudden and unexpected increase in demand could cause problems, but not at Sam Dennigan and Company, which handled a 20% rise in orders with ease.

CMP's President Trevor Spinney has been named one of Atlantic Canada's Top 50 CEOs for 2021 by Atlantic Business Magazine.

The PotatoEurope organization has started preparing the potato trial fields at the event location near the central Dutch city of Lelystad.

The new "Eyes On" solution connects customers to Bühler's remote experts for real-time maintenance and repair support. Ardent Mills recognizes its value during the year 2020.

Vanmark, an industrial potato and produce processing equipment manufacturer, announces the promotion of Jack Grote to Sales Manager.

On Jan 31, 2021, the team of Allround (India) Vegetable Processing Machines Pvt Ltd, Ambala, Haryana took part in the inauguration and foundation stone laying ceremony of the expansion and capacity enhancement project of the unit.

TOMRA Food announced today its new organization focused on two business areas, Fresh Food and Processed Food.

VIRTO GROUP, the largest frozen vegetable company in Spain and one of the most important in Europe, has again selected TOMRA for its sorters. The company has updated its main plant in Azagra (Navarra) with eleven Nimbus BSI+ sorters.

DOWNS introduces CropVision®: an Optical Sorter for Unwashed Potatoes, evaluates and categorizes potatoes using HD cameras combined with AI and splits them into three streams, at a capacity of up to 100 tons per hour.

South Australia's Zerella Fresh this month committed to expanding the capacity of their potato washing and grading line. Zerella Fresh has again chosen to reinvest with Wyma Solutions for their post-harvest needs.