News On French Fries and Potato Specialties from the Netherlands

La compañía holandesa Caenator puso en marcha, en colaboración con StartLife y la Universidad de Wageningen y Centro de Investigación, una nueva generación de máquinas automáticas expendedoras de papas (o patatas).

Dutch start-up Caenator, in collaboration with StartLife and Wageningen University & Research Centre, presented a new fully automatic french fry vending machine.

Lamb Weston® has announced the launch of a new global brand identity expressed by the tagline 'Seeing Possibilities in Potatoes'.

As the 2014 crop year is coming to an end, Dutch potato processor Aviko is taking a look at the 2015 potato crop

Bayer CropScience en Farm Frites zijn onlangs in een Food Chain Partnership gestapt, met als doel duurzame landbouwmethoden te implementeren in de aardappelteelt in België en Nederland.

Bayer CropScience and Farm Frites recently started a Food Chain Partnership initiative designed to implement sustainable agricultural practices in potato cultivation in the Netherlands and Belgium.

Oerlemans Foods, a Dutch producer of frozen potato and vegetable products is concentrating the processing of potatoes in Broekhuizenvorst and doubles its potato processing capacity.

Lamb Weston / Meijer, one of the top three producers of processed potato products in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA), has published its third sustainability report.

Oerlemans invested in a brand new steam peeling processing line in 2010. Read how they feel about their TOMRA peeling line today…

Lamb Weston / Meijer, maker of frozen potato products and dried potato flakes, is investing € 120 million euros in its Bergen op Zoom plant located in the southwest of the Netherlands.

Maximal cleaning with a minimal amount of water. That is now possible with the new Drum Washer TGW from Tolsma-Grisnich.

The North-Western European Potato Growers (NEPG) estimates that the upcoming
Potato harvest could set a new record, even higher than 2011 when production reached
26.8 million tons.

VION and H2 Equity Partners have announced that they have entered into an agreement for the intended sale of Oerlemans Foods to investment company H2 Equity Partners.

VION en H2 Equity Partners hebben bekend gemaakt dat ze een overeenkomst zijn aangegaan voor de voorgenomen verkoop van Oerlemans Foods aan investeringsmaatschappij H2 Equity Partners.

Lamb Weston / Meijer, manufacturer of deep-frozen potato products and dried potato flakes, is investing 20 million euros in its biggest plant in Kruiningen, Zeeland (NL). A fully-automated potato sorting process is being implemented in a new, state-of-the-art potato grading area.

Lamb Weston / Meijer, producent van diepgevroren aardappelproducten en gedroogde aardappelvlokken, investeert 20 miljoen euro in haar grootste fabriek in het Zeeuwse Kruiningen. In een nieuwe, state-of-the-art aardappelontvangst- en sorteerruimte wordt een volledig geautomatiseerd aardappelsorteerproces geïmplementeerd.

Lamb Weston has introduced a new Sweet Potato Fries range: Sweet ‘n Savour. With this new range Lamb Weston continues to bring restaurant owners innovative and profitable solutions that fulfill the growing consumer demand trend for Sweet Potato products across markets.

Over the next 5 years, northwest European potato prices are expected to gradually climb and elevated price volatility set to persist, according to a new report by Rabobank.