Marc Vriesen on Burg Machinery's new crate-laying line for peppers:
Sector | Post-harvest & Packaging
Photos: Foertmeyer & Sons shows greenhouse expansion in Columbus, Ohio
"Even in countries where you don't immediately expect it, labour is a problem"
LoadUp Ltd supports logistics companies in personnel recruitment
"Thanks to my background at the Duisburg wholesale market, I am aware of the logistical challenges"
Dutch tomato grower expands packing line
Western Growers and CPMA join forces to develop sustainable produce packaging guidelines
Robert Keller from Offsetdruckerei Schwarzach:
"The question is whether the interventions by the PPWR do more harm than good to an established system"
Smurfit Kappa and WestRock merge to create Smurfit Westrock
A packaging giant born from a merger
Tomato truck incident on interstate 5 in California
Fruit and vegetable waste monitor launched
Microwaves: the new standard for measuring fruit's internal quality?
President Ibrahim Traoré develops $8 million tomato processing facility in Burkina Faso
Kenya Railways eyes horticulture exports as sea freight volumes increase
PND - Fruit Processing Machinery
Cherry tomatoes in quarters or in halves: washing and cutting with a single operator
"The box that suits us"
Post-Brexit border issues are still impacting plant imports in Britain and Europe
Findings could help reduce postharvest loss and waste
How does early harvest, storage affect tomatoes?
Termotécnica introduces biobased packaging in Brazil
Increased exports through port of Mombasa
EU-Kenya pact boosts fresh produce volumes from Tanzania and Uganda
Meal boxes: a stepping stone to increased herb consumption
Lennard Riskop from Contronics on the potential of dry fog solutions on the fruit and vegetable shelf
"Reducing spoilage increases the margin by up to ten per cent"
Gearbox and Ridder celebrate collaboration at GreenTech Amsterdam
Smart quality control and reporting enhance harvest quality and labor savings
RipeLocker Partners with distributor in Ecuador to deploy their technology to the floral market
For small and large growers
Portable temperature-controlled grow site launched
"Sea freight costs have surged by nearly 20%, intensifying market competition for temperature and humidity loggers"
Putting an end to endless duplication in sharing compliance information
Edible Garden implements proprietary “shrink savings” solutions to support basil product offering
Highlighting significant delays
Dutch hauliers point to inadequate conditions at UK border posts
Share Logistics acquires US based customs broker Export-Import Services
Plastic-free packaging for apples, potatoes and citrus fruits launched
New packaging solutions by SMP
Innovations to prolong produce shelf-life
Coachella vegetable packing plant goes up in flames
Although SmartMak is known for date processing, machinery is also suited for citrus
"Our equipment is adept at processing various fruits and vegetables"
Peter Stafleu, APC Handling:
"Looming restriction on cargo flights would undermine Dutch position as gateway into Europe"
European Championship packaging for snack tomatoes
Extensive fruit and vegetable processing equipment auction in Emmeloord (NL)
Stephan Ortmann from Harter Ltd on the application potential of fruit and vegetable drying
Significant increases in the conversion of supposed waste into upcycling products
Oerlemans Plastics at GreenTech:
Renew, reuse, recycle, reduce, and redesign
US (NJ): Edible Gardens completes phase 2 of packhouse at Belvidere facility
Annulment of the Agec law decree
“Some French distributors may return to plastics”
Lower Saxony: Forwarder Jens Krause on fruit and vegetable logistics
"Toll increase hits groupage sector particularly hard"
Green Life Farms launches redesigned packaging
Lasse Borg, Carccu
Finland: “The FSC-certification is proof from an external audit that we are acting responsibly”
SILAL inaugurates largest automated packhouse in UAE
“Sea freight costs surged by 20%, intensifying competition in the export market of mushroom logs”
Team develops technology for producing bioplastics from agricultural and food byproducts
Driscoll's Maroc is building a berry processing plant in Larache
Fairmiles Roundtable:
'Banning airfreighted fresh produce puts millions of livelihoods at risk and does not help Net Zero'
The plant for processing fruits and veg in Galilee, Israel is closing down
USDA announces new fee rates for Specialty Crops Inspection Grading, Audit Services
AgroFresh -
12th annual Post-Harvest Academy hosted in Washington
Home compostable produce label launches with cost-effective advantage
Supply chain enhancements roll out
Continuation of the downward trend in container freight rates from India
Michael Panuccio, Freshxpress:
"This isn’t just another cooling machine, it’s a game-changer"
New UK trade checks will escalate import costs
US (IL): McNamara named director of postharvest loss institute at Illinois
“Denouncing massive imports of Moroccan cherry tomatoes during French production”