At Macfrut 2024 the great news of the Agrivoltaic Exhibition. Realised in partnership with KEY - The Energy Transition Expo, the IEG (Italian Exhibition Group) event of reference in Southern Europe, Africa and the Mediterranean basin on energy transition, the Exhibition puts
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As we anticipated in our article (click here to read more) Fruit Logistica 2024 was a real success for Dulcis™. Indeed, the prospects are excellent for the innovative green kiwi fruit with all the qualities of yellow developed by New Plant in Forlì in collaboration with the
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After five years, the international wholesale industry gathered once again at the Berlin Wasserwerk. As part of the 8th Fructinale, organized by the wholesale market association GFI and numerous sponsors and partners, a total of three Buddy Bears were awarded at the end of the second day of
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Prospects are good for Dulcis™, the green kiwifruit with all the qualities of yellow kiwifruit developed by New Plant in Forlì in collaboration with the Universities of Udine and Bologna. Production and marketing is exclusively carried out worldwide by the co-operative companies Alegra,
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"The Fruit Logistica trade fair in Berlin confirms itself as an important appointment, a moment of meeting and comparison with players, partners, buyers and institutions," commented Andrea Badursi, President of Asso Fruit Italia. read more

The Proposal for a Regulation on Packaging and Packaging Waste (PPWR) has reached its final stages with the confrontation between the two positions expressed at the end of 2023 by the European Parliament and the EU Council. While discussions are taking place in Brussels to find a compromise solution between
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Italy’s newest green kiwifruit variety, Dulcis, made its international debut at Fruit Logistica last week. The variety, marketed as the green kiwifruit with all the qualities of yellow kiwifruit, was developed by New Plant in Forlì in collaboration with the Universities of Udine and Bologna
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More than 100 representative from the Chilean fruit industry gathered at Fruit Logistica in Berlin last week to launch the country’s new brand, Frutas de Chile. read more

Ecuador’s banana industry reiterated calls for a fairer pricing model and the rationalisation of certification schemes at last week’s Fruit Logistica. read more

The six leading topfruit suppliers in the Southern Hemisphere expect to produce a combined crop of just under 4.78m tonnes of apples in 2024, up 1.1 per cent on last year, according to a new forecast released by the World Apple and Pear Association. read more

Last Friday, during the last day of Fruit Logistica, not one, but two prizes were awarded for companies offering innovative products for the sector. In addition to the annual Fruit Logistica Innovation Award (FLIA), awarded to Unica Fresh for its Zucchiolo, for the first time
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An exciting Fruit Logistica for Tomra Food, which presented three new solutions based on artificial intelligence. Lots of novelties, but the mission still remains customer proximity thanks to the new organisational structure. The latest element of the new structure is the creation
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Home of apples confirms itself as a reference point in the apple category, with an increasingly efficient organisation, a specialisation in the product and an assortment of varieties and brands capable of nourishing the fruit and vegetable department all year round. This is how
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To measure the success of a trade fair one can use quantitative parameters, which are more objective, or qualitative, which are more subjective, or a mix of these. With regard to the former, Fruit Logistica - both in terms of exhibitors and visitors - confirms its undisputed leadership in the
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Tomra Food has unveiled its new organizational structure, showcased its sorting, grading, and packing solutions, and launched three new AI-powered sorting and grading solutions. read more

Fruit Logistica 2024 is done and dusted. Three days of networking, walking around and, in our case, taking pictures, has come to an end. Exhibitors were generally positive. Protests and strikes in and around Berlin certainly did not make traveling any easier, but people still managed to find
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The Ecuadorian Banana Cluster represented by AEBE and Acorbanec, supported and accompanied by the Minister of Agriculture of Ecuador, Franklin Danilo Palacios, and H.E. Diego Morejón Pazmiño, Ambassador of Ecuador in Germany, stands united to address critical issues faced by banana producers
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At Fruit Logistica 2024, Sorma Group launched a new case filling robot that can be integrated into the end-of-line. A solution developed at the German site that improves the automation of post-harvest processing of fruit and vegetables and is ready to be marketed. Ne
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VOG, the home of apples confirms its status as an apple category benchmark with reorganisation for ever-greater efficiency, product specialisation and a variety and brand assortment able to add value to the fruit and vegetable department all 12 months of the year. All these factors were
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On 9 February, the World Apple and Pear Association (WAPA) held its annual general meeting. During the meeting, which took place during Fruit Logistica in Berlin, WAPA unveiled its forecast for the southern hemisphere apple and pear harvest. This report was
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