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FRUIT LOGISTICA: Sorma Group launches new robot for crate filling
2024-02-13 09:00
Like many of the innovations that the Sorma Group has developed in recent years, this model also clearly stands out from the systems currently available on the market in terms of speed, gentleness and precision. The new robot fulfils the average requirements of a
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International wholesale industry gathers at Berlin's Wasserwerk
2024-02-13 00:00
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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Berlin Party 2024 - Picture Time
2024-02-13 00:00
It's evident that the horticultural industry has firmly established its presence at Fruit Logistica, and it seems the sector's green thumbs are equally adept at raising a glass. For several years now, the Berlin Party has been a highlight on the Thursday evening of the fair, offering industry
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Sweet red onions ‘could take over’ the category
2024-02-13 11:00
UK onion grower and breeder Bedfordshire Growers has developed a new variety of sweet red onion that it believes will open up a popular new segment of the onion category.
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For Cso Italy a Fruit Logistica in sharp recovery
2024-02-13 00:00
Fruit Logistica 2024 closed its doors in Berlin, after having registered a strong liveliness of meetings and attendance in the collective area 'Italy The Beauty of Quality', which CSO Italy has been organising for many years in cooperation with Fruitimprese and which this year saw an important
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Photo Report: 18th International Berlin Potato Evening by the DKHV
2024-02-13 00:00
The German Potato Trade Association (DKHV) awarded its honorary president Dieter Tepel the Medal of Honor of the German Potato Trade for outstanding achievements and tireless commitment to the potato industry at its annual International Berlin Potato Evening on February 6, 2024.
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Italian apple consortium's new structure brings results
2024-02-12 00:00
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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Peppers at Fruit Logistica 2024 "We want to make our presence"
2024-02-12 00:00
Polish paprika producers were also present at the Fruit Logistica trade fair in Berlin, promoting the vegetable. - We are a major producer and distributor of European peppers, which is why we are here," says Paweł Myziak, owner of Euro-Papryka,
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Southern Hemisphere: apples +1.1%, pears -2.3%
2024-02-12 00:00
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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Sorma Group launches anthropomorphic robot for case filling
2024-02-12 00:00
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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Southern Hemisphere apple exports set to rise
2024-02-12 11:00
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.
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New chilled potato brand
2024-02-12 00:00
At Fruit Logistica in Berlin, Quik’s has introduced a new refrigerated potato brand for the European consumer. At the fair, visitors could get acquainted with PotatoLove. PotatoLove is not just a potato brand, it's an innovative approach to refrigerated potato products.
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New organization and new AI-powered solutions
2024-02-12 00:00
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.
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Ecuadorian Banana Cluster asks for fair pricing amidst EU retailers’ price pressures
2024-02-12 00:00
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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Photo report: Fruit Logistica 2024
2024-02-12 00:00
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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All Citrus, the citrus fruit specialist, is born, a merger between Agricola Lusia and La California Distribution
2024-02-12 00:00
Aggregation has always been a mantra that characterises conferences and proclamations in the horticultural world, a fine word that translates into little or no reality. It is therefore good to report some 'juicy' news that we were able to discover
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Fruit Logistica, andante ma non troppo
2024-02-12 00:00
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 presents its new organisation and AI-based solutions
2024-02-12 00:00
TOMRA Food unveiled its new streamlined and optimised organisational structure in Berlin, presented its sorting, sizing and packaging solutions, and launched three new AI-based sorting and sizing solutions.
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Dulcis debuts at Fruit Logistica
2024-02-12 15:00
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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Fruit Logistica, Innovation Awards winners announced
2024-02-12 00:00
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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