Fruit Logistica
International photo reports Fruit Logistica 2024
2024-02-13 00:00
In addition to yesterday's photo report of the fruit and vegetable trade, our international FreshPlaza, AGF.nl and horticultural editors were also busy during the last Fruit Logistica. An overview of the mood on the international stands could already be read yesterday. It was particularly
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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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Chilean fruit industry unites under new brand
2024-02-12 13:00
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.
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Ecuador keeps up the pressure on bananas
2024-02-12 12:00
Ecuador’s banana industry reiterated calls for a fairer pricing model and the rationalisation of certification schemes at last week’s Fruit Logistica.
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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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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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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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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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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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Tomra Food launches three new Ai-based solutions
2024-02-12 00:00
Tomra Food is riding the Ai wave and at Fruit Logistica in Berlin, illustrated its sorting, grading and packaging technologies with three new solutions based on artificial intelligence. A revolution also in food sorting Tomra Food Neon for pre-sorting blueberries
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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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Tomra Food presents sorting and grading solutions with AI
2024-02-12 00:00
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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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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Assomela, Giovanni Missanelli is the new director
2024-02-12 00:00
On 5 February, the change in Assomela's management formally took place, with the handover between Alessandro Dalpiaz, director of the association for over 20 years and now retired, and Giovanni Missanelli, Assomela's new director, who has
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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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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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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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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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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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Vog presents new programmes between integration and assortment
2024-02-12 00:00
Vog - Home of apples reconfirms itself as a benchmark for the apple category, with an increasingly efficient organisation, product specialisation and an assortment of varieties and brands capable of enriching the fruit and vegetable department for all 12 months of the year. Thus the
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