"Automation is in demand everywhere. There's a labor shortage in the current market, and getting quality people is hard. It's tricky to find the right people for a certain place. Companies are, thus, genuinely looking for innovations that allow them to save 'hands'," begins Roel Borgman of LRE
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Yesterday, the first container of bananas from India was received. Initiators INI Farms, a sister company of Ulink Agritech, and Del Monte, along with representatives from the Embassy of India, shipping company Maersk, and host Rotterdam Fruit Wharf, opened the first container. read more

The TOMRA Neon, a new blueberry pre-harvester with sophisticated AI (artificial intelligence) technology, addresses the challenges of automated harvesting. Joshua Miers-Jones, Global Category Director Blueberry and Avocado at TOMRA Food, explains how. read more

"The exhibitors are satisfied; there was always something going on at the stands. There were even more visitors on the first day of the fair than last year. The new Berry Technology Forum was also very well received and contributed to further internationalization. We can therefore be satisfied
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Embarking on an exciting journey of innovation, the winter production of cucumbers is officially underway at Rijk Zwaan's new Trial Centre High Tech. This is a great place to trial 45 distinct varieties and various fruit types within our expansive cucumber segment. read more

These problems are currently having a significant impact on the supply of raw materials and are likely to continue to have a massive impact on supply chains over the next eight to ten weeks and thus into the new year, according to Kulinaria Deutschland e.V.. read more

An early season experiment by South African logistics operator GoGlobal, in association with shipping line MSC, to ship Namibian and South African grapes through the port of Walvis Bay in Namibia has been a success. read more

In a joint statement, the CEOs called on the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) to create the legal conditions for a faster transition to environmentally friendly fuels. read more

With registrations now open, we’re officially on the road to Packaging Innovations & Empack 2024 – one of the biggest dates in the packaging industry’s calendar. read more

Communication and Mdd are the two main factors in Multicediper's fruit and vegetable strategy, as we already saw a month ago (click here to read more). What role do products and suppliers play instead? We took stock of these aspects with Annamaria
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Australia’s peak farm body says farmers are fed up with being kept in the dark about what’s driving prices across the country’s agricultural supply chains. read more

We've been hearing a lot lately about artificial intelligence. The ability of computers to mimic human thought and decision-making, to automate tasks that traditionally required human intelligence, has stirred up all sorts of sensational news stories. In confirmation of this technology's
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As a fifth-generation grower, Marion Regan of Hugh Lowe Farms believes and has always believed, that there's nothing not to like about strawberries. "But there's too much pressure through the supply chain, causing an imbalance, squeezing the grower, but also the consumer. We want the chain to
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A new page under the banner of internal growth and the development of an increasingly solid corporate culture for Romagnoli F.lli Spa, a historic Bolognese company specialising in potatoes and one of the most important players on the national fruit and vegetable scene. The company presented
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The next stage of development is an important topic in the field of machine and system technology. "We would like to present our latest innovation to the industry at Fruit Logistica in Berlin. We have developed our 14-lane weighing machine AVN 112-CW14FF with weighing containers and cross
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In the new instalment of the series 'Discovering the supply chains with La Grande Bellezza Italiana' we talk about the Pera Mantovana Igp, which recently joined the stable of products of the network of companies that, for five years now, have come together to research and
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EarlyBirds has announced a collaboration project with Zespri. This project will support Zespri in realizing its vision for sustainable operations and carbon footprint reduction across the kiwifruit supply chain. read more

Creating an indestructible and stainless 'Bolognese' courgette. Or at least resilient to the diseases that most limit its production, primarily fungal diseases and virosis, so as to increase the competitiveness of the fresh market courgette sector by focusing on the
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More than 400 farmers have already set up an online farm store with the help of Bremen-based company "Friedhold". There is now the "Support your Farmer" app, which end customers, i.e. consumers, can use to order goods for collection. A delivery service for parts of Bremen's city center has
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The Management Board of the MULTIVAC Group turned the first spadeful of earth for a new production factory, which is intended for manufacturing parts and handling spare parts logistics in Wolfertschwenden. read more