TOMRA Food, the main sponsor of the Congress, will host a pre-Congress networking event at its Auckland facility and an Innovation Breakfast, including a presentation on artificial intelligence at the Aotea Centre. TOMRA will also host a
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The 5th Sustainable Development Congress hosted by Aecoc and FIAB brought together nearly 200 attendees who valued the commitment of companies to comply with the UN Sustainable Development Goals, even in the current context of inflation and growth of production costs. read more

Strawberries specially bred for automated picking will soon become a reality in Australia after the launch of an initiative to develop varieties that can be easily harvested by robot. read more

"To mechanize and automate also means to respect personnel," explains Fausto Marconi, founder of Marconi Vivai in Roverbella (Mantua), confirming his intention of innovating and automating operations to make them easier and less strenuous for employees. Fausto's work, which started over 50 years
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The Federal Ministry for Digital Affairs and Transport (BMDV) supports companies, associations and clubs in the electrification of their vehicle fleets. According to the ministry, funding is provided for the additional costs incurred when purchasing an electric vehicle in comparison with a reference vehicle with
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Due to the ongoing shipping delays from South Africa and the massive delivery problems, the first food retail chains have dropped out of the plum programmes, according to AMI. Instead, shelf space is being used differently. read more

The Generalitat, through the Valencian Innovation Agency (AVI), finances the development of new digital tools for the early detection and prediction of the main pests that threaten citrus crops in the Valencian Community. “The goal is to design a more advanced and precise control system that
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Sustainability in times of crisis - this is the motto of this year's Global Tomato Congress, which will take place on 16 May in Rotterdam's World Trade Center. International experts will inform about the current trends and developments in the industry; read more

Muddy Machines is a UK-based robotics company. It has developed a team of five robotic harvesters called "Sprout" that will work together to pick British asparagus commercially in Herefordshire starting from April 1st. The robots have been designed to work accurately for up to 16 hours a day and
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The long-established business relations and friendship over the past fifteen years between Agrumi-Gel, a Sicilian citrus derivatives industry, and Sumitomo Corporation Foods Group facilitated a meeting between the Japanese multinational's delegation, the Etna's Business Network and the PGI Etna
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A ‘herd’ of robots is to be released into the English countryside to commercially pick British asparagus for the first time this coming season. read more

AP Moller-Maersk has announced the inaugural flight of its new airfreight service with scheduled flights between Billund, Denmark and Hangzhou, China. read more

Packaging Automation owner and chairman Anthony Penn has died, the company has announced. read more

This month, British supermarkets including Tesco, Sainsbury’s and Waitrose agreed to pay for audits on British farms to inspect the conditions of foreign seasonal workers and combat abuse. They caved to pressure from investors, worried about their exposure to potential abuses in supply chains. read more

Moleaer and Royal Brinkman are expanding their commercial relationship to deliver and support Moleaer’s nanobubble generators and solutions to high-tech greenhouse growers in Mexico. Local resources in Mexico are now available to serve horticulture and greenhouse growers to install, maintain
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Blueberries are a perishable fruit, which are easily to damage during processing, and are also prone to mildew and dehydration in storage and logistics. This also brings great difficulties to the transportation, storage and sales of blueberries. The preservation of blueberries has also become a
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Last year, Austria was one of the countries to achieve a new record in the handling of goods in the Port of Hamburg. With an increase of twelve per cent and a throughput of 6.3 million tonnes, it is a new record. "At just over 323,000 TEU, container throughput is also slightly up on last year,"
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Lineage Logistics, LLC, one of the leading temperature-controlled industrial REIT and logistics solutions providers worldwide, has opened a new Southern Europe headquarters in Madrid, Spain on 17 March, at an event attended by the Company's Southern Europe Management team, as well as European
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On March 18, 2023, the abolition of a temporary ban on the exports of onion from Uzbekistan was reported. Just a few hours after the corresponding announcement of the Ministry of Agriculture requests for trucks to ship Uzbek onions to foreign markets started appearing in the logistics
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The consumer trend is becoming more and more established in Spanish society, as consumers opt for a healthy and balanced diet, with healthy and quality food. Chains are also more receptive to products that incorporate innovation, as they are more and more interested in
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