Manter introduces AutoMesh+ packaging machine

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As a response to the global demand for automation in the weighing and packaging of potatoes, Manter International introduced the Manter Smart Line (MSL) during the recently held client-relations days. ‘We develop all our new software, both electronic and mechanical control, in-house’, says Michiel Eilander, commercial director at the company.

The Spanish coastal town of Valencia is home to the potato-packaging company Aquilar Patatas. This more than 50-year-old family business, where Vincente Aquilar is in charge and son Robert focuses on the future, is responding to the growing demand for washed table potatoes from the Spanish supermarkets. ‘Whereas 20 years ago only 20 percent of…

Together with customers in England and Russia, Manter, the manufacturer of weighing and packaging machines in Emmen, has developed the ‘Manter 3-in-1’. This machine can weigh three different products, in this case the Dutch ‘hot pot’ ingredients of potatoes, onions and carrots, and then combine them in one package.