Aviko

July 28, 2023 | News

Farm Frites Poland Dwa’s 30th anniversary conference reflects on past, present and future

Farm Frites Poland Dwa celebrated its 30^th anniversary by organizing a conference called “1993-2023-2053. Past-Present-Future of agriculture in Poland” at the end of June. Representatives of the local government, universities, suppliers, clients, and other stakeholders who have been accompanying the company in its development for three decades gathered for this special occasion.

June 20, 2023 | Articles

Potato Cheezz: cheese made from fresh potatoes

From now on, the potato is also entering the world of frozen pizza, cheese croquettes and cordon bleus. Indeed, Aviko Rixona – producer of dried potato flakes and dried potato granules – has succeeded in turning fresh potatoes into a vegetable version of cheese. With the launch of Potato Cheezz, the company is responding to…

March 21, 2023 | Articles

Aviko invests to meet growth ambitions

In the Belgian town of Poperinge, in the middle of the Western European ‘potato belt’, Aviko has invested 200 million euros in a state-of-the-art French-fry factory. To meet the growing global demand for potato products as well as the company’s growth ambitions, the company plans to produce 175,000 tons of frozen chips and 12,000 tons…

March 23, 2022 | Articles

‘Due to the rapidly growing sales market, we need more potatoes’

‘Due to the rapidly growing sales market, we need more potatoes. In order to compensate for the sharply rising cultivation costs for our growers and to keep the cultivation of potatoes profitable, we have to substantially increase the contract prices for the next harvest year, and that’s what we’re going to do. In addition, we’ll…

September 23, 2021 | Articles

Higher demands French-fry industry require automation on receipt inspection

‘Automating the entry inspection ensures uniform examination throughout the day and the season. This is important, because the demands are constantly increasing’, says Gerrit Zwep of Aviko. That’s why the French-fry manufacturer recently invested in an automated quality inspection line from RMA-Techniek, from the village of s’-Heer Arendskerke.

June 05, 2018 | Articles

Requested: new HDS varieties due to a sharp rise in flakes andgranule production

‘We want new varieties as soon as possible for the cultivation of special High Dry Matter (HDM) potatoes, because the production of high-quality flakes and granules needs to increase significantly within two years.’ That’s the important message that Aviko Rixona in Venray recently presented to all leading breeders in the Netherlands during a Breeders Day…