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 21, 2023 | Articles
GEO4A maps seed potato harvest in time
The earlier the yield, and the earlier the quality of the seed potato yields of all growers are known, the more efficient the sales and the marketing will be. This will all eventually benefit the pay-out. At least, that is the aim of seed potato trading merchant Den Hartigh from Emmeloord. Since the start of…
March 21, 2023 | Articles
Manter responds to global demand for automation
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.
March 21, 2023 | Articles
Agrico Research is expanding its area of trial fields
Agrico Research has recently purchased additional land for the expansion of its activities. Thanks to acquiring an additional 31 hectares of land, Agrico’s own breeding and research station in Bant has more trial field space at its disposal for research purposes and for developing new potato varieties.
March 21, 2023 | Articles
Water: the number 1 necessity of life!
We see at the moment that society is paying a lot of attention to the costs of gas and electricity, migrant movements, the war between Russia and Ukraine, nitrogen, CO2, and there are a few more items I could name. However, I miss WATER in this list. I think that people are hardly aware that…
March 21, 2023 | Articles
HZPC wants to waste no time
During the 2022 HZPC Potato Days, the trading house organised a webinar on the challenges in the field of food security and sustainability, now and in the future. And how the potato sector can make an important contribution to this, because according to the company, there is no time to lose.
©2015 - 2024 Potatoworld | Webdesign and realisation COMMPRO