Tomra Foods Publishes Details About Their First Research Orchard

Belgian sorting machine specialist Tomra Foods has revealed first details about their new research orchard in Waikato/New Zealand. Scientific research into the causes and effects of growing conditions on fruit will make sorting and grading even more effective. The Research Orchard occupies a 2.5-hectare (6.2-acre) plot next to the company’s 5,100-square-meter Field Research Centre, which…

Australian Macadamia Crop Forecast Revised

The 2023 Australian macadamia crop forecast has been revised down by 11% from 60,000 tonnes in-shell to 53,160 tonnes in-shell at 3.5% moisture (from 64,400 to 57,000 tonnes in-shell at 10% moisture), announced the peak industry body, the Australian Macadamia Society (AMS). AMS CEO Clare Hamilton-Bate says the Australian macadamia industry has been experiencing unprecedented…

Anuga FoodTec Starts New Digital Mag

Koelnmesse Cologne/Germany starts a fresh all new digital content magazine for their main food related tradefair Anuga FoodTec. The first issue focusses on responsibility! The new content platform offers news, insights, trend reports, interviews and background information on current themes of the foodtec industry. Once a month, new specialis contents with new focal points will…

Ceratizit to Start Product Carbon Footprint Standard for Cemented Carbide

Ceratizit, a Plansee Group company, will introduce the first standard for calculating and classifying the CO2 footprint of carbide products at EMO Hanover 2023, the world’s leading trade fair for production technology. In combination with a scoring and classification system, the Luxembourg-based carbide specialists promise an increase in transparency with carbon footprint at a product…