Technology news from Fresh Produce Journal
Technology news stories with a direct relevance to the UK fresh produce business, including updates on production and harvesting systems, sorting and grading machinery, packaging, coldstorage and controlled atmosphere, digital management, robots and automation, vertical farming, artificial intelligence, and machine learning.
Pallet Earth launches sustainable solution
Group brings new generation of sustainable and trackable pallets to the UK and Europe
Sormac opens UK office
Vegetable machinery firm launches dedicated UK business in Suffolk following growth in UK and Irish markets
Greenvale teams up with Trinity AgTech
Greenvale teams up with Trinity AgTech to boost sustainability and carbon credentials for potato growers
BayWa spends millions on better facilities
Group says significant new investment in Germany, Netherlands and New Zealand has improved its ability to supply high-quality fresh produce
Claridock launches new trade platform
Online trade database introduced as a market place for fresh produce buyers and suppliers
PML Kenya invests in state-of-the-art vacuum cooler
Company hopes the cooler, located at Nairobi’s Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, will attract new customers
Latest version of HarvestEye ‘faster and more accurate’
Crop insight tool gathers performance data on size and count, and maps variability of potatoes and onions
Blockchain ‘can make growers’ lives easier’
Comment: How blockchain technology can help growers to streamline the supply chain and retain more profit
IGD forecasts global retail trends
Improving supply chain efficiency and delivering value are some of the key trends expected in 2023
Fruit Logistica start-ups present vision of more profitable and sustainable future
Leading trade show for global fresh produce business renews support for data-driven supply chains, artificial intelligence, robotic automation, smart agri, and other advanced systems that unlock new commercial opportunities
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The Summer Berry Company's green gains
The Summer Berry Company’s ESG manager Silvina Morais tells FPJ why the producer has adopted an ecological approach as it faces up to climate change and looks to expand despite the current cost pressures
Fruit Logistica delivers data insight and trend briefing
Trade show’s free European Statistics Handbook provides latest European market figures in partnership with Agrarmarkt Informations-Gesellschaft (AMI) and Fruitnet Media International
South Africans call for political intervention after citrus stalemate
With the country’s citrus growers set to decide on their future market supply, exports to the EU remain up in the air
Sormac opens UK office
Vegetable machinery firm launches dedicated UK business in Suffolk following growth in UK and Irish markets
Govt healthy-eating app ‘promotes junk food’
UK government promoting ultra-processed junk foods to families via healthy-eating app, says Soil Association
B-hive upgrades workspace in company expansion
Agritech innovator moves building but stays within Lincoln Science & Innovation Park as part of growth that has seen the business make 12 recent appointments
Maersk and IBM throw blockchain system overboard
Full collaboration across the entire global shipping business could not be achieved, admits carrier
Asia Fruit Logistica heads back to Hong Kong
Asia’s premier fresh fruit and vegetable trade show returns to AsiaWorld-Expo in Hong Kong on 6-8 September 2023
Automation and supply chain agility ‘will shape sector’ in 2023
Comment: Fresh produce firms must remain agile to meet fluctuating demand, as well as considering investment in automation and AI, as they face up to supply chain instability, inflation, labour shortages and climate change
QC software specialist Clarifruit raises US$12m
Data-drive technology has “almost infinite” potential to cut waste in fresh produce supply chains, says company