Ellips celebrates 25 years in business

Ellips, developer of software for the selection and sorting of fruit and vegetables, celebrates its 25th anniversary in April.

“Ellips started with sorting pears,” says Erwin Bakker, managing director of Ellips. “Until that time, pears were mainly sorted by hand. When I saw that, I knew: that can and must be done differently! The first customers soon followed. Currently the Ellips software can be used for sorting a wide variety of fruits and vegetables: from citrus fruit to cherries, and from onions to asparagus.”

Ellips works every day on high-quality software for machine builders all around the world, according to a realease from the company. In addition Ellips is continually in search of the best camera systems and lighting to further improve the selection process of fruit and vegetables. According to Bakker, it is precisely that combination that has led to the company’s success: “We look for the best hardware so that we can focus entirely on developing sorting software. This focus has enabled us to bring a product to the market that is much more accurate than that of the competition. We deviate as little as possible from the core business, precisely because we want to retain our advantage with the sorting software.”

For more information, visit Ellips’ website.