equipment

A Local Focus: Maine plant processes root crops for nearby customers

When its new vegetable processing facility opens this summer, Northern Girl will be closer to achieving its goal of pursuing year-round processing o... continue reading »

Urschel Thailand moves to larger facility

Urschel (Thailand) Limited has moved into a larger facility in a newly constructed building in Bangkok. The new facility was needed to accommodate g... continue reading »

Best new products selected at United Fresh

Best new products selected at United Fresh Attendees to the United Fresh Produce Association’s annual convention and expo in San Diego cast th... continue reading »

Birko offers foamers, boot washer/scrubbers

With the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) placing a greater focus on food safety, Birko recommends its entryway foamers and boot scrubbers/washe... continue reading »

United announces finalists for 2013 New Product Awards

More than 30 fresh fruit and vegetable innovations are up for United Fresh Produce Association’s 2013 New Product Awards. This year’s fi... continue reading »

High-Flying Foods

Kevin Westlye admits he was a holdout when it came to going with fresh-cut produce for his company’s airport Firewood Cafes and Firewood Grill... continue reading »

Transatlantic Growth

If you didn’t know what the Sormac company does, its name provides a clue.
“Sor” for sorting and “mac” for mach... continue reading »

Packaging companies align to enhance product shelf life

An innovative technology for advancing the shelf life of packaged fresh produce will now be available from both Exopack and Kobusch following the si... continue reading »

Birko, Crunch Pak partner for food safety

Birko, a provider of antimicrobial process aids and sanitation chemistry to the produce industry, has partnered with Crunch Pak to provide food safe... continue reading »

Taking Fresh-Cut To a New Level

To think it all started with portobello mushrooms.
About 11 years ago, one of Baldor Specialty Foods’ foodservice customers wanted to k... continue reading »