• Creates world’s most extensive fit-for-purpose small-fruit sorting and packaging portfolio
• Leverages high growth in consumer demand for important superfood category
• Incorporates innovative traceability platform www.freshtracker.com

BERLIN, Germany, Feb. 8, 2018 – TOMRA Food is forming cross-industry working groups to accelerate development of digital standards for the Food industry, with the first meetings to be held in Q4, 2018.

In the age of big data, the Internet of Things (IoT), and the cloud, ways of conducting transactions in a verifiable and easy way are becoming more and more important. In 2008, the cryptocurrency Bitcoin was the first high-profile implementation of a distributed blockchain. Since then, blockchain has become a revolution in the way online transactions are carried out, and has rapidly been leveraged by other industries.

MEDIA RELEASE – 5^th October 2017 - Within a year of its acquisition by global food sorting leader TOMRA, New Zealand’s Compac has announced the development of its Inspectra^2™ internal inspection system for fresh produce.

MEDIA RELEASE – 2nd October 2017 - Owner of the popular Cuties brand and largest grower/shipper of navel oranges in the US adopts 64 lanes of Compac’s latest technology

PRESS RELEASE – 5^th September 2017 - Compac has announced the development of new technology to overcome the traditional issues associated with grading and sorting cherries.

Delivering world leading integrated sorting & packaging solutions to meet demanding retail market and satisfy consumer needs for convenient food that has consistent quality, safety and availability.

Post-harvest solutions and services provider invests in cloud-based platform to improve the quality of customer information and installed-base knowledge

China has seen many changes over the last few decades with massive GDP growth, population growth, and urbanisation driving shifts in demographic demand, supply strains and environmental impact. In this blog, we look at China’s changing diet, how China tries to feed itself, and how China’s growth effects the way the fresh produce industry approaches exporting to China.

Since our blog earlier this year on the benefits of sustainability to the fresh produce industry, we have seen a trend in the messaging from others in the industry to show off their credentials when it comes to sustainability. The reasons for this is clear; sustainability is a cornerstone for businesses that want to see growth well into the future.