Six years ago, Compac set out on a journey towards an ambitious goal: to build the world’s most powerful grading platform. This would be a system allowing packers to not only eliminate manual sorting but also produce the most consistent product for market, drastically improving their bottom lines. 

Here's the inside story of the last two years and how Spectrim was developed with our industry partners, including an exclusive interview at the launch site Washington Fruit where Spectrim is helping them change the way they're operating and deliver more consistent fruit to market, all at a lower cost. 

If you’d like to see Spectrim in action, watch the 360 video of the first install site.

When is a piece of produce at its best quality and condition within its consumable lifetime? At the orchard, right before it is picked off the tree. To maintain ‘field fresh’ quality from farm to supermarket shelf, produce must be handled gently throughout the packing process. 

High visibility clothing was once something thought of as unique to the construction industry. Now it is seen as the hallmark of safety in almost every industry, including packhouses and distribution centers.

I will never forget discussing the emergence of high vis as a corporate standard with a group of civil engineers. Standing on the pedestrian footpath at the Lions Gate Bridge, they were dressed in suits, ties and fluoro orange vests. They stood in stark contrast to the tourists, sightseers and fitness focused locals in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Consumers are becoming increasingly health-conscious, placing even more of an emphasis on what they put into their bodies. But at the same time, they still demand convenience.

In the past, food that was considered ‘convenient’ was also likely to be processed. The modern, health-conscious consumer has moved away from accepting processed foods in the interest of convenience, and is now demanding food that is fresh, healthy and convenient – especially when it comes to fruit.

Enter Rockit Apples, a company who have found their niche meeting the consumer demand for freshness and convenience. Rockit package fresh, prewashed apples in a convenient tube. Better yet, their apples are a small, snack size, at approx. 1.5x the size of a golf ball. Rockit Apples have a sweet flavor, thin skin, a distinctive bright red blush, small core and fantastic crisp crunch.

At Compac, our goal is to optimize every finished pack leaving your facility, ensuring the product is presented to the market exactly how you want it, within spec and at the highest possible value. And today, this means accommodating increasingly high standards for food hygiene.

When you’re running a produce company and exporting perishable goods all over the globe, how can you ensure you’re producing the best retail product to your consumer?

Agricola San Clemente, a Chilean company that exports fruit to local and international markets, was seeking a postharvest solution spanning software, hardware and equipment for getting cherries from the packhouse to their global retail customers as efficiently as possible.

Valencia, Spain-facility will be hub for EMEA post-sales service, product development, and manufacturing, including Compac’s new Spectrim^TM platform  

PRESS RELEASE - January 20, 2016  Ground-breaking Spectrim^TM Platform Enables Faster, Consistent Grading and Lower Operating Costs

Compac, a world leader in post-harvest integrated solutions and services to the fresh produce industry, announced the successful operational deployment of its Spectrim^TM optical sorting platform at Washington Fruit and Produce Company.

PRESS RELEASE - December 10 2015 Compac, a provider of post-harvest integrated solutions to the fresh produce industry, announced its new executive leadership team. The team will lead the company in the next phase of its transformative growth and execute on its strategy for capturing the expanding global opportunities in the fresh produce industry.

Compac is soon to release a significant update to its InVision optical grading system software, –InVision 5.0. will give existing customers access to new innovations in fruit defect detection, providing greater grading accuracy and with improved software usability. Read more and register for a 2016 upgrade slot.