Based in the heart of California’s Central (San Joaquin) Valley, cultivating 5,000 acres of peaches, plums, and nectarines, the tradition of family farming has been a part of the HMC Farms’ story since 1887. HMC Farms has spent generations innovating their growing and handling practices to ensure that they can reliably provide their customers with the simple pleasure of great tasting fruit.

TOMRA Food has launched the most comprehensive online learning resource for packhouse professionals in the fresh produce industry. Packhouse Academy, powered by TOMRA Academy, offers a wide range of on-demand videos, live interactive webinars, and user-driven training modules. Packhouse Academy will empower individuals to increase their industry-critical knowledge and skills, in turn helping packhouses improve their pack-out, productivity, and quality.

TOMRA Food announced today its new organization focused on two business areas, Fresh Food and Processed Food. This change creates a powerful organization, unique in the world, which brings together the most extensive technology portfolio, the widest array of Research & Development skills, and the strongest global footprint in the sector.

Compac, part of the TOMRA Food family, extends its box filling platform offering with the new-generation Gentle Box Filler+ model developed specifically for the most delicate produce. It combines faster throughput with the industry-leading gentle handling that is the hallmark of Compac's original box filler design. The significantly higher throughput translates into more added value for the packer's operation due to the greater productivity, efficiency and flexibility, as well as a smaller initial investment – with the gentlest handling.

TOMRA Visual Assist virtually places TOMRA's expert in front of the customer's machine, enabling a fast response and, during the COVID-19 pandemic, overcoming travel restrictions and addressing safety concerns.

HOW TO AVOID CREATING A HOUSE OF HORRORS!

Building a packhouse is a massive undertaking both financially & emotionally. Here's how to focus investments on areas that affect SKU creation and throughput which can have a huge pay off over time. This blog will help you define and understand the 10-to-20-year operational life of your foundational equipment investments and to do it right the first time so as to avoid costly ad-hoc additions later.

Cloud-based service unlocks the power of big data to monitor and optimize food sorting processes.

Compac (gruppo TOMRA Food) e i suoi partner ICOEL e Sardas si sono trovati ad affrontare una sfida eccezionale: proprio mentre si preparavano a spedire e installare tre linee di selezione e confezionamento chiavi in mano in Turchia e una quarta in Uzbekistan è scoppiata la pandemia COVID-19. Nonostante la situazione, con paesi in isolamento, restrizioni di viaggio e interruzioni della logistica del trasporto merci, i quattro progetti sono stati completati nei tempi previsti. Questo risultato ha richiesto tutto l'ingegno dei team coinvolto nell'installazione, che è stato in grado di sfruttare la presenza globale e l'estrema flessibilità operative di Compac. Le quattro linee, dotate della piattaforma di selezione InVision2, sono riuscite ad essere operative per l'inizio della stagione delle ciliegie, per la soddisfazione dei clienti. Con le nuove linee di selezione e confezionamento Compac, le ditte turche Perla Fruit, Karaali e Unifrutti e Uz-Segang in Uzbekistan hanno chiuso la stagione in positivo, ricevendo ottimi feedback dai clienti finali.