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Hamilton-based company BBC
Technologies will be purchased by
TOMRA Food, bringing together
the companies’ precision grading
systems, innovative punnet and
clamshell filling solutions for blueberries
and other small fruits, fruit
inspection and grading technology
portfolios. The deal includes
the sale of www.freshtracker.com
innovative software which TOMRA
foresees complementing its other
developments in data and analytics
solutions. Freshtracker enables
traceability of the origins and characteristics
of individual products
from harvesting, processing and
packaging, through to point-of-sale.
“This acquisition further increases
TOMRA’s leadership in grading,
sorting and packaging solutions
for fresh, packaged and processed
foods,” head Mike Riley says.
“Following the recent successful
integration of Compac, we are
investing more into small fruit and
reduced footprint deployments.
We are also making large-scale
investments to create new value
for customers by extracting
and analysing data from TOMRA
equipment, which is complemented
by the Freshtracker platform.
This is just one example of how
combining the two companies will
generate significant new value and
transform the industry.” BBC Technologies’
origins go back to 2000
when founder and local blueberry
growers Greg and Alison Furniss
invented a blueberry grader and
sorter which was then sold to other
growers. “With an ever-increasing
consumer focus on superfoods
such as blueberries, the addition
of BBC Technologies to TOMRA’s
portfolio allows us to better serve
the needs of growers and packers,”
Riley says. “TOMRA now offers the
world’s most complete small-fruit
sorting and packaging portfolio for
large to small pack-houses, and for
the growing number of repack and
fresh produce distribution centres
worldwide.”
recognise companies and individuals
that are making a significant difference
in their field and are coordinated
by the AIP, the APPMA and the Packaging
Council of NZ.
Women in Industry
Breakfast (May 3)
PKN Packaging News and Food &
Drink Business will be hosting the
inaugural Women in Industry breakfast
event, with executive coach and
author Belinda Brosnan delivering the
keynote session on personal leadership,
followed by a panel discussion
featuring influential and inspiring
women working in the food, beverage
and packaging industry.
Fundamentals in Packaging
Technology
Interactive Residential
Training – limited space
(May 3)
This session is an exclusive
once-in-a-lifetime-opportunity to meet
one of the US-based trainers from the
Fundamentals of Packaging Technology
course that is now available
on-line throughout Australasia through
the AIP. The FPT course is designed
as bite-sized modules, and is set up
for the convenience of busy working
professionals, and the training
platform is functionally intuitive. IoPP
chief executive Jane Chase will be
presenting three of the most popular
modules during the day.
Sponsors of the conference are APPMA,
AUSPACK, Qenos, SOTA Packaging,
PKN Packaging News, Food
and Drink Business, Currie Group
and HP, PMMI Media Group, tna
solutions, UPM Raflatac, Aldus-Tronics,
Auspouch, Bonson-Savpac,
Caps and Closures, Esko, Fuji Xerox,
Destination Gold Coast, Gunn Lab,
Inspection Systems, JL Lennard,
KHS, Kodak, Konica Minolta, Labthink,
Multivac, Mosca, OFS Omniverse
Foster, PIQET, ProPak Asia, Sealed
Air, Taghleef Industries, ThermoFisher
Scientific and Woolcool. http://
aipack.com.au/event-registration/?
ee=130, info@aipack.com.au
or www.aipack.com.au
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