News on Processing Equipment from California

Potato Grading Artificial Intelligence
September 16, 2025
Maximize your potato harvest with AI. Meet Ellips-Elisam at the Fresh Produce and Floral Show.
The potatoes you pack today define your reputation tomorrow. Customers expect quality, consistency, and on-time deliveries. But can your grading technology keep up?
Robotic arms at work in greenhouses: transforming labor-intensive tasks with precision automation.
June 23, 2025
Robots in Potato Farming: How Technology Helps Growers Overcome Labor Shortages and Boost Productivity
Robots in potato farming help ease labor shortages, cut costs, and boost yields by automating tasks like planting and harvesting. Paired with smart tools like crop monitoring, they improve efficiency, reduce waste, and support sustainable farming.
Fabcon Food Systems Team
June 04, 2025
Heat and Control Announces Acquisition of Fabcon Food Systems Ltd
Heat and Control, a world-leading manufacturer of food industry equipment, has announced the acquisition of Fabcon Food Systems Ltd.
Kettle Chips
May 02, 2024
Crunchy Contender – Why Are Kettle Chips So Popular?
When it comes to savory snacks, there’s no denying the biggest product in the market is potato chips. Within this lucrative category, one crunchy contender continues to steal the spotlight.
Givaudan, MISTA, and Bühler celebrate opening of new extrusion hub at MISTA in San Francisco
April 10, 2024
Givaudan, MISTA, and Bühler celebrate opening of new extrusion hub at MISTA in San Francisco
Givaudan, the global leader in Taste & Wellbeing, MISTA, the world’s leading food innovation platform, and Bühler, a global technology partner for the food, feed, and mobility industries, announce the opening of a state-of-the-art extrusion hub at the MISTA Innovation Center in San Francisco. 
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February 08, 2023
TOMRA Food Appoints Sean Slevin as Regional Sales Director for North America
TOMRA Food appoints Sean Slevin as new regional sales director for North America.
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February 01, 2023
Taking horizontal motion conveying to the next level: FastBack 4.0
After more than 25 years and three generations of FastBack, Heat and Control® takes advanced knowledge of horizontal motion conveying to the next level. FastBack 4.0 is the culmination of more 10 years of development and multiple international patents.
Duane Hill Haith managing director at Potato Expo 2020
January 05, 2022
Haith aiming to help food producers do more with less at Potato Expo 2022
The UK's leading manufacturer of vegetable handling equipment is heading to Potato Expo next month to help US food producers achieve more with less.
Exeter Engineering and Key Technology Form Partnership to Introduce Oculus Digital Sorters for Potatoes to North America
September 24, 2021
Exeter Engineering and Key Technology Form Partnership to Introduce Oculus Digital Sorters for Potatoes to North America
Key Technology, a member of the Duravant family of operating companies, and Exeter Engineering announce the formation of sales and service partners in North America.
Industrial Frying: Heat and Control explains How to Maximize Cooking Oil Life
September 01, 2021
Industrial Frying: Heat and Control explains How to Maximize Cooking Oil Life
Cooking oil is a key component of food processing, and taking steps to delay its degradation can result in reduced waste, costs, and risk of creating poor-tasting food products. Industrial Fryer specialist Heat and Control explains.
Heat and Control founder, Andy Caridis, celebrates 100 years and is still pressing forward
June 08, 2021
Heat and Control founder, Andy Caridis, celebrates 100 years and is still pressing forward
The Heat and Control family celebrated a special milestone on June 1, 2021, with the 100th birthday of their founder, Andrew (Andy) Caridis.
Brian Curtis of Concentric Power, Bob-Bender and Nathan-Bender of Tasteful Selections (Courtesy: Concentric Power)
April 06, 2021
Potato company Tasteful Selections Installs Intelligent Microgrid as they move towards net zero carbon
California based potato company Tasteful Selection install the first microgrid in the Central Valley, delivering sustainability and energy resilience with islanding and outage ride-through capability.
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Heat and Control Reaches Two Milestones in 2020
October 14, 2020
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June 25, 2020
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Heat and Control's OilSaver extends the life of frying oil with continuous high efficiency filtration down to 10 microns.
May 05, 2020
Heat and Control's newest oil filtration technology for fried foods is creating safer and more efficient food manufacturing lines
Heat and Control, Inc. a world-leading equipment manufacturer and food processing industry supplier, recently released the OilSaver Filtration System to its Oil Management System lineup.
Heat and Control's New Website Offers Improved Visitor Engagement
October 17, 2019
Heat and Control's New Website Offers Improved Visitor Engagement
Heat and Control, global food processing and packaging systems equipment manufacturer and solutions provider, continues to ask their customers, “What do you want to create today?”
TOMRA Sorting Food has hired food industry veteran Mark Host as the company’s Sales Director for the Americas.
December 13, 2017
TOMRA Sorting Food appoints Mark Host as Regional Sales Director for the Americas
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For many foods, particularly fragile snacks and coated products, horizontal motion has become the conveyor of choice.
June 29, 2017
Developments in Food Conveying
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