Key Technology Promotes Rudy Sanchez to Food Handling Systems Product Manager – Americas

March 14, 2023
Key Technology, a member of the Duravant family of operating companies, announces the promotion of Rudy Sanchez to Food Handling Systems Product Manager – Americas. Sanchez is responsible for managing activities throughout North America and Latin America that support the development, marketing and sales of Key’s high-performance food handling equipment, including vibratory conveyors, rotary sizing ... Key Technology Promotes Rudy Sanchez to Food Handling Systems Product Manager – Americas

Cockerill Relies on Key Technology’s Herbert Oculus Optical Sorters for Whole Potatoes

February 1, 2023
From humble beginnings growing vegetables for hungry neighbors during the Great Depression, R S Cockerill has grown to become one of the largest independent potato packers in the United Kingdom today. They credit much of this success to their top-quality potatoes and budget-friendly prices. These often-conflicting goals are both addressed with the help of Key ... Cockerill Relies on Key Technology’s Herbert Oculus Optical Sorters for Whole Potatoes

Key Technology Introduces Enhanced Herbert Oculus Optical Sorter for Whole Potatoes

January 25, 2023
Key Technology, a member of the Duravant family of operating companies, introduces their enhanced Herbert OCULUS optical sorter for whole potatoes at Fruit Logistica hall 6.1 stand A-60. Ideal for fresh market potatoes or whole potatoes prior to processing, this enhanced system improves performance to better find and remove potatoes with defects. Its superior sorting ... Key Technology Introduces Enhanced Herbert Oculus Optical Sorter for Whole Potatoes

Key Technology Introduces New Precision Size Grader for Green Beans

January 16, 2023
Fruit Logistica Hall 6.1 Stand A13 Anuga FoodTec Hall 4.2 Stand B070 C079 Key Technology expands their family of rotary sizing and grading systems for green beans, which includes their popular Sliver Sizer Remover (SSR), Precision Size Grader (PSG) and Rotary Size Grader (RSG). With the introduction of a new 14-roller PSG, Key enables processors ... Key Technology Introduces New Precision Size Grader for Green Beans

Mariani Selects State-of-the-art Optical Sorter from Key Technology

January 5, 2023
Mariani has led the dried fruit industry for 115 years by focusing on product quality along with production efficiency. Last year, they decided to integrate grading and sorting on one prune processing line at their Marysville, California facility and began searching for the ideal sorter for this application. Mariani selected a state-of-the-art VERYX® optical sorter ... Mariani Selects State-of-the-art Optical Sorter from Key Technology

Key Technology Begins Manufacturing VERYX® Digital Sorters in the Netherlands for Customers in the EMEA and Asia Regions

December 13, 2022
Key Technology, a member of the Duravant family of operating companies, announces VERYX® digital sorters are now being manufactured at their Beusichem facility in the Netherlands for food processors in the EMEA and Asia regions. Other Key equipment, such as vibratory conveyors and other process automation systems, were already being built in this facility. “Over ... Key Technology Begins Manufacturing VERYX® Digital Sorters in the Netherlands for Customers in the EMEA and Asia Regions

Key Technology Introduces New Air Cleaner

December 7, 2022
Key Technology, a member of the Duravant family of operating companies, introduces its new #16 Air Cleaner. Removing extraneous vegetable matter (EVM), dirt and other lightweight materials, this system cleans product of debris to improve product quality and line efficiency. Key’s redesigned air cleaner features a new fan, motor, screen and chamber configuration to enhance ... Key Technology Introduces New Air Cleaner

Key Technology to Showcase Systems for Fresh and Processed Potatoes at Interpom 2022

November 22, 2022
Key Technology, a member of the Duravant family of operating companies, is exhibiting their Herbert OCULUS whole potato sorter and showcasing their range of other high-performance solutions for fresh and processed potatoes and vegetables in booth #257 at Interpom in Kortrijk Expo, Belgium, Nov 27-29, 2022. Providing advanced optical sorters, specialized vibratory conveyors and other ... Key Technology to Showcase Systems for Fresh and Processed Potatoes at Interpom 2022

Key Technology Appoints Jack Lee as President, Americas

November 8, 2022
Key Technology, a member of the Duravant family of operating companies, announces the appointment of Jack Lee as President, Key Technology – Americas. Lee is responsible for leading strategies that bring Key’s high-performance digital sorting, conveying and process automation systems, as well as world-class service, to food processors throughout North America and Latin America. Key’s ... Key Technology Appoints Jack Lee as President, Americas

Fructus Meran Maximizes Sort Performance with VERYX® Digital Sorters

September 22, 2022
Fructus Meran is a leading producer of processed fruits in Europe. They leverage state-of-the-art technology to transform sun-ripened fruit from northern Italy into value-added products that meet the strict requirements of their international customer base. Looking to automate bulk product inspection on their IQF line, they turned to Key Technology and installed their first VERYX® ... Fructus Meran Maximizes Sort Performance with VERYX® Digital Sorters

Key Technology Introduces Sort-to-Grade® with Artificial Intelligence

September 8, 2022
Key Technology, a member of the Duravant family of operating companies, introduces AI-driven Sort-to-Grade® (STG) at Pack Expo booth S-3547. Advanced AI algorithms allow STG for potato strips to digitally resolve clumps of overlapping product and better identify the individual strips, which maximizes its precision in measuring the length of each strip on the production ... Key Technology Introduces Sort-to-Grade® with Artificial Intelligence

Jones Potato Farm Automates Bulk Product Inspection

August 24, 2022
Jones Potato Farm is a large-scale, family-owned producer of potatoes, green beans, citrus and cattle. Gripped by a tight labor market, they’ve searched for new automated technologies to maintain their high product quality and production capacities. In 2020, they installed Key Technology’s advanced VERYX® B175 digital sorter to find and remove foreign material (FM) and ... Jones Potato Farm Automates Bulk Product Inspection