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Fruit Logistica Hall 4.1, Stand A-02 and Hall 25, Stand A-11

Unitec new technologies for sorting and packing fresh fruit and vegetables

UNITEC SpA, a company specialized in the design and manufacturing of innovative technologies and systems for sorting and packing over 35 kinds of fresh fruit and vegetables in more than 25 countries in the world, will be present at the Fruit Logistica, the main international trade fair dedicated to the fruit and vegetables sector, held in Berlin from 6th to 8th February 2013.

At UNITEC’s booth the operators will have an overview of the full range of UNITEC's new technologies thanks to the help of a team of professionals. The company's philosophy is focused on the desire to support the success of customers, helping them to increase their business through reliable and efficient technologies to reduce labor costs and at the same time, increase revenues by enhancing the quality of the product to be placed on the market.

Here are some of UNITEC's innovations which will be showcased at the fair:


UNITEC MULTI_PACK©

MULTI_PACK©,innovative system for automatic packing of kiwis. This technology is multipurpose, gentle and fast and it allows operator labor savings thanks to packing both bulk bins.

UNI_CLEANING SELECTION©, new innovative system for automatic selection of dirty and/or broken boxes with folding sides. It allows operators to have benefits both in the management of box cleaning and washing process both a considerable energy, water and transport saving.

CHERRY SORTING TECHNOLOGIES
that have achieved outstanding success around the world. UNICAL_300©, the electronic sorter dedicated to sort small and delicate fruits such as cherries and cherry tomatoes. This innovative technology is characterized by its high productivity (about 108,000 fruits/hour/lane) and extreme gentleness, both greatly appreciated by users. Up until now as many as 530 production lanes have been sold in over 20 countries around the world.


UNITEC UNICAL_200©

Also on display will be CHERRY_VISION©, the system that offers non destructive detection of the external and internal quality of cherries and cherry tomatoes. This very successful technology significantly reduces the hand labour dedicated to fruit with defects with marked savings in processing costs and at the same time, enhances the produce value thanks to capability to sort defects not detectable by the human eye.

Thanks to CHERRY_VISION©, cherries and cherry tomatoes packers noticeably improve their quality selection and increase their market profitability thanks to accurate quality selection.


UNITEC CHERRY_VISION©

APRICOT SORTING TECHNOLOGIES.
UNICAL_300©, the electronic sorter dedicated to sort delicate fruits such as apricots, peaches and plums. This innovative technology is characterized by its high productivity.

This sorter can be equipped with APRICOT_VISION©, the new system that offers non destructive detection of the external and internal quality of apricots. This technology detects the defects on the fruit peel and selects overripe apricots by means of infrared sensors that scan the fruit flesh and sort out over ripe fruit not longer suitable for selling.

This system can be installed on new or existing sorters and it makes it easier to export fruit when several days of transport are required because you will be confident that all produce shipped has a suitable shelf life to withstand long-distance journeys.

APRICOT_VISION© is the first one in the world to do this kind of selection on apricots. Furthermore this system ensures advantages clearly tangible and sizeable. A packing house will be able to guarantee its clients a quality level on apricots quality selection never thought of before.

UNI_BOX©,the new reliable and versatile technology for automatic opening boxes with folding sides. It provides several advantages over other machines now available on the market: it can open boxes with dimensions of 600x400 mm of variable heights and can manage all different brands on the market, such as CPR, IFCO, Euro Pool, Polymer, CHEP, STECO and Aldi.

UNI_BOX© can also be powered from the ground with trans pallet, without forklift use.

Unitec at Fruit Logistica:
Unitec S.p.A: Hall 4.1 - Stand A-02
Unitec Chile: Hall 25 - Stand A-11

Further info:
UNITEC S.p.A.

Raffaele Benedetti
Tel.: (+39) 0545 288884
Email: unitec@unitec-group.com
Web: www.unitec-group.com
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