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Grabouw - A recent investment in a new Greefa GeoSort packing line means that Two-a-Day, Grabouw’s apple and pear packers, will better be able to manage their 7 200 000 annual cartons.
Attie van Zyl, Two-a-Day’s managing director, said that the new line will allow them to pack to 44 different detailed specifications from a single grower’s fruit at a speed of eight pieces of fruit per second.
“The technology not only allows us to sort by weight, but also permits very detailed visual sorting to colour, diameter and blemish standards, which translates into fewer returns of fruit that don’t meet stringent specs”, he said.
They also expect to be able to increase capacity by 20% per hour.
“Based on trees in the ground at the moment, we will have to be able to manage more than 50% more fruit in the next eight to 10 years," he said.
"This investment, the first tranche in a R600m ten-year plan of new packing and storage facilities, marks the start of our capacity extension programme.”
The Greefa line can sort apples from as tiny as 40mm up to a hefty 120mm with weights from as slight as 20g to 1kg.
Roelf Pienaar, managing director of Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing, the company that markets fruit from Two-a-Day, Ceres Fruit Growers and others, said that good quality is the reason customers demand Tru-Cape by name and they may be happy to pay a premium for it.
Therefore the new packing line will mean fewer quality issues.
Two-a-Day has also invested in new storage facilities and remain commitment to reduce its carbon footprint.
Attie van Zyl, Two-a-Day’s managing director, said that the new line will allow them to pack to 44 different detailed specifications from a single grower’s fruit at a speed of eight pieces of fruit per second.
“The technology not only allows us to sort by weight, but also permits very detailed visual sorting to colour, diameter and blemish standards, which translates into fewer returns of fruit that don’t meet stringent specs”, he said.
They also expect to be able to increase capacity by 20% per hour.
“Based on trees in the ground at the moment, we will have to be able to manage more than 50% more fruit in the next eight to 10 years," he said.
"This investment, the first tranche in a R600m ten-year plan of new packing and storage facilities, marks the start of our capacity extension programme.”
The Greefa line can sort apples from as tiny as 40mm up to a hefty 120mm with weights from as slight as 20g to 1kg.
Roelf Pienaar, managing director of Tru-Cape Fruit Marketing, the company that markets fruit from Two-a-Day, Ceres Fruit Growers and others, said that good quality is the reason customers demand Tru-Cape by name and they may be happy to pay a premium for it.
Therefore the new packing line will mean fewer quality issues.
Two-a-Day has also invested in new storage facilities and remain commitment to reduce its carbon footprint.
