Worldwide known company, installing custom cooling and ripening systems moves to more local support

Demand for high-quality bananas, avocados, exotic fruits and perfectly ripe, ready to eat fruits is growing in all markets. Met during Asia Fruit Logistica in Hong Kong Interko’s Managing Director/Partner Chris Maat shared how local support helps to grow and provide best service to all customers.

Interko, headquartered in the Netherlands, is well-known for ripening rooms such as: Ultimo, a large volume room that is ideal for ripening bananas; Axesso, a flexible system with random access capability for the precision ripening of interchangeable loads of fruits, such as mangoes or avocados; and Optimo, a sophisticated, turn-key solution that can adapt to accommodate from 8 up to 24 pallets of fresh bananas, avocados or mangoes. All rooms come fitted with Interko’s revolutionary REVERSO fans.

The company recently opened a local support office in Singapore to provide even more support for its Asian customers. “We noticed that support from someone local does help to reach cultural and language gaps. Something that could be solved in 5 min is being solved in 5 min in this case. Our customers are really happy with this solution and therefore we feel more confident on Asian market”, - explains Interko’s Managing Director/Partner Chris Maat. Right now the company has installation projects running in Singapore and China.

Interko’s equipment allows any small or large retailer, importer, distributor, wholesaler or trader to ripen any fruit to perfection, both efficiently and economically.

Since its creation (over 50 years ago), Interko has installed over 7,000 ripening rooms for bananas, avocados, mangoes, papayas and tomatoes – the earliest of which are still in operation and performing well today. Every year Interko installs around 200 ripening rooms.

“Ripening is 24 hours business and we will make sure that everything works well for our customers. In case they need any support, we ensure they will receive it as soon as possible”, - ends Chris.

According to Interko any business investing in their state-of-the-art technology can expect to achieve premium fruit quality, lower costs and higher profitability.

Interko’s team will be available to provide information about the company’s entire range of fruit ripening systems and air coolers during:
- PMA Fresh Summit in Anaheim, CA, USA - appointment should be scheduled in advance with Anna (17-19 October)
- Fruit Attraction in Madrid, Spain – stand 10 A04F (22-24 October)


Contact: 
Chris Maat
c.maat@interko.com

Anna Zegveld
a.zegveld@interko.com
+31 (0)79 593 2581

Jeffrey Yeoh for Asian market
j.yeoh@interko.com


For more information about Interko, visit www.interko.com
For more information about Interko's ripening products, visit www.interko.com/products