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Live from Fruit Logistica: FLIAs to be awarded for the 18th time
Germany
Thursday 08 February 2024
New this year: for the 1st time, a FLIA Technology Award will be presented for outstanding innovations in machinery and technology (Photo: Messe Berlin GmbH).
The FLIA (Fruit Logistica Innovation Award) has become the most prestigious and coveted international award. This year, the FLIA will be awarded for the 18th time. It rewards innovations throughout the supply chain, from production to point of sale.
New this year: for the first time, a FLIA Technology Award will be presented for outstanding innovations in machinery and technology.
Candidates for the FLIA 2024
Three halves of fresh avocado with a shelf life of 30 days', company: Infuseo, France.
Naked Avocado range - 100% fresh, ready to eat and free from preservatives, acidifiers and additives with a 30-day shelf life in the fridge.
Zucchiolo', company: Unica Fresh, S.L., Spain
A vegetable that marks the start of a new product category on the European market. It can be eaten fresh and raw in a salad, like a cucumber, or cooked, like a courgette or aubergine . Product: 'Frutastic', company: Gautier Semences, France
Gautier Semences' innovative Frutastic squash varieties stand out for their consistent yields.
. Exceed Watermelon', company: Staay Food Group B.V., Netherlands
Exceed mini watermelon puts sustainability and convenience first with extended shelf life, less waste and robust cultivation. Convenient size, fresh crunchy flavour and seedless.
Calypso Sweet Red Onions', company: Bedfordshire Growers, United Kingdom
Harmonious flavour and low spiciness. Superb red hue with hints of pink and, inside, a medium to deep red hue.
Candidates for FLIA TECHNOLOGY 2024
Aspara to go', company: Hepro GmbH, Germany
The world's smallest self-service asparagus peeler. Quick peeling in less than a minute for both green and white asparagus. Perfect for use in food retail outlets.
Crop Load Vision', Company: Croptracker, Inc, Canada
Crop Load Vision (CLV) is a mobile application that counts the number of fruits in real time to help growers assess harvest load more quickly and accurately. No Internet connection is required for the app, which can be used at any time of the season to count fruit and enable informed decision-making in the field.
Mirical', company: Koppert, Netherlands
A new packaging that acts as a delivery system, improving application accuracy and reducing plastic by 99%. Mirical is Koppert's biological solution against whiteflies that destroy greenhouse vegetables.
Roto-cut vegetable cutter, company: Wyma Solutions, New Zealand
A unique, fully automated vegetable trimming system for removing foliage, crowns and tails from vegetables prior to packing or processing. The vegetable trimming system is unique and fully automated.
.'Apogee', Company : German Bionic, Germany
The German robotic exoskeleton Bionic Apogee combines human intelligence with the power of machines to improve the health, safety and well-being of those who work in difficult and physically demanding jobs. These intelligent exosuits can lift and lower loads (up to 30 kg of assistance per lifting movement), and hold the back in a static position (to relieve the back of people who work in a bent over position).
source : fruitlogistica
