GP Graders has sent out a statement, looking back on 2023. It says:
2023 has been a busy year for us and our customers. It’s been a year where we’ve travelled and met with new markets, have rolled out new technologies and seen our clients achieve new efficiencies and flexibility to upgrade and meet demand as their businesses grow.
But first, let’s start with a big one…
GP Graders Celebrate 60!
This year we celebrated 60 years in business – although we’ve been around orchards and the fruit-picking industry for much longer than that. 1963 was the year our journey to design and manufacture the best sorting and grading solutions for fresh producers and packers around the globe began.
It all started with redesigning the belt and roller system for gentler handling and today our drive to innovate and improve grading operations has culminated in our state-of-the-art vision grading system gpVision™.
Fruit Logistica Berlin
In February we headed over to Berlin to attend Fruit Logistica, arguably the most important trade show on the horticulture industry’s calendar. The 3-day event brought together nearly 2600 exhibitors from 92 countries.
With our regional country manager from Chile, Matias Heitzer and our design and development Director, Timothy Stack from Melbourne, representing GP Graders (along with team members from Milbor PMC and A&B Packing) our Fruit Logistica stand was well attended and welcomed a steady stream of guests to take a look at our unique ‘sanitary’ build of our Blueberry AirJet® grader.
The team had the opportunity to showcase how the AirJet® grader accurately sorts blueberries into various specified quality grades and how gently fruit is handled with some unique machine design features.
It was an incredible opportunity to get back to face-to-face networking, connect with those in the industry and demonstrate the GP Grader’s difference in person. Thank you for to everyone who stopped to talk to us or say hello.
gp601 Uptake is Growing
The new weight grading platform, gp601, utilises our latest technology to sort fruit accurately and efficiently according to weight, building upon our longstanding reputation of excellence in fruit grading.
One great thing about moving to the gp601 system is that it’s gpVision-ready. So, when you want to incorporate defect detection, it’s an easy upgrade. It’s this flexibility that has seen even more growers upgrade to this system.
Infantino Orchards in the Swan Hill region of Victoria is just one of many grading lines that have benefitted from the new gp601 grading platform. It’s been pleasing to see the increased efficiencies gained by this and other growers as they upgrade and take their packing operations to the next level.
Click here to read the full PR.
For more information:
GP Graders
Australasian regional office and global headquarters
8-12 Gilby Road, Mount Waverley
Victoria, 3149 Australia
Tel.: +61 3 9585 9444