Leading French potato producer Parmentine equips its new line with two optical sorting machines from TOMRA Food
May 12 , 2021
Leading French potato producer Parmentine has equipped its new line in Samazan with two optical sorters from TOMRA Food - one the TOMRA 5A, the other the Sentinel II.
SA Parmentine processes 180,000 tons of potatoes per year, selling three-quarters of these in France and the remainder in other European nations. By operating an integrated upstream-downstream business model, Parmentine contracts supply from farmers who are mostly shareholders in the business.
Parmentine brings together more than 400 producers who grow potatoes on 3,835 hectares of land. This enterprise has 240 shareholders, employs more than 200 people, typically packs 1,150 tons of potatoes per day, and has storage facilities for 150,000 tons.
Leading French Potato Producer Parmentine Equips Its New Line With Two Optical Sorting Machines From TOMRA Food
SA PARMENTINE processes 180,000 tons of potatoes per year, selling three-quarters of these in France and the remainder in other European nations. By operating an integrated upstream-downstream business model, PARMENTINE contracts supplies from farmers who are mostly shareholders in the business.
PARMENTINE brings together more than 400 producers who grow potatoes on 3,835 hectares of land. This enterprise has 240 shareholders, employs more than 200 people, typically packs 1,150 ton of potatoes per day, and has storage facilities for 150,000 tons.
The group runs storage and packing sites in the heart of five different production areas in France: Champagne in Fère-Champenoise, Voves in Eure-et-Loir, Saint-Méen-le-Grand in Brittany, Cavaillon in Provence, and Samazan in Lot-et-Garonne. Growers in these regions provide PARMENTINE with a number of different potato varieties