Some 40 years after a number of tomato growers relocated from the Home Counties to the Isle of Wight, the operation that they started is now one of the leading companies of its type in Europe.
Wight Salads grew out of the coming together of a number of salad crop producers between 1960 and 1980, setting up in the beautiful Arreton Valley, near Newport on the Isle of Wight. Three years ago, the company was bought by a Portuguese group and so remains a privately owned company.
Rotorflush Filters designs, engineers and manufactures not only some of the finest products within its field, but also genuine, cost-effective solutions.
In actual fact, having successfully developed the innovative self-cleaning Rotorflush Filterpump, the company has now come up with ‘Big Blue’, which represents a revolution in the quest for water-saving within closed circuit filtered water recycling systems.
Driving through rural areas in late spring and summer, it is increasingly common to see irrigation equipment operating in the fields.
How many of us give any thought as to how these systems work and how efficient they are? One Company that does just that is RST Irrigation Ltd.
Valley Irrigation, the technology leader in precision irrigation, has a new agreement with Computronics Holdings Limited, manufacturer of the patented Farmscan Variable Rate Irrigation technology.
This agreement allows for the development and distribution of variable rate irrigation (VRI) controls through over 460 Valley dealers worldwide, thus providing the latest technology in precision irrigation with centre pivots.
Fresh produce suppliers need to keep pace with increasing demands for more convenient, flexible and innovative packaging as consumers look for their ‘five-a-day’ purchases.
Flow-wrap packaging for vegetables and ready-to-eat fresh produce such as mixed leaf salads and fruit trays is becoming more popular as an alternative to loose items tossed into brown paper or plastic bags.
