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Can you imagine a world without potatoes? We can’t!
Europatat is supporting the global campaign Imagine a World Without Potatoes, which is led by the International Potato Center (CIP)* and will be launched at EU level on 27 November on the occasion of Interpom Primeurs, the largest indoor potato event in Europe. The...
Schaap Holland joins Europatat
Europatat welcomes its new member, the Dutch company Schaap Holland B.V. Founded in 1967, Schaap Holland’s headquarters are located in Biddinghuizen, in the central province of Flevoland, Netherlands. From there, Schaap not only collects, grades, wash and processes...
Europatat welcomes Potato Market as its new associated member
Potato Market, the first online potato market for producers and buyers, joins the European potato community. Potato market is an online trading system that puts together producers/suppliers and buyers on the same platform without intermediaries, expanding the trade...
Verpom, new Europatat member
Europatat welcomes its new member, the French company Verpom. Located at the heart of the main production areas in Northern France, Verpom was founded in 1991. Since then, it has specialised its activity in the French market, collecting and packaging potatoes from all...
Europatat at PotatoEurope 2018
This week Europatat has been present in PotatoEurope 2018, the most important outdoor exhibition of the European and International potato industry. From 12 to 13 September, nearly 10 000 potato professionals from more than 60 countries visited the exhibition that took...
TOMRA joins the European potato community
Europatat welcomes its new associated member TOMRA Food, a worldwide company with more than 40 years of experience in potato and root vegetable peeling. TOMRA Food designs and manufactures sensor-based sorting machines and integrated post-harvest solutions for...
Bord Bia, new Europatat associated member
Europatat welcomes its new associated member Bord Bia - the Irish Food Board. The agri-food sector is of strategic importance to the Irish economy. The sector accounts for approx. 25% of all industry gross output, is heavily export orientated and employs 170,000...
Europatat welcomes Gilles Fontaine as new President
Last week, Europatat, the European Potato Trade Association, celebrated its annual Congress in Brussels with the aim of creating a meeting for all potato professionals on the edge of a new potato season. On Thursday 3 May, the 70th Europatat Assembly General took...
The Swedish potato growers association Potatisodlarna joins Europatat!
Europatat welcomes its new Associated Member, the Swedish potato growers association Potatisodlarna. Potatisodlarna holds not only growers as members, but also packers, traders and exporters. They all have in common that the quality and health of the potato crop is...
CN Nidzica, new Europatat member
Europatat welcomes its new member, the Polish company CN Nidzica. The history of the Seed Centre in Nidzica dates back to 1956 and the company has been active on the market since 2000. The vast majority of seed production takes place on the farm of the company: the...