Projects

Efficient and eco-friendly: the new potato storage facility in Gingelom

In Gingelom, in Belgian Limburg, Biets Aardappelen has recently completed the expansion and modernisation of an existing potato storage facility. A new, energy-efficient climate control system is being installed for eight storage cells. This will create an optimal and sustainable storage climate for potatoes, thereby maintaining product quality, minimising weight loss and reducing energy consumption.

User Experience Optica Q at Creek Side Potatoes, Calmar, Alberta, Canada

In the Calmar area of ​​central Alberta, the Mooij family runs a successful seed potato business called Creek Side Potatoes. They grow multiple varieties on hundreds of hectares and their high-quality seed potatoes are shipped throughout Canada and to the United States. With their investment in the Optica Q, they are taking the next step into the future of seed potato production - using modern technology to make their business even more efficient and effective.

Support From Design to Installation & Beyond

Tolsma offers a fully integrated approach to designing and installing storage solutions, working closely with clients and local craftsmen. Recently, we installed various units in Australia with a focus on efficiency and energy savings, such as QCC and QML units for the storage of seed potatoes. These systems provide automated climate control and deliver benefits such as faster drying and curing of seed potatoes, improved control, and labor savings 

New processing line for table potatoes in Bayern, southern Germany

A project has been completed in southern Germany for the processing of table potatoes. The processing line is spread over three halls and is divided into receiving, washing and sorting and packaging.

Potato processing project in China

By the end of 2022, in a well-known potato growing area in China, the factory buildings were ready to be furnished with a Grisnich receiving, cleaning and sorting plant. The delivery scope of this project consisted of as many as 37 sea containers shipped from Emmeloord to China. The plant will eventually process potatoes into potato specialities and chips.