Agroprodmash 2017 addresses future of fruit and vegetable processing in Russia
The 4th annual conference ‘Modern equipment and technologies for fruit and vegetable processing’ organized by JSC Expocenter together with the industry news agency FruitNews at the Agroprodmash 2017 exhibition has addressed problems of the fruit and vegetable processing market.
The subject of fruit and vegetable processing is becoming topical. “Its significance has especially risen after our country has started considering the processing option as an alternative and a way to support fruit and vegetable exports from Russia,” conference moderator and FruitNews General Director Irina Koziy said. She told the audience about the availability of raw materials for Russia’s processing industry. According to the news agency, the production of potato is on the rise, the production of onions is rocketing, there is a good chance to process carrots, and farms are stepping up the production of tomatoes. It is also possible to process berries, Koziy said.
Tekhnologii Rosta General Director Tamara Reshetnikova spoke on the volume, structure and potential of Russia’s fruit and vegetables processing market.
The demand for all types of deeply processed fruit and vegetables is growing worldwide, which opens vast opportunities for Russian manufacturers, Reshetnikova said.
For her part, Potato Union chief of staff Tatiana Rubina analyzed the situation on the Russian potato market and promising areas of potato processing. Agropack company production engineer Andrey Shikin spoke on potato processing technologies. KON Group General Director Alexander Yeliseyev presented modern fruit and vegetable processing technologies developed by his company. JSC Ozery General Director Sergei Pryamov shared the experience of starting up production of vegetables.
Speeches by experts and producers aroused profound interest, and lots of questions were asked at the conference.
Agroprodmash 2017 exhibition website http://www.agroprodmash-expo.ru/
JSC Expocenter press service