Food & Ingredients Turkey April 2019

RA sorting machines in our production
line contributes greatly to our
productivity.”
Olam Progıda exports more than 32
thousand tons of processed hazelnut
every year primarily to Germany, Italy,
France, Austria and Switzerland.
Stating that they produce enough
hazelnuts to make 673 million jars
of chocolate hazelnut spread every
year, Gören continued: “We are stepping
out of traditional methods in
the hazelnut industry. We are using
cutting-edge technology, and, in this
regard, we are benefiting in many
ways from the advantages provided
by TOMRA sorting machines. With
TOMRA, we not only guarantee food
safety, but we also benefit in terms of
operating costs. We are very pleased
by the high benefit-cost ratio afforded
by TOMRA’s complete solutions.”
Our main criterion for
choosing TOMRA is safe food
production
Olam Progıda supplies food products
to the most well-known brands of the
world. For this reason, ensuring sustainable
food safety and high-quality
standards is a priority in its business
strategy. Products of its world-class
facilities equipped with state-of-theart
technology are used in chocolate,
candy, pastry, ice cream and dried nut
industries all over the globe. Elaborating
on the subject, Gören said: “We
supply hazelnuts to the biggest brands
of the world and naturally, since our
customers’ expectations are so high,
our standards carry a lot of weight.
Products coming from the field first
head to our cracking facilities. Before
and after the cracking operation, there
is considerable amount of foreign materials
in the product. Our first step in
food safety is sorting these unwanted
materials with TOMRA equipment.
Since it enables us to conduct our
sorting operation 24 hours-a-day with
the same performance, our efficiency
increases considerably. For this reason,
it is imperative that we equip our facilities
with world-leader TOMRA tech-
Aykut Gören
Olam Progıda Production and
Technical Services Manager
nology.” Olam Progıda’s partnership
with TOMRA started with BEST Sorting
and has continued over the past
20 years. Most recently, in 2018 they
took delivery of Nimbus BSI+ sorting
machines, featuring the advanced BSI+
technology, which with its user-friendly
software detects not only foreign materials,
but also visual discrepancies by
defining defects peculiar to hazelnut.
The BSI+ module uses both near infrared
and visible spectrum wavelengths
to detect product defects for a more
detailed classification capability. The
BSI+ module detects product defects
both visible and invisible to the human
eye using near infrared spectrum. This
technology makes the Nimbus BSI+
the market leader in detecting defects
in hazelnuts, peanuts, almonds and all
other nuts including bug bites, rot, color
defects and musty pieces.
Our customers are as
satisfied as we are
The Nimbus BSI+ enables nut producers
to ensure higher efficiency,
better error detection and “first-class”
quality products in a single processing.
Pointing out that Turkish hazelnut producers
are considered reliable suppliers
in the global market, Aykut Gönen
added: “We believe that, at this point,
TOMRA also adds value. We host
many of our international customers
at our facilities and test our products
together. They are very pleased to
see TOMRA sorting machines at our
facilities. Ultimately, people have confidence
in TOMRA’s technology and
products.”
It’s perfectly easy to use
TOMRA’s Nimbus BSI+
The specialized software of Nimbus
BSI+ provides multiple advantages
for food producers, such as increasing
their customer’s involvement in
the creation of a product’s biometric
signature. It also makes BSI technology
more user-friendly for operators,
requiring less training and resource
allocation. The advanced user-friendly
interface offers different input options,
hence more flexibility, helping customers
use their sorting machines quickly
and with ease to fulfill their particular
needs. Aykut Gönen commented
on their satisfaction with the ease of
use coupled with high performance of
their sorting machines: “All hazelnut
products manufactured in our factory
are processed with care to meet our
customers’ specific needs and product
specifications, which have been
defined through extensive joint deliberations.
In this regard, TOMRA is our
primary solution partner. We can easily
perform any classification ourselves
with our TOMRA machinery.”
TOMRA is always by our side
with after-sales services
Gören stated that, in addition to the
ease of use of the machines, they are
also very pleased with TOMRA’s high
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