Packing Equipment For Bananas

Description and Advantages

Researchers from a Brazilian company have developed new packing equipment claimed to provide efficient handling of bananas.

The "packing-house," from Magnum Engenharia, include the entire line that carries bunches consisting of five to eight bananas through detergent and chemicals baths prior to packing in cardboard boxes.

The equipment measures 2 x 10 meters, It is mounted on a mobile chassis and has its own electric power supply. According to the deve-lopers, the equipment meets international standards, reduces fruit loss by a factor of about 15 percent, and thus can increase profitability of banana by as mush as 30 percent. A banana packing operation using the machine requires working capital of USD 22,000.

Price of the equipment and terms of techno-logy transfer will be negotiated directly with interested parties.

Established in 1980, the company has 320 employees and an annual turnover of USD4 million.

For more information, contact:

Fernando Lopez Silva
Divisao de Equipamentos Agropecuarios
Magnum Engenharia
Rodavia MG 424, Km 25
35720-000 Distrito Industrial de
Matozinho
MG Minas Gerais, Brazil

Source: Global Business Oppertunities, May-June 2002