EastPack chief executive Hamish Simson said the company was installing the country's largest kiwifruit grader at Te Puke, alongside the latest camera grading technology. The company packed 40 million trays across its seven plants last year, up from 33 million trays the season before. A new form of camera grading technology, called Spectrim, would also be used at some of its sites. Seeka chief executive Michael Franks said the kiwifruit company would hire more than 3000 seasonal workers this season. Last season the company brought in a record 32.4 million trays, it built coolstores and would move to its new headquarters at Seeka 360 in the coming weeks, he said.

Source: New Zealand Herald March 01, 2017 21:45 UTC