LATEST NEWS

Caretaker 2012 awarded Merit at LAMMA12

Tong Peal Engineering is delighted to announce that its market leading grading machine has been recognised as one of the most improved agricultural products in the UK.

A trio of new French agents for Tong Peal

Tong Peal Engineering is delighted to announce the appointment of three new distributors in France; L.G.Distributions, Alco Team and Neoecotec, which together will ensure comprehensive availability of Tong Peal equipment throughout the whole of France.

LAMMA Product Showcase 2012

Tong Peal Engineering will once again be showcasing its latest range of grading and handling equipment including its new generation crop cleaning system – the EasyClean separator at LAMMA 2012, on outdoor stand G27 Avenue F.

Tong Peal launches EasyClean - the new generation cleaning system

The EasyClean is the market’s only cleaning separator to feature an electric motor on every shaft, with inverter direct drive ensuring ultimate cleaning control, gentle handling of crop and guaranteeing minimal maintenance.

Introducing ‘sizable’ technical advancements

Tong Peal has introduced a new and innovative screen grading module which has been specifically designed to bring together the key handling principles of its trademark EasyGrade screen sizer and popular stone and clod separator.

Tong Peal to attend British Potato 2011

Tong Peal have some exciting new product launches to be revealed alongside their product showcase planned for British Potato 2011 which takes place in Harrogate on 23rd & 24th November.

Tong Peal launches New Side Eject Box Tipper

To ensure efficient, robust and reliable box tipping and to guarantee the handling process moves with optimum efficiency, Tong Peal, the UK’s leading designer and manufacturer of handling and sorting equipment for the vegetable handling industry, has introduced a new side eject box tipper.

Potato Europe for Tong Peal

Tong Peal Engineering is exhibiting its latest range of potato processing equipment at Potato Europe 2011 in Kain, Belgium on Wednesday 7th and Thursday 8th September.

Tong Peal at Potatoes in Practice

Held once again at Balruddery Farm, Dundee, Potatoes in Practice is the biggest field potato event in the UK and brings together trials and research in one place making it an unmissable date in the potato industry calendar. Sponsored by the Potato Council, the 2011 event is taking place next Thursday 11th August 2011.

Success at Cereals & Highland Show

After a hectic few weeks with Cereals and the Royal Highland show falling only a week apart, Tong Peal were overwhelmed by the number of visitors at both shows and the great interest in our latest range of grading and handling machinery.

Highland Show for Tong Peal

Tong Peal will be showcasing its latest 160° Box Tipper, designed to ensure complete and efficient emptying of boxes and bags, at the Royal Highland Show on 23rd - 26th June 2011.

June 2011

Tong Peal at Cereals 2011

Tong Peal Engineering is showcasing its latest range of farm and pack house equipment at Cereals 2011 on 15th & 16th June.

May 2011

Energy Efficiency from Tong Peal

With oil prices at an all-time high and the environment now a major item on the farming industry agenda, significant developments have been made in the design and manufacture of energy efficient washing and handling machinery.

May 2011

Tong Peal Take Care of Scottish Grower

Scottish potato merchant, A.J. Allan have recently invested in a new grading line from Tong Peal Engineering to ensure flexible and efficient handling of bulk crop.

May 2011

Tong Peal ‘in touch’ with the Latest Technology

The UK’s leading designer and manufacturer of handling and sorting equipment for the vegetable industry is now offering touch screen controls, memory settings, email or text alerts and remote diagnostics across its range.

April 2011

Tong Peal Bag Filling & Weighing Solutions

With gentle and efficient handling in mind, Tong Peal offers a complete sack handling solution, which will weigh and fill bulk products in a fast and simple way.

April 2011

Tong Peal revamps flagship Caretaker grader for 2011

Tong Peal has rejuvenated its flagship model: the Caretaker Classic. The Caretaker 2011 has been designed using the latest technical advancements, with high levels of efficiency and gentle handling in mind.

February 2011

Potato Grading at its Best for Scottish Growers

With Tong Peal’s reputation of quality machinery spreading around the UK and worldwide, sales of potato grading equipment are continuously growing, with several potato grading lines recently installed in Scotland.

February 2011

A Good Show had by All at LAMMA '11

Celebrating its 30th anniversary, Lamma 11 was its biggest show to date with over 680 exhibitors. LAMMA got off to a flying start on its first day as farmers from around the country travelled to Newark Showground.

January 2011

TONG PEAL LAUNCHES NEW RANGE FOR 2011

Tong Peal, the UK’s leading designer and manufacturer of handling and sorting equipment for the vegetable handling industry, has introduced the UK’s first combined washing and polishing vegetable cleaning system.

Tong Peal stengthens Sales Division

Tong Peal, the UK’s leading designer and manufacturer of handling and sorting equipment, has strengthened its sales division with the appointment of Charlie Rich and Carole Metcalfe and with the promotion of Simon Lee.

New tipping mechanism

New tipping mechanism: Making sure all fully emptied

A new design of tipping mechanism that ensures boxes and bags are fully emptied is introduced by Tong Peal, leading manufacturers of machinery for vegetable handling.

New Sales appointments - October 2009

Two new sales appointments have been made by leading potato machinery manufacturers Tong Engineering — with Nick Woodcock joining the firm as UK sales manager and Simon Lee promoted to office sales manager.

Collaborating to improve potato weighing and bagging

A new option for automation of the weighing and bagging of potatoes is being provided through a joint initiative by Tong Peal and Pacepacker Services.

The two companies are working together to offer machinery that combines the Tong Peal electronic weigher with the Total Bag Control system from Pacepacker Services – an approach that is already attracting interest from UK and abroad.

July 2009.

Falling pound big boost for Lincolnshire machinery exports

Export demand for Tong Peal vegetable handling machinery is reaching record levels, with one order in three going abroad and interest for the first time in the United States. Following the company's largest export order worth more than £1 million to Stavropol in south western Russia, sales have been completed to South America, Australia and increasingly to central and eastern European countries.

June 2009.

'Rock'n'roll' appealing to European carrot packers

The ‘rock’n’roll’ carrot polisher that Tong Peal introduced to the UK two years ago is finding a growing market with European packers seeking to upgrade the quality of produce for the supermarket.
The New Generation Polisher has brushes mounted in ‘U” formation and oscillates rather than rotate completely, keeping the crop in full contact with the revolving brushes.

Machinery export success from Chile to Russia

A substantial order for vegetable handling machinery from Russia is the latest export success for Tong Peal.
Their customer Golden Niva at Stavropol in south western Russia is continuing to diversify from pig production into vegetables and looking to Tong Peal to provide machinery for cleaning, grading and packing onions, potatoes and carrots.
The machines will be operational in September and the customer is going to the expense of having the machinery delivered by road and so up to nine trucks will be leaving Lincolnshire for the two-week haul. Due to the size of the crop reception hoppers, two special trucks will be used needing appropriate dispensations as they pass through each country en route.

April 2009.

Extending brush polishing to smaller growers

A new ‘economy’ version of the vegetable brush polisher is being introduced by Tong Peal for the smaller pre packer. Last year the company introduced a new generation of brush polishers, reducing the cost of providing the bright finish to carrots, parsnips and potatoes that appeals to supermarket customers.

Taking the Drop out of Filling Boxes

We have just introduced a new model of the Easy-fill box filler using ‘finger’ belts to eliminate drop. Introduction of the finger belts — the first on a UK manufactured box filler — is a further advance in gentle handling of the crop to eliminate damage. The technique has been pioneered on the compact model, the Micro-fill, where the potatoes descend at a steeper angle into the box. Now the finger belts are being introduced to the standard Easy-fill range, eliminating the need for the hoods to hold back the
crop.

Optical sorting a 'win win' for potatoes

The hi-tech optical sorting of potatoes at the Branston packhouse near Lincoln is bringing all-round gains not only for the company and its customers but also for growers.

Branston, one of the UK’s leading potato marketing and packing companies, invested £2 million in an advanced grading system using colour and infra-red technology to identify surface defects on potatoes from scab and scurf to bruising, greening, mechanical damage and rots.

Anxious to use the latest technology to maintain a competitive advantage — but equally to handle the crop with a delicate touch — they turned to a leading manufacturer of fresh fruit sorting equipment to develop a system for potatoes.

What a Whopper!

November 2008.
The largest ever hopper manufactured by vegetable handling specialists Tong Engineering, capable of handling 70 tonnes of potatoes an hour, has been supplied to a French farmer.

The hopper has a holding capacity of 30 tonnes, which is 10 tonnes more than the largest model previously sold, and has been installed on a farm near Dieppe which grows more than 250 hectares (618 acres) of salad potatoes.

Spilsby Factory Expands as Merger Completed

With the new merged company Tong Peal officially trading from April 1 2005, the manufacturing of vegetable handling machinery is being concentrated at the Spilsby factory. More than £200,000 has been spent already in expanding the stores, design office and storage area, and with a work force of 130 the firm is busy meeting buoyant orders for its products. When the merger between Tong Engineering and Peal Engineering was announced in November, no redundancies were envisaged and with the exception of employees who have opted to retire the whole of the Peal workforce has now moved to Spilsby.