A carrot segmenter from machinery expert Everett Brothers has thrived with positive sales through UK sourcing, as sterling’s weakness inhibits the market.
The machine, which uses parts made in the UK, offers processors needing to remove the crown and tails from carrots a machine that can process up to three tonnes of produce every hour.
Experience from the users has proved that Everett Brothers’ claim to reliably top and tail carrots up to 380mm long and 80mm in diameter, then deliver accurate 90 degree cut two- to six-inch lengths was accurate. Kettle Produce and Humberside Foods have been among the early domestic adopters.
The machine has seen some interest from overseas, due in part to the weak sterling, and is already operating for Marianne Farms in Sweden while interest from the US, New Zealand and the Netherlands has also been positive.
Managing director Brian Everett said: “We always knew that a machine delivering many times the throughput of older equipment would find a ready market. But it is apparent that many domestic buyers are hampered by the restricted availability of finance, even though the operating savings can be shown to pay back the capital cost rapidly.
“In the case of one of our customers they saved the cost on labour alone in just 28 weeks, disregarding the higher recovery the machine delivers.
“But luckily we have been able to take advantage of the sterling’s weakness to really get foreign customers sitting up and taking notice.”
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