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Infrastructure



Area of

site: 240.000 m²
built up: 55,900 m² (2,000 m² office + 53,900 m² sheds)
project: 140,000 m² available for extension and development of new projects

Transport
Goods are transferred via 50 automatic loading platforms. Internally, 22 electric forklift trucks handle arrivals and shipments.

Refrigeration
of product: 16,500 m³ wet flow-through refrigeration
strawberry plant storage: 23,000 m³ dry refrigeration
2 cold stores for controlling freshness of products
3 central machine rooms for the purposes of the refrigeration infrastructure with integrated computer control and monitoring.

The refrigeration system uses ammonia as a medium and is therefore CFC-free. An emergency power supply with
an output of 600 kW guarantees continuous operation.

Packing
2 departments of 800 m² handle retail packing (check weighing, flowpacking and covers).
Packaging is also manufactured and there are facilities for washing reusable crates.

Automation
Recent investments in automation projects have considerably improved and facilitated processing of the products. Computerisation and on-line connections to 9 auctions and a large number of customers make simultaneous and distance selling possible. An Internet connection with growers guarantees continuous information exchange between producers and the cooperative. In this way, all the records of cultivation registration are updated.

Veiling Hoogstraten cvba | Loenhoutseweg 59 | B-2320 Hoogstraten | België | Tel.: ++32-33.40.02.11 | Fax: ++32-33.14.78.44 | info@veilinghoogstraten.be