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They say timing is everything and in the case of the Drummond family of Motueka it certainly appears so.
Three generations of farming their land in Motueka has seen Fairfield Orchards establish itself as one of the most progressive, forward thinking, and innovative orchard operations in the Tasman region.
Packing 250 tonnes of apples per day, deploying the Aporo technology into the Taylor Corporation’s facility was a logical step to increasing productivity and removing labour challenges.
The Taylor family have been in the apple business for over 100 years and Taylor Corporation was formed in 1995 by Kelvin and Lynette Taylor.
T&G Global in Hawkes Bay, one of the largest apple packhouses in the Southern Hemisphere have 7 Aporo II packing machines operating over 14 packing lanes.
T&G was already saving costs and benefiting from the efficiency, consistency and reliability of the world class Aporo automation technology.
