Draft plan for the dissemination and exploitation of results launched
A draft plan for the Dissemination and Exploitation of results has been launched middle of March 2016.
Prototypes and first User manual completed
The prototypes and the first User Manual were completed successfully at the End of February 2016.
Midterm Meeting in Malaga
All the Project beneficiaries meet in Malaga on 23rd and 24th of February 2016 for the first annual Meeting of the FRESH-DEMO Project. After welcoming the FRESH-DEMO van filled with humidified and treated strawberries, the Project beneficiaries started with an intensive Project Meeting.
The Progress and achievements from the 1st year were presented:
- the characterized end-user requirements regarding humidification/acidification systems for fruit & vegetable were described
- the selection of natural acidifier and the Integration with the ultrasonic humidification Technology to treat fruit & vegetable were presented
- the accordingly developped technical design as well as the up-scaling and the construction of the prototypes was presented
Furthermore, the implementation of 3 main case studies under real conditions along the complete supply chain of selected fruit & vegetable was discussed in Details.
The FRESH-DEMO van will mirror the Transport from the Producers to the retailers to be able to compare directly the Waste redustion Quality improvement of selected fruit & vegetables via the FRESH-DEMO Technology.
FRESH-DEMO at the Fruit Logistica 2016
The FRESH-DEMO Project presents ist Technology at the Fruit Logistica in Berlin from 3rd to 5th February 2016.
The FRESH-DEMO ultrasonic humidification combined with natural acidifiers could help to reduce the waste Generation and to increase the Quality of Fruits during storage after harvest.
Technical design of prototypes completed
End of January 2016, the Technical design of the prototypes was completed.
