There is no need to worry that the product is in an irregular shape, as the machine has a mechanism to optimize the position of the blade and find the best angle to peel it,” Ryo said. Then Ryo introduced how the machine operates. “Users only need to place the product on the rotation head, select the peeling speed, peeling depth and other factors from the machine, and press the start button. Let’s say, if the company produces 100kg cut pineapple per day, the cost-saving will be $50,000 a year.” Compared to an ordinary cylinder, this machine produces 1/3 less waste. “Take KA-750 as an example, this unit can peel over 200 pineapples/hour. The machine also prevents color change and juice dripping, which results in less waste,” Ryo explained. Besides, when peeling with a machine, the fruit can stay fresh longer. Fruit touched fewer times by laborers is safer to eat. Nowadays, consumers pay more attention to the cleanness of the fruit. “Although there were slight fluctuations in our business figures, we still have many hopes for the future. “Businesses have strict protection measurements in the past few months, as a result, supermarkets and catering sectors have started to use machines to replace labor for cutting fruits.” “Although we experienced very bad sales for in-flight meal channels (80-90% down), due to restrictions on the flights, the sales to other channels remain reasonable, especially the sales to supermarket chains and catering sectors went quite well,” Ryo reviewed. He reviewed the company’s performance in the past few months and shared his opinion on the future market trend.ĪSTRA’s target groups are mainly fresh fruit processing industries, such as in-flight meals, dry fruit factories, supermarket backyards and hospitals. Ryo Takeshita is the sales manager of a Japanese automatic peeler developer ASTRA. The use of automatic peeling machines has become more and more popular for companies that are involved in fruit processing. During the COVID-19 crisis, consumers have given increased attention to food safety.

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