Typical mistakes in designing modular lines for fruit and vegetables (and how to avoid them)
Updated: August 2026 Methodological note: this article is based on Bulltec’s technical documentation on post-harvest automation for fruit and vegetables (KPIs: OEE, waste, giveaway, productivity, format changeover) and on public industry sources consulted on the layout and design of food packaging lines (M.H. Material Handling, Cosmopack). It contains no proprietary customer data or invented benchmarks: […]
Common mistakes in the fruit and vegetable packing house: precision, quality and compliance
The most dangerous fruit and vegetable packing house mistakes are almost never the spectacular ones. More often they stem from a rushed batch change, a recipe left over from the previous shift, a label that is formally correct but associated with the wrong product, or a weight that is “only slightly over” but across hundreds […]
Flow and layout optimisation: reducing bottlenecks in the fruit and vegetable processing centre
In a fruit and vegetable processing centre, packing house flow optimisation serves to keep product moving steadily from unloading to shipping, without queues, knock-on stoppages and disorganised operator saturation. When the layout is unbalanced, the bottleneck does not just slow down one stage: it increases WIP, errors, lead times and pressure on quality control. That […]
KPIs, OEE and line control in the fruit and vegetable packing house
In the fruit and vegetable packing house, talking about productivity without measuring packing house OEE almost always leads to the wrong decisions. The line seems to be running and cases are leaving, but between micro-stops, rework, weight giveaway, label errors and waiting times between one stage and the next, the margin is being eroded. This […]
Fruit and vegetable packing house: productivity and line control
An efficient fruit and vegetable packing house is not judged solely by how many packs leave the line at the end of the shift. It is judged by how much good product leaves the line, how consistently, with how much rework, with what weight accuracy and with what level of traceability. When these elements are […]
A new Bulltec line in the heart of Switzerland: efficiency and precision for vegetable packaging.
Bulltec’s growth beyond Italian borders is enriched by a new milestone: the installation of the first combination weighing line on Swiss territory, carried out in collaboration with the local partner specialized in automatic systems. Before the arrival of Bulltec technology, the company managed the filling of the crates in an entirely manual way, employing about […]
Bulltec alongside Sipo for the launch of Sipeperone at Macfrut 2026
On Tuesday, April 21, Sipo organized a gala evening for the launch of the new Sipeperone line, for which Bulltec was the official sponsor. The event took place on the terrace of the Quartopiano restaurant, overlooking the city and the sea, and brought together more than 120 guests from across Italy and abroad. For Bulltec, […]
Bulltec at Macfrut 2026, April 21–23, Rimini
We are pleased to announce that from April 21 to 23, 2026, we will participate in Macfrut together with Brunelli Farms, a company with which Bulltec has collaborated with for over 40 years. This is a key event for the entire national and international fruit and vegetable supply chain, held at the Rimini Expo Centre […]
Bulltec at Fruit Logistica 2026: international dialogue and new prospects for the fruit and vegetable sector
From February 4 to 6, 2026, Bulltec participated in Fruit Logistica, the world’s leading event for the fruit and vegetable sector, hosted at Messe Berlin. Every year, the Berlin trade fair confirms itself as a privileged observatory of the global fresh produce market, where innovation, knowledge exchange and new supply chain needs meet in […]
Bulltec at Frutech 2025: technology and sustainability for the agroecological transition
From November 27 to 29, 2025, we participated in Frutech, the Mediterranean Expo dedicated to the agroecological transition and the new frontiers of the fruit and vegetable sector. A context in which research, sustainability and technological innovation come together, offering a concrete space for discussion on the transformations taking place in the agricultural sector. During […]