IFPS Membership
Our Members
Canadian Produce Marketing Association
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CPMA's vision is to enable and lead the produce industry by enhancing the market and facilitating trade of fresh fruits and vegetables for its members.
Contact: Jane Proctor, send an email
Website: www.cpma.ca
Fresh Produce Centre
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Its members account for over 80% of total sales of fruit and vegetables in the Netherlands, which are worth around € 15 billion (including growers’ associations). Fresh Produce Centre has around 320 members. The members are trading companies and growers’ associations involved in the sale and marketing of fruit and vegetables. They specialize in the domestic wholesale, import, export, treatment, processing, packaging, storage and transshipment of fruit and vegetables.
Contact: R. Schouten, send an email
Website: www.freshproducecentre.com
Fresh Produce Consortium
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FPC is an independent organisation owned by its membership which includes companies and associates from every sector of the industry: growers, importers, wholesalers, retailers, distributors, packers, food service organisations and other allied organisations.
Contact: Nigel Jenney, send an email
Website: www.freshproduce.org.uk
Fruit and Vegetable Growers of Canada
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The mission is to encourage cooperation and understanding to build national consensus on key issues, thereby delivering unified and clear representation to governments and other national and international parties.
Members are primarily involved in the production and packing of over 120 horticulture crops comprised of fruit and vegetables and include provincial and national horticultural commodity organizations representing more than 25,000 producers in Canada, as well as allied and service organizations, provincial governments and individual producers.
The FVGC’s activities include representation and advocacy on matters such as crop protection, risk management programs, food safety and traceability, grade standards and labelling and trade agreements. The FVGC was responsible for the development of the internationally recognized CanadaGAP™ food safety program and the establishment of the Seasonal Agricultural Worker Program and a national Science Cluster for Horticulture.
Contact: Bev Appleby, send an email
Websites: www.fvgc.ca
International Fresh Produce Association
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IFPA represents companies from every segment of the global fresh produce and floral supply chain. We advocate, connect and guide to enhance members’ prosperity.
Together with our member companies, IFPA leads and makes things happen for our members and industry on both the national and global stages, creating beneficial changes through action.
Contact: Ed Treacy, send an email
Website: freshproduce.com
Norges Frukt-og Gronnsaksgrossisters Forbund
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Our association works within the following areas:
Food Safety
Contact with Authorities
Generic marketing through Norwegian Fruit and Vegetable Marketing Board
Information to members
Networking
Electronic tracing
Contact: Mariann Jørgensen, send an email
Website: www.grossistforbundet.no/
United Fresh
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United Fresh president, David Smith, says horticulture, which is currently a $3.5 billion industry, is an important export earner for the country. And turning it into a $10 billion industry by 2020 needs vision, co-operation and collaboration. Outside of United Fresh we are all competitors in the marketplace but within United Fresh it’s an open forum, where we all pull together and communicate about industry ‘good’ issues," says David. "This creates an umbrella across our industry for external communication with the government, the public, media or international organisations." The primary objective of United Fresh is to promote the consumption of fresh fruit and vegetables to New Zealanders, through the 5+ A Day and Fruit In Schools programmes. The formation of the 5+ A Day Charitable Trust, with the children of New Zealand as the beneficiaries, was a strategic move by United Fresh to separate the organisation’s administrative role from the promotional role of 5+ A Day," he says. "And it has been a huge success." While other countries have similar 5+ A Day programs, New Zealand is one of the few to be entirely driven by the produce industry and it is highly respected internationally, says David. United Fresh’s main goal is to continue fostering collaboration within the industry. "In the future there will be an increased need for more interaction between government and industry organizations. Our role is to make sure we bring all the parties together to promote the industry in a positive way. United Fresh endorses and promotes success both internationally and domestically. Its overall objective is to grow the industry, and to make this happen we must make sure all parties are working together.”
Contact: Paula Dudley, send an email
Website: www.unitedfresh.co.nz
Our Associated Members
Accu-Label
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Accu-Label’s internationally patented ORB-it® high-speed labelling systems, have proven to outperform all other fruit labelling systems by:
Providing the highest label application rate on wet and fuzzy produce;
Producing the least amount of damage or bruising to soft produce;
Being the most reliable equipment with user serviceable plug-and-play design;
Accu-Label’s proprietary labels are constructed from high-quality biodegradable PAPER on a recyclable PET liner. Accu-Label’s ORB-it-® Vision Labeller™ is a high-speed tray labeller that achieves over 90% label application on the (TOV) cluster tomato body. Since 2008, the ORB-it® G-2 Print & Apply labelling system has proven to be the most successful on-demand label printing solution, and the patented Waste Liner Rewind design has reduced operator maintenance by 90%. Along with Ag-Tronic Control Systems, Accu-Label provides a total packaging & automation solutions for customers across North America, Asia, Europe, Australia and New Zealand.
Contact: Rod Baeini, send an email
Website: www.accu-label.com
Hurst International
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In 1995 Hurst’s focus shifted to produce-specific labeling where many years were spent designing, developing, and manufacturing advanced label materials and application equipment for the fresh produce packing industry. Then in 2008, Hurst revolutionized the industry and developed the first commercial Print-On-Demand labeling system for individual PLU labels.
Hurst International is a company that continues to be driven by technical superiority meeting the evolving needs of our customers around the globe. Hurst invests in science, research, and testing to inform our decision-making and drive measurable progress on our impacts. We pride ourselves on a promise to our customers of exceptional engineering, innovation, and service to help support their current and future needs.
Website: https://www.hurstinternational.net/
GS1 Global
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We are best known for the barcode, named by the BBC as one of “the 50 things that made the world economy”. GS1 standards improve the efficiency, safety and visibility of supply chains across physical and digital channels in 25 sectors. Our scale and reach – local Member Organizations in 115 countries, 2 million user companies and 6 billion transactions every day – help ensure that GS1 standards create a common language that supports systems and processes across the globe.
Find out more at www.gs1.org.
Sinclair
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Based in Fresno, California and Norwich, England, Sinclair now has 10 label-manufacturing sites around the world with labeling systems installed in more than 45 countries worldwide. Our labels are unsurpassed, comprised on micro-thin material that is food-safe and complies with requirements of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the European Union (EU).
With a portfolio of more than 79 issued patents, we take pride in product excellence. We pioneered produce labling and commercialized many product innovations such as Sinclair Tablift®, Sinclair Peel and Reveal®, Sinclair Print on Demand™, the Sinclair Compact Pattern Labeler™ and the ground breaking RM6 with its game-changing rotary head and bellows label application system. Furthermore, Sinclair technical service is recongnized as a leader in providing support, consultative technical advice and analysis for optimal labeling efficincy.
Website: www.sinclair-intl.com