Every year, Ebro Ingredients Netherlands in Wormerveer, processes 50,000 tonnes of rough rice for the retail sector and rice flour for the B2B market. The factory is providing clients with rice and other products, such as corn pearls. The food industry uses rice in many products, for example in biscuits, crisps, pizzas and baby food, but also in fast food. Rising energy prices and stricter legislation and regulations force the industry to optimize and to make its processes more sustainable through smart technology. In cooperation with Actemium, Ebro Ingredients was able to use colour sorting and resorting with new sorting machines to reduce the quantity of waste rice, reduce energy consumption, and have fewer lorries on the road. This is a benefit for the company and the environment.

Read more about this project in this article published in the trade journal VMT.