TOMRA Sorting Solutions’ U.S. Food division held its official office opening June 18 in its new, larger state-of-the-art facility in West Sacramento, Calif.
The event was attended by city officials, employees and customers as well as senior figures from the company.
Attendees had the opportunity to tour the new facility and view a selection of TOMRA’s machines in action, including its latest technology for sorting nuts such as almonds, walnuts and pistachios.
The West Sacramento-based team moved four miles from its previous 42,000-sqare-foot building to the new 60,000-square-foot offices on Embarcadero Drive. The relocated employees include experts in sales, service, application engineering, finance and administration.
“With extra space and better facilities, including test, demonstration and development areas, the new West Sacramento site will enable our U.S. team to concentrate on developing solutions for the food industry in the region,” said Ashley Hunter, senior vice president and head of TOMRA Sorting Food. “The new premises will enable them to better serve their growing customer base in terms of sales and service.”
The new site includes state-of-the-art sorting solutions centers, where customers can see live demonstrations of TOMRA’s sorting, peeling and process analytics systems, and trial their own applications.
Explaining the thinking behind the facility, Hunter said, “We encourage food producers and processors to share their needs with us, so we can suggest customised solutions, directly meeting their unique requirements, from our large range of product and technology offerings.”