Herbert Engineering has recently secured another major European order, for a new washline incorporating a 4m Barrel Washer and specially adapted destoner to be installed by the end of the year.

Herbert’s French distributor Filpack made the introduction of Herbert to potato packers Ets Gourgues, who were impressed by the build quality of Herbert’s machines and the high standard of customer care.

Ets Gourgues are potato packers based near Bordeaux, producing approximately supplying 20,000 – 25,000 tons of premium quality potatoes each year to French supermarket chains. The new washline is a replacement and upgrade of an existing system, and will offer throughputs of between 15-17 tonnes per hour.