TOMRA opens R&D facility in Dublin

TOMRA Sorting Food expects to further its R&D capabilities as it settles in a new high-tech facility in Citywest, Dublin. Inaugurated on 25 September, the €2.1 million investment includes a peeling process lab, an advanced optics lab, and a sorting test facility for the development of product sorting and peeling equipment. The building also houses an office, workshop, and demonstration space. With over 40 years of business experience, TOMRA is considered amongst the largest and most technologically advanced in the sorting sector. Its products include the Blizzard, the Nimbus, FPS field potato sorter, and the high capacity Bulk Size Grader for carrots, onions and potatoes.

Company executive vice president and head, Dr Volker Rehrmann, said: “Our investment in the new facility will enable the Dublin team to concentrate on developing innovative solutions for the global food industry and continue to set TOMRA aside as the market leader in sensor based sorting solutions. TOMRA is also committed to providing a truly great place to work for all our 2,400 employees worldwide.”

At the official opening, Minister Damien English, the Minister of State for Skills, Research & Innovation, performed the ribbon cutting ceremony along with TOMRA’s Dr Rehrmann, and Maurice Moynihan, local managing director and market director.