NEW TECHNOLOGY Stemilt has Unitec's Cherry Vision 3.0 at the Stockton facility, with cameras scanning the entire fruit surface to fully automate grading. Photo courtesy of Stemlit. that meet our high 'World Famous' standards and do this consistently. " A current chal lenge for cherry packers is the rapid change in packaging requirements for different export markets, Ricci Iamino said. " For instance, during the past cherry season in the Southern Hemisphere, there was a booming demand in the Chinese market for small-medium size packages, especially 2.5 kilograms, " she said. " This is largely due to the demographic of the consumers (young single people and small-size families) that prefer to buy smaller packages as the price of small packs is relatively cheaper. " The next stage of development for TOMRA sorting equipment is improving the scanning of the surface of cherries to further optimize packout, Ricci Iamino said. MADE IN GERMANY PRODUCE PROCESSING 21http://kronencorp.com