Miller Magazine Issue: 128 August 2020

47 NEWS MILLER / August 2020 where we add value to their business.” The headquarters’ spacious demonstration area makes it possible for potential customers to test machines with their own samples of produce. Latin American customers who previously wanted to do this typically had to make the longer trip to TOMRA’s premises in California. The demonstration room in Santiago currently hosts five optical sorting machines: TOMRA 5A, TOMRA 5B, TOMRA 3C, TOMRA Nimbus BSI+, and Blizzard. In the upcoming months, customers will also be able to test here a Compac Single Lane Sorter with Spectrim, UltraView, and Inspectra inspection systems. Compac customers from Argentina, Bra- zil, Chile and Peru are already expressing interest in testing these machines, with fresh produce as varied as apples, avocados, cit- rus fruits, kiwis, mangoes, round fruits, and stone fruits. If customers are unable to visit Santiago because of COVID-19-related travel rest- rictions or safety concerns, TOMRA ma- kes arrangements to hold tests with onli- ne demonstrations. TOMRA’s team is also continuing to work closely with customers despite the pandemic by holding remote meetings and making training tools available online, eliminating the need for personnel to make any unnecessary trips. Thomas Molnar, Head of Global Sales at TOMRA Food, said: “A further benefit of the new headquarters is that people from all three of TOMRA’s food-related brands are now located in the same country, working more closely together and exchanging information and ideas. This is going to benefit customers by giving us an even better understanding of their operational challenges, ambitions, and agricultural trends in the region. This is important because Latin America is such a big source in the global supply chain, and still developing.” TOMRA Food also has regional headquarters in the USA, China, and South Africa, global headquarters in Bel- gium, and 32 regional offices around the world.