Flowers are either shipped wet pack or dry battalion . Dry pack has several vantage over pixilated pack , but storage often do not choose this option , as it is traditionally more labor and budget intensive . so as to let depot profit from the savings from receiving in ironic pack , Paul Harris developed a cutlery system call StemPro carver about four year ago . Currently , customer all across North America are using StemPro carver , and they are looking to expand markets to Europe with its appreciation for prime and busy floral markets . Andrew Harris and Paul Harris of Stempro Systems present the cutting machine at the PMA 2018
Advantage dry packWith plastered multitude , flowers are fly from where they are grown from their output location to processing locations in Miami , Europe and elsewhere around the universe , where they are cut and placed in container of weewee and boxed for regional distribution . “ The minute the flowers are recut and placed in water , the life-time of the blossom is ticking down ” , says Harris . “ With dry multitude , flowers are channel to the store , untouched , often straight from the grower . This increases the quality and shelf living of the flowers . A enceinte advantage of dry mob is that you’re able to ship three times as many flower in a truck . ” However , a major disadvantage of ironical pack is that the flowers need to be disregard at the compass point of sales event . “ It is labor and budget intensive and for this cause a less interesting selection for stores . ”
StemProWith the advantage and disadvantages in mind , the StemPro has been plan ; it makes cutting at the store degree easier . Regarding labor , “ it increases the processing efficiency at least thirty percent and it cuts a 25 - stem rose sweetness effortlessly . In turn , this leads to less injury compare to cutting manually . ” Besides , it guarantee the safety of the employees : the cutter only activates when the right codification is typecast in the keypad . Regarding the budget , Harris tell : “ At first , it is a substantial investment , but the return on investing ( ROI ) has been shown to be between 8 to 10 months . ”
good ledge lifeA major advantage of shipping teetotal pack is the increase shelf life ; sometimes up to three days longer . However , if the stems are n’t rationalise aright , this advantage vanishes . So , the car is designed so that it does n’t shell and does n’t infect the stems . “ A sassy , fresh cut makes the flower last longer . The simple machine sanitize the cutting blade between every swing , to excrete cross - contamination . In good turn , the shelf life is longer . ”
For more informationStemPro SystemsPaul HarrisEmail : [ email protected]www.stempro.com
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