Vegetables
Machines and complete lines for vegetable processing
From intake and washing to cutting, blanching, freezing and packing. Sticomax Group designs, builds and installs machines and complete lines for fresh and frozen vegetables, from salad and leafy vegetables to peas, beans, spinach and mushrooms. You have a single point of contact, from the initial design through to service after handover.
We design and build vegetable lines that process every product clean and intact, even in the busiest weeks of the season.
Our customers
Trusted by leading food producers
Producers across the food industry work with machines and lines from Sticomax Group every day.
End products
Solutions for every vegetable product
Fresh – Vegetable mix
Fresh – Leafy vegetables
Fresh – Cabbage
Fresh – Carrots & root vegetables
Fresh – Onions & leeks
Frozen – Carrots
Frozen – Peas
Frozen – Broccoli
Frozen – Cauliflower
Frozen – Beans
Frozen – Mushrooms
Frozen – Sweetcorn
Frozen – Savoy cabbage
Frozen – Green & white cabbage
Frozen – Spinach
Frozen – Parsnips
Frozen – Sweet potatoes
Frozen – Tobacco
Frozen – Turnips
Frozen – Leeks
Frozen – Onions
Frozen – Courgettes
Frozen – Brussels sprouts
Frozen – Beetroot
Your challenge, our solution
One line, fully aligned
Sand and foreign material left in the product, leafy vegetables that bruise, or frozen vegetables that clump together after freezing: each of these costs you quality and yield directly. Within Sticomax Group, specialist machine builders work together on every step, so that your line performs as a whole.
- Product quality: clean vegetables, free of stones, insects and unwanted plant material such as datura and nightshade
- Hygiene: open, easy-to-clean stainless steel designs, with ViwateQ’s unique surface treatment so that product residues and dirt adhere less
- Energy and water: efficient blanching and cooling processes and reuse of process water
- Reliability: robust machines, preventive maintenance and fast delivery of parts, even in the middle of the season
The process
From intake to packing, every step from a single partner
We supply individual machines and complete lines, including conveying, buffering, platforms and installation. These are the process steps in which we support you.
Intake & cleaning
Intake hoppers, tote dumpers, destoning with destoning belts and cyclone destoners, and washing with drum washers, paddle washers and flotation washers.
Cutting & preparation
Decoring machines, pre-cutters for salad, cauliflower cutters, destemming shakers for beans and slicers for mushrooms.
Sorting & inspection
Datura removers, nightshade removers, insect drums, roller graders for onions and beetroot, sorting shakers and inspection belts.
Blanching & cooling
Belt steamers, belt blanchers and blanchers with dipping and cooling augers for even heat treatment.
Dewatering & drying
Dewatering shakers, tension screen shakers, dewatering belts and flow dryers for leafy vegetables and salad.
Freezing & finishing
Freezing tunnels and spiral freezers, followed by breaker rolls, cluster busters and glazing drums for a free-flowing product that doses well.
Mixing, weighing & filling
The Mixline for frozen vegetables, batch weighers, multihead feed shakers, weigh belts, Eqlipse dosing systems and box filling systems.
Water & residual streams
Drum filters, sieve bends, sand traps, flotation and water treatment to reuse process water and process residual streams.
Machines
Machines for every step in your vegetable line
Line advice
Wondering how much more there is to gain from your vegetable line?
Discuss capacity, product quality or hygiene with a specialist. Together we will look at where your line is losing out and which change will deliver the most.
Sticomax at a glance
Focused on the lowest TCO for your vegetable line
Vegetable processors deal with seasonal peaks, a variable raw material and high water and energy consumption. That is why we do not look at the price of a single machine, but at the costs and yield of your entire line over its full service life.
2,500+
Machines delivered
Our machines are in operation at food processors around the world, in both fresh and frozen production.
70+
Countries
Installation and service wherever your plant is located, including fast delivery of parts.
±300
Specialists
Engineers, fitters and service technicians with many years of expertise in washing, blanching and freezing.
30 years
Experience per company
An average of 30 years of machine building per company, refined in practice at food processors.
200+
Machine types
From intake hopper to freezing tunnel: virtually every step in your vegetable line is covered in-house.
25
End products
Fresh: salad, leafy vegetables, cabbage, carrots, onions and leeks. Frozen: from peas, beans and spinach to Brussels sprouts, mushrooms and beetroot.
1
Point of contact
One project team for the design, construction, installation and servicing of your complete line.
24/7
Service
During the season your line runs day and night. So does our service department, with preventive maintenance and inspections.
Our specialists
Seven specialists, one team
Sticomax Group brings together specialist companies from Belgium and the Netherlands. For vegetable processing, six machine builders work together with ViwateQ, a specialist in the surface treatment of stainless steel. You have one project team and one point of contact for your complete line.
Stumaco
Based in Staden, Stumaco builds fresh and frozen vegetable lines, from intake, destoning and washing to sorting, mixing and filling. Its range includes dedicated machines for removing datura, nightshade and insects, and a Mixline for frozen vegetables.
DTS
Dutch Tec Source, based in Beusichem, specialises in thermal processes and builds blanchers, dipping augers and cooling augers for frozen vegetables. For mushrooms, DTS supplies complete fresh, frozen and canned lines, from washing and slicing to blanching and cooling.
FoodeQ
FoodeQ, based in Steenbergen, specialises in vibratory technology, with more than 2,500 vibratory conveyors delivered. Its range covers dewatering, screening, distribution and dosing, complemented by belt steamers, freezing tunnels and Eqlipse dosing and weighing systems.
Romonta
Romonta engineers vegetable lines for products including endive, lamb’s lettuce, carrots, mushrooms and beans. It builds its own decoring machines, pre-cutters, flotation washers and flow dryers for leafy vegetables, alongside belt conveyors, hydro systems and belt blanchers.
ICS Spiral Freezers
ICS builds spiral freezers and spiral coolers. In vegetable processing, the spiral freezer is suited to frozen spinach, combining a long dwell time with a compact footprint.
IntOCon
IntOCon takes care of the end of the line with custom box and crate handling, buffers, box filling systems and logistics conveying to the packing department.
ViwateQ
ViwateQ has developed a unique, chemical-free treatment for stainless steel. It makes the surface of machines and lines microscopically smooth, so that product residues and dirt adhere less and cleaning is quicker and more thorough.
Cases
Experience with leading food producers
24/7
Industry-leading service & maintenance
During the season, a vegetable line often runs day and night, seven days a week. Any downtime then costs production straight away, and the raw material cannot wait. That is why we stay involved after installation, so that your line keeps running and you get the most out of your investment.
- On-site installation and commissioning
- Training for your operators and maintenance department
- Preventive maintenance and inspections, ideally before the season starts
- Fast delivery of parts, including across borders
We are here to help
Contact
Discuss your vegetable line with a specialist
Tell us what you process, what capacity you need or what issues your current line is running into. A specialist will contact you personally to discuss the options.
