Last year alone Vietnam exported a massive 167,000 tonnes of cashews worth $950 million. It expects to export 165,000 tonnes this year worth $800 million. And, as the industry cashew industry grows so does Vietnamese technology - three years ago, all domestic processing was carried out by machines imported from Italy or India or done manually. In fact, there are now 225 cashew processing factories in Vietnam which together could process a total capacity of 700,000 tonnes of cashews per annum.
Recently, over 100 cashew businesses attended an exhibition in Dong Nai province last week witnessing an array of new nut technology. Star of the show was a new peeling machine. Previously, Italian machines had carried out this task but now 120 companies have installed Vietnamese peelers. The machines are now running at twice the capacity of the previously imported machines while power consumption remains the same.
Nguyen Duc Thanh, Director of Lafooco, uses made-in-Vietnam machines and says even nut breakages have dropped from under 30 percent to under 12 percent.
Thanh, who is also Head of Vietnam Cashew Association’s (Vinacas) Science and Technology Division, believes Vietnam-made machines, worth 300 million dong are more suitable for Vietnam’s processing companies than imports priced at several billion dong.
Now Vietnamese companies are to follow up their success in exporting cashews with exporting the machines that process the nuts. Pham Nhu Thanh, Director of Son Viet Company, has revealed his company will soon launch an automatic cashew shelling machine which has a higher capacity than currently used machines. Thanh of Vinacas said that though Vietnam began developing the cashew processing technology later than other countries, its technology is now in no way inferior. Director of Khuon May Viet Company Nguyen Xuan Khoi added that many companies brought their machines at the cashew technology exhibition in India recently and they gained unexpected orders from many foreign processors.
Recently, over 100 cashew businesses attended an exhibition in Dong Nai province last week witnessing an array of new nut technology. Star of the show was a new peeling machine. Previously, Italian machines had carried out this task but now 120 companies have installed Vietnamese peelers. The machines are now running at twice the capacity of the previously imported machines while power consumption remains the same.
Nguyen Duc Thanh, Director of Lafooco, uses made-in-Vietnam machines and says even nut breakages have dropped from under 30 percent to under 12 percent.
Thanh, who is also Head of Vietnam Cashew Association’s (Vinacas) Science and Technology Division, believes Vietnam-made machines, worth 300 million dong are more suitable for Vietnam’s processing companies than imports priced at several billion dong.
Now Vietnamese companies are to follow up their success in exporting cashews with exporting the machines that process the nuts. Pham Nhu Thanh, Director of Son Viet Company, has revealed his company will soon launch an automatic cashew shelling machine which has a higher capacity than currently used machines. Thanh of Vinacas said that though Vietnam began developing the cashew processing technology later than other countries, its technology is now in no way inferior. Director of Khuon May Viet Company Nguyen Xuan Khoi added that many companies brought their machines at the cashew technology exhibition in India recently and they gained unexpected orders from many foreign processors.
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