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Solana acquires Desco and creates a €100 million group
Solana acquires Desco with the aim of creating a €100 million vegetable preserves hub. The Castelnuovo Bocca d’Adda (Lodi) company, controlled by the Xenon Private Equity VIII fund, has reached a binding agreement to acquire the Italian agri-food company specializing in tomato processing for the industrial and food service sectors.Founded in 1963 and based in

2025 World Crop Production Estimate as of November 30th
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World Price Index November 2025
WORLD PRICE TRENDS Crop 2025 prices Price per Kg, packed in aseptic bag in 220 l. (55 gal) drum – unless otherwise specified Origin 28/30CB 28/30CB organic 28/30HB* 36/38CB 12/14HB Diced Crushed Italy €1.650 no offer €1.700 €1.950 €0.850 no offer €0.650 Spain €1.170 no offer €1.170 €1.400 €0.650 no offer €0.580 Portugal €1.200 no
Drinking-quality water produced from tomatoes at the Los Baños plant
In Los Baños, Merced County, a new device that extracts evaporated moisture from tomato pulp is generating 120,000 gallons a day of drinkable “new water.”The technology comes from Botanical Water Technologies, an Australian company that relocated to the U.S. about five years ago.The unit is now in use at Ingomar Packing Company, which produces tomato

World Price Index October 2025
WORLD PRICE TRENDS Crop 2025 prices Price per Kg, packed in aseptic bag in 220 l. (55 gal) drum – unless otherwise specified Origin 28/30CB 28/30CB organic 28/30HB* 36/38CB 12/14HB Diced Crushed Italy €1.650 no offer €1.700 €2.000 €0.850 no offer €0.650 Spain €1.200 no offer €1.200 €1.450 €0.650 no offer €0.550 Portugal €1.200 no
Industrial Tomato Production 2025: Italy Overtakes China Despite Lower-Than-Expected Results
In 2025, Italy produced 5.8 million tonnes of processing tomatoes — a slight increase from 2024 but about 10% below forecasts. This performance, however, allowed Italy to reclaim second place globally, surpassing China and ranking behind only the United States.Weather conditions played a key role: favorable on Italy’s western front, but disastrous in China, where