Pace is proud to announce its membership and appointment as one of the Board of Trustee Companies for the Produce for Better Health Foundation (PBH). We are excited to be a part of this organization to "...foster an environment where people can include fruits and vegetables at every eating occasion..." and encourage healthy eating! For more information about PBH and how you can get involved, please visit their website at Fruits & Veggies.
Pace International Acquires FruitGard, LLC Jan 2008
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON – January 14, 2008 – Pace International, LLC has acquired FruitGard, LLC. Prior to Pace’s acquisition, Pace was the exclusive manufacturer and distributor for FruitGard’s products. FruitGard holds two exclusive license agreements with the Washington State University Research Foundation (WSURF). The first agreement relates to Raynox, a carnauba coating used to reduce sunburn. The second relates to RainGard a carnauba coating used to reduce cherry cracking. Both products have been patented by WSURF.
Valent BioSciences Acquires Minority Interest in Pace International
Oct 2007
LIBERTYVILLE, ILLINOIS – October 1, 2007 – Valent BioSciences Corporation (VBC) has acquired a minority interest in Pace International, a Seattle-based firm that manufactures and distributes products used to protect and improve the quality of fruits and vegetables after harvest.
Valent Biosciences is the global leader in providing biorational solutions for pre-harvest crop production applications in specialty crop market segments. Products from VBC include leading brands of plant growth regulator, microbial and biochemical active ingredients. This equity investment will give Pace International and Valent BioSciences opportunities to co-develop new applications of VBC’s active ingredients in the global post-harvest market segments.
Janssen Award Mar 2007
PACE International Receives Janssen’s Inaugural “Customer of the Year” Award
For world class customer service and record breaking product distribution
Pace International was recognized by Janssen Preservation and Material Protection (Janssen PMP), a division of Janssen Pharmaceutica NV for being their best “Customer of the Year”. Pace was selected over other Janssen distributors of fruit and vegetable protection and wood preservation products and industrial application.
This award was easily achieved by Pace as it successfully launched Janssen’s new fungicide Penbotec to the US pome market in 2006 and is expected to expand this product dominance to the citrus industry in 2007. Pace continues to be the leader in offering superior technical services and high quality products to its customers worldwide.
To learn more about Pace products and their benefits, please contact a Pace Representative.
Pacesetter AE50 Award Mar 2007
PACE International’s PACESETTER System wins the “AE50 Outstanding Innovations Award”
For being one of the top 50 innovations around the world for agricultural, food and biological systems
Resource, the publication of the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers (ASABE) awards Pace International with top honors as one of 50 winners of the 2006 “AE50 Outstanding Innovation Award” for its new PaceSetter system for postharvest packing house operations.
This award honored Pace for offering one of the best product engineered for agricultural, food, biological or related systems available on the market for the first time in 2005. The PaceSetter is a new technology that broadly impacts the processing of products in a packinghouse. It is an advancement of existing equipment and software to maximize efficiencies of the application of coatings and fungicides in the packing line.
Pace Hires New Equipment Services Manager Mar 2007
Pace Hires New Equipment Services Manager
To lead Pace’s efforts in development of innovative technologies
Pace is proud to announce that Ali Alshami has joined the Pace team as its new Equipment Services Manager. Mr. Alshami will be responsible for developing new and unique equipment solutions for its packing house customers.
Mr. Alshami’s impressive credentials and extensive experience in biosystems and chemical engineering in research, government and academia provide a broad perspective on agricultural industry technology and its effects on business needs. He was most recently at Washington State University (WSU), as a USDA Fellow exploring the use of electromagnetic energy at the microwave and radio frequency in order to develop high-temperature-short-time processes to produce high quality, safe and shelf-stable foods.
Prior to WSU, Mr. Alshami was Design Engineer at the Eaton Corporation and an Associate in Research at Washington State University. Mr. Alshami is also a contributing author and orator of various published research documents and presentations on biomacromolecules, pulse jet orchard heater system technology and dielectric techniques.
Mr. Alshmami received his PhD in Engineering, BioSystems ADB, a Masters in Engineering, BioSystems and a Bachelors of Science degree in Engineering and Chemical Engineering with a Minor in Mathematics from Washington State University.
Thermofogging Has Arrived! Sep 2005
Thermofogging has finally arrived in Washington…
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the state of Washington recently granted their respective registrations for Xedamine A, the thermofogging formulation of DPA.
Packers have been waiting for thermofogging for years in anticipation of removing drenching from their programs. A few of the key benefits of thermofogging are:
No solution to discharge alleviates environmental hazards and concerns.
Not reusing the same contaminated solution will improve decay control measures.
Truck turn around time is drastically reduced by not waiting in line for the drencher.
Thermofogging makes a second DPA application possible. Second DPA applications have proven very effective in further reducing scald on Granny Smith apples.
Pace is introducing thermofogging on a limited basis this season and plans to treat approximately 50 storage rooms in Washington State.
To learn more about thermofogging and the benefits it provides, please contact Todd Hankins, Product Manager for more information.
RAYNOX Technical Bulletins Jul 2005
RAYNOX Technical Bulletins are now available to download on Pace’s website. Click on the products page and look for the links. Questions or comments can be directed to Ricardo Diaz.
