Archives des Tomato News - WPTC https://www.wptc.to/category/tomato-news/ World Processing Tomato Council Tue, 28 Oct 2025 07:52:30 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://www.wptc.to/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/cropped-Icone-WPTC-32x32.jpg Archives des Tomato News - WPTC https://www.wptc.to/category/tomato-news/ 32 32 The 2025 Tomato News Conference at ANUGA https://www.wptc.to/the-2025-tomato-news-conference-at-anuga/ Wed, 01 Oct 2025 08:03:21 +0000 https://www.wptc.to/?p=3285 The Global Tomato Processing Industry at a Crossroads Join us at the end of the 2025 processing season to analyze the state of the market following two years of record production volumes in 2023 and 2024 and a period of uncertainties over trade duties and other economic pressures. This free half-day event which is part of […]

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The Global Tomato Processing Industry at a Crossroads

Join us at the end of the 2025 processing season to analyze the state of the market following two years of record production volumes in 2023 and 2024 and a period of uncertainties over trade duties and other economic pressures.

This free half-day event which is part of the ANUGA’s official programme will take place on Sunday 5 October from 2 pm and will be chaired by Antonio Casana (CEO of Solana SpA & President of AMITOM). 

The programme of the conference is: 

Voices from the Industry: WPTC roundtable on Tomato Processing in 2025
Manuel Vazquez (President of WPTC)

Sponsor presentation: A Global Tomato Processor from Egypt
Tarek El Kattan (Paste & Juice)

Agrifood Commodities Under Pressure: Uncertainty and Unprecedented Price Volatility
Filippo Roda (Areté – The Agri-Food Intelligence Company)

Analysis of Global Tomato paste movements in the light of the current surplus conditions and the movement towards a balance in supply and demand 
Martin Stilwell (Tomato News)

Roundtable : Towards a Resilient Supply Chain

In the fields: 

  • Arturo Cerda (Chilealimentos)

  • Carlo Piccinini (OI Pomodoro Nord Italia)

  • Mike Montna (CTGA)

In the markets: 

  • Francesco Mutti (Mutti)

  • Manuel Vazquez (Conesa)

  • Monica Souza (Kraft Heinz)

  • Kitty Kitajima (Kagome)

  • Wolfgang DeMartino (Demartino)

 

Q&A with the audience

Information & Registration

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]]> The 2024 Tomato News Online Conference https://www.wptc.to/the-2024-tomato-news-online-conference/ Tue, 26 Nov 2024 15:06:42 +0000 https://www.wptc.to/?p=3021 The 2024 Tomato News Conference took place online on Wednesday 4 December to take stock after the end of the record breaking 2024 global tomato processing season and discuss the outlook for 2025 Moderator: Manuel Gonçalves (Sugal) Keynote: Global Macroeconomic and Markets Update by Rabobank. Stefan Koopman (Senior Market Economist, RaboResearch Macro Strategy Team) & […]

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The 2024 Tomato News Conference took place online on Wednesday 4 December to take stock after the end of the record breaking 2024 global tomato processing season and discuss the outlook for 2025

Moderator: Manuel Gonçalves (Sugal)

Keynote: Global Macroeconomic and Markets Update by Rabobank.

Stefan Koopman (Senior Market Economist, RaboResearch Macro Strategy Team) & Carlos Mera Arzeno (Head of Agri Commodity Markets Research, RaboResearch Global Economics & Markets Team)

Farmers perspectives:
– Don Cameron (CTGA, California)
– Carlo Piccinini (OI Pomodoro Nord Italia, Italy)

Roundtable: The global tomato processing industry in 2024 and outlook for 2025

Italy: Marco Serafini (ANICAV)
Iberia: Manuel Vazquez (Conesa)
China: Zhu Chenhui (COFCO)
South America: Arturo Cerda (Patagonia Fresh)
California: Aaron Giampietro (Morning Star)
General outlook: Martin Stilwell (HIT)

Panel discussion  & Q&A session

 

All slides and videos are now available HERE 

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]]> Global tomato processing in 2023 https://www.wptc.to/global-tomato-processing-in-2023/ Tue, 31 Oct 2023 16:36:54 +0000 https://www.wptc.to/?p=2241 Presentation on the processing tomato production in 2023 by Jason Fritsch, WPTC President, and WPTC members during the 2023 Tomato News Conference at CibusTec in Parma on 27 October 2023

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Presentation on the processing tomato production in 2023 by Jason Fritsch, WPTC President, and WPTC members during the 2023 Tomato News Conference at CibusTec in Parma on 27 October 2023

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]]> The 2022 Tomato News Conference https://www.wptc.to/2022-2/ Fri, 04 Nov 2022 16:05:55 +0000 https://www.wptc.to/?p=276 After two years online, the Tomato News Conference comes back in person during CibusTec Forum in Parma on Wednesday 26 October 2022 in the afternooon. The conference is organized in cooperation with ANICAV which is holding its annual "Il Filo Rosso" conference in the morning.

The theme of the conference is Challenging times for the global tomato processing industry.

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The Tomato News 2022 Conference

After two years online, the Tomato News Conference came back in person during CibusTec Forum in Parma on Wednesday 26 October 2022. 

The conference was organized in cooperation with ANICAV which was holding its annual “Il Filo Rosso” conference in the morning. 

The theme of the conference was  Challenging times for the global tomato processing industry.

Program  

Impact of rising energy costs on major agrifood commodities
Filippo Roda (ARETE, Italy)

EU policies and challenges for tomato processors 
Manuel Vazquez (Tomato Europe President & CONESA, Spain)

The 2022 processing season in the AMITOM countries
Alistair Blake (AMITOM President & Merko, Turkey)

Processing tomato and markets in North America
Mark de la Mater (The Morning Star Company, USA)

The 2022 processing season in China
He Peng (Xinjiang Dimension International Trading, China)

Euphoria a the mist of a recession?
Martin Stilwell (Tomato News President & HIT, Portugal) & Mike Montna (WPTC President & CTGA, USA)

Roundtable discussion  

The conference slides are now available on the Tomato News website: 

CONFERENCE SLIDES

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