Appendix A: Manufacturers and suppliers of postharvest technology materials and equipment for small-scale horticultural handlers

The following list is alphabetized by product, and organized by Section topic. The list is not meant to be comprehensive, but to be a starting point for gathering information on postharvest technologies offered for sale by companies around the world. It is hoped that users of the manual will communicate with the authors regarding additional manufacturers or suppliers, and let us know about the technologies they provide. Appendix B provides the mailing addresses, telephone and FAX numbers for the businesses included in this list.

	Harvesting and Preparation for Market
bucket liners/ bucket skirts	Rod Smith Canvas Co.
gloves	Pacific 4/Ranch Brand Supply Co.
harnesses	Orchard Equipment and Supply Co.
	Rod Smith Canvas Co.
harvesting aids for field packing	Ramsay Welding and Machine Inc.
harvesting equipment/potatoes	Thomas E. Moore, Inc.
harvesting tools	Farber Bag & Supply Co.
	Orchard Equipment and Supply Co.
ladders	Orchard Equipment and Supply Co.
	Stokes Ladders, Inc.
	Pacific 4/Ranch Brand Supply Co.
nut harvesters, shakers	N H Savage Equipment Inc.
picking containers	Buckhorn
	Friend Manufacturing Corp.
	Glacier Valley Enterprises
	Hydro-Gardens, Inc.
	Orchard Equipment and Supply Co.
	Rod Smith Canvas Co.
potato separator/ cleaner	Sorting Technology, Inc.
reusable plastic containers	Buckhorn
safety supplies	Pacific 4/Ranch Brand Supply Co.
U-pick containers	Rockford Package Supply Inc.
	Packinghouse Operations
brusher/washer	Northwest Int'l Equipment Co.
	Orchard Equipment and Supply Co.
chlorination system	American Machinery
cleaners	Brogdex Co.
	Orchard Equipment and Supply Co.
conveyors	Agri-Tech, Inc.
	Michigan Orchard Supply
	Northwest Int'l Equipment Co.
	Sorting Technology, Inc.
dumpers bin	Agri-Tech, Inc.
	Durand-Wayland, Inc.
	Orchard Equipment and Supply Co.
	Northwest Int'l Equipment Co.
field boxes, crates, buckets or baskets	Durand-Wayland, Inc.
water dump	Michigan Orchard Supply
fruit and vegetable waxes	Brogdex Co.
	Michigan Orchard Supply
	Orchard Equipment and Supply Co.
gloves	Pacific 4/ Ranch Brand Supply Co.
inspection roller tables	Market Farm Implement
	Orchard Equipment and Supply Co.
	TEW Manufacturing Corp.
lifting/handling equipment
folding mini-dolly	Seal-o-Matic
fork lift attachment for tractor	Orchard Equipment and Supply Co.
pallet jack	Market Farm Implement
packing line equipment	Ag-Pak
	American Machinery
	TEW Manufacturing Co.
rotary tables	Market Farm Implement
	Michigan Orchard Supply
	Orchard Equipment and Supply Co.
sizers chain sizers	Michigan Orchard Supply
	TEW Manufacturing Corp.
expanding rollers	Northwest Int'l Equipment Co.
nut sizers	N H Savage Equipment, Inc.
onion sizers	Chinook Packing Equipment
sizing rings	Orchard Equipment and Supply Co.
washers and waxers	Agri-Tech, Inc.
	Durand-Wayland, Inc.
	Market Farm Implement
	Michigan Orchard Supply
	Orchard Equipment and Supply Co.
	TEW Manufacturing Corp.
	Packing and Packaging Materials
bagging equipment	Chinook Packaging Equipment
	Thomas E. Moore, Inc.
bag sealers	Seal-o-Matic
	Thomas E. Moore, Inc.
bags, paper	Rockford Package Supply, Inc.
	Pacific 4/Ranch Brand Supply Co.
bags, plastic	Rockford Package Supply, Inc.
bags, net	Northwest Int'l Equipment Co.
	Rockford Package Supply, Inc.
boxes cardboard	Rockford Package Supply, Inc.
cucumbers, tomatoes	Hydro-Gardens, Inc.
wirebound	Dyer Fruit Box Mfg. Co.
	Elberta Crate and Box Co.
	Franklin Crates, Inc.
	Growers Containers Coop, Inc.
	Triplay y Maderas de Durango
broccoli buncher	Market Farm Implement
fruit protector trays	Rockford Package Supply, Inc.
pads/foam, paper	Rockford Package Supply, Inc.
reusable plastic containers	Buckhorn
scales	Seal-o-Matic
shrink wrap equipment	Rockford Package Supply Co.
	Seal-o-Matic
	Hydro-Gardens, Inc.
staplers	Market Farm Implement
	Rockford Package Supply Co.
	Seal-o-Matic
tapes, tape dispensers	Rockford Package Supply Co.
	Seal-o-Matic
	Insect and Decay Control
automatic chlorine dispenser	Orchard Equipment and Supply Co.
fungicides	Brogdex Co.
sprayers knap-sack, backpack	Orchard Equipment and Supply Co.
sulfur dioxide pads	Zellerbach
	Temperature and Relative Humidity Control
air-exhaust doors/ louvers	Industrial Ventilation, Inc.
	Hydro-Gardens, Inc.
evaporative cooling pads	Hydro-Gardens, Inc.
hydro-coolers	Clarksville Machine Works
	Northwest Int'l Equipment Co.
	Robic Refrigeration Inc.
forced-air coolers	Mobile Forced Air Cooling Services
humidifiers	Industrial Ventilation, Inc.
ice storage	Robic Refrigeration Inc.
refrigeration equipment	Calif. Atmospheres
	Hydro-Gardens, Inc.
wind turbines	Cool Attic
	Storage of Horticultural Crops
C. A. equipment	California Controlled Atmospheres
ethylene absorbers	DeltaTRAK Inc.
	Ethylene Control
	Extendalife Systems
ethylene scrubbers	TUBAMET AG
fans	Industrial Ventilation, Inc.
ventilation systems	Industrial Ventilation, Inc.
	Transportation of Horticultural Crops
ethylene absorbers	DeltaTRAK Inc.
	Ethylene Control
	Extendalife Systems
ethylene scrubbers	TUBAMET AG
temperature/humidity data loggers	DeltaTRAK Inc.
temperature recorders	DeltaTRAK Inc.
	Handling at Destination and Marketing
displays	Kason Market Products
ethylene generators	American Ripener Co.
	Catalytic Generators, Inc.
	Precision Generators Company, Inc.
market containers	Rockford Package Supply Co.
portable ripening facilities	the De-Green Machine
	Modular Ripening Company, Inc.
refrigerated, forced-air ripening facilities	Cool Care Consulting, Inc.
ripening cabinet	Catalytic Generators, Inc.
ripening room	American Ripener Co.
ripening room supplies	American Ripener Co.
	Catalytic Generators, Inc.
	Processing of Horticultural Crops
almond hulling, drying	Mid-State Manufacturing
apple parer/corer	Orchard Equipment and Supply Co.
bottle capper	Countryside General Store
bottling equipment	Orchard Equipment and Supply Co.
can sealer	Countryside General Store
cider jugs, plastic	Rockford Package Supply Co.
electric food drier	Garden Way Country Kitchen
hand-press	Michigan Orchard Supply
	Orchard Equipment and Supply Co.
	Garden Way Country Kitchen
processing equipment	Frontier Technology, Inc.
	Intermediate Technology Publications
juice presses/non-citrus	Goodnature Products, Inc.
	Orchard Equipment and Supply Co.
rubber seals for canning jars/Ball jar seals	Italglass Corp.
	Alltrista Corporation