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<pre>Greetings All

I haven't been writing lately, but I am enjoying the discussions. Keep up
the good work folks. I hope our new members could take the time to
introduce themselves. I know we have quite a few members joined us lately
from Italy, Spain, Greece, Turkey, and other countries. Folks, we need to
hear from you. We shouldn't just let the Australians and NZs dominate the
discussions J Should we? Oops, I know I got myself in trouble now.

On processing olives, my family have been growing and processing olives
(both our own and contract) for generations. The first ~1 Ton/hr continuous
extraction mill (Alfa Laval) was introduced in Jordan by my father back in
1972. It was the one and only available continuous mill probably outside of
Italy. At that time, the season would stretch for months and the mill ran
24hrs/day forever. A year later, another line was purchased. Then a third
one two years after that.

Today, there is more than 120 continuos extraction mills (lines) in Jordan.
The capacity ranges from 1ton - 5 tons/hr per line. As of 1997/98 Alfa
Laval has the majority of the market share with around 60% of the market
followed by Perallisi ~25%, then Rapanelli, Fotogarus?(from Greece),
Amenduni, and Westvalia.

With the high number of mills available, the harvest period has shrunk from
several months to 1-2.5 months now. Most mills start the season running
8-15 hours, then run 24hrs for about 30 days followed by a decline. All
mills have 2 shifts operations. Management consist of the owner of the mill
and his/her family members.

Best regards
Jamal Sadoun
Columbus, OH, USA
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<pre>can some one guide me how the olives are processed for oil
production and what is the best time to collect the olives from the
trees for oil production.
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<pre>Dear Group Member,

You can view information about oil extraction at our website
www.theolivecentre.com.au

Also I have a book available about an introduction to olive oil processing.

If you have any questions, please contact me.

Have a great day.

Kindest regards,

Amanda
The Olive Centre
Email: sales@...
PH: 07 4636 3602
FAX: 07 4636 6467


-----Original Message-----
From: hyde252001 [mailto:hyde252001@...]
Sent: Sunday, 12 December 2004 8:10 PM
To: OliveOil@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [OliveOil] olive processing

can some one guide me how the olives are processed for oil
production and what is the best time to collect the olives from the
trees for oil production.









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