Fruit ripening made simple

Our innovative Mobile Ripening Unit has removed the barriers to self-ripening. It really is a simple as loading loading your produce, closing the door of the unit and starting the ripening process.

Our units are all monitored and managed by our Ripening Control System that draws from 1st party ripening data collected from over a decade of climacteric fruit ripening. The whole process is completely automated, meaning all you have to do is load your unripe produce, start the cycle and then remove your perfectly ripe fruit at the end.

No need for specialist facilities or highly trained fruit ripening staff, the MRU is all self contained, intelligent and completely automated.

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MRU ripening unit
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Outstanding, repeatable results

The Mobile Ripening Unit is designed to deliver commercial grade ripening for growers, producers and wholesalers of climacteric fruit.

The unit can can ripen full or split payloads offering the consistent, repeatable results for a range of climacteric produce including Avocados, Mangoes, Bananas, Plantain, Kiwi and Pears either manually or remotely via the SmartHarvest App.

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Rentals made easy

Short- or long-term leasing options with global delivery and support.

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MRU benefits

Flexibility without the compromise of quality. Ripening room standards without the cost or commitment.

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Proven innovation

The Mobile Ripening Unit is an industry leading solution that’s challenging traditional methods of fruit ripening.

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MRU features

With embedded remote monitoring each unit provides commercial grade ripening capabilities along with rapid cooling and storage functionality.

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Speak to one of our team about Mobile Ripening Unit rentals.
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A proven innovation

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35% cheaper than third party ripening with no additional transportation costs.

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Delivered a 25% reduction in energy consumption compared to running costs of traditional fixed ripening rooms.

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The results of each batch were repeatedly consistent – from even temperatures to even colour. The capabilities of the container helped to minimise produce wastage.

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The total labour saving on average was 8 hours per ripening cycle.

We needed a solution that not only provided flexible capacity and consistent ripening results, but integrated with our existing facility.

Robert Wells, CEO, SH Pratt Group

SmartHarvest has been a game-changer. We can now self-ripen fruit at speed, confident every cycle delivers the premium quality our customers expect.

CJ Brothers

being able to contact SmartHarvest 24/7 provided us with peace of mind. Their responsiveness was exemplary, no waiting for a ticket or for a site visit. All questions were answered quickly and with access to data they could see what was going on inside the unit without having to disrupt the ripening process.

Index Fresh

The results between the two solutions was night and day, The Mobile Ripening Unit far exceeded expectations. Ripening was simple and the results were exceptional and most importantly repeatable.

John Vena

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