The UK's leading manufacturer of vegetable handling solutions is returning to Potato Europe next month and is set to impress visitors with the latest version of its market-leading box tippler.

Haith, and one of its European representatives, SWP Machinery, will be introducing visitors to stand VD10 to the 2026 Rota-Tip TE (top eject).

 The latest version of the Rota-Tip TE has been designed specifically for the European market, which uses narrower boxes than the UK. Haith's design engineers have also made the 2026 Rota-Tip TE easier to transport and install than its predecessor, by reducing the footprint to fit on a standard HGV trailer and adding fork lifting pockets.

 The 2026 Rota-Tip TE also features a new style discharge elevator, which can be specified with a rubber, pvg or pvc belt depending on the working environment and features oversize external bearings and an energy efficient SEW drive with anti-rollback technology.

 As well as external bearings for easier cleaning and maintenance, Haith has ensured a simple time saving installation with the 2026 model featuring fixed guards and safety beams giving an almost 'plug and play' scenario.

 The Rota-Tip, which won the Innovation category in the 2022 Queen's Award for Enterprise, was first manufactured in 2011 to provide the potato industry with a reliable, high-capacity, robust, and virtually maintenance-free box tipping system that would totally empty the box.

 Haith's innovative design sees the tippler rotated around a centre pivot, meaning the weight of the box is never lifted and the machine is not put under any pressure, thereby eliminating fatigue or damage to the machine and the box. Haith has also incorporated a continental web on the machine, which forms a lid on the box as it rotates, to ensure the crop isn't scuffed when it is transferred.

 The Rota-Tip has no hydraulics, so there is no possibility of oil contaminating the vegetables. All motors are high-efficiency, and unlike existing hydraulic tippers, where the motors run constantly even when idling, the Rota-Tip motors only run when the tipping sequence is activated, giving a significant saving in power usage.

 "Potato Europe is one of the highlights of our year and we're looking forward to teaming up with SWP Machinery, to introduce visitors to our latest box tippler and talk to them about their needs and how our expansive range of vegetable handling solutions can help them," says Duane Hill, Haith's managing director.

 "We believe that approximately 95% of the potato suppliers to UK supermarkets use a Rota-Tip, which means our machines are handling the vast majority of potatoes sold in Britain. We would like to achieve a similar presence in Europe. By taking into account the narrower boxes used on the continent, making the 2026 Rota Tip TE the most portable and easy-to-install box tippler in our range, we're confident that the machine will be very popular in Europe. We're looking forward to highlighting its unique innovations and capabilities at Potato Europe next month."

 For more information about Haith and its award-winning vegetable handling machines, visit the team on stand VD10 on 3^rd and 4^th September at Potato Europe at or look at www.haith.co.uk.