Inoverde takes over, stores, sorts and packages fruit, vegetables and potatoes from over 1000 Swiss farms for retail and wholesale.
Inoverde (fenaco Genossenschaft)
Bern (fenaco headquarters) · Bätterkinden · Charrat · Perroy · Bercher · Payerne · Ins · Bargen · Utzenstorf · Herzogenbuchsee · Sursee · Frauenfeld · Marthalen · EtoyNew on Amplifa
About Inoverde
Inoverde is a strategic business unit of the fenaco cooperative based in Bern and handles the marketing of fruit, vegetables and potatoes from over 1000 Swiss producers; around 85 to 90 percent of the range comes from Switzerland. The company, with over 400 employees at 14 locations in all major growing regions, supports producers with cultivation planning, takes over the produce, and handles storage, processing and packaging. Core services include refrigerated and CA storage, optical sorting and calibration, washing, sprout treatment, banana ripening in ripening chambers, as well as packing and order picking for the Swiss retail and wholesale trade and the food industry, including Migros and Coop. As of March 2023, the former fenaco Landesprodukte was renamed Inoverde; its roots go back through the fenaco founded in 1993 and its predecessor cooperatives to the late 19th century. All locations are certified according to ISO 9001:2015; customer labels include Migros Bio, Miini Region (Coop), Bio Suisse and IP-Suisse.
- Site
- Bern
- Processes
- Storage (refrigerated, CA storage, cold storage warehouses, storage vegetables), Sorting / optical sorting and calibration, Washing, Packing / packaging / conditioning, Sprout treatment, Banana ripening (ripening chambers), Goods receiving / storage / order picking / dispatch, Cultivation planning / product take-over
- Materials
- Pome fruit (apples, pears), Stone fruit (apricots, cherries, plums, mirabelle plums), Berries (strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, currants), Bananas, Fresh potatoes, Storage vegetables (including carrots, onions), Fresh vegetables (including lettuce, radishes, chard, cauliflower), Seed potatoes
- Certificates
- ISO 9001:2015, SwissGAP / GLOBAL G.A.P., Suisse Garantie, Bio Suisse, Migros Bio, IP-Suisse, SwissGAP / Global G.A.P., Bio Suisse / Migros Bio, Suisse Garantie / IP-Suisse
- Founded
- 2023 (ren
- Employees
- >400
- Industries
- Food industry, Retail, Wholesale, Agriculture
- 01
Cultivation planning
- 02
Product take-over / goods receiving
- 03
Storage (refrigerated, CA storage)
- 04
Processing: sorting, calibrating, washing, sprout treatment
- 05
Packing / packaging
- 06
Order picking and logistics
- 07
Distribution to retail and wholesale
Products and product groups
Pome fruit (apples, pears)
Branded apples and pears from 180 producers, stored in CA storage facilities and optically sorted at the Braeburn competence center in Charrat.
Stone fruit (apricots, cherries, plums, mirabelle plums)
Seasonal Swiss stone fruit products, sorted and packed in Perroy and Sursee.
Berries (strawberries, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, currants)
Berries of the Swiss season from mid-May to early October.
Bananas
Imported bananas, ripened precisely for the sales day in ripening chambers in Utzenstorf and Bätterkinden.
Fresh potatoes
Processing and conditioning in the growing regions of Vaud, Mittelland and Eastern Switzerland according to the industry organization swisspatat.
Fresh vegetables (including lettuce, radishes, chard, cauliflower)
Seasonal fresh vegetables with short response times via the Frische Plattform Seeland in Ins.
Storage vegetables (including carrots, onions)
Washing, calibrating and optical sorting, among others with the carrot sorting system in Frauenfeld.
Seed potatoes
Swiss seed potatoes, processed and distributed nationally via Bätterkinden KAZE and Marthalen.
Processing potatoes
Cultivation and storage volumes planned specifically for customers in the processing industry.
Products
Inside the production
Industries
Processes & technical limits
| Processes | Tolerance | Max. part | Weight | Lot size | Materials |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Storage (refrigerated, CA storage, cold storage warehouses, storage vegetables)Assembly | – | – | approx. 6'600 tonnes of potatoes/year | – | Pome fruit, Stone fruit, Berries, Bananas, Fresh potatoes, Storage vegetables, Fresh vegetables, Seed potatoes, Processing potatoes |
| Sorting / optical sorting and calibrationInspection | – | – | – | – | Apples, Pears, Carrots, Potatoes, Onions |
| WashingSurface | – | – | – | – | Vegetables, Potatoes, Fruit |
| Packing / packaging / conditioningAssembly | – | – | – | – | Fruit, Vegetables, Potatoes, Bananas |
| Sprout treatmentSurface | – | – | – | – | Potatoes |
| Banana ripening (ripening chambers)Heat treatment | – | – | – | – | Bananas |
| Goods receiving / storage / order picking / dispatchAssembly | – | – | – | – | Vegetables, Potatoes, Fruit |
| Cultivation planning / product take-overEngineering | – | – | – | – | Fruit, Vegetables, Potatoes |
16 Anlagen & Maschinen
| Machine | Manufacturer / model | Quantity | Working area | Year built | Site |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robot cell (filling of containers and palletizing) | Robot "Armin" | 1 | – | 2020 | Bätterkinden |
| Optical sorting and calibration system | – | 1 | – | – | Sursee |
| Optical sorting and calibration system (sorting center "Braeburn") | – | – | Pre-calibration of apples, high-bay warehouse, multiple packing lines | 2012 | Charrat |
| Optical sorting and calibration system for carrots | – | 1 | – | – | Frauenfeld |
| Electronic quality sorters | – | – | – | – | Bätterkinden |
| Carrier bag packing line (TT packing line) | – | 1 | – | 2005 | Bätterkinden |
| Packing lines | – | – | – | – | Charrat (Braeburn) |
| CA storage (controlled atmosphere) | – | 25 | – | 2022 | Charrat |
| Refrigeration system with cold storage rooms | – | 24 | – | 2013 (beib | Perroy |
| Banana ripening chambers | – | – | – | – | Utzenstorf |
| Banana ripening chambers | – | – | – | 1993 | Bätterkinden |
| High-bay warehouse | – | – | – | 2012 | Charrat |
| Photovoltaic system | – | 1 | approx. 1.2 GWh electricity production/year | 2019 | Bätterkinden |
| Processing and storage hall (210 m) | – | 1 | 210 meters in length | 2013 | Bätterkinden |
| Potato storage hall | – | 1 | approx. 6'600 tonnes of potatoes/year | 2018 | Payerne |
| Goods receiving systems | – | – | – | – | Bargen, Bätterkinden KAZE, Marthalen, Payerne, Herzogenbuchsee |
Additional services
Reference customers
Quality and Certifications
Quality and food safety are central; all locations are certified according to ISO 9001:2015 (SQS, Reg. No. H20062) and audited annually. In addition, SwissGAP/Global G.A.P., Bio Suisse, Suisse Garantie and IP-Suisse apply, as well as customer labels such as Migros Bio and Miini Region.
| Evidence | All locations |
|---|---|
| ISO 9001:2015 | |
| SwissGAP / Global G.A.P. | |
| Bio Suisse / Migros Bio | |
| Suisse Garantie / IP-Suisse |
History
- 1993
Merger of six cooperative associations (UCAR, FCA, VLG, NWV, VLGZ, VOLG) to form the fenaco cooperative; commissioning of the Bätterkinden banana ripening facility
- 2000
Integration of the Agrarhandel Amriswil
- 2005
Commissioning of the carrier bag packing line for pome fruit in Bätterkinden; relocation of Agrarhandel to Frauenfeld
- 2006
Acquisition of Bongni, integrated into the Ins location
- 2007
Acquisition of Union Fruits (pome fruit, Charrat)
- 2008
Acquisition of Steffen-Ris (Bätterkinden)
- 2012
Construction of the Braeburn sorting center in Charrat (pre-calibration, high-bay warehouse, packing lines)
- 2013
Opening of the 210 m long processing and storage hall in Bätterkinden; new building at the Perroy location
- 2018
Opening of the Payerne potato storage hall (approx. 6'600 t annual storage capacity)
- 2019
Commissioning of the Bätterkinden photovoltaic system (approx. 1.2 GWh/year)
- 2020
Robot cell Armin in Bätterkinden; expansion of Perroy storage areas; conversion of the Sursee storage hall
- 2022
Acquisition of Green Pack Swiss (Bercher) and Bio Pack Swiss (Ins); construction of 25 CA storage facilities for pome fruit in Charrat
- 2023
Renaming of fenaco Landesprodukte to Inoverde; takeover of the Agrofoid storage location in Etoy
- 2025
New building signage at all locations under the name Inoverde