Ilerfred Becomes Exclusive Spanish Partner for Optiroom CA Storage Monitoring

Optiflux and Ilerfred have signed an exclusive partnership agreement designating Ilerfred as the sole partner for Optiroom in Spain, introducing a digital monitoring and management tool for controlled-atmosphere (CA) fruit storage rooms to the local market.

What Optiroom does

Optiroom is designed for the monitoring and management of CA storage rooms. According to Optiflux, the solution combines real-time measurements with knowledge of fruit physiology to help operators evaluate treatments, determine the sequence for opening storage rooms, and manage stored produce.

The partnership and its scope

Under the agreement, Ilerfred brings its knowledge of the Spanish market and expertise in refrigeration systems and fruit and vegetable storage, while Optiflux provides the underlying technology. The collaboration targets packing houses and operators that store fruit in CA environments and need to coordinate storage, treatments, and dispatch. The goal is to give these operators a new option for exploring data-driven management during post-harvest storage.

Why monitoring matters in CA storage

CA storage allows operators to adjust conditions to slow ripening and maintain quality, but each variety, batch, and treatment may respond differently. Up-to-date data on conditions within a storage room helps technical teams assess how produce is evolving and plan operations with better information. In this context, monitoring can support decisions on how to distribute batches among rooms, how long to keep them in storage, when to begin moving them out, and how to compare the performance of different storage rooms.

The specific implementation will depend on the facilities, products, and procedures of each company.

Source: Postharvest: Cooling and CA.