• Alister and Brendan Joyce on the Highgate stand at Foodpro 2017.
    Alister and Brendan Joyce on the Highgate stand at Foodpro 2017.
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Highgate's Alister Joyce shared news of two 'cutting edge'  knife solutions for the meat processing industry making their debut on the Highgate stand at Foodpro.

A new RFID tracking solution for knives and an automated knife sharpening system were turning heads and stopping visitors in their tracks at the Highgate stand.

Alister Joyce tells us why, in this video filmed at the stand:

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