Insights
Insights on fruit ripening, ethylene application, and postharvest operations
Avocado Ripening: How Catalytic Generators Supports the Ready-to-Eat Trend with Reliable Ethylene Application
Ethylene helps avocado sales with ready-to-eat ripeness!
Our Ethylene Generators Support Large-Scale Ripening Operations
Ethylene generators are suitable for any size ripening facility, across a multitude of ripening rooms.
Catalytic Generators and QA Supplies Announce Sponsorship of the 2026 Fruit Ripening and Quality Management Workshop
Join us in Savannah next January for the 2026 Fruit Ripening and Quality Management Workshop!
Catalytic Generators and Fruchtimport vanWylick: From green to perfect bananas with tried-and-true ripening technology
The German company Fruchtimport vanWylick GmbH, one of Europe’s largest banana ripening operators, has integrated Catalytic Generators’ Easy-Ripe® systems into its large-scale facilities. The company highlights the simplicity, safety, and control this technology offers compared to centralized gas systems, achieving a more efficient, stable ripening process without interruptions in supply.
Catalytic Generators Returns to Fruit Attraction with Proven Ripening Solutions: Making Ethylene Simple
Catalytic Generators Returns to Fruit Attraction with Proven Ripening Solutions: Making Ethylene Simple
Ethylene…more than just a “gas”
Ethylene and Fruit Ripening…useful and helpful contributors to modern civilization!
Ethylene Generators exempted from many fire codes
Catalytic Generators’ unique ethylene systems comply with the international testing standards of TÜV SÜD America and that registration exempts ripeners from making special ripening room adaptions for international fire code compliance when using Catalytic’s ethylene generators.
Overview of Tools that Help Determine the Quality of Fresh Produce
Quality testing starts before the produce is even harvested. By measuring Brix and fruit firmness, fruit maturity can be determined, indicating when the fruit is ready to be harvested…and then after harvest, for receiving at distribution centers.
Pear Conditioning for Profits
According to Kevin Moffitt, President & CEO of Pear Bureau Northwest, “The Pear Bureau tracks real-world success in retailers that have undertaken a conditioned pear program in recent years; the results in many of the stores nearly doubled the numbers seen during the test.”
Optimizing Your Banana Room for Ethylene Application
The first step in providing customers with exceptional quality bananas is preparing and optimizing banana ripening rooms for ethylene application.
Why You Should Use the Centralized Ripening System - CRS
Across the globe, customers utilize multiple ripening rooms to efficiently ripen produce. Thanks to our Centralized Ripening System®, all your ripening rooms can have continuous ethylene production from one central supply of Ethy-Gen II Ripening Concentrate. Our easy and convenient ethylene source offers peace of mind with complete confidence in your equipment with no fear of explosions and makes your ripening operation safer.
Why DiMare Fresh chose Catalytic
“For as long as I can remember, DiMare has trusted Catalytic Generators for its ripening services. We know we can rely on their ethylene generators for consistency, functionality, and safety, as well as their reliable service,” stated Tony DiMare, Vice President of DiMare Companies.