Tong Engineering
Vegetable grading, washing and handling machinery for potato, onion and root crop packhouses and processors
Highlights
- Hiring4 open roles
- New on EvolcAdded 2026-10-28
About Tong Engineering
Tong Engineering designs and manufactures vegetable handling equipment, including grading, cleaning, washing, optical sorting, processing, conveying, weighing and palletising machines. It also distributes Verbruggen palletisers and MAF Roda and Visar optical sorters in the UK. Its Tong Swift Lift range of mobile elevators and conveyors comes from Terry Johnson Ltd, acquired in November 2023.
Customers are growers, packhouses and food processors handling potatoes, onions, carrots and other root crops, as well as operators in recycling and waste handling. Revenue comes from new and used stock machinery, custom-built handling lines, spare parts, aftersales service and finance solutions. The company states that it exports to more than 50 countries.
Tong Engineering traces its roots to 1930, when the business began as an ironmonger in Spilsby, and was incorporated in 1985. It is a family business now in its fourth generation, headquartered in Spilsby, Lincolnshire, with Tong Swift Lift equipment manufactured in Holbeach, Lincolnshire. The company has completed a new manufacturing facility in Spilsby and is currently recruiting electricians, a field service engineer, a welder/fabricator and a mechanical fitter.
Product: Grading, cleaning, washing, optical sorting, processing, conveying, weighing and palletising equipment, plus Tong Swift Lift mobile elevators and conveyors.
Jobs at Tong Engineering (4)
Tong Engineering is hiring for 4 roles in manufacturing, based in Spilsby.
Mechanical Fitter
New on EvolcWelder/Fabricator
New on EvolcField Service Engineer
New on EvolcElectrician
New on Evolc
Leadership
- Ken Tong · FounderSource: company website
- Edward Tong · Managing DirectorSource: company website
- Dave Clarke · Head of EngineeringSource: company website
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