Posted at 12:58 p.m., Friday, October 26, 2007
Maui Land & Pine equipment to be auctioned Tuesday
Advertiser Staff
Maui Land & Pineapple Co. Inc. will auction off cannery production line equipment, can-making machinery and other materials from its now shuttered pineapple canning operation during bidding scheduled to take place Tuesday.The company closed down the business in June saying it will instead focus on fresh fruit and juice. The move ended more than 100 years of pineapple caning in Hawai'i as the local industry fell victim to cheaper foreign imports.
The sale will be conducted at the Maui Beach Hotel in Kahului and over the Internet by San Francisco-based Rabin Worldwide. Rabin said more than 600 items will be up for auction and can be viewed at its Web site, www.rabin.com.
