Food Customer Stories
Agroexport Internacional SA de CV, Mexico
In this Customer Story, we learn more about Agroexport Internacional SA de CV from Mexico. The company was founded in 2002 by Alfredo Rodríguez and his wife Laure Lemus.
Their main focus is almost exclusively Hass Avocados, a variety of avocados with dark-green bumpy skin.
In order to improve efficiency and quality, and to reduce labor, Agroexport was looking for a trustworthy automated solution.
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Their main focus is almost exclusively Hass Avocados, a variety of avocados with dark-green bumpy skin.
In order to improve efficiency and quality, and to reduce labor, Agroexport was looking for a trustworthy automated solution.
Uwafen Seeds ,Chile
TOMRA Food has a proven track record at the forefront of sorting in a multitude of products with different technologies. The star for this application is TOMRA’s unique Biometric Signature Identification (BSI) technology featured in the TOMRA 5C acquired by Uwafen Seeds, a Chilean company dedicated to the production of high-quality sweet corn seeds. BSI+ detects differences in the chemical composition of sweet corn and dent corn, which is very difficult to distinguish for the human eye, and very complex for grading systems using color cameras or laser technology.
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McCall Farms, United States
The TOMRA 5B optical sorter has helped this well-established family business achieve a 16-fold increase in throughput, improved the removal of foreign materials and defective product, and reduced reliance on hard-to-find manual labor.
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Xiangjia Juyou Hunan, China
Product quality, quantities, and consumer satisfaction have all increased since this ambitious business in Hunan Province purchased TOMRA’s state-of-the-art sorting and grading solutions.
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Douyuan, China
Processing many different types of frozen vegetables, this Chinese business has doubled efficiency and increased productivity by adopting two optical sorters, including the laser-equipped TOMRA 5B.
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Özler Tarim, Türkiye
Thanks to TOMRA Food’s sorting and grading technologies, leading Turkish citrus exporter Özler Tarım has improved product quality and doubled capacity in just one year.
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Barbero, Italy
Ceravolo Orchards, Australia
The Ceravolo family has been growing fruit in the Adelaide Hills for three generations. The combination of the Spectrim and Inspectra2 guarantee their customers an excellent quality product.
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Inaba Peanut, Japan
Replacing traditional manual sorting methods with a machine has enabled this well-known food producer to meet two key objectives, as well as solving the problem of labor shortages
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SAS Bernard, France
The Bernard company specializes in the production of seed Potatoes for gardeners, market gardeners, and farmers. The TOMRA 3A optical sorter provides the company with the working power and accuracy to secure operations in the high season and has enabled it to increase its production capacity.
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Trypol Pack, Belgium
Trypol Pack is a cooperative of Belgian farmers, based in Flanders, specialising in Brussels sprouts. A production they excel in, and now the TOMRA sorting machines will help them to bring European consumers the best quality.
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Golden Macadamias, South Africa
Anticipating the need to produce macadamias in even greater quantities while ensuring perfect quality, South African cooperative business Golden Macadamias has invested in a TOMRA 5C sorting machine with Biometric Signature Identification technology.
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Shandong Santao Food, China
Shandong Santao Food Co., Ltd. is a large food enterprise that incorporates agricultural planting, livestock breeding, food processing and international trade.
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George Chiala Farms, United States
Tech-savvy Californian vegetable processor proves that ‘knowledge is power’ by using data to improve line rates, product quality, yields, and profitability.
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Gursoy Findik, Türkiye
Gürsoy, one of Turkey's most established hazelnut producers, is the first company in that country to harness the TOMRA 5C’s sorting technologies.
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Ortofrutticola Parma, Italy
Installing TOMRA’s Sentinel II sorting machine has enabled the Bolognese company to select large quantities of potatoes – its flagship products – with great precision and minimal waste.
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Bola Surendra Kamath and Sons, India
Bola Surendra Kamath & Sons (BSK) started in the early 1940s when the enterprising Mr. Bola Raghavendra Kamath began trading commodities. He was successful in his business, yet still, a seed had been planted as Bola developed a particular interest in cashews. The years went by, and the seed continued to grow.
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Gumz, United States
Traditionally, farmers could plan around what winter, spring, summer, and autumn would bring. They knew which crops to produce, the best time to plant, and who was buying. When it came to the weather, they had a good idea of what conditions to expect each season, literally writing the book on it in their annual publications that even today, are more accurate than the local meteorologist. Even still, the best almanac couldn’t have predicted chapters on unexpected market surges and social distancing protocols.
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Parmentine, France
SA PARMENTINE processes 180,000 tons of potatoes per year, selling three-quarters of these in France and the remainder in other European nations. By operating an integrated upstream-downstream business model, PARMENTINE contracts supplies from farmers who are mostly shareholders in the business.
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KWS, Brazil
Seed producer KWS Sementes based in Patos de Minas, Minas Gerais, is making further significant investments in its seed processing units. With the aim of increasing product quality, the company did not hesitate and chose TOMRA Food to automate its production lines. Seed production is in KWS Sementes’ DNA. It is a company that innovates constantly and, last year, it inaugurated an extension to its plant, which was the first to introduce a horizontal model in the sorting process.
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GA Pet Food Partners, United Kingdom
As Europe’s leading manufacturer of private label premium dry petfood, GA Pet Food Partners place quality at the heart of their operation. Beginning as a farming diversification, GA now manufacture 500 different types of extruded petfood to over 1,200 customers globally.
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Begro, Belgium
From Belgium, family business Begro explains how TOMRA has helped it live up to its motto of 'Great taste in frozen foods'.
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Van Roey en Zonen, Belgium
Van Roey & Zonen is a family business specialising in the sorting and packing of potatoes and onions. The company has a particular focus on tasty Bintjes and waxy potatoes. Van Roey & Zonen is a family business specialising in the sorting and packing of potatoes and onions. The company has a particular focus on tasty Bintjes and waxy potatoes. High quality is very important to the Van Roey family.
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Lauber Seed Farms, United States
Lauber Seed Farms is a provider of premium irrigated hybrid seed corn. Located in Geneva, Nebraska, its fertile farm ground sits above the Ogallala Aquifer, one of the world’s largest natural bedrocks which ensures consistent production, regardless of rainfall. In the organization’s quest for continual change and improvement, Lauber Seed Farms has taken a bold step towards innovation by partnering with TOMRA Sorting Food and installing a number of its automatic sorting systems.
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Kadi, Switzerland
Kadi has been an innovative manufacturer of potato products and other frozen foods for the Swiss foodservice since 1951. Enthusiastic chefs create the favorite dishes of the Swiss people daily. It goes without saying that Kadi strives for consistent quality management and want to use the latest technologies and that’s where TOMRA comes into the picture.
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Pizzoli, Italy
When Italian producer of retail and food service products Pizzoli decided to improve the performance of their steam peeling line, they partnered with TOMRA Sorting.
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