TOMRA wins $3.5 million order from agricultural company

TOMRA Sorting Food, a worldwide leader of sensor-based sorting technologies, has entered into an agreement to supply sensor-based sorting solutions to a Fortune 500 provider of agricultural products.  It is valued at approximately $3.5 million for 2013.

The agreement is a multi-year contract with similar orders projected for 2014 and beyond, for optical sorting equipment for seed corn processing plants in Brazil, Argentina, Turkey, Hungary, and France.

“We are delighted this order has come to fruition after working very closely over a number of years to provide technologies for our customers seed corn application, said Ashley Hunter, business stream director, Food. “Through working together for an extended period of time TOMRA has proven our value proposition in terms of sorting performance and global support, thus winning this multi-year contract.”

The ODENBERG ZEA, the latest sensor-based sorter from the company, allows seed corn producers to inspect and sort ears of corn by husk, defect, disease and size. It is the ideal efficiency, quality and cost reduction tool for processors where capacity, husk and defect sorts are critical.

Another significant factor in winning this order is TOMRA’s global support network with the ability to provide local support where seed corn is processed.

“The ZEA has been adapted perfectly to provide an excellent sort for seed corn; and customer collaboration has definitely been a differentiator in making this product such a success,” explained Mr Hunter.

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