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In the early 1973, Prodol installs a small plant in Villa Ballester. Its founders,
the brothers Alberto and Fernando Zenzerovich, choose this name in
honor of his father's birthplace, a small town in what is now Croatia. It´s
aim was to support the fruitcultural industry with the development of
equipment for the treatment and grading of fruits and vegetables, which
was poorly developed and the machinery in use were from international
manufacturers, could only be acquired by larger producers.
It was then that Prodol produced the first solvent wax machine and the
first peach wax machine
In 1974, encouraged by the first successful results, the company moved
to a site located in the city of Escobar – Buenos Aires. There, they began
to build a new plant which currently has 16,000 m2 on a land surface of
45,000 m2 manufacturing wax machines and drying Tunnel for apples
and volumetric sizers for citrus.
In 1988 began developing the first electronic cup sizer grading by weight
and consequently, it becomes the first electronic cup sizer from Argentina,
which is installed in the Río Negro province. It was the first in South America.
This model allowed, in 1992, the first exports to Chile where it was selected
among the European and U.S. competition.
In 1998, based on all the experience accumulated in the cup sizer began
to develop the first Smart chain electronic sizer grading by weight
In 1999, the color grading system released into the market taking a step
forward compared with competitors. This generated improvements in
the export conditions.
In 2001, Prodol manufactured the first Smart chain electronic sizer
grading by weight, size, color and quality (external defects). This allowed
us to install Pre Sorting Lines for lemons with capacity: 60 tons / h.a year.
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In 2003, we export a pre-sorting and packing line to Europe, in the
region of Murcia in Spain. That same year we installed the first Smart
chain electronic sizer for pears grading by weight, color and quality.
In 2004 we installed the first Smart chain electronic sizer for oranges and
tangerines grading by weight, color and quality.
Nowadays, Prodol continues working and innovating towards the future
in fruit grading and packing lines.
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