# Empaque Rio Colorado buys 12 Strauss asparagus sorting and packing machines

Empaque Rio Colorado (ERC) purchased six Strauss sorting machines and six Strauss bunchers, becoming the first Mexican asparagus business to fully automate sorting and packing. The machines were installed in October 2017 and will begin operation in December 2017.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2017-11-16
- Where: Mexico
- Status: announced
- Products: asparagus sorting machines, asparagus bunchers
- Sectors: [Food Processing Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/food-processing-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Empaque Rio Colorado](https://endata.com/companies/28206.md) (customer)
- [Strauss](https://endata.com/companies/28207.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [freshplaza.com](https://www.freshplaza.com/north-america/article/2185045/mexico-first-asparagus-business-to-pack-and-sort-fully-automatically/), 2017-11-16: "Recently the Empaque Rio Colorado (ERC) company bought six Strauss sorting machines and another six Strauss bunchers."

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