SMART Partnerships - NIRSA Customer Spotlight

NIRSA, one of Ecuador's largest shrimp processors, shares how the SMART Sorter improved grading precision, cut processing costs, and boosted revenue on their HOSO and HLSO lines.

For more than 70 years, NIRSA has been one of the driving forces behind Ecuador's shrimp industry — built on a reputation for quality, scale, and a willingness to keep investing in better ways of doing things. That mindset is exactly why they brought the SMART Sorter into their operation.

NIRSA installed the SMART Sorter to handle grading on their HOSO and HLSO shrimp lines, automating a process that's traditionally relied heavily on manual judgment and inspection.

The Results

According to NIRSA, the impact showed up across the board:

• Better precision in grading and classification

• Significant savings in processing costs

• Increased revenue from more accurate product grading

• A stronger final product for their customers

In their own words:

"NIRSA's trajectory for more than 70 years is our testament to unwavering commitment to technology and innovation, and in this case, Laitram Machinery and its SMART Sorter are a part of that trajectory. Their equipment processing HOSO and HLSO shrimp has helped our operations with better precision, generating significant savings in processing, increasing revenues through better grading, and obtaining a better product for our customers." — Roberto Aguirre, Presidencia, NIRSA

A Partnership Built on Innovation

Stories like NIRSA's are exactly why we do this work — helping processors who've spent decades building their reputation keep pushing forward instead of settling for "good enough." The SMART Sorter is built to bring the same precision and consistency to any operation that processes HOSO or HLSO shrimp.

Curious what the SMART Sorter could do for your processing line? 

Contact us to talk through your operation and see if it's the right fit.