Yamasa`s unique technology for the quail farming sector once again crosses borders and reaches the; Spain, where the Brazilian company already operates. has customers in this sector. This time, Yamasa assisted Granja AGAS S.A., in the town of Motilla del Palancar, in Cuenca, where it installed a Yamasa EOC-18.24 quail egg packing machine, equipment designed to pack quail eggs with precision and agility.

Who accompanied the installation of the equipment in the European company was the marketing manager of Yamasa, Elisabeth Yamasaki. For her, the Brazilian equipment will help her. in the dynamic quail egg packaging sector of the Spanish farm. “Due to the dynamism of AGAS, we are sure that our equipment is already available.   being a valuable partner”, evaluates Elisabeth, who has already delivered other equipment of its kind in Europe in previous years.

Like Yamasa, AGAS is also a partner. It is a family business, with more than 50 years of experience in the poultry sector, which is guided by tradition and quality service to the Spanish and international markets. “Our mission is offer high quality fresh products to our consumers, the fruit of our family’s experience and dedication. We believe that the solidity of our company is reflected in the quality of our products and in the evolution of our work”, analyze the company`s directors, on the AGAS website.

And in order to achieve excellence in all lines of the poultry segment, AGAS entrepreneurs invest in technology in the production and classification of eggs to accompany the dedicated handling of hens and quails. They have their own structure for most of the processes, from the feed mill (with a capacity to produce 12,000 kg/hour), to the food industry. breeds and recreates, birds housed in high-tech, air-conditioned sheds, and sanitary management meeting all the official health requirements recommended by the European Union.

They have their own area for sorting and packing eggs, which today are estimated at more than 400,000 units a day in laying poultry and distribute approximately 180,000 quail eggs a month. The eggs produced by AGAS are distributed in Spain and in several countries around the world.

The area dedicated to the quail sector at AGAS is dedicated to the quail industry. fully air-conditioned and automated and its activities comply with the management and health requirements established by the European animal welfare laws, established in 2012. “Thus, the Yamasa equipment created especially for coturnilculture arrives to add positively to the optimistic results of AGAS”, analyzes Elisabeth Yamasaki, satisfied with yet another outstanding customer served by the Brazilian company on the European continent.

Like Yamasa, AGAS’s current generation of managers - the third since its founding in the 1960s - is moving on to the next generation. You trace the legacy left by the pioneers, equipping yourself with the best technology available in the world. 

European market: an ever-present achievement 

Present in dozens of Brazilian farms, the Yamasa EOC-18.24 has been conquering space in international farms, located in countries of America, Europe and Asia. Since 2011, when it obtained the international patent for the equipment, Yamasa has not stopped investing in perfecting the technology that has been conquering the rapidly growing sector.

In Europe and Asia, equipment is available. It is present in farms located in Spain, France, Russia and Turkey, countries where quail has a large market space and an exponential consumer public. In the United States, several Yamasa packers equip quail farms, and in Latin American countries, EOC-18.24 has also seen significant growth.

The Yamasa packaging machine was born out of a demand from customers who had already received it. owned branded machines for grading commercial laying eggs. Some of them got together to support the Yamasa team in the challenge of setting up a quail egg packing machine, something unprecedented in Brazil and in the world. Challenge accepted, in about two years of studies and experiments, the Yamasa team arrived at the; EOC-18.24.

The team was looking for equipment that was as functional and efficient as the other packaging machines in the company`s catalogue. Nelson Yamasaki and his family soon intuited the success that this new investment would become and, given the demand for farms in Europe and the growing number of queries from quail farmers in Latin America, they dedicated themselves to improving the project that became recognized in the world. Brazil and in the international market.