At Xeltron, we are a Costa Rican company with over five decades of experience leading innovation in optical color sorting technology. Since 1974, our mission has been to deliver high-precision solutions that help producers and exporters improve product quality and maximize performance.
It all began in the 1970s when our founder, chemist Don Fernando Castañeda, identified the need to enhance coffee bean sorting. With vision and determination, he designed an electronic color analyzer capable of classifying up to 300 beans per second, revolutionizing the industry.
Today, under the leadership of his daughter, Andrea Castañeda, we continue to uphold his legacy of excellence and innovation. Our team of professionals, engineers, and collaborators is dedicated to providing world-class technology solutions to our commercial partners.
Proudly carrying the “Made in Costa Rica” label to over 35 countries, Xeltron offers a comprehensive range of optical color sorters tailored for small and medium processors, as well as large multinational companies.
At Xeltron, we believe in the power of precision, quality, and perfection—and we strive every day to live up to that promise.
Xeltron, since 1974 with a history of Innovation, Quality and Commitment.
Back in the 1970s, Don Fernando Castañeda, a chemist by profession and a visionary par excellence, detected a need for improvement in the sorting of coffee beans. Thinking of creating a technological means of sorting beans that would allow the producer and the exporter to improve the quality of their product, he set about designing an electronic optical color analyzer that could sort coffee beans with great precision and efficiency, with a rate of 300 grains per second.
1974 was the year Xeltron began operations with the firm idea of creating the best choice of electronic color sorters in the world market. Xeltron began to be recognized for its excellence, carrying the “Made in Costa Rica” with great pride around the world.
Today, Xeltron is run by the daughter of its founder, Andrea Castañeda, under the same vision of excellence as Don Fernando. Together with a great team of professionals, engineers, collaborators, and representatives, Xeltron is always at the forefront of world-class technological innovation, focused on providing sorting solutions for their commercial partners helping them increase efficiency, productivity, and yield.
At Xeltron, our mission is to deliver high-quality products and services that provide real added value and consistently exceed our customers’ expectations.
We stay at the forefront of technology to develop reliable, efficient, high-performance, and accessible solutions that meet the demands of a global market.
Provide high-quality services and products that offer added value that always exceeds the original expectations of the client.
Always stay at the technological forefront for the creation of reliable, efficient, high-performance and accessible products and services.
Our vision is to achieve sustainable and profitable growth by becoming a global leader in high-quality grain and seed sorting solutions.
Driven by our core values and a strong commitment to continuous improvement, we work to deliver constant innovation, create long-term value, and build lasting trust with our employees, customers, and society.
Achieve sustainable and profitable growth reaching a leadership position as a solution provider in the area of quality grain and seed selection. We are inspired by our organizational values and we are committed to achieving our strategic objectives and continuous improvement.
As a world leader in grain selection, the company’s efforts are aimed at always being at the forefront of industrial innovation in the world. Based on this premise, the objective is to meet the demands of our clients, creating long-term value and trust for our collaborators, clients and society.
