The history of a family union

It does more than forty years, when in Tucumán the economy and the politics still were turning around the sugar cane and the sugar ingenuities, a group of pioneers bought property in Tafi Viejo began to think of re-turning its production. First it was the idea and the intention, then a series of long studies. And finally the union of five producers' families that they decided to dedicate to the citruses - especially specially to the lemons - I make concrete the foundation of the producers' cooperative citricolas of Tafi_viejo, agriculturalist, of transformation and limited marketing, well known as COTA.

With epicentre in Tafi Viejo, the best producing zone of lemon of the Argentina, began to evolve towards the growth. Today is around 150 associates with mas of 2500 hectares of excellent plantations of lemon and an average production superior to the 120000 ton annual.

The level of production achieved, allowed them to assure the quality, quantity and continuity in the supply of raw material to their modern industrial plant installed at the beginning of the decade of 70 in a land of 16 hectares in Los Pocitos, to scanty kilometres of the plantations, that it expires with the most demanding international standards of quality.

There they are tried anually mas of 80000 tons of lemons that transform in three basic products: concentrated juice, essential oil and dehydrated rinds.
It does mas of 20 years level it began to operate in the international trade initiating sending to The United States and the European Union. Today he is a habitual supplier on these markets and a few years ago their products have joined the countries of the Asian southeast. Bringing together the effort of their people and the wealth of their land has achieved different international prizes that assure the quality of them processes.