Jotagallo
Sources: Jotagallo (website)
Fundiciones Industriales Jotagallo S.A. is a Colombian agricultural machinery manufacturer headquartered in Pereira, Risaralda, with 90+ years of history. The company operates two business lines: Industrial Foundry and Agricultural Machinery. Its coffee product range includes depulpers, BECOLSUB integrated wet mills, and ECOMILL® washing systems — the same Cenicafé-standardised designs also made by JM Estrada, of which Jotagallo is an independent manufacturer. Jotagallo claims exports to Central America but has no documented distributor or service agent in El Salvador or Central America.
Company Overview
| Attribute | Detail |
|---|---|
| Country | Colombia |
| Founded | ~1930s (90+ years) |
| HQ | Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia |
| Business lines | Agricultural machinery + Industrial foundry |
| Phone | +57 (6) 3147474 / 3147475 |
| WhatsApp (sales) | +57 3113678496 (Jorge Alexander Muñoz) |
| Quality standard | ISO 9001:2008; ICONTEC norm 2090 |
| Website | www.jotagallo.com |
The company operates induction furnaces (Inductotherm) for in-house casting of machinery components, CNC routing for mold making, and sand-casting for custom industrial parts.
Coffee Product Range
Wet Processing
| Line | Models | Capacity |
|---|---|---|
| Despulpadoras (depulpers) | Ref. 2½, 2¾, 3½, 4½, No. 8 | — |
| Semi-Integrados | 2½ (300 kg/h), 2¾ (500 kg/h), 3½ (700 kg/h), 4½ (1200 kg/h), No. 8 (2500 kg/h), combustión interna version | 300–2500 kg/h |
| BECOLSUB | Ref. 300, 600, 1000, 2500, with tolva roja, combustión interna | 300–2500 kg/h |
| ECOMILL® | 500, 1500, 3000 | 500–3000 kg/h |
| Integrados (full wet mill with fermentation tanks) | — | — |
| Clasificadores Hidráulicos | Automatic, complete, manual | — |
| Beneficio Móvil | Mobile processing unit | — |
| Compactos | — | — |
| Centrales de Beneficio | Full station assemblies | — |
| Repuestos (spare parts) | — | — |
Dry Processing
Beneficio Seco section includes silo dryers (cisco/husk-fuelled) and related dry mill equipment.
Other
Tostadoras (roasters) with USB/Artisan data logging and inox cooling trays. Cacao processing equipment.
BECOLSUB and ECOMILL: Cenicafé Designs
BECOLSUB (“Beneficio Ecológico y Manejo de Subproductos”) and ECOMILL are standardised designs developed by Cenicafé (Colombia’s national coffee research institute). Multiple Colombian manufacturers — including Jotagallo and JM Estrada — produce their own versions of these systems. They are industry standard formats, not proprietary to any single company.
BECOLSUB: Integrated depulper + rotary classifier (zaranda) + mechanical mucilage remover (Deslim). Uses traditional fermentation followed by mechanical finishing. Not a zero-water system. Jotagallo BECOLSUB-300 is a direct alternative to the Penagos ECOLINE-400.
ECOMILL®: Water-reduced washing system licensed from Cenicafé. Reduces water consumption by 97%+ vs. traditional washing while retaining natural fermentation. Performance equivalent to JM Estrada ECOMILL (same Cenicafé design).
Regional Sales Coverage (Colombia)
| Territory | Contact | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Risaralda, Quindío, Valle del Cauca, Caldas | Jorge Alexander Muñoz | +57 3113678496 | jamunoz@jotagallo.com |
| Tolima, Huila, Casanare, Putumayo, Caquetá, Meta | Diego Lopez | +57 3113229839 | comercial2@jotagallo.com |
The website lists “exportaciones a países de Norteamérica, Centroamérica, Sudamérica, África y Asia” — Central America exports are claimed but no specific agent, distributor, or reference installation in Central America is documented on the site.
Assessment for Kaiserblick
Jotagallo is a lower-cost Colombian alternative to JM Estrada for BECOLSUB and ECOMILL equipment. The product range overlaps significantly, and both implement the same Cenicafé-standardised designs. Key comparison points:
- JM Estrada has been established since 1865 (vs. Jotagallo ~90 years); both are credible Colombian manufacturers
- Jotagallo claims Central America exports but provides no documented service network there — direct procurement from Colombia factory only
- No El Salvador distributor or installation on record
At this stage, JM Estrada remains the better-documented option for direct Colombia procurement; Jotagallo is a secondary reference for price comparison if JM Estrada is too slow or expensive.
Related pages
- JM Estrada — primary documented alternative Colombian manufacturer (same product categories)
- Penagos — competing wet mill candidate; ECOLINE-400 is Jotagallo BECOLSUB-300’s main competitor
- Wet Milling Equipment — equipment context