Product Offerings
Product Categories:
Food Processing Machines and Equipment
Products:
Custom Food Sorting Systems, Grading Equipment, X-ray Inspection Systems, Vision Inspection Systems
Lizotte Machine Vision is a Canadian-based engineering and manufacturing company that specializes in the design and production of automated vision inspection and sorting systems for the food processing industry. Headquartered in Rivière-Verte, New Brunswick, Lizotte has established itself as a technology-driven innovator delivering custom solutions that enhance food safety, quality control, and operational efficiency.
Core Business and Offerings
Lizotte Machine Vision’s primary business revolves around the development of custom-built machine vision systems tailored for various sectors within the food industry. Their product and service offerings include:
- High-speed Vision Inspection Systems: Designed to detect defects, contaminants, or undesired elements in processed food.
- Automated Sorting Machines: Used to sort food items based on size, shape, color, and surface quality.
- Grading Equipment: Built to classify food products into different quality or size categories.
- Reject Mechanisms and Robotics Integration: Customized end-of-line solutions that remove defective or non-compliant products from the production line.
These systems are typically installed in seafood, poultry, meat, fruit and vegetable, and nut processing facilities, where precision and food safety are paramount.
Specialization and Technological Capabilities
Lizotte is known for its turnkey, fully integrated machine vision systems that combine:
- Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML) for adaptive defect detection
- High-speed cameras and LED lighting optimized for various inspection environments
- Real-time data analytics and reporting dashboards
- Custom hardware design tailored to specific food processing needs
The company’s solutions offer accuracy rates exceeding 99.5% in defect detection and operate at speeds of up to 1,000 items per minute, depending on the product and configuration.
Industry Reach and Client Base
While exact figures are undisclosed, Lizotte has deployed hundreds of systems across North America, Europe, and Asia. Its clientele includes:
- Medium to large-scale food processing plants
- Equipment integrators and automation companies
- Government-regulated food inspection facilities
Several of Lizotte’s custom systems are used by leading seafood exporters in Canada, poultry processing firms in the U.S., and fruit grading operations in Europe.
Capabilities
- Full-cycle engineering: from system design to on-site deployment and technical support
- Custom software development for machine vision
- Mechanical, electrical, and optical integration
- Multilingual HMI interfaces and cloud-based monitoring tools
- Remote diagnostics and system updates
The company’s ability to build tailor-made systems has earned it a reputation for handling complex and non-standard inspection challenges.
Target Markets
Lizotte primarily serves:
- Seafood Processing: Detection of shell, bones, parasites in fish fillets
- Poultry and Meat: Grading by fat content, weight, bruises, or bone fragments
- Fruits and Vegetables: Color grading, shape sorting, mold or rot detection
- Nuts and Seeds: Foreign material detection and size classification
Their machines are adaptable for both high-throughput industrial lines and medium-sized processors seeking automation upgrades.
Certifications and Compliance
All Lizotte systems are designed to meet or exceed food industry standards including:
- CFIA (Canadian Food Inspection Agency) compliance
- USDA and FDA guidelines for processing and inspection systems
- CE marking for European markets
- Designed for IP66/IP69K washdown environments as required in food plants
Systems are built with stainless steel construction, food-grade materials, and comply with sanitation and hygienic design standards.
Achievements
- Over 25 years of experience in vision-based inspection system development
- Partnered with Canadian research institutions for AI and image processing innovation
- Successfully deployed custom oyster grading and parasite detection systems for East Coast seafood exporters
- Recognized for innovation in inline vision inspection for salmon fillets with sub-millimeter accuracy
- Holds multiple patents related to food grading and defect recognition algorithms
Customer Testimonials
“Lizotte built a sorting system for us that reduced our manual inspection labor by 60% while improving defect detection. It paid for itself in under 9 months.”
— Operations Manager, Poultry Processor (Ontario, Canada)
“Their oyster grading system is unmatched in precision. It has transformed how we package and sell our products.”
— Seafood Exporter, Nova Scotia
Lizotte Machine Vision continues to be a leader in customized food inspection automation, offering robust, intelligent, and efficient solutions to meet the evolving challenges of global food safety and quality assurance.