The heart of our company revolves around supporting food manufacturing companies. Typically products need physical protection or the enclosure of a food item. Our Expertise starts with filling or loading a food item into a rigid container or a flexible package. Sealing or closing the filled product, often injecting nitrogen or providing modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) to extend the shelf life. All equipment is built to specific container per minute (CPM) rates supporting yearly production requirements for a food brand or contract manufacture. Plant Automation Group provides systems to mix and blend several types of food ingredients including liquids, powders, and granule materials from bulk. Delivering a batch of product to an automated line. Weighing or dosing the product into the desired package at rate. Successful food projects include ready meals, bagged potato chips, IQF fruits, rice, spices, fish and poultry, meats, nuts, Italian ice, Ice cream, liquid eggs and dairy products, cartons or eggs, milk and juice, salads, bulk Inclusions, snack bars, pub snacks snack food, cereal, gummies, yogurt, cookies – crackers – wafers, confection and candy, soups, meal delivery services, food dry, bulk institutional products, canned goods, sugar and flowers, edible oils, cake mix, complete retail packaging abilities, shelf-ready packaging, tea, coffee, drink boxes, condiments. Plant Automation Group offers several levels of equipment and equipment types to meet the goals of any food product. Within this segment of automation, we are typically challenged to think outside the box related to new emerging markets and packaging designs. Plant Automation Group has provided many of the industries “first solutions” or re-applicated existing equipment from a different industry to support the package requirement.