Food & Beverage’s Top Partner for Design-Build & Process Integration Gray is a family-owned, fully integrated design-builder based in Lexington, Kentucky. What began as a small local contracting business in 1960 quickly grew into a global enterprise with nearly 30 offices across North America, Europe, and Asia. As our projects increased in size and complexity, we recognized the demand from our customers for a broader range of services beyond construction. Today, we specialize in Construction, Professional Services, Specialty Equipment, and Real Estate, delivering world-class facilities for customers across our core markets: Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Data Centers, Advanced Technology, Distribution, and Commercial. Our robust offering—which includes construction management, self-perform construction, architecture, MEP and process engineering, automation, equipment manufacturing, and more—enables us to deliver diverse products and services to leading companies around the globe. Ranked by Engineering News-Record as the No. 1 firm for the food & beverage industry for three consecutive years, Gray has earned its reputation building and automating one-of-a-kind facilities to the highest levels of quality and customization, providing precision and partnership for some of the industry’s most iconic brands. Top companies around the globe trust our family of companies for superior service and award-winning projects. Whether it’s designing and building a state-of-the-art factory, fabricating custom process equipment, or implementing advanced automation, our expertise ensures innovation and value at every step. Our experience in the sector spans a wide range of projects for large-scale, sophisticated food & beverage operations: • Design, construction, and automation of Hill’s Pet Nutrition’s new wet pet food production facility • Design-build & process integration services for Morinaga America, Inc.’s newest expansion • Design-build of Prestage Farms’ turkey processing plant, which features the Western Hemisphere’s only air-chill turkey processing model and over 13 miles of shackle chain • Construction of Nestlé Purina PetCare’s first greenfield facility since 1975 • Nationally awarded design-build projects for Clemens Food Group in Hatfield, PA, and Coldwater, MI • Award-winning facilities for Kraft Heinz in Davenport, IA, and Wausau, WI • Design-build of Champion Petfoods’ 371,100 s.f. DogStar Kitchens in just 14 months For more information on Gray, visit our Food & Beverage market page and follow us @Gray on LinkedIn. | Gray’s specialty equipment manufacturing companies, Anderson Dahlen Inc. and AD Process Equipment, have the expertise to meet all your custom equipment needs, whether you’re beginning a new operation or updating existing processes. Anderson Dahlen specializes in design-build systems and contract manufacturing with extensive fabrication capabilities including cutting, forming, machining, welding, and metal finishing. AD Process Equipment specializes in equipment integration, process skids, control panels, and sanitary platforms. | Food & Beverage’s Top Partner for Design-Build & Process Integration Gray is a family-owned, fully integrated design-builder based in Lexington, Kentucky. What began as a small local contracting business in 1960 quickly grew into a global enterprise with nearly 30 offices across North America, Europe, and Asia. As our projects increased in size and complexity, we recognized the demand from our customers for a broader range of services beyond construction. Today, we specialize in Construction, Professional Services, Specialty Equipment, and Real Estate, delivering world-class facilities for customers across our core markets: Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Data Centers, Advanced Technology, Distribution, and Commercial. Our robust offering—which includes construction management, self-perform construction, architecture, MEP and process engineering, automation, equipment manufacturing, and more—enables us to deliver diverse products and services to leading companies around the globe. Ranked by Engineering News-Record as a Top 5 firm for the food & beverage industry for six consecutive years, Gray has earned its reputation building and automating one-of-a-kind facilities to the highest levels of quality and customization, providing precision and partnership for some of the industry’s most iconic brands and offering value and innovation at every step. For more information on Gray, visit our Food & Beverage market page and follow us @Gray on LinkedIn. | Gray is a family-owned, fully integrated global service provider specializing in engineering, architecture, construction, digital & automation, specialty equipment manufacturing, and real estate services. Deeply rooted as one cohesive team in EAC services, Gray serves both domestic and international customers across our core markets: Manufacturing, Food & Beverage, Data Centers, Advanced Technology, Distribution, and Commercial. Founded in 1960, Gray has grown to encompass an integrated family of companies designed to complement each other’s specialized capabilities. Our robust offering—which includes strategy, operational improvements, construction, and engineering—enables us to create one-of-a-kind solutions at the highest levels of customization, delivering precision and partnership to some of the world’s most sophisticated organizations. | Gray is a family-owned global service provider offering engineering, architecture, construction, digital & automation, specialty equipment manufacturing, and real estate services. As a fully integrated team, we serve domestic and international customers across key markets, including Manufacturing, Food & Beverage, Data Centers, Advanced Technology, Distribution, and Commercial. With extensive experience in the battery sector, Gray delivers tailored solutions through advanced engineering, precision construction, and strategic project execution. We partner with industry leaders to develop high-performance facilities that drive efficiency and quality. Our commitment to innovation, sustainability, and customer success enables us to meet evolving industry demands while fulfilling our purpose: to make a positive difference in people’s lives and build a better future.
Food Plant Engineering
We are designers and builders of sustainable food production facilities. Using imagination, innovation, and ingenuity, we help food manufacturing companies improve food safety, gain productivity, and grow capacity. For more information about our food plant design & construction services, please view our company website. | We are designers and builders of sustainable food production facilities. Using imagination, innovation, and ingenuity, we help food manufacturing companies improve food safety, gain productivity, and grow capacity. | Your Source for Food Plant Design and ConstructionComprehensive solutions for expanding your food production operationWe are designers and builders of sustainable food production facilities.Using imagination, innovation, and ingenuity, we help food manufacturing companies improve food safety, gain productivity, and grow capacity.Food Plant Engineering is a specialized company that offers planning, design, and construction services for food production, processing, and distribution facilities.Our doors opened in 1953 as Henry A. Lurie & Associates with a mission to provide innovative design solutions for USDA-inspected facilities. While working as an engineer for a meat packing company, founder Henry Lurie heard complaints that the design firms in the industry, “didn’t understand their business and brought little or nothing to the table,” so he founded a firm to do just that: understand the unique production and facility needs of food processing companies.We tackle a variety of projects throughout the U.S., from small additions and renovations to large, new plants.We can implement our designs using your preferred contractor or provide single-source construction management services with our sister company, Food Plant Construction, LLC. Our food industry areas of expertise include:Meat/Poultry/SeafoodBakery/SnackDairy/CheesePrepared FoodCommissary/Culinary CenterFrozen FoodFruit/VegetableFlavor/IngredientsAs a result of our many years of working with food industry clients, we have observed eight distinctive facility characteristics of leading food processing, production, and distribution companies. These first-class facilities exemplify the best industry practices in these eight areas. Our team strives to integrate the optimal features of the following characteristics into the planning and design of every project:Food SafetySanitary DesignProductive WorkflowsSmart AutomationSustainable ConstructionEnergy EfficiencyFood DefenseRegulatory Compliance | We are designers and builders of sustainable food production facilities.Using imagination, innovation, and ingenuity, we help food manufacturing companies improve food safety, gain productivity, and grow capacity.
ESC
ESC, Inc is an Engineering-Led Design/Build firm that specializes in Industrial Liquid Processing and work primarily in the Food & Beverage space, specializing in Cheese & Dairy, Chemical Process and Pharmaceutical industries. We focus on providing turnkey solutions for part or all the project based on the client needs. We have the same capabilities of large firms with the ability to be agile and responsive to customers’ needs like a small firm. Centrally located in the Midwest, most locations are within distance for same day or next day service. | Electrol Specialties Company (ESC) designs and manufactures CIP systems, spray devices, transfer panels, UF systems, HTST systems, mixing systems and other custom skid-mounted liquid process equipment. ESC offers complete software packages with factory acceptance testing and highest-standard documentation. ESC welders are ASME certified, and UL approval is available for electrical panels. ESC is an employee-owned company, in business 70+ years as a leader for cleanable process equipment. | ESC, Inc is an Engineering-Led Design/Build firm that specializes in Industrial Liquid Processing, with a focus on the Cheese & Dairy, Food, Chemical Process, and Pharmaceutical industries. Our expertise includes integration services such as process automation, control system design, and instrumentation, ensuring seamless operation and optimization of complex systems. We provide tailored solutions for part or all of a project based on client needs. With the capabilities of large firms and the agility and responsiveness of a small firm, we deliver high-quality, customized results. Centrally located in the Midwest, most locations are within reach for same-day or next-day service. | ESC Consulting is a full-service Springfield-based firm focused on providing turnkey solutions in full-scope mechanical, electrical, civil, structural engineering and automation. Our team of engineers specializes in providing engineering solutions in industrial plant environments, including cheese and dairy, GMP food processing, pharmaceutical, chemical process, and other industrial environments. We specialize in delivering innovative solutions for a wide range of engineering needs, including civil, structural, mechanical, and electrical engineering along with controls designs and programming services. Since our founding, in 1988 ESC, Inc. has had a strong focus on Process Engineering design with an emphasis on food processing. | ESC, Inc is an Engineering-Led Design/Build firm that specializes in Industrial Liquid Processing, with a focus on the Cheese & Dairy, Food, Chemical Process, and Pharmaceutical industries. Our expertise includes integration services such as process automation, control system design, and instrumentation, ensuring seamless operation and optimization of complex systems. We provide tailored solutions for part or all of a project based on client needs. With the capabilities of large firms and the agility and responsiveness of a small firm, we deliver high-quality, customized results. Centrally located in the US, most locations are within reach for same-day or next-day service.
Epstein
Founded in 1921, Epstein is an architecture, interior design, engineering and construction company that specializes in delivering processing, cold storage, and distribution facilities for the food and beverage industry. Our services include process and packaging engineering, material handling engineering and simulation, architecture, MEP engineering, refrigeration engineering, civil and structural engineering, and construction management. We offer solutions that range from feasibility studies and process line improvements to full design-build turn-key production plants, including expansions and renovations. Epstein serves a broad spectrum of the food and beverage industry, including meat processing, frozen food processing, bakeries, dairy, dry product and powder processing, distilling, confectionery, liquid processing, and both dry and refrigerated warehouse/distribution. With over 100 years of experience, Epstein has built a reputation as a global design-build leader, committed to quality, durability, and cost efficiency. Our focus is on delivering projects faster, more cost-effectively, and with lower risk, ensuring the success of our clients. Some of our recent clients include Prestage Foods of Iowa, Seaboard Triumph Foods, Smithfield, ARYZTA, Coca-Cola, Glanbia/Optimum Nutrition, Haribo, Ruiz Foods, Saratoga Foods, WholeStone Farms, and Vegetable Juices. Epstein is an employee-owned firm with over 200 employees worldwide based out of our Chicago headquarters, with offices in New York, Raleigh, and Warsaw. | Epstein is a globally recognized architecture, engineering, and construction firm with more than 100 years of experience supporting the baking industry. From ingredient handling and processing to ready-to-eat production and packaging systems, we deliver fully integrated, single-source solutions for every stage of your facility’s lifecycle. As a full-service AEC partner, Epstein brings strategic design, cutting-edge engineering, and expert construction together under one roof—ensuring seamless coordination, accelerated schedules, and reliable results. Our deep industry expertise and collaborative approach have earned the trust of leading food producers across the U.S. and around the world. Whether you’re upgrading an existing plant or developing a new facility from the ground up, Epstein delivers innovative, efficient, and sustainable solutions aligned with your operational goals. | Epstein is a globally recognized architecture, engineering, and construction firm with over a century of experience serving the meat processing industry. We offer comprehensive, single-source solutions for projects ranging from livestock handling and slaughter to processing operations, ready-to-eat production, and box handling systems. As a fully integrated AEC firm, Epstein provides end-to-end project delivery—combining strategic design, advanced engineering, and expert construction services under one roof. Our deep industry knowledge and collaborative approach have made us a trusted partner for clients across the U.S. and around the world. Whether you’re modernizing an existing plant or building a new facility from the ground up, Epstein delivers innovative, efficient, and sustainable solutions tailored to your production goals. | Epstein is a full-service architecture, engineering, construction, and design-build firm with more than 100 years of experience delivering complex industrial facilities across the food and beverage sector. Epstein specializes in the planning and design of food processing environments, integrating process engineering, building systems, utilities, automation, food safety, and material flow into cohesive, buildable solutions. Our industrial team works side-by-side with manufacturers to support new facilities, expansions, and brownfield upgrades, with a focus on throughput, reliability, sanitation, and operational flexibility. Epstein has deep experience coordinating process equipment layouts with architectural and engineering systems to reduce risk, control capital cost, and support long-term operations. With projects spanning protein, bakery, confectionery, and snack manufacturing, Epstein brings practical, hands-on knowledge of how food plants are built, operated, and scaled.
Dubak Electrical Group
DUBAK ELECTRICAL IS A NATIONAL LEADER IN THE INDUSTRIAL ELECTRICAL, AUTOMATION, & TECHNOLOGY SECTORS, AND IS DEDICATED TO PROVIDING THE INDUSTRY’S MOST SKILLED CRAFTSMANSHIP, IMPECCABLE PERFORMANCE, AND COMPETITIVE PRICING TO OUR CLIENTS ACROSS THE NATION. | Dubak Electrical Group is a high performance and quality driven Industrial Electrical, HVACR, Control and Automation Contractor.
Dennis Group
Since 2015 ENR has ranked us the #1 Food and Beverage Design Firm. We’ve built a specialized team across eight global offices who understands the unique challenges faced by food manufacturers and how to solve them. From small-scale studies to ground-up greenfields and everything in between, we have the internal resources to support you. | Dennis Group is a global design-build firm dedicated exclusively to the food and beverage industry. Since 1987, we’ve partnered with clients to plan, design, and build some of the most complex and fast-track projects in the industry. From small-scale renovations to large greenfield facilities, we deliver exceptional value and quality through integrated design, engineering, procurement, construction, and operational start-up services. Ranked the #1 Food and Beverage Design Firm by Engineering News-Record every year since 2015, Dennis Group is trusted by leading brands for our technical expertise, speed to market, and deep knowledge of hygienic design. With offices across North and South America, our in-house team brings a collaborative, full-service approach to each project. We have an industry-leading safety record and a proven ability to meet aggressive schedules without compromising quality. Our extensive bakery experience includes everything from artisan to industrial-scale production—making us a trusted partner for clients looking to optimize or expand their baked goods operations. Whether you’re launching a new product, modernizing an existing facility, or scaling up production, Dennis Group has the people and passion to make your next project a success. Learn more at www.dennisgroup.com. | #1 Global Food & Beverage Design Firm For the last decade, Dennis Group has been ranked as the largest food and beverage design firm by Engineering News Record. We’ve built a specialized team who understands the unique challenges faced by food manufacturers and how to solve them. From small-scale studies to large greenfields, and everything in between, we provide integrated design, engineering, procurement, and construction management services. With eight offices across the US, Canada, and Brazil, and a workforce of over 700 dedicated professionals, our project leads bring more than 20 years of experience in the food industry. Partner with us for your next project. Visit dennisgroup.com to learn more. | Partner with the #1 in Food & BeverageSince 2015, ENR has ranked Dennis Group the #1 Food and Beverage Design Firm, a recognition weâve earned by helping clients solve complex manufacturing challenges from improving existing production systems to delivering large-scale greenfield facilities. Our in-house team of architects, engineers, and construction managers works seamlessly together to design, construct and optimize your manufacturing operations. With all disciplines under one roof and a single point of contact, we offer the coordination and flexibility needed to stay on track with your project as it evolves. The same engineer who designs your system will be on-site to bring it to life, providing a sense of continuity, giving you a partner from concept to completion. And with an industry-leading safety record backed by a dedicated safety team, we ensure your project is delivered with the highest standards of protection for people, product, and plant. | Dennis Group is an architecture, engineering, and construction design-build firm focused exclusively on the food and beverage industry. We’ve been ranked as the #1 food and beverage design firm annually by Engineering News Record since 2015. Since 1987, the company has partnered with leading manufacturers to plan, design, engineer, and construct hygienic, efficient production facilities that safely and rapidly bring products to market. With multidisciplinary in-house expertise and offices across North and South America, Dennis Group delivers integrated solutions from concept through startup, helping clients balance capital cost, operational performance, and long-term value.
Cybertrol Engineering
Founded in 1996, Cybertrol Engineering is a full-service control system integrator that develops, implements, and supports solutions for automation, information, and industrial IT/OT challenges. With a deep history in manufacturing intelligence solutions, we help clients across industries like dairy and cheese, food and beverage, industrial process, and life sciences effectively view and analyze operations by providing plantwide information systems at each site, aggregating data for enterprise dashboards, and implementing proven optimization strategies. Our solutions help manufacturers deliver appropriate information to all users, allowing facilities to run at maximum efficiency, with the greatest visibility for corporate, management, and plant floor operations. Cybertrol Engineering is CSIA Certified, UL 508A/698A Listed, and a Rockwell Automation PartnerNetwork Gold System Integrator. | Founded in 1996, Cybertrol Engineering is a nationwide, full-service control system integrator that develops, implements, and supports process control, industrial IT/OT, and information systems. We bring a plantwide approach to every project, with the goal of enabling system-wide visibility and control with common underlying software and hardware infrastructure. With a deep history in manufacturing intelligence solutions, we help clients across industries like dairy and cheese, food and beverage, industrial, and life science effectively view and analyze operations by providing plantwide information systems at each site, aggregating data for enterprise dashboards, and implementing proven optimization strategies. Our solutions help manufacturers deliver appropriate information to all users, allowing facilities to run at maximum efficiency, with the greatest visibility for corporate, management, and plant floor operations. Cybertrol Engineering is CSIA Certified and a Rockwell Automation Gold System Integrator Partner.Developed by Cybertrol Engineering, PalletWorks is a tracking and labeling software solution that helps manufacturers automate end-of-line tasks to eliminate human error. PalletWorks includes everything required for an enterprise-level tracking and labeling solution. It not only integrates with packaging and labeling hardware on the plant floor, but also communicates with existing controls and ERP systems. This unrivaled and complete integration makes PalletWorks an ideal solution for increasing production accuracy and simplifying tasks at the end of the line, all through a single vendor. PalletWorks manages the order fulfillment process by automatically recording each item created on the production line, printing and applying a customizable label to the packaging, verifying that the label is human and machine readable, tracking the pallet the new item was stacked upon, and then synchronizing production data with the ERP system.Operation can be fully automated and managed through the PalletWorks portal, a web-based interface for viewing and managing production data. Unlike most custom solutions built in-house, PalletWorks offers operators an easy way to make bulk corrections on mislabeled products or apply corrections against an entire production run before any data is sent to the ERP system. As a PLEX, by Rockwell Automation Service Partner, Cybertrol Engineering can not only offer the best in Smart Manufacturing Solutions, but we have also integrated our PalletWorks solution with the PLEX, by Rockwell Automation manufacturing execution suite (MES) platform. This seamless integration can benefit manufacturers by providing real-time insights, data-driven decision-making, and improved control over production lines.
CRB
CRB is a leading provider of sustainable engineering, architecture, construction and consulting solutions to the global life sciences and advanced technology industries. Our more than 1,700 employees provide best-in-class solutions that drive success and positive change for our clients, our people and our communities. CRB is a privately held company with a rich 39-year history of serving clients throughout the world, consistently striving for the highest standard of technical knowledge, creativity and execution. | CRB is a leading provider of engineering, architecture, construction, consulting and control systems integration solutions, delivering safe, high-quality facilities to fuel your growth and success. Our team provides best-in-class solutions that drive positive change for our clients. CRB is a privately held company serving clients throughout the world, consistently striving for the highest standard of technical knowledge, creativity and execution. From design and construction to our end-to-end ONEsolution™ delivery, CRB customizes our offerings to fit your business goals. | CRB is a leading provider of sustainable engineering, architecture, construction, consulting, and control systems integration services for the food + beverage, ingredients, and consumer products industries. We deliver safe, high-quality, and value-driven facilities that fuel our clients’ growth and long-term success. As a privately held firm with a rich global history, we consistently pursue the highest standards of technical excellence, creativity, and execution. From early planning and design to construction and end-to-end integrated project delivery, CRB tailors our solutions to align with your unique needs and business goals. Our best-in-class teams create solutions that drive measurable success for our clients while generating positive impact for our clients, our people, and our communities. | CRB is a global service provider of engineers, architects, constructors and consultants driven to deliver the right solutions to life science and advanced technology clients. | CRB is a leading provider of sustainable engineering, architecture, construction and consulting, delivering safe, high-quality, value-driven facilities to fuel your growth and success. Our team provides best-in-class solutions that drive success and positive change for our clients, our people and our communities. CRB is a privately held company with a rich history of serving clients throughout the world, consistently striving for the highest standard of technical knowledge, creativity and execution. From design and construction to end-to-end integrated project delivery, CRB customizes our offerings to fit your unique needs, requirements and business goals. | CRB is a leading provider of sustainable engineering, architecture, construction, consulting, and control systems integration services for the food + beverage, ingredients, and consumer products industries. We deliver safe, high-quality, and value-driven facilities that fuel our clientsâ growth and long-term success. As a privately held firm with a rich global history, we consistently pursue the highest standards of technical excellence, creativity, and execution. From early planning and design to construction and end-to-end integrated project delivery, CRB tailors our solutions to align with your unique needs and business goals.Our best-in-class teams create solutions that drive measurable success for our clients while generating positive impact for our clients, our people, and our communities.
CMC DESIGN-BUILD
CMC Design Build specializes in planning, engineering and building food & beverage processing and distribution facilities throughout the US. Our services include network analysis, site search, material handling analysis, facility sizing, process flow design, food safety analysis, architecture, engineering and construction. Our charge is to deliver optimized value in our projects by understanding our client’s business and goals and then balancing the cost, quality and schedule of projects to meet those goals. | CMC Design Build has specialized in the planning, engineering and construction of facilities for the food and beverage industry throughout the US since 1989. From the site search through working drawings, permitting, and construction, our staff maintains single source responsibility for delivering value in all areas of our projects. To us, value means balancing the cost, quality and schedule of projects in a manner that affords our clients the best opportunity to maximize their potential for success. | CMC Design Build specializes in planning, engineering and building food & beverage processing and distribution facilities throughout the US. Our services include network analysis, site search, material handling analysis, facility sizing, process flow design, food safety analysis, architecture, engineering and construction. Our charge is to deliver optimized value in our projects by understanding our client’s business and goals and then balancing the cost, quality and schedule of projects to meet those goals. | CMC Design Build specializes in planning, engineering and building food & beverage processing and distribution facilities throughout the US. Our services include network analysis, site search, material handling analysis, facility sizing, process flow design, food safety analysis, architecture, engineering and construction. Our mission is to deliver optimized value in our projects by understanding our client’s business and goals and then balancing the cost, quality and schedule of projects to attain those goals. | CMC Design Build specializes in planning, engineering and building food & beverage processing and distribution facilities throughout the US. Our services include network analysis, site search, material handling analysis, facility sizing, process flow design, food safety analysis, architecture, engineering and construction. Our charge is to deliver optimized value in our projects by understanding our clientâs business and goals and then balancing the cost, quality and schedule of projects to meet those goals. https://mags.businessinfocusmagazine.com/brochures/2024/12/cmc_designbuild/ | CMC Design Build specializes in planning, engineering and building food & beverage processing and distribution facilities throughout the US. Our services include network analysis, site search, material handling analysis, facility sizing, process flow design, food safety analysis, architecture, engineering and construction. Our charge is to deliver optimized value in our projects by understanding our client’s business and goals and then balancing the cost, quality and schedule of projects to meet those goals.
Clayco
Clayco is a full-service, turnkey real estate development, master planning, architecture, engineering, and construction firm that safely and sustainably delivers the highest quality solutions to clients across North America on time, on budget, and above and beyond expectations. With $7.6 billion in revenue for 2024, Clayco specializes in the “art and science of building,” providing fast track, efficient solutions for industrial, commercial, institutional and residential-related building projects. | Clayco is a full-service, turnkey real estate development, master planning, architecture, engineering, and construction firm that safely and sustainably delivers the highest quality solutions to clients across North America on time, on budget, and above and beyond expectations. With $5.8 billion in revenue for 2023, Clayco specializes in the “art and science of building,” providing fast track, efficient solutions for industrial, commercial, institutional and residential-related building projects. | Clayco is a full-service, turnkey real estate development, master planning, architecture, engineering, and construction firm that safely and sustainably delivers the highest quality solutions to clients across North America on time, on budget, and above and beyond expectations. With $7.6 billion in revenue for 2024, Clayco specializes in the “art and science of building,” providing fast track, efficient solutions for industrial building projects.