PQ2 Solutions designs and builds custom power conditioning systems. Our F&B clients include Nestle, Pepsi, MolsonCoors, McCain Foods, Weston Foods, Mistica Foods, Request Foods and many others. Our value proposition is simple; install our system in your plant and power quality will be improved. This improvement will increase the efficiency of all of the electrical equipment by 4-8%. This translates into a directly proportional decrease in your electrical consumption and guaranteed power bill savings. Our systems generate ROI’s exceeding 35% and paybacks of less than 3 years typically. Come and see Doug and Ron at Booth 2354
HANSEN-RICE, INC.
HRI leverages more than 40 years of food processing expertise to provide Progressive Design-Build services to optimize scope, schedule, price & risk. Minimal capital investments provide scope development, drawings, and schedules necessary for preliminary project approvals. Our content experts provide customized Development and Execution Plans to optimize business needs and requirements. Strategic information generated through this proven methodology allows Owners to evaluate risk and funding commitments required to further deliver a successful project. | Hansen-Rice, Inc. (HRI) is an integrated solution provider of consulting and construction management capabilities with a 40-year history of successfully converting ideas into optimized outcomes. HRI has deep expertise in food processing, agriculture facilities, and temperature-controlled environments. We are licensed nationwide and deliver on your business goals and objectives throughout the project lifecycle, from ideation, through design and construction, to turnover and commissioning. | Hansen-Rice Inc. (HRI) is a national Design-Build firm delivering high-performance solutions that serve the entire Food and Beverage and Cold Storage industries. With 84% of business coming from repeat clients, our firm specializes in providing subject matter expertise that provides value to both project development and construction services for customers who are in need of a knowledgeable and experienced partner. Founded more than 40 years ago, weâve provided comprehensive solutions for mission-critical facilities in 43 states. We commit to collaborating with our clients to augment their teams and provide services that meet the scope, timeline, and budget established. As a single-source solution provider, quality is paramount in everything we do. HRIâs commitment to quality is evidenced by achieving the world’s best-known standard for quality management systems (QMS), ISO 9001:2015. Our QMS provides clients with traceable, reliable, and transparent execution at every phase of the project. Our team combines deep industry knowledge and subject matter expertise to reduce risk, simplify coordination, and increase speed to market across greenfield, brownfield, expansion, and retrofit projects.HRI is structured to serve as a trusted partner to many of the most recognized food and industrial brands across North America.
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.
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.
Edgecom Energy
Edgecom Energy provides commercial and industrial consumers with an all-in-one energy management solution to outsmart rising energy costs. Our platform uses AI and combines real-time facility and grid analytics to deliver advanced insights and enable better decision-making, reducing costs and emissions while maximizing grid incentives. | Our software empowers manufacturers to reduce energy costs, emissions, and risk by providing real-time utility and facility data and actionable AI insights. | Edgecom Energy provides commercial and industrial consumers with an all-in-one energy management solution to outsmart rising energy costs. Our platform uses AI and combines real-time facility and grid analytics to deliver advanced insights and enable better decision-making, reducing costs and emissions while maximizing grid incentives.
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.
ComEd Energy Efficiency Program
The ComEd Energy Efficiency Program offers incentives to help facilities save money by improving the efficiency of their equipment. Eligible customers can receive incentives for common energy efficiency improvements and more complex projects, along with expert guidance from our outreach team to help identify savings opportunities, navigate applications, and ensure projects run smoothly. From lighting upgrades and HVAC improvements to process optimization and advanced controls, we make it easier for businesses, public agencies, and nonprofits to reduce energy use, lower costs, and support a cleaner future for Illinois.