M&M Equipment Corp. is an industry leader buying and selling new and used food processing equipment and machinery. | M&M Equipment Corp. has been a trusted leader in the industrial food equipment industry for over 33 years. Specializing in buying, selling, and refurbishing used machinery for the food processing sector, particularly the meat and proteins industry, M&M Equipment is known for its commitment to quality and customer satisfaction. The company’s dedicated team ensures that each piece of equipment is meticulously assessed, refurbished, and ready for service, providing value to food manufacturers across the country. Located in Skokie, Illinois, M&M Equipment stands out as a reliable partner in the food industry, offering solutions that streamline production and maximize efficiency.M&M Auctions Inc. is the sister company of M&M Equipment, specializing in the asset liquidation of industrial food equipment. Focused on providing auction services for surplus equipment in the meat and proteins sectors, M&M Auctions connects buyers and sellers through streamlined auction processes. With expertise in the appraisal and sale of idle or underutilized equipment, M&M Auctions helps food manufacturers maximize returns on their surplus assets, offering customized solutions for each client’s unique needs.Together, M&M Equipment Corp. and M&M Auctions Inc. offer comprehensive solutions for the industrial food equipment market, whether through purchasing and refurbishing used machinery or facilitating the sale of surplus assets. With a deep understanding of the industry, these companies provide exceptional service and unmatched expertise to food manufacturers looking to optimize their operations.
Integrated Packaging Machinery
IPM plans, designs, engineers, specifies, procures, integrates, installs and commissions OEM-neutral and custom-automated end-of-line packaging systems. Our customers own, operate and maintain highly-regulated, high-value, and high-volume food, beverage and life sciences packaging operations. Each line requires reliable, stable and centralized control of their secondary packaging operations from filler to palletizer. We know that UPTIME IS THE ONLY TIME THAT MATTERS. That’s why we customize our OEM-neutral know-how to fit the demands of your business goals. | Taking the Chaos out of Integrated Packaging: IPM takes the chaos out of packaging line design decision-making. And replaces it with collaborative best-case, ideal-fit, project-specific and budget-informed packaging systems technology choices. Packaging line design, integration, automation, control and predictable uptime runnability is complex. IPM’s OEM-neutral approach to collaborative design thinking takes the chaos out of designing and operating scope-specific integrated packaging systems and sub-systems. Uptime-Driven and OEM-Neutral:IPM applies an intentionally OEM-neutral approach to packaging line design. IPM assumes full responsibility for packaging line design, engineering, specification, procurement, testing, control, automation, installation, start-up, commissioning and training. This approach to customer success is uptime-driven, inherently flexible and scalable. Demanding Applications: All our customers produce and package multiple SKU’s. Most of our customers own and operate multiple packaging lines in multiple facilities. They have a multi-product, multi-location and complex enterprise to run. Our customers have demanding customers of their own to acquire, and, retain. They expect the packaging systems and sub-systems throughout their enterprise to contribute meaningfully and profitably to their long-term success. SUREthing™ Process:IPM’s SUREthing™ (Specified for Uptime. Runnability Engineered) process is informed by our customers’ near and long-term needs. The SUREthing™ process is scope driven and backed by application-specific data. The SUREthing™ process is organized to engage operations and plant management and is key to securing buy-in from executive leadership across the enterprise. Packaging Line Success:Many iconic national brands, and many regional, private label and store brands rely on IPM’s OEM-neutral approach to accelerate and sustain packaging line success. The OEM-neutral approach at IPM is intentionally customer-centric, plant-specific and deliberately built around customer product packaging aspirations, automation objectives and staffing needs. Our technology and commercial solutions are never slaved to a prescribed array of machine centers or technology portfolios. | IPM is an intentionally OEM-neutral food & beverage secondary packaging systems integrator. Our customers own and operate highly regulated, high volume and high-speed plants running multiple SKU’s. We deliver all, or a customer-preferred subset of design, specify, procure, engineer, integrate, automate, install and commission functions carefully deployed to optimize the ROI of packaging systems, sub-systems and system rebuilds. Our customers rely on IPM’s collaborative pre-project UPTIME Audits to assess and document the intended performance of all packaging system machine centers, inter-machine conveyance, line control, accumulation, and OEE related issues in order to provide maximum project clarity and arrive confidently at project scope freeze. The outcome is reliable and predictable UPTIME-driven packaging solutions that are uniformly easy to operate and maintain. | IPM plans, designs, engineers, specifies, procures, integrates, installs and commissions OEM-neutral and custom-automated end-of-line packaging systems. Our customers own, operate and maintain highly-regulated, high-value, and high-volume food, beverage and life sciences packaging operations. Each line requires reliable, stable and centralized control of their secondary packaging operations from filler to palletizer. We know that UPTIME IS THE ONLY TIME THAT MATTERS. That’s why we customize our OEM-neutral know-how to fit the demands of your business goals.
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.
Formic Technologies
Formic is a robotics company pioneering an easier and more productive way to automate. Formic enables small-to-medium sized manufacturers to grow their business by making it easy to afford, deploy, and scale robotic automation. The company’s unique pay-for-productivity model remove the risks, capital expense, and hassle of a traditional equipment purchase, where the onus is on the manufacturer to ensure it’s success. With Formic, manufacturers don’t pay until your system works and they only pay
DEVELOP LLC
DEVELOP designs, engineers, builds, and installs custom automation systems from a single facility in Verona, Wisconsin. As a FANUC Authorized System Integrator, we deliver robotic packaging and palletizing, pick and place, machine tending, automated assembly, adhesive dispensing, and complete custom machine builds — all under one roof with no vendor handoffs. Every project follows our structured stage-gate process with built-in design reviews, factory acceptance testing with your parts, and full commissioning on your floor. Start with our Automation Assessment: a hands-on, on-site engagement that delivers ROI analysis, constraint mapping, and an implementation roadmap with real numbers. Assessment fees are credited toward your build. Stop by our booth to talk through your operation with an automation engineer. | DEVELOP LLC Automation for Packaging, Palletizing, Case Erecting, and Labeling DEVELOP partners with manufacturers to engineer automation that eliminates manual work and scales production with confidence. We design and build custom and semi-custom systems for case packing, palletizing, labeling, case erecting, and end-of-line automation—all tailored to your product flow, packaging format, and facility constraints. From standalone modules to fully integrated lines, our solutions include: Semi-custom case packers built for your product size and throughput High-density case packing and palletizing systems to maximize floor space and line efficiency Modular Robot Systems (MRS) that combine no-code pallet setup, labeling, and pattern flexibility Conveyor integration, QC inspection, and ERP-ready data outputs Our systems are built for speed, reliability, and ease of use—empowering technicians, not engineers, to run and adjust your equipment. With DEVELOP, you get hands-off automation that runs smoothly and delivers ROI from day one. If you’re facing labor shortages, packing inefficiencies, or production bottlenecks, we can help you automate with confidence. Let’s talk at EATS. | DEVELOP’s engineers, manufacturing experts, and project managers are adept at growing client businesses through high-efficiency turnkey automation. From concept to completion, DEVELOP covers 360° of the integration process, backing your results with a proprietary single-source guarantee. In turn, you can focus less on repetitive tasks and more on the most profitable aspects of your manufacturing business. | Custom Machine Builder.