Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI®) is a premier, independent, applied research and development organization implementing advanced applications, creating unique integrations, and solving the most difficult challenges for government and commercial clients worldwide. The staff of more than 3,200 specializes in the creation and transfer of technology in engineering and the physical sciences. Over decades, SwRI has grown from a single building to more than two million square feet of laboratories, workshops, test facilities, and offices, occupying more than 1,500 acres. For more than four decades, SwRI has provided expert robotics R&D support across the full spectrum of robot types, markets, and applications, including manipulator integration and application development, custom robot and end effector design and fabrication, human-machine cooperation, and autonomous mobile robots. SwRI curates the Robot Operating System-Industrial (ROS-I) open-source project, which is a global robotics research initiative steered by a consortium. The project creates software capabilities and applications for the industry based on open-source building blocks. Operating as a nonprofit since its foundation in 1947, SwRI works in the public’s best interest and toward the betterment of humanity. | SwRI® is a nonprofit, contract R&D organization with more than 70 years of experience in food-related sciences, including microencapsulation and nanoencapsulation technologies. SwRI specializes in formulation and process development, offering dozens of encapsulation techniques capable of preparing capsules from nanometers to millimeters. Additional food-related capabilities available at SwRI include nanomaterials, antimicrobial materials, analytical chemistry, testing and failure analysis, materials engineering for food applications, and manufacturing systems. | When we say we’re solving today’s problems with tomorrow’s technology, we mean it. Visit us at Futures Park and experience our revolutionized ENABLE® markerless motion capture system. With enhanced speed and compatibility, ENABLE now integrates with other animation software platforms, simplifying your workflow. Our upgraded technology surpasses traditional motion capture methods, allowing for non-invasive, accurate, and efficient analysis of human movement outside the lab. Visit our booth for live demonstrations, and let’s discuss how we can collaborate and create custom solutions tailored to your needs using our cutting-edge motion capture technology. | Southwest Research Institute® (SwRI®) is a premier independent, nonprofit research and development organization. We offer multidisciplinary services leveraging advanced science and applied technologies. Since 1947, we have provided solutions for some of the world’s most challenging scientific and engineering problems. For the power storage industry, we provide multiple services, including battery research, system design, development, testing, and analysis. Our labs adhere to quality standards and can provide abuse and environmental simulation services.
RTI International
RTI International is an independent, scientific research institute dedicated to improving the human condition. Our vision is to address the world’s most critical problems with science-based solutions in pursuit of a better future. Clients rely on us to answer questions that demand an objective and multidisciplinary approach—one that integrates expertise across social, statistical, data, and laboratory sciences, engineering, and other technical disciplines to solve the world’s most challenging problems.
Purdue University
Our mission is to fuel economic growth in the region and beyond by enabling food and beverage companies to ideate, develop, and commercialize novel improved and sustainable products; to provide learning experiences in innovation and entrepreneurship for students in the College of Agriculture; and to contribute to the land-grand research and Extension missions of Purdue University. | For over 150 years, generations of Boilermakers have left their mark in small steps and giant leaps. Today, we continue in those footsteps as we bring our best and learn to build a better world, together.
OMVE LAB & Pilot Equipment
OMVE is a global tech company, fully specialized in lab and pilot scale solutions, delivering complete aseptic processing plants from 10L/h up to 1000L/h for liquid food & beverage Industry. Our systems simulate industrial scale production equipment such as emulsifiers, inline sterilizers (HTST/UHT), carbonators, tunnel pasteurizers, aseptic fillers, cookers, fermenters, crystallizers, spray dryer, SSHE, etc.
Michigan State University
The Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation empowers students to learn through action by providing programs, courses, and resources to foster an entrepreneurial mindset and create new ventures. Our program is designed to prime students to embrace failure mindfully, explore unknowns, and develop skills that set them apart in th | Please visit Michigan State University’s booth (S2437) to learn more about the Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition (fshn.msu.edu), the Food Product Innovation Center (canr.msu.edu/fpic/), Institute of Food Laws and Regulations (canr.msu.edu/iflr/), the MSU online food safety program (https://foodsafety.msu.edu/), the School of Packaging (canr.msu.edu/packaging/), and the Institute of Agriculture Technologies Mobile Food Processing Lab (canr.msu.edu/iat/certificate_programs/mobilelab).
GrowinCo.
GrowinCo. is a CPG co-manufacturing platform, where industries find capacities, develop partners and launch new products. Speed up your time-to-market optimizing processes.