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About Gray AES Gray AES brings together architecture, engineering, and automation into one integrated team focused on solving complex industrial challenges. As part of Gray, a fully integrated design-builder, we partner with customers to design and deliver facilities that perform—from concept through long-term operation. Our approach is rooted in integration. By aligning design, process engineering, and automation from the start, we help reduce risk, improve efficiency, and create systems built for long-term performance. Whether supporting a greenfield facility, expansion, or modernization, we deliver solutions that are both practical and forward-looking. We serve customers across key markets including food & beverage, manufacturing, advanced technology, data centers, and distribution, chemical, and consumer goods. Increasing automation demands, labor challenges, and the need for more connected operations require a smarter approach. Gray AES helps customers navigate this complexity with the right technical expertise and a unified delivery model. Our capabilities span facility design, process and packaging engineering, controls and automation, robotics and vision systems, and technical support. This allows us to connect systems that are often siloed—linking process to building systems and integrating data, controls, and operations into a cohesive environment. Backed by Gray’s family of companies, we offer flexibility in how we engage—whether as a standalone partner or as part of a full design-build team. In every case, our focus remains the same: delivering solutions that support performance, reliability, and future growth. 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. Design-Build & Process Integration from One Skilled Partner 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 innovative solutions and world-class facilities for customers across our core markets: Manufacturing, Food & Beverage, Data Centers, Advanced Technology, Distribution, and Commercial. Our robust offering—which includes construction management, self-perform trades, architecture, MEP & process engineering, automation, and equipment manufacturing—enables us to deliver diverse products and services that improve speed to market and operational efficiency for our customers. One of the most impactful ways that Gray has served our customers was our pioneering of design-build project delivery more than 30 years ago. Currently the industry’s fastest-growing and most popular delivery method, design-build joins architectural design & engineering with construction on a single contract, providing earlier engagement, streamlined communication, and a more collaborative team structure. The result for our customers? Faster delivery with less cost and schedule growth and less cost escalation, proven by decades of research and data collected from hundreds of projects. One of five founding members of the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA), Gray has delivered thousands of design-build projects, executing new builds on rapid timelines and providing expert process integration, design, and automation. With design-build projects awarded eight times in the last three years, Gray has earned its reputation as an integrated design-builder, providing precision and partnership for leading manufacturers and distributors. Top businesses around the globe trust our family of companies for superior service and custom solutions. Whether it's designing and building a state-of-the-art factory, fabricating unique process equipment, or implementing advanced automation, our expertise ensures innovation and value at every step. Our experience spans a wide range of projects for industrial applications: Design, construction, and automation of Hill’s Pet Nutrition’s new wet pet food production facility Nearly 30 projects for Costco commercial warehouses and distribution centers The U.S. solar industry’s first ingot-to-module manufacturing facility for Qcells Design-build & process integration services for Morinaga America, Inc.’s newest expansion An AS/RS warehouse expansion and dry-to-cold storage conversion for Merchants Distributors A growing list of distribution and processing facilities to support Publix expansion efforts Design-build, engineering, and real estate services for a large production facility for Trex Award-winning facilities for Kraft Heinz in Davenport, IA, and Wausau, WI For more information on what Gray can offer your business, check out our Services page and follow us @Gray on LinkedIn. Design-Build & Process Integration from One Skilled Partner 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 innovative solutions and world-class facilities for customers across our core markets: Manufacturing, Food & Beverage, Data Centers, Advanced Technology, Distribution, and Commercial. Our robust offering—which includes construction management, self-perform trades, architecture, MEP & process engineering, automation, and equipment manufacturing—enables us to deliver diverse products and services that improve speed to market and operational efficiency for our customers. One of the most impactful ways that Gray has served our customers was our pioneering of design-build project delivery more than 30 years ago. Currently the industry’s fastest-growing and most popular delivery method, design-build joins architectural design & engineering with construction on a single contract, providing earlier engagement, streamlined communication, and a more collaborative team structure. The result for our customers? Faster delivery with less cost and schedule growth and less cost escalation, proven by decades of research and data collected from hundreds of projects. One of five founding members of the Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA), Gray has delivered thousands of design-build projects, executing new builds on rapid timelines and providing expert process integration, design, and automation. With design-build projects awarded eight times in the last three years, Gray has earned its reputation as an integrated design-builder, providing precision and partnership for leading manufacturers and distributors. Top businesses around the globe trust our family of companies for superior service and custom solutions. Whether it's designing and building a state-of-the-art factory, fabricating unique process equipment, or implementing advanced automation, our expertise ensures innovation and value at every step. Our experience spans a wide range of projects for industrial applications: Design, construction, and automation of Hill’s Pet Nutrition’s new wet pet food production facility Nearly 30 projects for Costco commercial warehouses and distribution centers The U.S. solar industry’s first ingot-to-module manufacturing facility for Qcells Design-build & process integration services for Morinaga America, Inc.’s newest expansion An AS/RS warehouse expansion and dry-to-cold storage conversion for Merchants Distributors A growing list of distribution and processing facilities to support Publix expansion efforts Design-build, engineering, and real estate services for a large production facility for Trex Award-winning facilities for Kraft Heinz in Davenport, IA, and Wausau, WI For more information on what Gray can offer your business, check out our Services page and follow us @Gray on LinkedIn.