2026 ProFood World Facilities & Infrastructure Directory

FACILITIES+ INFRASTRUCTURE DIRECTORY

October 18-21, 2026

Chicago, Illinois, USA

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DESIGN-BUILD EXCELLENCE FOR SMARTER OPERATIONS Automated Facilities / Cold Storage / Distribution / Pharma-Cold / Processing

Efficient Cold Facilities Start Here, Contact ESI Today!

With 35 years of experience and more than 500 successful projects, ESI Group leads the design and construction of turnkey, climate-controlled facilities for the food and pharmaceutical industries.

ESI Group helps you: Maximize Operational Efficiency Reduce Project Costs Ensure Regulatory Compliance Our single-source approach means fewer headaches, faster timelines, and proven results—backed by an 85% repeat client rate.

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CONTENTS

October 18-21, 2026 ■ Chicago, Illinois, USA

OCTOBER 2026

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03 FACILITIES & INFRASTRUCTURE: Building the foundation for modern food and beverage manufacturing

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DESIGN/BUILD + ENGINEERING SERVICES

07 The Austin Company

13 Hansen-Rice, Inc.

Barnum Mechanical Inc.

Hixson Architecture/Engineers

Complete Water Services, LLC

Mead & Hunt

Dean Snyder Construction

STEVENS Engineers & Constructors

09 Dennis Group

15 TheWhiting-Turner Contracting Company

DORAL Corporation, Inc. E.A. Bonelli, a Stratus Team Company

Tippmann Group / Interstate Warehousing

ESI Group

The WEBBER/SMITH Group

11 Extrutech Plastics, Inc.

WSP

Food Tech, Inc. Foth Gleeson Constructors & Engineers, L.L.C.

SECTION 2

UTILITES + VENTILATION

16 Miura America Co., Ltd. SECTION 3

PLANT OPERATIONS + MAINTENANCE

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BUILDING SYSTEMS

ENGINEERS & CONSTRUCTORS

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NEED MORE THAN THE BUILDING? Our design-build capabilities bring engineering and construction expertise together to deliver complete facility solutions.

Built around your operation. Delivered nationwide.

FULLY CUSTOMIZABLE BUILDINGS FOR NEW FACILITIES & EXPANSIONS Pre-engineered metal buildings offer a flexible, efficient solution for new facilities and expansions. Customize your building to fit your operation. We supply customized buildings nationwide, giving you the flexibility to use the contractor or erector of your choice.

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Facilities & Infrastructure: Building the foundation for modern food and beverage manufacturing

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lant openings, expansions, and renovations are exciting because of the opportunities they bring manufacturers and local communities alike. For manufacturers, they can represent meeting a need for increased demand, a new product line, modernizing operations, improving efficiency, or positioning the business for future growth. For communities, they often represent healthy economic development, new jobs, and long-term investment. But designing and constructing a high-performing food and beverage manufacturing facility that meets the needs of both the manufacturer and the surrounding community is a complex, highly involved process. It’s not just about the processing lines and equipment; it’s also about the way those systems interact with the building itself. The right equipment needs to be specified, while ensuring the utilities are prepared to handle the additional work. Additionally, how will the new facility impact local traffic and resources?

Architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) firms help manufacturers answer these fundamental questions and others that may not have been considered. These answers shape everything that follows. Where will raw ingredients enter the building? What will traffic flows and movement through the plant look like? Which processes should be isolated? How much flexibility should be built into the utilities to accommodate future production lines and expansion?

What decisions can be made in the design process—for sanitation, maintenance, or worker safety—instead of addressing them after startup?

The answers to those questions increasingly determine the long-term success of a manufacturing facility. Today’s plants are expected to produce more products with greater consistency while having the flexibility to adapt to future needs. Simply adding square footage isn’t enough anymore. Manufacturers need to have facilities that can evolve.

This means that the role of AEC firms—who design and construct F&B plants day in and day out—has evolved. Rather than serving solely as designers and builders, they have become strategic partners that help manufacturers balance competing priorities. Recent food and beverage projects illustrate just how integrated those decisions have become.

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When The Campbell’s Company expanded its Maxton, N.C., facility with new aseptic processing capabilities, the project involved far more than installing additional production lines. The expansion included new utility infrastructure, quality laboratories, ingredient storage, employee spaces, training areas, and support systems that enable aseptic manufacturing to operate efficiently. The building itself became part of the manufacturing process.

Similarly, renovation projects often present opportunities—and challenges—that differ dramatically from greenfield construction. Standard Meat Company’s transformation of a historic Fort Worth facility demonstrated how engineers and construction teams can adapt decades-old infrastructure into a modern processing operation. Creative solutions were required to accommodate advanced processing equipment while preserving the character of the building. In these situations, success depends as much on problem-solving and collaboration as it does on construction expertise.

Entirely new facilities are increasingly being designed with future expansion in mind. Rather than maximizing capacity on day one, many manufacturers are embracing strategies and systems that allow them to respond to changing market conditions and eliminate the need to take on another major construction project every few years. Scalability has become as important as scale.

The competition for skilled employees in manufacturing continues. Gone are the days of building a plain white box and expecting people to show up for work. Plant amenities and design play a crucial role in attracting and keeping staff. New facilities will frequently include larger and nicer breakrooms, expanded training spaces, natural lighting, and layouts that reduce unnecessary walking or repetitive movement.

Safety is similarly influenced by facility design, with engineers considering everything from maintenance access and sanitation procedures to ergonomic workstations and space constraints during the earliest stages of planning.

Perhaps most importantly, today’s facilities are being designed around data as much as physical production. Modern plants depend on reliable electrical infrastructure, industrial networking, automation systems, cybersecurity considerations, and utility monitoring that allow operators to make informed decisions in real time.

The building has become a platform.

The companies and firms on the following pages can be your partner and guide to innovative approaches to architecture, engineering, construction, utilities, sustainability, and planning to help you build operations capable of meeting today’s production demands while remaining prepared for tomorrow’s challenges.

Whether constructing a new greenfield plant, expanding an existing operation, or modernizing decades-old infrastructure, successful projects begin long before equipment arrives on site. They begin with thoughtful planning, careful engineering, and collaboration to create the facilities that will define the next generation of food and beverage manufacturing.

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DESIGN/BUILD + ENGINEERING SERVICES

Design. Build. Deliver. www.theaustin.com

LU-7352

Planning a plant expansion, renovation, or new facility? Austin provides full-service design-build, engineering, and construction solutions for packaging, food and beverage, life sciences, and industrial manufacturers. Our integrated approach streamlines project delivery and helps clients move from concept to production.

The Austin Company

Process & Utility Piping Solutions www.barnummechanical.com

LU-7023

45+ years of process expertise. Barnum Mechanical engineers, fabricates, automates, and installs sanitary and high-purity process piping, utility systems, and custom skids for complex manufacturing facilities. From concept through commissioning, our integrated team delivers efficient, scalable, compliant solutions. All under one roof.

Barnum Mechanical Inc.

Water and Wastewater Treatment Solutions www.cwaterservices.com

LL-9001

Complete Water Services solves water & wastewater treatment problems in the food & beverage industry. Our design-build water system solutions ensure that every issue is addressed effectively using advanced proven technologies and techniques. System design, construction, installation, operational services and more.

Complete Water Services, LLC

From Facility Design to Final Build www.deansnyder.com

LU-8954

Dean Snyder Construction has decades of experience building food and beverage facilities across the Midwest. From expansions and renovations to new processing and production spaces, we understand the demands of working in active facilities and bring that experience to every project.

Dean Snyder Construction

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DESIGN/BUILD + ENGINEERING SERVICES

Partner with the #1 in Food & Beverage www.dennisgroup.com

LU-7606

Since 2015, ENR has ranked us the #1 Food Design Firm. Our integrated design-build approach brings every core discipline under one roof for tighter coordination, faster decisions, and single-source accountability. For owners, that means greater certainty around cost, schedule, and outcomes—from concept through start-up.

Dennis Group

Equipment Installation Contractor www.doralcorp.net DORAL Corporation is a 3rd generation Industrial Contractor celebrating over 60 years in business. We travel the U.S. partnering with A/E/C Firms, Integrators and Owners for their Packaging and Processing Equipment Installation needs.

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DORAL Corporation, Inc.

Food & Beverage Architecture + Engineering www.eabonelli.com

LU-8423

E.A. Bonelli is an architectural and engineering firm working exclusively for the food & beverage industries. Over sixty-five years of hygienic design expertise, serving clients from six offices across the United States. Since 1960, we have specialized in designing the right environments to optimize the success of your products.

EA Bonelli, a Stratus Team Company

Built for Cold. Designed for What’s Next. esigroupusa.com

LU-7415

Since 1991, ESI has delivered 500+ climate-controlled facilities for food and pharma operations. Our integrated approach creates efficient, resilient facilities designed around your products, processes, and people—with flexibility to scale as production, storage, and distribution evolve. Build for today. Plan for tomorrow. Build with ESI.

ESI Group

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Extrutech (EPI) for your Walls and Ceilings

LU-8409

Extrutech (EPI) Wall and Ceiling Panels offer superior sanitary surfaces and are approved for incidental food contact. The panels are USDA and CFIA accepted, ICC-ES Listed ESR-4583 and offer a bright white, high gloss, non-porous surface. Extruded in Manitowoc, WI for 34 years, with US-sourced materials.

Extrutech Plastics, Inc.

Your Partner in Food & Beverage Design-Build www.foodtech.com Food Tech, Inc. provides turnkey design-build services for the food industry, streamlining complex projects to stay on time and budget. End-to-end project management from concept through commissioning ensures a successful project and smooth start-up.

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Food Tech, Inc.

Solving Your Toughest Challenges www.foth.com

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Foth is a full-service firm serving manufacturing clients throughout North America. Our goal is to become a trusted extension of your teams responsible for the success of mission-critical projects. Flexible delivery across Engineering, Design-Build, and Serial 1 Automation solutions. Booth S-3904 (All Markets) and LU-7014 (Food Facilities)

Foth

Planning Your Next Food Processing Facility? www.gleesonllc.com

Gleeson’s integrated design-build approach specializes in food processing plants, ready-to-eat facilities, harvest and fresh meat facilities, and cold storage distribution centers. When your operation demands efficiency, food safety, and future expansion, you need a partner who understands how food facilities work. You need Gleeson.

LU-7540

Learn how Gleeson can support your next food facility project.

Gleeson Constructors & Engineers, L.L.C.

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DESIGN/BUILD + ENGINEERING SERVICES

Clarity Before Commitment www.hansen-rice.com

LL-10002

A transparent Plan-Design-Build process gives owners early visibility into scope, cost, schedule, and constructability. HRI integrates process requirements into design and construction before hard commitments, exposing gaps and reducing changes. For over 40 years, we’ve guided projects from capital planning through startup.

Hansen-Rice, Inc.

Architecture, Engineering, Process www.hixson-inc.com/FID26

LU-7128

Since 1948, Hixson has partnered with many of the most well recognized brands in the world on their complex food, beverage, and laboratory projects. With 20 technical disciplines co-located in-house, Hixson creates forward-thinking, high-quality design solutions that address our clients’ toughest challenges.

Hixson Architects/Engineers

Engineered for Performance www.meadhunt.com

LU-7038

We specialize in process, packaging, utilities, refrigeration, and wastewater solutions for food and beverage manufacturers. Our full-service capabilities provide executable scopes, realistic budgets, and schedules to guide your next project. We look forward to partnering with you!

Mead & Hunt

Making Construction and Expansions Easier www.stevensec.com

LL-10229

The STEVENS family of companies brings engineering, building supply, and construction together to support industrial facilities from concept through completion. We supply custom, pre-engineered metal building systems for manufacturing, processing, warehousing, and more, backed by the expertise to support your facility needs.

STEVENS Engineers & Constructors

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Built on Integrity. Driven by Excellence. www.whiting-turner.com

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Delivering manufacturing facilities nationwide through construction management, general contracting, design-build, and integrated project delivery. We combine more than 100 years of industry experience with a commitment to integrity, excellence, and leadership to help leading manufacturers bring their vision to life.

The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company

Design/Build & Cold Storage Excellence www.tippmanngroup.com

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Tippmann Group offers design/build construction and cold storage warehousing services for the food industry. We design & build from an owner/operator perspective, owning more than 140,000,000 cf of frozen and refrigerated space nationwide. Our QFR Zone® is the most energy and labor-efficient way to blast freeze your product.

Tippmann Group / Interstate Warehousing

Creating Food-Safe Environments www.webbersmith.com Providing food-safe, cost-effective, scalable, and sustainable engineering and building design solutions to the Food & Beverage Industry. Our Engineers and Building Designers have been creating comprehensive client-centric solutions since 1978.

LU-8549

The WEBBER/SMITH Group

Unlock Potential www.wsp.com

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WSP is one of the world’s leading professional services firms, uniting its engineering, advisory and science-based expertise to shape communities to advance humanity. WSP operates in over 50 countries and employs approximately 73,000 professionals, known as Visioneers.

WSP

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UTILITIES + VENTILATION

Boiler Room Innovation www.miuraboiler.com Keep production moving with reliable, efficient steam. Visit Miura at Booth LU-8035 to learn how our modular boilers, integrated water treatment, and monitoring solutions help manufacturers improve uptime, reduce energy use, and prepare for future demands.

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Miura America Co., Ltd.

PLANT OPERATIONS + MAINTENANCE Smarter Solutions for Better Plant Performance www.cejn.com Optimize plant operations with CEJN compressed air solutions. Quickconnect couplings, hose reels, and blowguns help improve efficiency, safety, and maintenance while reducing downtime. Discover innovative, cost-saving solutions designed for your evolving facility.

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WE ARE FOOD TECH

A TECHNICAL EXTENSION OF YOUR TEAM Using our Design-Build, Single-Source approach, Food Tech works with you; from planning, to design, and construction, for your optimal state-of-the-art facility.

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