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Mission Produce Guatemala Packinghouse Ribbon-Cutting

Plant Openings

Mission Produce Opens Guatemala Packinghouse for Year-Round Avocado Supply

April 30, 2025

Anticipated to launch in August, Mission’s Guatemala packinghouse is engineered for performance.

MULTIVAC's Sealing and packing machine sealing fish.

Packing/Sealing

MULTIVAC Launches B 625 Chamber Belt Machine

August 7, 2023

The company has launched a packing machine for flat products.

Packaging Machinery

A-B-C Unveils Bottle Unpacker and Packer

May 10, 2023

The two-in-one system is designed to reduce labor and save floor space.

Tomra Food Kete 16 robotic packing machine for punnets and clamshells

Tomra Food introduces robotic packing machine for punnets and clamshells

May 19, 2022

Keye16 automates the process of placing punnets and clamshells into cases, trays, boxes and crates.

Dry Processing Technology

Meat processor automates production and pack-out systems

Wolverine Packing Co. reimagined existing equipment and installed new conveyors and material handling equipment to help scale up its production

December 22, 2021

Wolverine Packing Co. reimagined existing equipment and installed new conveyors and material handling equipment to help scale up its production.

Gonzales California Del Monte Fresh Mann's Produce Processing Plant Fruits Vegetables

Del Monte's Mann Packing opens 130,000-square-foot produce processing plant in Gonzales, California

The Gonzales plant is Mann's fifth West Coast facility, fourth in California

January 14, 2021

Mann Packing, a subsidiary of Del Monte Fresh Produce and one of the largest suppliers of packaged vegetables in North America, has opened its new facility in Gonzales, California. Joining a lineup of California facilities in Salinas, Chualar, Delhi, and one in Yuma, Arizona, the new fifth facility will allow Mann Packing to grow its business, elevate its existing operations and provide an innovative new space to help the brand continue to meet consumer needs.

New Plant Products

Semi-automated hand-pack conveyor

October 30, 2020

System includes tool-less removable stainless steel shelving for product storage containers that are positioned for operators to slide bulk food directly into clamshell trays for manual lid closure.

New Plant Products

Compact packer

August 4, 2020

Model 19 packer is designed to reduce required labor and to eliminate the liability associated with the repetitive motion of hand packing, while providing smooth and gentle product handling to maintain package integrity.

Dry Processing Technology

Machine Packer

June 8, 2020

Model 19 packer reduces labor and the liability of the repetitive motion of hand packing, providing gentle product handling to maintain package integrity.

Packaging

Pace Processing streamlines throughput on baked goods line

Amid rapid growth, the baker has relied on automated tray forming, and case packing and sealing systems to improve throughput and uptime

Wayne Labs

March 17, 2020

For the past almost 20 years, Pace Processing, a commercial bakery located in British Columbia, Canada has experienced consistent growth. That growth has led the company to adopt an automation strategy, but that presents its own challenges.