SEMA MEMBER NEWS
WELCOME NEW ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
L.K. White & Associates Inc
403 E. Allen
Wentzville, MO 63385
Tom Snyder
404.683.6993
United States Cold Storage
211 NE McCloskey Ave.
Lake City, FL 32055
Paul Boartfield
386.438.2001
Golden Eagle Extrusions, Inc.
1762 State Route 131
Milford, OH 45150
Jim Potts
404.816.2360
WELCOME NEW ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
Mound Tool Company
9301 Watson Industrial Park
St. Louis, MO 63126
Rich Wessles
314.968.3991
Refrigerated Warehousing, Inc.
P.O. Box 488
Jasper, GA 30143
Dennis Shine
770.894.4012 or 800.873.2008
A Refrigerated engineering & construction company
WELCOME NEW PROCESSOR MEMBER
New Best Packers
1122 Bronson St.
Palatka, FL 32177
Greg Brown
561.743.8001
MEET NEW SEMA MEMBERS
Mound Tool Company was founded in 1899, and has been
manufacturing the finest tools and equipment for the meat processing
industry for over 100 years. Featuring our extensive line of trolleys,
hooks, specialty knives, meat saws, bacon hangers and other related processing
products. Contact Rich Wessles at 314.968.3991.
Refrigerated Warehousing Inc. (RWI) was established
in 1984 to provide a single source for quality refrigerated construction
services for the food processing and distribution industries. RWI is
a refrigerated engineering and construction company that provides engineering
and construction services to food processors and food distributors throughout
the Southeast. Refrigerated Warehousing will have a tabletop at the SEMA
convention, come by meet Dennis Shine the owner and President of the
company. For more information visit there website rwizero.com or
call Dennis at 800.873.2008 or 770.894.4013.
Citizens Financial Partners, Inc. (CFP) is the financial
services affiliate for Citizens Bank of Florida. CFP is centralized
in Oviedo, however, has representatives throughout the eastern part of
the
United States. CFP specializes in custom designed portfolios for small
business owners. We help maximize tax strategies, retirement, and estate
planning without forgetting the business owner’s need to satisfy
the desires of their employees, particularly those employees who are
key to the success of their business.
CFP’s “out-of-the-box” strategies are a combination
of knowledge of investment tools and a thorough understanding of current
tax laws. CFP also conducts free educational seminars and workshops for
individuals. On-going topics include information on US Savings Bonds,
identity theft, college funding, trusts, the economy, retirement, leaving
a legacy, and estate planning.
Contact Del Burfitt, at 800-536-6066 or my E-Mail at dburfitt@citizensfp.com
Walsroder Packaging for over 80 years has specialized
in the design and production of fibrous casings and plastic casings for
the meat industry. Our fibrous casings are an industry standard with
consistent uniformity, sizing, and peelablilty. Walsroder Packaging's
versatile range of fibrous casings reflects the latest marketplace trends
and technological advancements.
Walsroder Packaging's plastic casings are ideal for your entire production
process from stuffing to the finished product. The multi-layered construction
makes our plastic casings an excellent choice for all types of applications
from raw meats to cooked products. Walsroder Packaging's plastic casings
have outstanding machine ability and ensure trouble free processing.
Our fibrous and plastic casings are available in a wide range of colors
and sizes. For more information, please call John Quinn at 773 551-6317.
Danisco USA has a comprehensive range of ingredients
that ensure meat, seafood and poultry products have the right color,
texture, shelf-life, safety and nutritional profile - whether they are
traditional products, products low in fat or salt, ethnic foods or convenient
ready meals. Improved processing and cost efficiency are also part of
the equation.
A modern meat technology center in Denmark and laboratories in the
USA and China are equipped with the latest equipment for realistic simulation
of industrial processes. The meat technology laboratories are supplemented
by Danisco's textural evaluation facilities, microbiological laboratory
and in-house taste panel.
To learn more about Danisco’s ingredients for meat, poultry and
seafood, please visit danisco.com or
contact the southeast Account Manager, Michael Eliasen at 913.738.3472
or 800.255.6837 ext.3472. Scott Process Equipment and Controls Inc. is a leading
supplier and service provider of advanced food processing equipment to
the meat, poultry, and seafood processor. Scott also provides technologically
advanced temperature monitoring and process control solutions exclusive
to the food industry. Contact Ed Tautkus at 905.607.5507, toll-free 888.343.5421
or e-mail info@scottpec.com.
CSB-System International,
Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of CSB-System AG, is a leading
developer of innovative business software solutions specifically designed
for process manufacturers.
Since 1977, CSB-System has enabled our customers to increase their market
share while enhancing their competitive advantages, by providing the
tools required to increase operational efficiencies, maintain regulatory
compliance, strengthen customer relationships, and maximize profits.
The CSB-SYSTEM is a single application that provides functionality for
the entire enterprise including enterprise resource planning (ERP), supply
chain management (SCM), warehouse management systems (WMS), automated
data capture (ADC), computer integrated manufacturing (CIM), electronic
data interchange (EDI), performance management & business intelligence
(BI), and customer relationship management (CRM).
Its modular structure is designed to grow with your organization thus
providing the flexibility needed to quickly capitalize on new markets,
products, and customers. For information, please visit www.csb-system.com.
Primus Builders, Inc. of Woodstock, Georgia is an industrial
design/build and construction management firm that specializes in the
planning, design and construction of food processing and cold storage
facilities throughout the Southeast.
The staff of design and construction professionals has extensive experience
in understanding and implementing the recommendations and guidelines
of the GMP’s, USDA, FSIS, FDA, AIB and the AMI themes and principles
of facility design. Many of their projects are expansions and renovations
which require working in and around on-going operations. They understand
the requirement of keeping your processing operation separated from the
expansion work with sanitary partitions and the need of working around
your production schedules.
Primus Builders offer many value added services:
Food processing expertise; Food safety knowledge; Site and facility
planning;
Process flow and equipment layout; Alternate project approaches;
Project phasing and sequencing to keep you operational; Value engineering;
Responsible budgets and scheduling.
The success of any project is tied directly to the individuals working
on and managing the project; the partners and senior management are directly
involved in the day to day management of the projects.
Primus Builders, Inc. is a member of the U.S. Green Building Council
and recognizes the importance of sustaining our natural resources and
is committed to incorporating Green Building (LEED) techniques in their
design and construction management approach to all their projects.
Food Wholesalers in St. Petersburg, Florida has been a family owned
company for over twenty five years. Originally established as a master
distributor of frozen meats and vegetables to independent food service
companies, they have shifted their focus to selling meats to independent
meat markets, restaurants and processors. This year Food Wholesalers
proudly became the exclusive distributor for Excalibur Seasoning for
the Southeastern United States. With the addition of the Excalibur line
they gained over seven thousand items, including, marinades, breading,
spices, chemicals, and custom blends. The addition of Excalibur also
allows Food Wholesalers to deliver both meats and seasonings to processors.
For questions regarding Excalibur Seasoning call Chuck Bennett at 727-742-0618,
to place an order call Jim Anson 727-481-4622.
The Harris family of White Oak Pastures has
raised cattle on the same Early County, GA farm for five generations.
Stewardship of the land and respect for our livestock are among the most
important lessons that are passed from parent to child in our family.
Today at White Oak Pastures, our cattle are raised in
a manner that has stood the test of time. It begins with southern sunshine,
unpolluted country air and fertile coastal soil. The practices of our
predecessors are the template for our productions system today. We produce
beef the way that it is meant to be. Our cattle are allowed to roam our
pastures and graze freely on sweet native grasses all of their lives.
White Oak Pastures believes in the humane treatment of animals. That
is why we do not give them hormones, antibiotics or non-natural feedstuffs
to speed their growth. We proactively support nature’s food chain:
sun & soil, to plants, to animals and then to people. Raising cattle
this way is not the cheapest way to produce beef. It is however, the
right way.
The Harris family is building a slaughter-processing plant,
which they plant to have opened by April of 2008.
Associate Members:
Winpak: Nick Polgardi is the new Georgia/Florida salesman.
You can get in touch with Nick by
e-mailing nick.polgardi@wd.winpak.com or
by calling 770.789.0097.
CDC Software-Ross Enterprise: Ross is CDC Software’s
comprehensive suite of applications for food processors. The suite of
applications address the unique challenges of the meat industry, including
detailed product costing and profitability analysis, dual units of measure,
management of pricing and promotions, optimized forecasting and scheduling,
improved order fulfillment and customer service, inventory optimization
with minimal spoilage and compliance with food safety regulations and
mock recalls.
For more information, contact Jon Cowan, Sr. Sales Executive at 404.687.0047.
ELISA Technologies is a professional full-service diagnostic
laboratory providing worldwide government agencies, producers, and consumers
with
reliable, accurate testing solutions for MEAT SPECIES, FOOD ALLERGENS,
VETERINARY/FOOD SAFETY, MYCOTOXINS, ANIMAL/FISH SPECIES, and SANITATION.
Recognized for official confirmatory methods, ELISA Technologies provides
kits for the USDA-FSIS, SENASA (Argentina), and FFIS (Japan).
Preventing adulteration of meat foods with less desirable or objectionable
meat species is important for economic, regulatory, health, and ethnic
reasons. The identification of meat species is performed in many countries
to assure consumers that the meat and poultry they purchase is safe,
wholesome, unadulterated and properly labeled.
Clients around the world rely on our experience and expertise to provide
accurate and prompt test results in a professional confidential manner.
In the area of meat speciation we are the leader, from ground beef
to cooked products to animal feeds. Our allergen, antibiotic, drug,
steroid,
hormone and Mycotoxin testing services are conducted using the best
immunoassay methods available. Our validated methods include those
with AOAC, USDA,
FDA, CFIA and EC official method status.
For more information, contact Bruce Ritter, CEO at 352.337.3929.
Insurance Office of America (IOA): Being
different is our difference. Insurance Office of America is a privately
held, full-service insurance agency founded in 1988 and is one of the
fastest-growing independent agencies in the United States. It is Florida’s
largest privately held insurance agency, ranked as the nation’s
9th largest privately held agency by Insurance Journal-National, and
ranked as the 40th largest U.S. broker by Business Insurance magazine.
National Underwriter named IOA one of the top three Commercial Insurance
Agencies of the year 2005. And locally, IOA receives high marks—the
Orlando Business Journal awarded them 59th on the Central Florida’s
Golden 100 list, 2004; plus recognized them as one of the Best Places
to Work, 2007. A member of Independent Insurance Agents of America, IOA’s
home office is located in Longwood, FL with branch offices reaching from
coast to coast. Welcome Mark Sheffield. Mark can be reached at 4915 West
Cypress Street Suite 100, Tampa, FL 33607 or by calling 813.637.8877
ext 2543.
Advanced Surfaces Corp. is a seamless industrial-flooring
contractor, serving the industry for the past 10 years. Advanced Surfaces
is a Master U-Crete Installer and Largest U-Crete Installer for 2 years
running in the USA. The ONLY Solution for long-term durability in extreme
thermal shock conditions. For your flooring needs call Tom Young in Villa
Rica, GA at 770.920.0066.
Innovative Labeling Solutions is a fully integrated
supplier that for the past nine years has manufactured all styles and
types of labeling machines and material handling equipment along with
providing many solutions from software to complete systems. They offer
a wide range of services from Engineering, programming, machining, sheet
metal, welding, powder coating and many other fabrications process. In
their fourteen thousand square foot facility located in Gainesville,
Florida they provide complete systems starting with the engineering and
ending with a complete assembly that is wired and programmed installed
with software if needed and ready to plug in and run. Whatever your labeling
requirements might be Innovative Labeling can provide you with working
solutions. Contact Gary Gillespie in Gainesville, FL at 386.418.8880.
Processing Member
ROCKET CITY MEATS & SEAFOOD
2203 Meridian St. N.,
Huntsville, AL 35811
Rocket City Meats and Seafood located
at 2203 Meridian Street in Huntsville Alabama has been in business since
1984. It is an independently owned wholesale foods company, mainly meats
(beef, poultry, pork, processed, and seafood). The owner is Billy R.
Phillips who has been in the food service industry for over 35 years.
There is also a retail outlet at the physical location where meats and
grocery items are sold. Service for wholesale goods is provided to the
Huntsville area as well as Birmingham, Scottsboro, Decatur, Hartselle,
Guntersville, Albertville, and the Florence area. There is a website
at www.rocketcitymeats.net.
The contact for Rocket City Meats and Seafood is Bill Phillips at 256-533-9744
or fax 256-539-1566.
Associate Member
FLORIDA MARKING PRODUCTS, INC.
555 Dog Track Road,
Longwood, FL
Florida Marking is a manufacturing facility in Longwood,
FL with 30 employees. We manufacture items that identify your products.
Labels, decals, vinyl lettering, banners, stencils, rubber stamps, daters,
inks, engraved nameplates and all types of signs for facility marking
are some of the products we manufacture. In addition to this we distribute
all forms of Advertising Specialty Products to promote your business
name. We market to the entire Southeast and pride ourselves on our quick
turn around and quality products. Our company is in its 24th year of
business. The contact for Florida Marking Products is Jackie Abrams at
407.834.3000. Brooks Food Group, Inc.
2701 Simpson Street,
Monroe, NC 28112,
704.282.1742
John Schultz, Q.A./F.S.
Brooks Food Group operates two food-processing plants and a research
and product development facility to serve the foodservice industry. The
operations incorporate the latest technologies to ensure quality and
food safety.
Brooks Food Group Bedford, Virginia Facility and Corporate Headquarters
- Manufacturing, warehousing, research and product development, and
corporate functions operating
in a 90,000-square-foot facility.
- Value-added, custom-breaded, battered, frozen products including:
proteins, vegetables, fruits,
cheese and breads products.
- Inspected and certified by the United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA), the Food and
Drug Administration (FDA), Silliker and Cook & Thurber.
Brooks Food Group Monroe, North Carolina Facility
- Manufacturing and warehousing facilities operating in 78,000 square
feet.
- Value-added chicken products, including whole muscle and forming
capabilities.
- Custom breaded battered, frozen products including: beef, cheese
and vegetables.
- Inspected and certified by the United States Department of Agriculture
(USDA), the Food and
Drug Administration (FDA), Silliker and Cook & Thurber.
Dade Service Corp.
Dade Service Corp. for fifty years has been designing
and building coolers, freezers and processing rooms for the meat and
produce industries, throughout the United States, Central America, South
America and the Caribbean Islands.
Contact Frank Mihalik, Sales Engineer
700-A Fentress Blvd., Daytona Beach, FL 32114
386.274.5655
Ossid MH
Ossid MH is the primary packaging business unit of
Pro Mach Inc. Ossid is an engineering company that fabricates a variety
of primary packaging machines for the beef, pork and, poultry industries.
Pro Mach Inc. purchased a longstanding North American engineering company,
Mahaffy Harder (MH). MH has been fabricating horizontal thermoform, fill
and seal machines for over 40 years. MH has merged with Ossid to form
Ossid MH.
Our core business is tray-sealing, stretch wrapping MAP machines and
TFFS machines for atmosphere, MAP and gas flush packaging.
Our location is Rocky Mount, NC, where all fabrication, service and
spare parts are based. Our clients are manufacturers or producers in
the markets mentioned above. We feel we bring a large presence of expertise
to the SE region for packaging expertise and we can call on other business
units in the Pro Mach Inc group to augment our offerings.
Contact Fran Ventura, VP of Sales
P.O. Drawer 1968, Rocky Mount, NC 27802
252.446.6177 or 800.334.8369 ext 123.
www.ossidmh.com or www.promachinc.com
ULMA Packaging Systems
ULMA Packaging Systems is one of the largest Flexible
Packaging Machinery manufacturers in the World. ULMA has been manufacturing
packaging machinery since 1956, and entered the North American market
in 1996. ULMA’s North American Sales, Service and Spare Parts
support office and warehouse is located in Ball Ground, GA, 50 miles
north of
Hartsfield Jackson Airport in Atlanta. At this same location ULMA offers
regularly scheduled Machine Maintenance and Operator Training Classes
open to all Customers.
ULMA is a leader in the packaging of fresh and further processed Beef,
Pork, Lamb and Veal. Since 1996 ULMA has placed over 2000 Machines in
North America. Other markets addressed by ULMA are seafood, prepared
foods, produce, dairy products, bakery and non-food products.
ULMA is an ISO 9001 certified manufacturer and worldwide supplier of
high quality packaging equipment. ULMA offers a wide range of equipment
including Inline Thermoforming Vacuum Systems, Tray Sealing, Stretch
Tray Over Wrap, Shrink wrapping, Horizontal (Flow Pack), Vertical Form
Fill & Seal (Bagging) and Modified Atmosphere Equipment (MAP). Our
latest offerings are an Inline Master Bag System and an Inline Vacuum
Bag Machine. Our state of the art facility combined with leading edge
technology; afford ULMA the opportunity to offer a solution for just
about any packaging application.
ULMA Packaging Systems is an employee owned company. For further information
on ULMA, please contact Bill Chastain or John Williams at (770) 345-5300.
Kalman Floor Company
Kalman Floor Company, since 1916 has been a national
contractor specializing in the installations of trouble-free industrial
concrete floor systems. Kalman’s expertise in materials science
and floor installation can provide you with many benefits.
The Kalman Seamless Concrete floor system can eliminate approximately
80% of the joints normally required in conventional concrete floors.
This results in a flatter floor due to less slab shrinkage and curling
which results in improved facility function and productivity. Armoring
with steel bars the few remaining floor joints exposed to traffic eliminates
joint breakdown and minimizes floor and forklift repair expenses.
Kalman Absorption Process Concrete floor topping is a ¾” thick,
deferred dewatered concrete topping placed over a previously hardened
base slab. AP Topping is a heavy-duty finish for use in high abrasion
environments like forklift truck docks. For intermediate-duty applications,
our Monorock monolithic, stone-densified finish is an excellent choice.
Both of these finishes, often combined within the same facility, are
smooth, non-dusting and area easily cleaned. They do not require sealers
or hardeners and provide long-lasting value for the owner.
Kalman can provide the best solution for your industrial concrete flooring
needs. For more information, please contact Don Ytterberg, Executive
Vice President at 303.674.2290.
Take a minute to welcome our new members to the Association
WELCOME BACK ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
Marel Food Systems, is a multinational leader in development
of high-tech food processing equipment and software technology covering
all major protein industries and spanning almost every segment on the
production floor. The corporate office for North America is stragically
located in Lenexa, Kansas. Service technicians and sales representatives
are located throughout the United States to provide the best possible
products and services available. The people at Marel Food Systems take
great pride in establishing and maintaining lasting partnerships and
aspire to continue this trend through focus on growth, innovation and
outstanding customer service. For more information on Marel Food Systems
contact Jeff Ray at 913.889.9110.
Poly-clip System, is the world’s leading manufacturer
of clip closure systems. Its products have played a major role in enabling
the meat-processors to develop new products and open up new markets.
Our key markets are the meat and poultry industries. For every application,
Poly-clip System offers the right machine. A wide variety of machines,
clips, and loops in various colors are available. The FCA automatic double
clipper series is suitable for any artificial, fibrous, or collagen casing.
The ICA with the unique iris separator is ideal for large caliber and
molded products. The TSA automatic sealing machines for forming and sealing
flat roll stock film to a tube offer additional advantages for automation.
Regional Sales Manager, Ed Norton can be contacted at 847.949.2800.
SEMA INDUSTRY NEWS
Stripling’s started as a family store on the
family farm in 1964, known then as “Sausage Kitchen”. It
was a simple butcher shop. Today, Striplings has three generations working
in three locations. To read the whole story visit Striplings.com and
click on 45th Anniversary. Congratulations!
Kopco Graphics is very proud of its team of employees
and recognized Mike Hadsell in their monthly newsletter. Mike Hadsell
is Sales Manager for the Florida plant. Mike is a very amiable and outgoing
person with tremendous talent and a great Sales Manager for Kopco Graphics.
Mike is also a Commercial Pilot and founder of Peace River K9 Search
and Rescue.
University of Georgia’s Dr. Karina Martino had
a little girl Valentines Day. Emma Lucia Martino and her mother are doing
well.
R.L. Zeigler announced the promotion of George Baker
to President of R.L. Zeigler Co. George serves on the SEMA Board of Directors
and is a past President of SEMA.
John Thomas has resigned his position at Vector Packaging
and accepted a position with Winpak as Product Manager for their new
bag division. You can contact John at 919.522.8273.
Country Ranch Foods has excess production capacity
for meat or poultry sausage patties. If interested call Ed Vanderslice
Jr. at 770.792.9000. Country Ranch Foods is located in Marietta, GA.
White Oak Pastures, Inc. hosted a Fall Festival Celebration
November 8th at their plant. Well attended, the people enjoyed live music,
wine tasting, skeet-shooting, and more. Will Harris and his staff were
proud to take everyone on farm and plant tours. White Oak Pastures will
soon sell their products online.
Kopco Graphics has moved opening a new state of the
art 10,000 sq. ft. facility. Kopco is now located at 2066 58th Ave.
Cir. E. Bradenton, FL. and their new phone number is 941.755.3400,
toll-free number 866.743.4192.
Dr. Ron Beckman passed away Wednesday, October 29th
from cancer. Dr. Beckman worked with the Chilton Consulting Group and
was a respected member of SEMA. Please keep Ron’s family in your
prayers. Condolences can be sent to Mona Beckman (address available by
contacting Anna at the SEMA office). Services will be held Friday November
7th at 11:00 am at the North Cliff Baptist Church in Brooksville, FL.
In lieu of flowers, Dr. Beckman’s wishes were for donations to
be made to the Northcliffe Baptist Youth Ministries in his memory. Northcliffe
Baptist Church 10515 Northcliffe Blvd Spring Hill, FL 34608.
Odom's Tennessee Pride is introducing a new turkey
product into its traditional pork-only line: All Natural Fully Cooked
Turkey Sausage Patties, made with 100 percent turkey.
S.W. (Red) Smith Inc. has changed theIr company name
to Red Smith Foods, Inc. Check the member listing for David Foster’s
new e-mail address.
Buster Monk, passed away mid-June. Buster worked for
Cryovac and Sunnyland during his career and had been a member of SEMA.
Our condolences go out to Linda and their children.
White Oak Pastures, Georgia’s leading grass-fed
beef producer, has hired Brian Sapp as the manager of their new facility.
Brian has just received his master’s degree in Meat Science from
the University of Florida.
Stripling’s General Store was chosen as one of
the two finalists for the “2008 Family Business of the Year Award”,
in the small (fewer than 50 employees) category. The award is chosen
from hundreds of nominated companies across the state of Georgia. Winning
businesses are chosen on the basis of their proven business success,
positive family/business linkage, multi-generational family business
involvement, contributions to industry and community, and innovative
business practices and strategy. The Cox Family Enterprise Center at
Kennesaw State University initiated the Georgia Family Business of the
Year Awards Program in 1991.
Cryovac: Jeff Boland has replaced Dennis Fisher. The
past year Jeff has been in sales with Cryovac and the 3 ½ years
prior, he worked in Research & Development. Jeff’s sales area
covers the state of Georgia, the Florida Panhandle and Chattanooga, Tennessee.
Jeff lives in Atlanta with his wife Sarah. You can contact Jeff by calling
Cryovac 800.662.9335 x2427, his cell 770.851.4622 or by e-mailing jeff.boland@sealedair.com.
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