SEMA MEMBER NEWS
WELCOME NEW ASSOCIATE MEMBERS
Food Wholesalers Inc.
P. O. Box 13637
St. Petersburg, FL 33733
727.894.5751
Jim Anson
Primus Builders, Inc.
8294 Highway 92
Suite 210
Woodstock, GA 30189
770.928.7120 ext. 243
Russ Cudmore
WELCOME NEW PROCESSING MEMBERS
White Oaks Pastures, Inc.
P.O. Box 98
Bluffton, GA 39824
229.641.2081
Will Harris, Owner
MEET NEW SEMA MEMBERS
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
SEMA INDUSTRY NEWS
Striplings: Press Release: The "Jerky for Our
Troops" project has been a complete success. Striplings is processing
and packaging the jerky for the USO. They plan on having all 8000 packages
delivered by the first of March. Striplings gave a special "Thank
You" to Label Express and other local companies and clubs.
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.
Poly-Clip Systems: Greg Camp has left Poly-Clip Systems
and joined Stellar Group in Jacksonville, FL, as the Director of Business
Development
for
the Food/Beverage and Process Engineering Divisions. We look forward
to Greg’s continued participation in SEMA.
Chilton Consulting Group's Dr. Beckman is seriously
ill with Stage 3 Lung Cancer. He is receiving chemotherapy until the
end of December. Dr. Beckman would appreciate your thoughts and prays
for a full recovery.
AC Legg’s Gene Funkhouser had a stroke a few
months back. Gene says he is back to work and feeling much better.
He appreciates everyone’s prayers, cards and calls.
Food Defense Plan is available on the FSIS website
and is a guide that provides an easy, practical, and achievable three-step
method for creating a food defense plan. By completing pages 13 -16 of
the guide, you will have a plan specific for your operation. The guide
can be found at www.fsis.usda.gov then
click on Small and Very Small Plants.
askFSIS, a web-based feature, is designed
to help answer technical and policy questions regarding inspection and
public health regulations 24 hours a day. Access askFSIS web site at: www.fsis.usda.gov/Help/FAQs_Small_&_Very_Small_Plants/index.asp.
COLORADO BOXED BEEF CO-FOUNDER DIES
Edith Saterbo, co-founder of Colorado Boxed Beef, died Nov. 2 in Winter
Haven, Fla., from heart failure. She was 77. She and her late husband
Dick Saterbo founded Colorado Boxed Beef in 1975. She retired in 1989.
The Auburndale, Fla.-based processor has since been led by sons Bryan,
Stephen and John Saterbo. A fourth son, Richard, is not involved in the
business.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Girls Inc., 2400 Havendale
Blvd. NW, Winter Haven, Fla., 33881, or the American Cancer Society,
809 S. Florida Ave., Lakeland, Fla., 33801
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