The Santa Barbara Olive Company grew from a small farm into one of the largest specialty olive companies, producing over 110 different products found in stores worldwide. Janice Gable Bashman reports.
Having serviced Mexican lunchrooms for more than 27 years, Mexico city-based Técnicos en Alimentación (TASA) is a food supplier with history, experience, and know-how. Mauricio Chan explains how the company manages to serve thousands of Mexican workers every day.
No matter how you slice it, Pizza Pizza satisfies Canada’s taste for the Italian pie, particularly now that it has acquired the western regional chain of Pizza 73. David Soyka samples how Canada’s number-one pizza maker delivers the freshest quality.
Lee Weingast speaks with Carlos Fabio Nogueira Rivelli about how two young brothers and their piggy bank full of change has grown into Rivelli Alimentos, a major producer of poultry products in Brazil and beyond.
Established in 1983, as California’s first “brewpub,” Mendocino Brewing Company pioneered the craft-brewing renaissance in the United States. The Ukiah-based organization’s product portfolio includes a wide variety of full-bodied beers and ales that have become legends in their own time. Dan Harvey raises a glass to Mendocino’s popular, award-winning offerings – as well as to its remarkable growth, which he delineates in this report.
Morrison Lamothe Inc. is a co-manufacturer of foods for large national and international branded companies and a co-packer and supplier of private label products to the frozen food industry. David Soyka packages a report on this chilling topic.
Who hasn’t thought about starting a business after tasting their grandmother’s cakes? Well, as Armando Diana learns, it may not be that far fetched an idea if the cake is as good as My Grandma’s of New England.
Pita Pit builds a fresh approach to typical fast food fare. David Soyka samples this Idaho franchiser’s tasty options for health-conscious consumers with an appetite for quality, low-fat, low-carb choices served with quick convenience.
Iranian immigrant Hossein Hagigholam came to America to study English to become an engineer. But his keen business sense led him to the role
The second largest cookie producer in Latin America, Grupo Mabel of Goias, Brazil, has reinvented the ancient delicacy and has indeed become a household name at snack time for families around the world. Helen Larkin takes a look at the story behind the incredible Mabel flavors.
Janice Gable Bashman reports on Godfather’s Pizza, a franchise that focuses on pizza, passion, and progress.
Carving its own niche in the beef sector, the innovative Mexican producer Carnes ViBa has found a way to add extra value to its products and earn higher profits. Because of its dedication to quality and its clever marketing techniques, the company has become a leader in both the Mexican and international beef markets. Bob Cavallo reports.
The brainchild of visionary entrepreneur Alberto Romano, Mexico-based Grupo Alimentaria has in two short decades become Mexico’s leader in Japanese cuisine, establishing over 100 restaurants throughout the country and pioneering the industry of premade Asian foods. Mauricio Chan reports on the inner workings of the mid-size corporation and on the secrets behind its success.
The complexities of the modern fishing industry made it difficult for many companies to stay afloat. Kowalsky has defied the odds. Helen Larkin reports on how this family business has turned what began as a regional fish market into a global fishing, storage, and shipping industry that brings the best of the seas to consumers across the land.
Frozen Specialties is the largest value pizza and bites manufacturer in North America, making the private label branded pies for the top retailers. Barbara Kram offers a slice of life into the Ohio company.
Fresh Start Bakeries comprises a growing family of related businesses that supply bakery products to restaurants and foodservice industries
Better Made Snack Foods makes, well, better made snack foods. David Soyka samples this regional, Detroit-based snack maker noted for its potato chips made from locally grown spuds and trans-fatfree cottonseed oil and how it hopes to grow beyond its Midwest base.
Adaptability is the spice of success, as Columbia Packing Company demonstrates. a provider of meat products, such as its highly touted smoked hams, the Texas-based company couples family tradition (and delicious recipes!) with new-generation foresight, Dan Harvey discovered.
Seventy-five years and counting – since 1993 Cordon Bleu-Tomasso has served up high quality cuisine in the most convenient formats. Despite its success with canned and frozen food formats, the Canadian enterprise prefers to focus on where it’s headed instead of where it has been. Dan Harvey describes the corporate objectives that drive the ambitious company’s continued growth and expansion.
Agrana Fruit is a world leader in the production and transformation of high quality fruit preparations and concentrates for the food industry. Using a triple strategy of innovation, quality control and human resources, Agrana designs and produces fruit and vegetable solutions for dairy products, baked goods and even pharmaceutical items. Bob Cavallo reports.
ASA Alimentos has positioned itself as a company of note in the Brazilian food industry. Helen Larkin investigates how this giant has arrived at the forefront of both the Brazilian egg and meat industries at such an accelerated rate.
When product development company Maritek decided to tackle mozzarella processing machinery, it discovered just how difficult it is to replicate the ancient Italian process of creating this cheese without losing yield in the process. Janice Gable Bashman reports on how Maritek succeeded with the innovative FusionCooker.
Janice Gable Bashman reports on how Ajinomoto Frozen Foods USA, Inc. successfully tackled the United States market, providing high-quality frozen Japanese food products to the American consumer.
SML Stainless Steel Group supplies OEM and institutional foodservice equipment in addition to customized kitchens for the world’s leading ch
Cuppy’s Coffee, Smoothies & More serves fresh coffee in under a minute. Janice Gable Bashman tells the story of how a one-year-old coffee fr
As the country's leading rovide of integrated facilities management serbvices, Sodexho Mexico has seen strong gowth in the last few years. T
Golden State Foods has been in business 60 years as a supplier to the food service industry and its relationship with one particular custome
The Puratos Group provides innovative ingredients integrated with process solutions, unique finished product ideas and technical support to
One of the largest public refrigerated warehousing companies in North America with 37 million cubic feet, Henningsen Cold Storage Co. leads
Sonora Agropecuaria S.A. de C.V. has been at the vanguard of industrial pork production since it started in Sonora, Mexico in the 1970s.
Through a business unit of its chemical division, Milliken & Company offers new turnkey packaging solutions to address today's trends for mo
Ajegroup started out selling with the humblest of business models: homemade cola drink, sold door to door. Today the company touches three c
Tequila producer Casa San Matias sees export growth from specialty products of 100 percent agave manufactured by traditional production meth
At Weber Distribution, its not just warehousing, cross-docking, pool distribution, and transportation that keep its customers' supply chains
With over 300 locations across the country, Habib’s is the second largest fast food chain in Brazil and the most profitable. Its secret reci
Its not just warehousing, cross-docking, pool distribution, and transportation that keep its customers' supply chains moving.
Shiloh is a successful supplier of engineered metal products to the automotive, light truck and transportation industries.
Mayville Engineering’s employee stock ownership plan has done more than help its shareholders prosper, it has given them an extra incentive.
Standing out from the crowd has brought success to Swiss-Tech. David Gill describes how traditional craftsmanship and technology combine.
The American Brass Manufacturing Company has been in business for more than a century, producing faucets and valves for American homes.
For half a century, Buck Company, Inc., has shown that variety and small-town values are the keys to steady growth in the castings industry.
Electralloy has made a name for itself as a world-class custom-melt producer of high-end stainless steel and nickel alloys.
Gene Newman reports on Sunflower Manufacturing, born in a Kansas garage more than a half-century ago and now an industry leader.
Nucor Building Systems mission is to be the metal-building manufacturer of choice by efficiently serving customers in N. America and beyond.
State Industries, a manufacturer of residential and commercial water heaters, built its reputation on product and manufacturing innovation.
The Wilton Tool Group’s unwavering success was founded on its indestructible vise. Pat Whiteman describes this company’s formula.
Tamco is a healthy survivor in an industry being slaughtered. How does this steel minimill manage this feat in today’s uncertain economy?
Mark Devaney peers into the windshields made and installed by Safelite Glass Corporation — and sees a clear industry winner.
Manitowoc Boom Trucks is using innovative products and sales techniques to grow its business. Eric C. Peterson reports.
When Global Payment Technologies goes after an innovative approach for its currency validation systems it always comes out ahead of the game
Cross Hüller enjoys a unique position as a supplier of turnkey manufacturing solutions to the Big Three auto makers. April Terreri reports.
Mark Devaney writes about Pennsylvania-American Water Company, the water resource manager of choice in the Keystone State.
For more than 75 years, top companies have sought after Wellman Friction Products’ technology. Pat Whiteman reports.
Wheelock is a supplier of life safety notification appliances, phone and industrial signaling products and facility communications systems.
How does a maturing manufacturer of electrical devices transform itself into an industrial communications and connectivity powerhouse?
Rising energy costs and the threat of power shortages have many industries scrambling to figure out ways to achieve greater plant efficiency
Serving up cool solutions for the food service industry is Randell’s stock and trade. Brian Schwarz reports from the serving line.
Mark Devaney writes about Telemotive Industrial Controls, a company known for its boundless capacity to grow, innovate and listen.
Luanne Axt shines the high beams on Hallmark Technologies Inc., the only mold shop in North America to provide in-house Fresnel lenses.
Cooper Crouse-Hinds leads in the design and manufacture of electrical products used in hazardous areas primarily petrochemical applications.
Gloria P. Cahill discovers what energizes Emerson Motor Company, a thriving business that produces 320,000 electric motors a day.
Thanks to its manufacturing expertise, Blue M Electric is well positioned as a provider of thermal-products.
Bulova Technologies is quickly becoming as strong a contender in the commercial arena as it is in the military industry.
Computational Systems Inc. gives new meaning to the concept of predictive maintenance in manufacturing environments.
Aved had the right “connections” to rise above near disaster. Today the company manufactures custom cable harness assemblies.
With little margin for error, Aerospace Avionics engineers reliable electrical and electronic devices for military applications.
Kearfott Guidance & Navigation Corporation designs, develops, manufactures and supports highly reliable, quality products.
Now with three manufacturing centers and a national transportation network, Productos Rich is the number one company in the pre-prepared pas
Poised for growth, improving efficiency is key to beating the hard times for Mexican cheese producer Consorcio Algil S.A. de C.V.
Agribusiness is emerging as an important aspect in Africa’s future, with ample opportunities for investment.
Coming on hard times, the ethanol industry must face a long road ahead and battle against competing technologies, among other factors, to ke
Unbridled, uncontrolled, mind blowing, mind challenging. It’s not only an expression of Food Network celebrity chef Guy Fieri, but describes
Pizza is what we want – for dinner, for lunch, anytime, anywhere. Starting 103 years ago with the first New York City pizzeria, pizza contin
NSF International’s restaurant services offer farm-to-fork food safety solutions.
Biological and agricultural engineers bring valuable expertise to the food supply chain.
The single biggest achievement in foodservice packaging was the Dixie Cup, which saved millions from diseases by eliminating shared public u
The Specialty Imaging Graphics Association helps companies create interesting interiors, which in turn optimizes customization and rebrandin
Where else would you learn how to develop a food business but Louisiana? Known for its food culture, the state now boasts the Louisiana Edib
American Bakers Association rallies on Washington to protest rising food prices.
National Dairy Research Center Program provides knowledge base for product innovation.
The American Frozen Food Institute oversees activities within the frozen food industry, which, through the many incarnations of frozen food
A global cold chain can solve the food crisis, one nation at a time.
The Food Processing Suppliers Association helps members better understand issues impacting the industry.
Pure and sweet, sugar serves many purposes in our food culture, from enhancing taste to providing tenderness.
High Tech Performance Trailers are used for displaying products, for transporting NASCAR teams and equipment, as virtual training centers an
What do a 50-foot luxury boat with all the trimmings and a Class 7 tractor-trailer have in common? The need for gensets by Next Generation P
Hennessy Industries, Inc., makes and markets the equipment that keeps all types of vehicles on the road. Gloria P. Cahill tracks the story.
With two facilities in place and a third in the process of opening, Conrad has underscored its position as a provider of marine vessels.
Minnesota-based Larson Boats combines 89 years of boat-building experience with new-wave technology to create a 21st century powerboat fleet
Lockheed Martin Naval Electronics & Surveillance Systems/Surface Systems shores up the combat readiness of the U.S. Navy.
Innovations in manufacturing and customer communications have placed Wellcraft Marine Corporation at the top of the luxury-boat market.
Strength & Strategy: Powering America's Industrial Comeback
From tradition to transformation Sequoia Brass & Copper has stood for excellence in American manufacturing. In this episode, we sit down with Kim MacFarlane, President of Sequoia Brass & Copper, to hear the inspiring story of a family-owned company founded by her father, built on craftsmanship, trust, and a relentless commitment to quality. Kim shares how she’s guided the company through the challenges of modern industry while honoring its heritage, and how the next chapter will be carried forward by her son Kyle. This is more than a story of brass and copper; it’s about resilience, innovation, and the enduring strength of family legacy. If you’ve ever wondered how tradition can meet the demands of today’s industry hit play and be inspired.
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