Categories of businesses represented by the Midwest Food Processors Association. Source: MWFPA Membership Directory and Industry Resource Guide. 2016-2017 Grow your food business with us. In total, MWFPA Associate Members are directly involved 345 separate categories of food business. Many great service providers are in place to provide everything from food plant design, construction and implementation through supply chain requirements, food safety, operations support, transportation and distribution, among a wide range of other valuable services. For food businesses considering the Upper Midwest MWFPA region to locate or expand, the existing supply chain of world-class, committed supplier companies is a vital link to your future success. Associate MWFPA Members. All categories have a specific focus on food. Accountants (4) Adhesives (5) Aerospace & Technologies (2) Agitators (4) Air Pollution Control Equipment (6) Ammonia Parts & Service (3) Anaerobic Digestion (9) Antimicrobial Coatings (3) ASME Small Vessels (4) Attorney (3) Backflow Prevention (2) Bags and Roll Stock (10) Baler Programs Bar Coding (6) Bearings (3) 1
Belting (12) Beverage Destruction (3) Bins (10) Bio-fungicides & Insecticides (5) Blast Freezing (6) Boilers (10) Bottle Capping (4) Bottles Bowl Cutters (3) Brine Injectors/Mixers Brine Systems (6) Brokers (4) Brokers-Property (3) Brushes (6) Brushes for Harvesting & Processing (2) Building Products (8) Building/Facility Automation (7) Bulk Plastic Containers (7) Business Analytics (2) Business Information Services (6) Buy & Sell Gaylord Boxes By-Product Marketing (4) Cameras High Speed (3) Can Crushing Can Seamer Parts (6) Can Seamer Tooling (9) Can Seamers (12) Canning & Cleaning Equipment (12) Canning Equipment (14) Cans (5) Chemicals (23) Chillers (7) Chlorine Dioxide (6) Civil Engineering (3) Clean Rooms (4) Cleaning Equipment (30) Cleaning Service Industrial (8) Cleaning Services (5) Cleaning Services Sustainable (6) Closures (7) Communication (2) Compressed Air & Accessories (6) Compressed Air Equipment (5) Compressed Air Piping Systems (3) 2
Construction (26) Consultants (51) Container Handling Parts (5) Control Panel Build (8) Convenience Closures Conveyor belting (11) Conveyors (44) Conveyors Pneumatic (8) Cookers (10) Cooling / HVAC (13) Corn Processing / Mobile (4) Cost Estimating/Cost Management (5) Crates (Crop Insurance (3) Crop Protection (3) Custom Application (18) Custom Design Water Treatment Equipment (11) Custom Fabrication/Machinery (33) Custom Ground Spraying (2) Custom Harvesting (3) Custom Lubrication Application (4) Data Acquisition (12) Dehumidification Systems (6) Deionization (3) Depalletizers (12) Design & Facility Planning (20) Designer/Builders (19) Dewatering Equipment (7) Dicers/Slicers (8) Display Packaging Distribution & Logistics (7) Doors (2) Doors / Plastic (2) Drums (3) Dryers (7) Ducting Dumpers (6) Economic Development (3) Electric Controls (7) Electric Drives (8) Electric Motors (10) Electrical Construction & Service (5) Electrostatic Machinery & Painting (2) Enclosures (2) Energy Efficiency/Consulting Services (27) 3
Energy Recovery Equipment / Solutions (9) Energy-Telecom Cost Reductions Engineers Food Processing (27) Environment Consulting Services (15) Environmental Services (35) Equipment Leasing (9) Ergonomic Lifts (2) Exhaust Systems (5) Exhausters (3) Facility Maintenance Products (19) Fat Analysis Systems Feed Water Systems (4) Fertilizers (7) Field Equipment (5) Field Warehousing (3) Fillers (6) Filtration (9) Filtration Screens (6) Financing (6) Fittings (3) Flexible Bulk Liners (2) Flexible Packaging (7) Floor Coatings (11) Flooring (14) Food Ingredients (4) Food Processing Machinery (45) Food Safety Management (11) Food Testing (8) Food Waste Services (7) Footwear Foreign Materials Detectors (5) Freezer Belting (5) Freezers (9) Fumigants (5) Fungicides (3) Gearboxes (2) Global Logistics GMP Facility Design (2) Graders (8) Granulators (2) Grinders (4) Grower (3) Grower Peas, Cucumbers, Edible Beans (4) Grower Potatoes, Sweet Corn, Edible Beans (5) 4
HACCP / ASQF Consulting (6) Harvesting Equipment (3) Hearing Protection (2) Heat Exchangers (12) Herbicides (4) Humidification Systems Hydraulic Equipment & Repair (8) Hygienic Cleaning Equipment (6) Hygienic Facility Design (3) Hygienic Stainless Steel Valves (3) Industrial Process Equipment (17) Industrial Water Treatment (39) Industrial/Commercial Heat Pipes (2) Industrial/Commercial HVAC (8) Information Systems (11) Injectors (2) Ink Jet Printers (6) Insecticides (6) Insecticides/Fungicides (7) Inspection Equipment (24) Inspection Services (13) Inspection Systems (16) Insulation (2) Insurance (9) Irrigation (4) Kettles (2) Knife Honing Machines (5) Knives (8) Lab Independent Testing (9) Labeling Machines (11) Labels (11) Laboratory Sampling (10) LEED (10) Legal Services (3) Lighting (5) Liquid / Solid Separation (10) Lubricants (11) Magnetic Separators (3) Magnetics (4) Maintenance (24) Material Handling Distributor & Training (7) Materials Management (4) Membrane Processing Equipment Ultrafiltration (8) Membrane Processing Equipment Microfiltration (8) 5
Metal Belting (6) Metal Detectable Cable Ties (2) Metal Detectable Packaging Metal Detectors (7) Microbiological Testing (5) Mixer Blenders (10 Mobile Computing (3) Moisture Analysis (5) Odor Control Systems (13) Organic Certification Services (2) Organic Food Waste Recovery & Recycling (5) Oxidizers (3) Packaging (14) Packaging Equipment / Machinery (43) Packaging Manufacturer Folding Cartons (4) Packaging Pallets (8) Painting Services (4) Palletizers (15) Pallets (5) Passivation Cleaning (2) Peelers (4) Pest Control (13) Pest Control-Bird Exclusion (4) Plant Surveys (12) Plant Surveys Civil/Structural (3) Plastic Belting (9) Plastic Carts Plastic Hoppers (2) Plastic Lockers Plastic Pallet Cleaning Systems (3) Plastic Pallets (2) Plastic Suspended Ceiling (2) Plastic Tilt Trucks (2) Plastic Walls & Ceiling Panels (2) Plastics (10) Plastics Custom Manufacturing (8) Platforms (7) Plumbing (7) Polishing (7) Polishing Concrete (5) Portable Water Piping (10) Power Transmission Equipment (6) Pressure Vessels (ASME) (6) Private Brands / Key Categories 6
Process Control (24) Process Control of Boiler Room Equipment (4) Process Piping (12) Processing Equipment (24) Procurement Service (MRO) Product-Raw (5) Product Development Services (2) Product / Material Handling (21) Project / Construction Management (7) Pumping Systems (13) Quality Assurance Systems (12) Quality Control (15) Recycling & Box Recycling Redistribution Services (2) Refrigerated Warehousing (4) Refrigeration Equipment & Services (6) Regulatory Consultants (11) Regulatory Services (9) Release Agents / Processing Aides Replacement Parts & Supplies (22) Retortable Plastic Packaging Reverse Osmosis (7) RFID (6) Rigid Thermoformed Trays and Cups Risk Management (12) Robotic Engineering (6) Roofing Rust Corrosion Control (2) Safety Products (29) Safety Products / Training (19) Sales Brokerage Sanitary Stainless Steel Fittings (11) Sanitation Programs (13) Scales (6) Scales / Interfacing (2) Scanners (2) Screening (9) Screening Equipment & De-watering Presses (13) Seasonal Applicators Security and Identification (4) Security Products Seed Care (3) Seed Inoculants (3) Seed Processing Equipment (5) 7
Seeds (18) Sludge Removal (7) Sludge Thickening (10) Sludge Thickening / Disposal (5) Smoke Cleaning Chemicals Smoke Houses Softeners (2) Software (10) Sorters (7) Sorting & Inspection Systems (11) Spray Adjuvants (3) Spraying Custom (3) Staff Consultants Stainless Steel Fasteners & Components (7) State Energy Efficiency Programs (4) Static Control Steam Generator Manufacturer (3) Steam Instrumentation (3) Steam, Air & Hot Water Systems (17) Sterilization Equipment (12) Storage & Distribution (Rail & truck) (4) Storage (Frozen) & Distribution (Rail & truck) (6) Storage Tank/Systems/Disposal (2) Storage Tanks / Systems (12) Storage Tanks/Systems Design & Permitting (5) Storage Tanks/Systems/Disposal (3) Stretch Wrappers (4) Structural Engineering (4) Supply Chain Consolidation (6) Sustainability (12) Sustainability Programs (5) Systems Integrators (12) Tanks (19) Temperature Monitoring & Controls (8) Textiles Timing Screws (2) Training (15) Transportation Management Systems (5) Transportation Outsourcing Services (5) Trucking (13) Tumblers (3) Utilities (7) Utility (4) UV Sterilization (2) 8
Vacuum Packaging Equipment (4) Valves (14) Vegetable Canner Vision Systems (14) Wall Coatings (6) Warehouse Leasing (4) Warehouse Specialists (6) Warehousing (10) Wastewater Treatment (30) Wastewater Treatment / Equipment (33) Wastewater Treatment Equipment/Disposal (8) Water Recycling Systems (11) Water Supply (10) Water Treatment (29) Waterless Peeling (3) Waterproofing (3) Wire Cloth Wire Mesh (2) Wireless Wood Pallet Cleaning Systems Worksite Compliance (5) X-Ray Inspection (3) For food businesses considering the Upper Midwest MWFPA region to locate or expand, the existing supply chain of world-class, committed supplier companies is a vital link to your future success. Contact us to learn more. Grow your business with MWFPA www.mwfpa.org Starting or growing a new artisan specialty food business? Our MWFPA region offers you a fast start and world-class support. www.artisanfoodproductsnetwork.org 9