Family of Brands – Grote Company

WHY FOOD MANUFACTURERS CHOOSE OUR BRANDS

The largest food brands in the world rely on our brands, Grote Company, Vanmark, PFI, ProFab, and SPI Automation because:

DECADES OF EXPERIENCE IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY

Food brands can trust us to support and automate their operations. We’ve done it, or we’ll figure out how.

FAMILY-OWNED & OPERATED

We aren’t held to shareholders, a board, or quarterly results. Three generations run on making the right long-term decisions for our people and customers.

SIZE & GROWTH

Our broad capabilities can handle large-scale projects across the global food industry. But we’re not complacent. We’re always looking for opportunities to offer more.

EMPOWERED TO DO THE RIGHT THING

We lead with love and treat others how we want to be treated. This principle drives every decision we make, corporately and at each division and location.

GROTE COMPANY FAMILY OF BRANDS

The brand family started in 1972 with Jim Grote inventing the Peppamatic pepperoni slicer and founding Grote Company. His other endeavors include Donatos Pizza and The Edge Innovation Hub, which share a campus with our headquarters in Columbus, Ohio. Over the last 50 years, our family of brands has grown to include the following active members.

Grote Company has manufactured reliable, top-quality food-slicing and assembly equipment for over 50 years. Our trusted equipment lines are expertly designed and built strong to automate food processing operations for the pizza, sandwich, and prepared foods industries.

PFI manufactures a wide variety of sanitary conveying and bulk material handling equipment for food processing operations. Every solution is designed for ultimate access and cleanability and configured to integrate seamlessly.

www.pficonveyors.com

Vanmark manufactures industrial potato and produce processing equipment, working with our customers to make the safe, high-quality food we know and love to eat. For over 60 years, we have been designing and manufacturing top-quality, easy-to-use equipment that optimizes receiving, storage, washing, peeling, and cutting processes.

www.vanmark.com

ProFab supports protein processing plants with installation, process piping, mechanical and millwright services, and custom stainless steel equipment. We know the industry's demands and use our experience, speed, and pool of resources to get critical projects done to spec and on time.

www.profabllc.com

SPI Automation is an automation, controls, and robotics integrator. We come up with innovative automated solutions to optimize cost control and efficiency for food and beverage.

www.spiautomation.com

GLOBAL FOOTPRINT & CAPABILITIES

For decades, the Grote Company Family of Brands has provided food processing equipment, parts, and services. We work together to give food manufacturers a team of experts in their corner—with hundreds of employees in eleven global locations dedicated to providing more complete solutions and unwavering support.

FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES SERVED

AGÁPE CAPITALISM

Agápe capitalism philosophy by our founder, Jim Grote, is summarized as a way of doing business based on the power of love. We structure our businesses on the tenets of:

When we Lead with Love, practice The Golden Rule (treat others as you want to be treated), and Do the Right Thing, we impact our little corner of the world. In turn, this impact creates a ripple effect of positive energy that affects the whole world.