Effective August 13, 2021, Precision Food Innovations (PFI), a manufacturer of sanitary conveying equipment, from Precision, Inc., has become a part of Grote Company, an industrial food slicing, and assembly equipment manufacturer, after its acquisition.

Based on a press release, the addition of PFI will further support Grote’s and their fully owned subsidiary Vanmark’s customers in automating their processing lines with sanitary conveying equipment.

“The acquisition of Precision Food Innovations greatly enhances our sanitary conveyance capabilities, complimenting the processing equipment offered by our two brands, Grote and Vanmark,” says CEO Bob Grote. “Their history, expertise, quality, and relentless customer focus dovetails precisely with how our family-run business operates. The additional talent and capacity afforded by PFI’s two operations allow us to deliver more complete solutions to our customers worldwide. I welcome PFI to the ever-growing Grote team.”

According to the same press document, some of the key benefits of this acquisition are the fulfillment of a need from Grote and Vanmark customers for sanitary conveying solutions to connect their renowned processing equipment, the advancement of Grote Company’s global footprint and capability within their food processing customer’s plants and processing lines, and the contribution to Grote Company’s growth goals.

“PFI’s operations and employee bases in Algona and Pella, Iowa and San Antonio, Texas will be unchanged as a result of the acquisition. Integration of the businesses will occur over the next several months,” Grote’s officials said.

Grote Company manufactures reliable, top-quality food slicing and assembly equipment.

Vanmark is a leading manufacturer of industrial potato and produce processing equipment.

Precision Food Innovations (PFI) specializes in bulk material handling and conveying equipment for the food processing and packaging industries.