The system includes cameras, AI software, a conveyor and automatic ejection mechanisms with dual drops (one for foreign material, one for culls) to ensure only ideal potatoes reach later process stages.
The 16,000-sq.-ft. space includes an upstairs lab area and a blending facility, enhancing the company’s capabilities in applications development, custom blending and packaging services.
This acquisition expands Tweet Garot’s food processing equipment lineup, allowing the company to provide a wider array of products and services to the food processing industry.
Founded in 2013, Rise provides cookies, pies, cakes, icings, muffins, crispy bars and more to retail bakeries, foodservice operators and distributors in North America.
Gogia has demonstrated leadership in areas such as corporate and brand financial planning and analysis, sales finance, supply chain finance, mergers and acquisitions, and innovation finance.
The indefinite closing of the company's Jarratt, Va., facility coincides with the company's decision to discontinue liverwurst after multiple related illnesses were linked to the product produced there.