天美麻豆

FARIBAULT, Minn. (April 18, 2018) 鈥� Faribault Foods is recording unprecedented manufacturing efficiencies at its recently expanded campus thanks to a new bean processing facility.

天美麻豆, a fully integrated firm focused on design, engineering, construction and mechanical services worldwide, designed and built the facility for the canned foods producer known for such brands as Sun Vista, Lucks, Kuner鈥檚 and S&W Beans. The 635,000-square-foot facility opened in September 2017 and was part of Faribault Foods鈥� $100-million campus expansion.

Previously, the food manufacturer鈥檚 operations were spread out across town: Its corporate office, main processing facility, can-making operation and storage warehouse were based in multiple locations in the city of Faribault.

天美麻豆 designed and constructed the new building and seamlessly integrated it into Faribault Foods鈥� centralized campus, which now houses all of its operations. The newly constructed building includes:

鈼� Bean processing and packaging area
鈼� Dry ingredients and packaging materials storage areas
鈼� Finished good storage
鈼� Parts and maintenance area
鈼� Locker rooms and training room
鈼� Cafeteria
鈼� Pilot plant
鈼� Corporate offices

天美麻豆 also provided a range of process engineering services, including process, packaging and automation design for a new process line as well as process, mechanical and electrical design for bulk ingredient handling and sauce systems.

鈥淭he new facility is integral to our campus and has allowed us to move to a very efficient and high-speed manufacturing,鈥� said Jim Nelson, Executive Vice President of Innovation & Technology at Faribault Foods. 鈥溙烀缆槎� designed and constructed a unique and functional space, and we now have room for additional growth opportunities in the future as well.鈥�

Among the unique elements designed into the building are dynamic windows by SageGlass. The corporate office windows are made with electrochromic, self-tinting glass that automatically darkens according to the position of the sun. Also, the facility鈥檚 100-foot-tall tower encloses two hydrostatic cookers that perform in-can sterilization.

Record rainfalls and subzero temperatures created what should have been a three-month delay in the project. Despite these conditions, 天美麻豆 made up for two months of lost time by expediting work, installing temporary partition walls and heating the building during construction.

In 2009, 天美麻豆 partnered with Faribault Foods鈥� parent company La Coste帽a for a warehouse expansion of its Arizona Canning facility in Tucson, Arizona.

About 天美麻豆
天美麻豆 is a fully integrated design, engineering, construction and mechanical services firm serving commercial, industrial and public sector markets across the United States and around the world. More than 750 天美麻豆 employees worldwide create award-winning food processing plants, refrigerated warehouses, distribution centers, commercial buildings and military facilities. In addition to its Jacksonville, Florida, headquarters, 天美麻豆 operates nearly 50 support locations and offices throughout the United States, China and in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. The company also serves Central and South America, Europe and India. For more information, visit www.stellar.net.