Corporate Profile
Our Goal
The Innovative design and manufacturing of equipment used in the processing of food products.
Our Business
FOODesign Machinery & Systems is a manufacturer of food processing equipment and systems. We design and manufacture a wide range of equipment for many different food processes. FOODesign offers its customers an excellent single source for design, installation, and service for total food processing plant needs, supported by expert application engineering services.
About the Company
Established in 1972 FOODesign (Food Engineering and Designed Systems, Inc.) provided engineering services for complete plant installations, food processing, conveying equipment and product development services. In 1983 FOODesign sold all of its subsidiary operations and maintained the engineering portion of the company.
The company was re-invented in 1994 by Joseph Mistretta (formerly Corporate Vice President of a FOODesign subsidiary and Daniel Luna (formerly Sales Manager for Meyer Machine Company). The company was re-established to provide engineering services for machine design and plant layout/installations. During the first six months of business FOODesign was called upon by several of its clients to provide processing equipment for in plant use. The company established a partnership with a manufacturing company to build its equipment designs under a licensing agreement. With continued growth in FOODesign the company elected to establish a West Coast manufacturing facility located in Wilsonville, Oregon in 1995.
The company has provided individual pieces of equipment to complete food processing plants. Our engineering and manufacturing capabilities have grown along with our partnering companies to over 80,000 square feet of collective manufacturing facilities and over 100 employees collectively.
The company has provided innovative equipment and solutions to many of the top 100 food processing companies in the world. Our customer base continues to grow along with our products and team of innovative and experienced people in food equipment and processing.
Our Vision – "Creating Better Ways to Feed the World"
We will be a quality driven company, treating our employees with respect, while expecting them to continually improve their knowledge and skills; we will continuously improve our equipment and services, delegating decision making to the most knowledgeable people; we will work to improve our communities, and create an enjoyable work environment; we will become the global, technical, and market leader in the food equipment industry while focusing on our primary products and customers; we will pursue safety in all our product designs; and we will be ethical corporate citizens.
Our Values
At FOODesign, we know that things work better when we work together toward a common goal. That's why we forge working partnerships with our employees, our suppliers, our communities, and most importantly, our customers. All of our business associates operate under this same principal…always working together to bring you the optimal solutions and equipment to your most challenging opportunities.