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EATS: Equipment and Technology Show

See Gray at EATS 2025 in Chicago, IL

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Join Gray at EATS 2025 in Chicago, where the food and beverage industry converges to explore the latest in culinary innovation, processing, and packaging. As a longstanding partner in integrated solutions, Gray offers a streamlined approach that combines design-build, automation, engineering, and equipment so you can bring your edible vision to life efficiently and confidently.

Why Leading Food & Beverage Innovators Trust Gray

  • Turnkey Design-Build Solutions: Using one cohesive partner to handle site development, facility design and construction, procurement, and MEP and refrigeration engineering removes delays caused by multiple handoffs.
  • Cutting-Edge Equipment and Automation: Gray’s custom solutions include thermal and mechanical processing systems, liquid and dry ingredient handling, robotic packaging lines, intuitive control panels, and more—all designed to boost speed, accuracy, and regulatory compliance.
  • Engineering & Process Integration Expertise: Gray engineers design seamless workflows, aligning every aspect of your facility for efficiency, from equipment layouts and process utilities to flexible dosing systems and clean-in-place sanitation.
  • Proven Results Across Industry Verticals: Whether your business is snack manufacturing, dairy processing, or fresh food packaging, our integrated solutions scale with demand, promote operational flexibility, and maintain the highest standards for worker and consumer safety.

Capabilities Across the Entire Food Industry

 

With thousands of successful projects completed, Gray designs custom, purpose-built solutions for a wide range of food and beverage operations:

  • Distribution and Fulfillment Centers: Automated case-packing and palletizing, automated guided vehicles (AGVs), robotic order handling, and custom conveyors
  • Cold and Controlled Environment Storage: Specialized refrigeration systems, control panel fabrication, process piping, and energy-efficient building design
  • Production and Processing Plants: Automated ingredient delivery, vision systems for quality control, modular skid systems, and OT network security
Ready to discuss your next project?

Our experts at EATS 2025 are eager to discuss how Gray can accelerate your next initiative, whether it’s a regional expansion, new production lines, or process automation.

 

Visit us at Booth #4412 or contact us for a one-on-one consultation to explore facility design, construction, equipment manufacturing, or automation strategies tailored to your product.

 

Use Gray’s Code for Discounted Rate: EX20908

EATS Frequently Asked Questions

Gray provides a combination of construction expertise, equipment manufacturing, and automation tools that streamline food processing and packaging. Our teams integrate advanced automation with food-grade systems, ensuring facilities operate with efficiency and compliance.

EATS gathers leading companies and exhibitors from across North America’s food and beverage industry. This year’s show will focus on the industry’s evolving needs, uniting eight key sectors for three days of networking, innovation, and solutions, complete with interactive experiences and expanded education on the show floor.

Our engineers leverage deep industry knowledge and custom software to create modern production environments. This includes robotics, vision systems, and digital monitoring that support scalability and compliance.

  • Engineering

    Civil engineering & site utility design

    Mechanical engineering

    Electrical engineering

    Refrigeration engineering

    Process & packaging systems engineering

    Post-design services

    Specialized services

  • Specialty Equipment
    Custom equipment design-build Modular process skids
    OEM contract manufacturing Processing equipment
    Stainless-steel & specialty alloy fabrication Distributed products
  • Design

    Pre-Design

    Architecture

    Design Technology

    Specialized Services

    Post-Design

  • Real Estate

    Incentive coordination

    Land acquisition

    Construction financing

    Build-to-suit/sale leaseback

  • Construction

    Pre-construction

    Facility

    Equipment

    Self-perform

    Strategic sourcing & procurement

  • Automation Solutions

    Automation & Controls

    Digital Transformation

    OT & Cybersecurity

    Robotics & Vision Systems

"Gray’s proposed plant concept was hands down the most impressive, checking every box we requested. Their willingness to create something that no one else had ever seen is why we selected Gray."
Ron Prestage, President

Prestage Farms

Get in Touch.

Call us at 859.281.5000 or send us a message using this contact form.