Gray Celebrates Grand Opening of New Häns Kissle Facility

Gray, a fully integrated, global services provider for the food & beverage market, is proud to celebrate the grand opening of this new facility for Häns Kissle, an industry leader in quality fresh ready-to-eat (RTE) foods, deli salads, and specialty salads for retail, convenience stores, and food service operations.

Gastonia, NC

Location
98,425 s.f.

Square Footage
15 months

Operational

This nearly 100,000 s.f. greenfield manufacturing facility sits on a 26-acre site in Gastonia, NC and will expand operations, allowing Häns Kissle to better serve its customer base.

“This project is a testament to the accomplishment possible when two groups come together to work as one team,” says Brett Goode, executive vice president, Food & Beverage. “In just a little more than a year, this team has put together an efficient, versatile plant that sets this customer up for years of future success.”

"This project is a testament to the accomplishment possible when two groups come together to work as one team. In just a little more than a year, this team has put together an efficient, versatile plant that sets this customer up for years of future success."

Brett Goode, Executive Vice President, Food & Beverage Market

The new facility features steam and pressure cookers to create deli salads and prepared foods. Additionally, flexible process electrical connections were engineered as a part of the design to allow for adaptable line and equipment arrangements.

Careful attention was given throughout the design process to ensure the hygienic separation of ingredients and precise temperature setpoints for various parts of the production process.

This new facility is expected to create more than 200 jobs.

About Gray:

With more than $1 billion in customer projects completed over the past year, Gray remains Engineering News-Record‘s No. 1 firm for the food & beverage industry for the second consecutive year. Over the past 25 years, Gray has completed more than 120 projects for its global—and growing—base of Food & Beverage customers.

Gray additionally serves domestic and international customers in the following markets: Manufacturing, Data Centers, Advanced Technology, Distribution, and Commercial, with nearly 30 offices across North America, Europe, and Asia, and is consistently ranked among the top industrial contractors in the U.S.

Founded in 1960, Gray has grown to encompass a complementary family of brands designed to augment and enhance each other’s specialized capabilities without gaps or redundancies. Our robust offering enables us to create one-of-a-kind solutions at the highest levels of customization, delivering unmatched precision and partnership to some of the world’s most sophisticated organizations.

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