Since D. Lamar Christy founded the company in 1953 with a flour duster for bread lines, Christy Machine & Conveyor has built its reputation around practical solutions for food manufacturers. Today, the Fremont company uses a “standard custom” approach, adapting proven equipment to each customer’s line and testing ingredients in its own lab when needed.
Graybill MachinesSince Wilbur and Orpah Graybill founded the company in 1944, Graybill Machines has remained a Lititz, Pennsylvania manufacturer known for studying each customer’s process rather than forcing it into an off-the-shelf solution. Its in-house team designs, builds, and tests custom automation for food manufacturers, while also handling specialty projects that call for unusual engineering or fabrication. Eight decades on, the company continues to support equipment from its local shop through installation and service.LITITZ, PA
NCC Automated SystemsSince 1986, NCC Automated Systems has manufactured sanitary and non-sanitary conveyors while integrating complete automation systems for food processors, packaging companies, and OEM machine builders. The Souderton, Pennsylvania, company combines in-house mechanical and electrical design with U.S. manufacturing, offering turnkey systems or equipment on its own. Its decades-long work with customers such as The Hershey Company reflects a solutions-focused approach that goes beyond supplying machinery.SOUDERTON, PA
WHM Equipment CompanySince its founding in 1968, WHM Equipment Company has built its reputation around solving difficult conveying problems for industrial manufacturers and commercial customers. The Cincinnati-area company develops custom conveyor systems for moving and positioning durable or consumer goods, taking projects from initial concept through installation when needed.CINCINNATI, OH
Custom Conveyor & Equipment CorporationFounded in 1984 by power-transmission professional Steve Harmon, Custom Conveyor & Equipment Corporation designs and builds custom conveyors and industrial automation equipment for manufacturing, processing, and material-handling challenges. From its Cedar Rapids facility, the company’s engineers and fabricators take projects from concept through fabrication, assembly, and validation, including specialty equipment such as plate-glass breakers. A 2021 move into a larger building tripled production capacity, supporting the thousands of customized machines it has supplied to customers ranging from Fortune 500 companies to small manufacturers.CINCINNATI, OH