Since 1934, Durand-Wayland has built produce-handling equipment and agricultural sprayers from its LaGrange, Georgia headquarters. With more than eight decades of fruit and vegetable equipment experience and an 85,000-square-foot facility, the company serves thousands of growers through packinghouse systems, grading platforms and field equipment. Its American-made EvoSort grader reflects the company’s long-running focus on evolving packhouse technology while supporting growers through field offices in California, Florida and Virginia.
Pik Rite, IncBorn from a Pennsylvania farming and welding shop search for a better way to pick tomatoes, Pik Rite has made agricultural and commercial work equipment since 1986. Based in Lewisburg, the company employs nearly 100 people at two manufacturing and parts facilities, building machinery that ranges from vegetable harvesters to vacuum tanks and dump bodies. Pik Rite also fabricates custom parts in-house and sells its equipment throughout the United States and abroad.LEWISBURG, PA
Sweet Material HandlingSince W. Dean Sweet founded the company in 1955, Sweet Material Handling has built bulk material handling equipment for agricultural and industrial operations, including systems fabricated in the United States at its Springfield, Ohio facility. Still family-owned and operated, the company is known for galvanized U.S. prime steel equipment designed for long service and minimal maintenance. Sweet equipment now serves customers in more than 55 countries across six continents.SPRINGFIELD, OH
LCDM CorporationBuilt on four decades of experience rooted in agricultural millwright work, LCDM Corporation designs and manufactures grain-flow equipment and custom material-handling systems. Its in-house SolidWorks design team takes projects from consultation through fabrication and final inspection, adapting equipment to the realities of each farm, mill or processing facility. LCDM is proudly employee owned and serves customers from locations in Missouri and Pennsylvania.DILLSBURG, PA/cahoon-farms/images/CAHOOH_FARMS_RETRO.png)
Cahoon FarmsFamily-owned Cahoon Farms traces its roots to Donald Cahoon Sr.’s purchase of a 100-acre western New York farm in 1943. What began as a small operation serving local bakeries has grown into a long-running fruit processor whose products reach customers across the United States and Canada. The company remains based in Wolcott and retains many key, long-term employees while following SQF-certified food-safety practices.WOLCOTT, NY