Enhanced Support and Comprehensive Solutions for Food Processors Across the Americas, Australia, and New Zealand
Key Technology (Key) and PPM Technologies (PPM) have announced the merger of their sales and service organizations across North and South America, Australia, and New Zealand. This strategic move aims to provide food processors with a single point of access to an extensive portfolio of conveyors, sorters, fryers, seasoning equipment, and other food processing solutions, including integrated turnkey systems.
The consolidation of Key and PPM’s sales and service teams brings together two leading equipment suppliers, delivering exceptional value to food processors. Customers can now benefit from the broadest range of material handling and sorting solutions in the industry through a single contact. This integration is expected to enhance process expertise and technical knowledge, allowing for the delivery of larger and more capable integrated solutions. Additionally, the merger of field service and aftermarket operations will ensure faster, more comprehensive support, maximizing uptime and improving line performance.
Jack Lee, Duravant Group President – Food Sorting and Handling Solutions, highlighted the advantages of this merger: “Bringing these two leading equipment suppliers together provides outstanding value to food processors. Customers can now access the broadest portfolio of material handling and sorting solutions in the food processing industry via a single point of contact. By integrating the Key and PPM sales and service teams, we can offer industry-leading process expertise and technical knowledge to our customers, including the ability to supply larger and more capable integrated solutions. Consolidating our field service and aftermarket operations means customers receive faster, more comprehensive support to maximize up-time and improve line performance.”
Key and PPM are renowned for their expertise in designing, engineering, and manufacturing systems for fresh and processed fruits and vegetables, potato products, snacks and cereals, nuts and dried fruit, confections, meats, poultry, seafood, and other bulk food products. Their vibratory, horizontal-motion, and belt conveyors perform a variety of tasks, including feeding, aligning, grading, dewatering, scalping, and distributing throughout food processing lines. Key’s optical sorting systems enhance product quality and increase process yield while reducing labor requirements. PPM’s frying, coating/seasoning, and cooling systems are integral to numerous processed food applications.
This collaboration between Key and PPM represents a significant advancement for the food processing industry, offering unparalleled support and innovative solutions to meet the evolving needs of food processors worldwide.
