Unified Western Grocers Awards Contract for Wave Control System

Unified Western Grocers (Stockton, Calif) recently awarded a contract to design a new wave control system to SeayCo Integrators Inc. (Conyers, Ga.) and D. L. Neu & Associates (Byron Center, Mich.). Unified is a retailer-owned wholesale grocery cooperative, headquartered in California, that services the Western United States. With over $3 billion in sales, Unified is expanding with a new facility that will combine perishable goods and dry grocery items. The advanced wave control system will be capable of sorting 140 cartons per minute and will use the latest RF canning technology. The plant will be operational by second Quarter 2007.

Source: SeayCo Integrators Inc.