Food Industry Automation
The Intersection of Automation, Safety, & Productivity
Our automation and application engineers proudly partner with leaders in the food industry to deliver highly innovative manufacturing solutions. Our full system capabilities allow us to put our expertise towards the entire manufacturing process, helping to solve industry specific challenges: shrinking labor pool, rising compensation costs, food safety regulations, and traceability. Our capabilities include: Line Design for Automation, HPP Automation (Robotic Load/Unload), Robotic Case Packing, Robotic Pick and Place, Robotic Palletizing, and Robotic Waterjet Cutting and Trimming.
We ensure you deliver on strict quality and food safety requirements. Our strong background in robotic integration paired with our specialization in automation, allows us to engineer a seamless production line that is reliable, consistent, and smart.
Shape Process Automation introduces our new product – Xilix Spectrum Waterjet Food Cutting System

Waterjet technology is an excellent solution to address labor issues, product variation, food safety and sustainability challenges in cutting baked goods, produce, and proteins. Utilizing this technology also provides added value when compared to other mechanical systems due to its versatility and increased cutting speed. Cakes, breads, confectionaries, lettuce, celery, chicken, beef, pork, fish, and many types of frozen foods are cut with pure water pressurized up to 90,000 PSI/6,200 bar. Waterjet cutting processes food without messy, expensive blades or wires resulting in less maintenance and down-time.
Features:
- Create and cut unlimited custom shapes
- Cut products fresh or frozen
- Exact portion and size control
- Higher yield with reduced waste
- No messy knives, blades or wires
- No compressed edges
SPA also designs and builds customized systems to meet various product specifications and high-volume production. With more than 50 years of experience we have developed countless systems, working together to provide reliable, cost-efficient solutions that minimize disruptions to your operation while ensuring conformance to the latest industry safety standards.
Total System IntegrationÂ
We take standard pieces of equipment and integrate them into one complete, smooth functioning solution. Helping to move product from one area to another, conveyance and material handling, palletizing, and packaging. We take discrete functions that reside together in a plant and link together batch processes.
Automating High Pressure Processing (HPP)
Our team is well versed in the rising trend towards Clean Label Products and support the technologies conducive to manufacturing high quality, highly natural products.
In addition to our automation expertise, we offer a broad portfolio of standard products to compliment your HPP lines including:
- Custom Carriers
- Carrier Carts & Elevators
- Turntables
- Tote Dumpers & Pre-Feeders
- Dryers
- And more
AREAS OF EXPERTISE:
Line Design for Automation
Robotic Case Packing
HPP Automation (Robotic Load/Unload)
Robotic Pick & Place
Robotic Palletizing
Robotic Cutting
From Processing to Palletizing – Automate it All
Our solutions offer quick, safe, repeatable results that reduce overall labor, increase production line speed and efficiency, and provide strict traceability. With thoughtful, forward-looking automation solutions from SPA, address labor issues, product variation, food safety and sustainability, all while meeting consumers’ evolving demands.
Customizable solutions for your operation:
- Line design for automation
- Robotic load/unload
- Robotic pick and place
- Robotic palletizing
- Robotic waterjet cutting
- Material storage and retrieval
- And more
Service Commitment
We’re committed to our customers, partnering together throughout our entire engagement together and beyond. Your long-term success is genuinely important to us and we’re committed to keeping your production levels optimized.