COLUMBUS, OHIO – The Grote Company family of brands, which includes PFI, Vanmark and ProFab, announced that it recently acquired SPI Automation, a provider of automation and robotics solutions with locations in Sandy and Salt Lake City, Utah.

“We’re pleased to add SPI Automation’s capabilities to our bench of offerings,” said Bob Grote, chief executive officer of Grote Company. “SPI’s expertise in the food processing space is a natural fit for our family of brands and will allow us to offer more complete solutions to our customers.”

SPI’s experience in food production automation builds on Grote’s brands’ offerings and expands robotic applications and controls capacity for all division like PFI’s conveyance systems, Vanmark’s potato processing lines, Grote Company’s robotic food assembly automation and ProFab’s meat and poultry equipment.

 “SPI Automation couldn’t be more enthusiastic about this acquisition by the Grote Family of Brands,” said Tom Wright, president of SPI Automation. “We feel this is an ideal fit as SPI’s capabilities complement the Grote brands’ broad offerings. Our proven solutions for food and beverage dovetails perfectly.”

Grote confirmed that SPI would remain a standalone brand and support its existing customers even after the acquisition.

SPI will remain a standalone brand and continue to support its existing customers. It offers a range of industrial automated control solutions for sectors including food and beverage, manufacturing, automotive, medical device, machine controls and warehousing.