# Grote Company acquires SPI Automation

The Grote Company family of brands, a provider of food processing equipment, acquired SPI Automation, a provider of automation and robotic solutions for food manufacturing, with locations in Sandy and Salt Lake City, Utah.

- Type: Acquisition
- Announced: 2024-10-23
- Where: Sandy and Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
- Status: completed
- Products: food processing equipment, automation and robotic solutions
- Sectors: [Food Processing Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/food-processing-equipment.md), [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md)

## Companies

- [Grote Company](https://endata.com/companies/15424.md) (acquirer)
- [SPI Automation](https://endata.com/companies/80639.md) (target)

## Sources

- [refrigeratedfrozenfood.com](https://www.refrigeratedfrozenfood.com/articles/103014-grote-company-acquires-spi-automation), 2024-10-24: "We’re pleased to add SPI Automation’s capabilities to our bench of offerings."
- [foodindustryexecutive.com](https://foodindustryexecutive.com/2024/10/the-grote-company-family-of-brands-acquires-spi-automation-expanding-robotic-applications-process-controls-and-line-integration-capabilities/), 2024-10-24: "We’re pleased to add SPI Automation’s capabilities to our bench of offerings."
- [provisioneronline.com](https://www.provisioneronline.com/articles/117809-grote-co-acquires-spi-automation), 2024-10-30: "We’re pleased to add SPI Automation’s capabilities to our bench of offerings."
- [foodengineeringmag.com](https://www.foodengineeringmag.com/articles/102625-grote-company-family-of-brands-acquires-spi-automation), 2024-10-31: "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."
- [utahbusiness.com](https://www.utahbusiness.com/press-releases/2024/11/05/grote-company-family-brands-acquires-spi-automation/), 2024-11-05: "The Grote Company family of brands, a provider of top-quality equipment and services to the food processing industry and the parent company of Grote Company, PFI, Vanmark and ProFab, announced today that it has acquired SPI Automation."

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