North American Food Safety & Quality 2019 is the industry’s leading collection of food safety, quality, and compliance executives, thought leaders and innovators. We offer sponsors bespoke value added services tailored around your ability to pre-select prospects to meet with face-to-face.
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Platinum Sponsors
ICIX
ICIX
ICIX helps the retail and consumer goods industries’ leading companies collaborate across trading partner networks to achieve Active Transparency. ICIX solutions enable companies to safeguard consumers, protect their brand, and build trust – all while improving margins. Its applications and the ICIX retail cloud network are built on the Salesforce Customer Success Platform, and bring unparalleled visibility and efficiency to the extended supply chain for product safety, compliance and corporate social responsibility. Over 20,000 businesses are active members of the ICIX network, including leading retailers, manufacturers, their trading partners and over 50 testing, inspection and certification companies.
Optel Group
Optel Group
Founded in 1989, OPTEL is now a multinational, leading global provider of traceability systems practicing responsible human capitalism. The company’s mission is to use its innovative technologies to help create a better world. Namely, its renowned solutions ensure the quality of consumer health products and help stop counterfeiting of pharmaceuticals, medical devices and healthcare throughout the world. In addition, OPTEL is adapting its technologies to create efficiencies in various other sectors ─ from food and breverages industries to smart manufacturing and more, all can benefit from global traceability. Through advanced characterization and cutting-edge algorithms ─ now all connected through the Internet of Things ─ OPTEL’s expert traceability solutions will allow diverse industries to measure, inspect, control and track a wide range of elements to improve product quality and make better use of resources. Based in Canada with additional facilities in United States, Ireland, India, and Brazil, as well as employees worldwide, OPTEL has expanded significantly in the past few years in order to meet growing industry needs and to support its humanitarian values. OPTEL is also a Certified B Corporation.
TraceGains
TraceGains
TraceGains is a rapidly growing software company, delivering a sophisticated suite of products for food, beverage, and CPG companies. TraceGains solutions empower our customers to satisfy compliance with regulations and industry standards such as FSMA, GFSI, and HACCP/HARPC, without the need for additional staff.
At the heart of TraceGains is a robust platform that enables companies to automate and optimize their processes through instant information sharing and collaboration between supply chain partners, which saves time and improves food safety and quality. TraceGains is leading the charge to revolutionize information exchange across the supply chain.
Gold Sponsors
RizePoint
RizePoint
RizePoint software is the industry standard for Quality, Safety & Brand Compliance. RizePoint software creates a hub of valuable compliance information to align organizational focus on brand protection. Dedicated to helping our customers deliver a positive brand experience, RizePoint serves more than 2 million audits with 300 million questions answered annually. Considered the industry standard for food service, hospitality, and retail, RizePoint is headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. For more information, visit rizepoint.com.
TraQtion, Subsidary of NSF International
TraQtion, Subsidary of NSF International
Silver Sponsors
Antares Vision
Antares Vision
Antares Vision offers the most comprehensive and scalable global solution in inspection systems, track and trace and smart data management, leading the complete process of protecting the products throughout their life cycle and developing hardware and software solutions for the most demanding industrial sectors.
Antares Vision is present in over 60 countries in the world and can count on six foreign branches (USA, Germany, France, Brazil, South Korea and India) and an Innovation Center in Ireland. With 20 years of experience in vision technologies, Antares Vision is the supplier of nine of the world’s top 20 pharmaceutical companies: more than 25,000 inspection systems ensure every day the safety and the quality of the production processes, while over 2,000 serialization lines installed in industrial plants all over the world guarantee the tracking in the whole supply chain of more than 5 billion products.
Barrow-Agee Laboratories, LLC
Barrow-Agee Laboratories, LLC
ComplianceMetrix
ComplianceMetrix
ComplianceMetrix (CMX) provides a single, cohesive platform for managing Quality, Risk & Compliance, with solutions for Supply Chain Vendor and Quality Management, Operations, Food Safety Management, and Enterprise Audit. Our clients include global and domestic brands, and service companies in Food Services, Retail, Grocery, and Consumer Goods Manufacturing markets. CMX’s software is translated into 16 languages, with over 250,000+ active users per month in 123 countries worldwide.
Gensuite
Gensuite
Industrial Magnetics Inc.
Industrial Magnetics Inc.
IMI is an industry leader in providing Permanent Magnets and Electromagnets for workholding, lifting, fixturing, conveying & magnetic separation. We custom design, engineer and manufacture magnetic assemblies and magnetic separation devices for our customers’ specific requirements. We take pride in our products’ quality and performance. Several of our Magnetic Separation products are certified by the USDA Agricultural Marketing Service and HACCP International as acceptable and suitable for direct contact with food product. With worldwide distribution through direct sales and channel partners, provide personalized service and innovative solutions to meet the exact needs of our customers. IMI is proud to be a USA based manufacturer of magnetic assemblies and our USA M.A.D.E™ logo is how we show it. You will find our USA M.A.D.E™ logo on any of our products that are Manufactured • Assembled • Designed • Engineered in the USA, at our facilities. IMI employs over 70 personnel, with departments including: Sales, Marketing, G&A, Engineering, and Manufacturing.
Inmar
Inmar
Inmar provides manufacturers with world-class recall and product withdrawal services including notification and response assistance, product retrieval, dispositioning, performance analytics and process optimization. By providing clients a robust set of services — from readiness assessment and procedure development to regulatory guidance and reporting — Inmar helps minimize the impact of market actions on customers and the bottom line.
Labplas
Labplas
Labplas is a privately owned – sole shareholder – Quebec company. Founded in 1987, the company specializes in manufacturing sterile sampling and transport products for laboratory analysis. Labplas meets very specific needs in the analysis of safety and composition of food, environmental, veterinary and pharmaceutical industries. We are the specialist on sampling bag! Our products are available in more than fifty countries, through a network of 175 independent distributors.
Our mission is as follows: “To provide companies working in sterility related fields with sterile sampling bags, which are simple and easy to use, and which meet all of their specific requirements.”
Microbac Laboratories, Inc.
Microbac Laboratories, Inc.
Microbac Laboratories offers a single-source, seamless solution to help you proactively manage food quality while staying ahead of safety risks. Our team and network of ISO-accredited laboratories provides full service chemical, microbiological and molecular testing solutions to help ensure product safety and quality.
We understand the unique pressures and regulations of the food industry, and are ready to help you design flexible food and environmental monitoring testing programs. Accurate and reliable testing for ingredient authenticity, pathogen detection, allergen presence, non-GMO certification, nutritional labels, and shelf life studies gives consumers confidence in the food they eat and protects your brand.
Nexcor KLEANZ
Nexcor KLEANZ
KLEANZ is the only complete Food Safety Compliance / Sanitation Management solution for Food and Beverage Manufacturing. KLEANZ focuses on Risk Mitigation, driving Continuous Improvement, and adhering to all applicable compliance requirements while managing Resources. KLEANZ is the solution of choice for 8 of the 10 largest food manufacturers worldwide.
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Paperless Forms
Paperless Forms
Paperless Forms is a great tool for any industry that requires the efficient collecting, archiving and ”Big Data” analytics of critical data. It also allows for the fast creation and deployment of powerful smart forms at minimal cost across global sites.
Polsinelli PC
Polsinelli PC
Polsinelli is a nation-wide law firm that assists companies in meeting their regulatory and legal obligations under the Food Safety Modernization Act and all applicable federal and state laws. Polsinelli also provides a variety of services to help companies protect against food safety, product liability and labeling lawsuits. Additional services include assisting with product liability claims, trademarks, patents, mergers and acquisitions and providing employment law advice.
PSSI
PSSI
We are PSSI, the people who bring a superior service and a higher level of commitment to clean. Whether we are keeping your plants sanitized and safe or finding new ways to help you save costs and preserve resources, we proudly protect your people, your brand and keep your plant audit-ready.
RQA
RQA
Founded in 1989, RQA is the global leader in providing quality assurance and food safety consultancy, training and services to the food and beverage industry. RQA offers Retail Quality Audits, Counterfeit Investigations, Consumer Complaint and Product Retrieval, Crisis Planning and Management and Product Recall Services globally. RQA Food Forensics™ is the leading provider of foreign material identification services. FSMA compliance training includes PCQI for Human and Animal Foods, Foreign Supplier Verification Program, and Food Defense Programs. RQA’s consultancy team also assists with the development of these respective programs. Visit us at NAFS19 to learn more.
SAI Global
SAI Global
At SAI Global, we make Intelligent Risk possible by helping organizations proactively manage risk to achieve business excellence, growth, sustainability and ultimately, create trust. Our integrated risk management solutions are a combination of world-class tech platforms, services and technical capabilities that operate across the entire lifecycle allowing businesses to focus on opportunities presented by uncertainty. Together, these tools and knowledge enable customers to develop a holistic, integrated view of risk. SAI Global Limited’s head office is located in Sydney, Australia. SAI Global Limited came into being in 2002 and in 2016, was acquired by Baring Private Equity Asia. SAI Global employs more than 2,000 people across 29 countries and 51 locations across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific.
SELERANT Corporation
SELERANT Corporation
Founded in 1990, Selerant Corporation is a leading global provider of process-based product lifecycle management (PLM) software and consulting services within three core manufacturing segments: Food & Beverages, Personal Care/Pharmaceutical and Specialty Chemicals. With primary operating regions in New York, NY, Milan, Italy, and Shanghai, China, and offices around the world, Selerant has a large global presence to meet the needs of our customers.
Our DevEX enterprise PLM software addresses new product development and compliance needs of leading manufacturers. The DevEX PLM solution optimizes business processes and leverages an organization’s knowledge—leading to a significant competitive advantage for new product development and product management.
Selerant also has a world class Professional Services organization that takes complete ownership of our PLM projects and looks to best practices from our customers’ successful implementations to facilitate rapid deployment and technology adoption.
Selerant’s Compliance Cloud solution offers the latest in food regulatory legislation and compliance information for multiple regions throughout the world.
Selerant Corporation also provides business process analysis, system design, technical expertise, implementation, training and support services through our world-class professional services organization.
Sensitech Inc.
Sensitech Inc.
Sensitech Inc. is focused on delivering supply chain visibility solutions that track, monitor and protect products for global leaders in the food, life sciences, consumer goods, and industrial markets. Our solutions are focused in three key areas: quality and compliance, supply chain security, and logistics performance management. Quality and compliance solutions address temperature-sensitive, complex supply chains focused on delivering the highest quality possible, while our supply chain security solutions help to mitigate risks associated with theft, diversion and chain of custody. Sensitech’s logistics performance solutions deliver origin-to-destination, real-time transparency to any in-transit journey. Sensitech Inc. is an ISO 9001:2008 company, headquartered in Beverly, Mass., with more than 35 sales, service and distribution locations around the world.
Exhibitors
Abbott Informatics
Abbott Informatics
Abbott Informatics provides leading Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) solutions that have served customers around the world for more than 30 years. The Abbott Informatics’ STARLIMS solutions improve the reliability of laboratory sampling processes, support compliance with global regulatory requirements and industry standards, and provide comprehensive reporting, monitoring and analysis capabilities. With 12 development and support centers throughout the world, Abbott Informatics solutions are used in labs across multiple industries and disciplines including clinical, pharmaceutical, forensic, food safety, manufacturing, petrochemical, public health, and life sciences.
AIB International
AIB International
AIB International empowers clients worldwide to elevate their food safety and production process capabilities by developing and delivering application-oriented learning, consulting, and value-added services.
ArrowStream
ArrowStream
Tailored for the foodservice industry, ArrowStream’s supply chain technology saves you time and money by making complex information and business processes simple, actionable and transparent. We accomplish this by uniting your supply chain data with focused analytics and intuitive tools for easy collaboration with your business partners. The result is an intelligent supply chain platform that provides end-to-end solutions for your major sourcing, vendor management, visibility and food quality challenges.
BSI Group America Inc.
BSI Group America Inc.
ClorDiSys Solutions
ClorDiSys Solutions
ClorDiSys Solutions, Inc offers microbial decontamination services for rooms, tanks, chambers, and entire facilities. Our quick and effective fumigation service is EPA registered as a sterilant, capable of eliminating all bacteria, fungi, viruses, molds, and their spores. Entire facilities can be safely and completely decontaminated in as little as one day. Portable and fixed equipment is also available for sale for routine decontamination.
Controlant Inc.
Controlant Inc.
Cornerstone Flooring
Cornerstone Flooring
Cornerstone Flooring is the nation’s largest single-source manufacturer and installer of high-performance resinous flooring systems. Engineered for versatility and functionality, our flooring systems last up to four times longer than conventional flooring options and meet the demands of every industry we service.
Our diverse customer base includes Fortune 500 companies in food and beverage, pharmaceutical, aeronautical, industrial, and biotech markets.
At Cornerstone Flooring, we never use subcontractors for any part of our process. From concept and planning to implementation and post-installation inspections, our team of technical experts will directly manage your project.
Cornerstone Flooring has grown into an internationally recognized leader in industrial flooring. We have more than five decades of experience in innovative research, development, and installation.
As part of our Seamless Durability® pledge, we guarantee effective communication with integrity and a flooring system that lasts
DNV GL
DNV GL
DNV GL is one of the world’s leading certification bodies. We help businesses manage risk and assure the performance of their organizations, products, people, facilities and supply chains through certification, verification, assessment and training services across a wide range of industries.
In the food and beverage industry, we help customers worldwide to achieve excellence in food safety and quality, environmental management, supply chain management and product sustainability. We combine technical, digital and industry expertise to empower companies’ decisions and actions. Partnering with our customers, we build sustainable business performance and create stakeholder trust.
With origins stretching back to 1864 and operations in more than 100 countries, our experts are dedicated to helping customers make the world safer, smarter and greener.
FoodChain ID
FoodChain ID
LabVantage Solutions, Inc.
LabVantage Solutions, Inc.
LabVantage Solutions, Inc. is the leading global laboratory informatics provider. Our industry-leading LIMS and ELN solution and world-class services are the result of 35+ years of experience in laboratory informatics. LabVantage offers a comprehensive portfolio of products and services that enable companies to innovate faster in the R&D cycle, improve manufactured product quality, achieve accurate recordkeeping and comply with regulatory requirements.
LabVantage is a highly configurable, web-based LIMS/ELN that powers hundreds of laboratories globally, large and small. Built on a platform that is widely recognized as the best in the industry, LabVantage can support hundreds of concurrent users as well as interface with instruments and other enterprise systems. It is the best choice for industries ranging from pharmaceuticals and consumer goods to molecular diagnostics and bio banking. LabVantage domain experts advise customers on best practices and maximize their ROIs by optimizing LIMS implementation with a rapid and successful deployment.
Neogen
Neogen
Neogen Corporation (NASDAQ: NEOG) develops and markets products dedicated to food and animal safety. The company’s Food Safety Division markets dehydrated culture media and diagnostic test kits to detect foodborne bacteria, natural toxins, food allergens, drug residues, plant diseases and sanitation concerns. Neogen’s Animal Safety Division is a leader in worldwide biosecurity products, animal genomics testing and the manufacturing and distribution of a variety of animal healthcare products, including diagnostics, pharmaceuticals and veterinary instruments.
Additional Sponsorships
Corvium, Inc.
Corvium, Inc.
Tailored for the foodservice industry, ArrowStream’s supply chain technology saves you time and money by making complex information and business processes simple, actionable and transparent. We accomplish this by uniting your supply chain data with focused analytics and intuitive tools for easy collaboration with your business partners. The result is an intelligent supply chain platform that provides end-to-end solutions for your major sourcing, vendor management, visibility and food quality challenges.