LiDestri Food & Drink has grown from our roots as a pasta sauce and salsa manufacturer to become an R&D engine, formulating and then producing innovative food and beverage for national and retailer brand partners. A family-run company based in Rochester, NY, LiDestri employs more than 1,200 people at five U.S. locations. We have decades-long partnerships with some of the most respected consumer packaged goods (CPG) and the most highly inventive retailer brands. In food, LiDestri has deep experience in making pasta sauces, salsas, dips and spreads, and in the beverage category, we manufacture juices, energy drinks, and milk products. We offer state-of-the-art processing, which is key to unlocking growth in the healthy and natural beverage market, including high pressure processing (HPP), cold fill aseptic and hot fill. Customers tell us they appreciate our commitment to creating the highest quality products using efficient state-of-the-art facilities and equipment and following the best manufacturing practices. Our Innovation Center provides our national brand and private label partners with the facilities, equipment, and expertise necessary to develop products from scratch in an environment that accurately simulates full-scale production. Our product development connoisseurs, certified tasters, process improvement experts, and packaging designers help our partners improve their existing products to craft and produce some amazing original offerings.

BALDWIN RICHARDSON FOODS (BRF) is a leading custom ingredients manufacturer for the food and beverage industry. We combine our formulation expertise and unique packaging options with robust processing capabilities to supply high quality ingredient solutions for our customers within the consumer packaged goods and foodservice channels. Additionally, we manufacture finished goods for the private label sector as well as having our own retail brands, Mrs. Richardson’s dessert sauces and Nance’s mustards/condiments. Our formulation strengths include controlled water activity fillings, dessert sauces and fruit preparations as well as beverage syrups and savory sauces. And, with our state-of-the-art Innovation & Culinary Center focused on innovation to our award-winning commercialization process, we truly are a full development partner. We are headquartered in Oakbrook Terrace, IL and our Innovation & Culinary Center is a few miles away in Westmont, IL. Our manufacturing facilities are located in Macedon and Williamson, NY.

Our scope and scale of product places US Salt at the top of our field in salt production and distribution. ^ Our high purity salt for pharmaceutical use in curing and healing ranks US Salt as the leading pharmaceutical-grade salt producer in North America. ^ For industrial applications in energizing cars and homes in oil development to semiconductor manufacturing, dyes and textile use, and water conditioning products showcases our diverse product lines. ^ Our rank in food grade qality and our spot as the #1 private label round can manufacturer in the USA highlights US Salts professional scope and performance in the market. US Salt holds a reputation as a safe, environmentally-conscious businesses – as well as good neighbor – in the communities serve. Thank you for trusting your business with ours. Products: Resingard Superior Crystal All Purpose Salt Rust Free Superior Crystal Water Softener Superior Crystal Pool Superior TNA-5 Superior TX-10 Superior USP Superior Alpha Superior General Puropse

River Valley Foods Inc is a warehousing company based out of 5881 Court St Rd, Syracuse, NY, United States.

Delima Coffee, headquartered in New York State, stands as a premier full-service coffee roaster. We meticulously source, roast, and package coffee for an array of esteemed national brands and retailers. With a legacy rooted in generations of industry expertise, our team proudly offers unparalleled best practices and insights to all our partners.

Birkett Mills is one of the largest buckwheat and soft red wheat flour mills in North America.

Bully Hill Vineyards Inc is a wine and spirits company based out of 8843 Greyton H Taylor Memorial Dr, Hammondsport, NY, United States.

Willet Public Affairs is a lobbying firm that helps businesses and trade associations outmaneuver the competition, achieve their public policy goals and thrive in New York State. Willet has grown to become a well-respected government relations and public affairs firm in New York, known for its tenacity, persistence and integrity. Willett advocates for its diverse client base on key legislative and regulatory issues, and procures valuable state and local contracts for clients' goods and services. Willett also secures significant public grants to fund client projects, and provides insightful political intelligence that can give an organization or company a competitive advantage. Some notable wins Willett Public Affairs has recently achieved include numerous successes in the state budget and the passage of important legislation for the construction industry, among other wins. To read recent Willlett Public Affairs case studies, visit our website at https://www.willettpublicaffairs.com/about-3. Willett founder and president Perry M. Ochacher has served on several political campaigns in senior positions, as legal counsel to a New York State Assembly member, and practiced corporate and securities law in New York City before founding Willett Public Affairs. Senior Vice President, Matthew H. Leisur has over 20 years of experience in government relations and public policy with a concentration in healthcare. Matthew currently also serves as Executive Director/Consultant of iHealth, a statewide collaboration of community-based care management agencies. Contact Willett Public Affairs if your business or trade association needs effective, efficient and ethical representation on a matter of public policy in New York. We help our clients win.

Since 1986 ANKOM Technology has been Helping to Feed the World with Innovative Analytical Instruments. ANKOM Technology Corporation has a reputation for quality and innovation. Constantly seeking to develop better methods for time consuming analytical methods, ANKOM Technology focuses on customer needs. We offer equipment, instruments, chemicals and other ancillary products to support fiber studies, accelerated solvent, crude and total fat extractions, in vitro and in situ research, anaerobic digestion and more. We work hard to minimize costs and maximize quality. There are laboratories in over 120 countries that rely on ANKOM products to reduce costs and increase accuracy and precision. ANKOM Technology developed Filter Bag Technology to provide a state of the art, low cost, high volume alternative system for determining conventional fiber analysis. Unlike most conventional methods, Filter Bag Technology allows for batch extraction and precise control. ANKOM has advanced products for fat analysis that can rapidly perform extractions using solvents such as, Petroleum Ether, Hexane, or Ethyl Ether. ANKOM has developed the only fully automated instrument for Dietary Fiber available on the market today. Visit www.ankom.com to learn more about our products.

Highway has been urgent about uptime since 1933. Our Partners (not customers) do BIG things. Our job is to make sure they have the equipment, service and proactive support to deliver excellence for their customers. As one of America’s leading providers of highway, construction, oil and gas, mining, quarry and industrial material handling equipment, we exist to help our Partners build a better America. We are passionately proactive and committed to being a joy to work with by eliminating frustrating friction and having some fun. You’ll never settle for less than URGENT about UPTIME. Highway is currently serving our partners in 8 convenient locations across PA, OH, VA, NJ, NC, SC, TN, GA, WV and NY.

Lead complex analytical chemistry project to prove equivalence of a complex biological API. Lead representative at meetings with FDA both on-site and at Rockville HQ. Achieved cGMP compliance at first FDA inspection.