The father/son duo of Andy and Tony Caridis have worked side by side for decades producing modern equipment solutions for the food, pet food, pharmaceutical and other processing industries.

Messe Frankfurt's North American subsidiary will assume responsibility for sales, marketing, operations and sponsorships for the biennial trade show, but FPSA will continue to own it.

The President cited the Defense Production Act of 1950 to keep meat plants in the United States up and running "to the maximum extent possible."