Kraft Heinz

The Kraft Heinz Company is one of the world's largest food & beverage manufacturers, formed by the 2015 merger of Kraft Foods Group and H.J. Heinz; co-headquartered in Chicago, IL and Pittsburgh, PA, it generated roughly $24.9-25B in revenue in 2024-2025 with ~35,000-37,000 employees and products made and marketed in 40+ countries. Its portfolio spans condiments/sauces (Heinz ketchup, Grey Poupon, Classico), cheese and dairy (Kraft Singles, Philadelphia, Velveeta), processed/deli meats (Oscar Mayer Deli Fresh, Lunchables/P3), coffee, packaged meals and snacks, with eight $1B+ brands. Manufacturing is high-volume and increasingly automated: it runs a state-of-the-art Davenport, IA deli-meat plant (2018 Food Plant of the Year), Europe's largest food plant at Kitt Green UK, and is building a $400M+ highly automated distribution center in DeKalb, IL. The company is pursuing an 'Agile@Scale'/'Project Evolution'/'LIFT' transformation centered on AI, digital twins (with Microsoft), a 'Lighthouse' supply-chain control tower, RPA, and end-of-line automation, but executives have publicly stated that current robotics is not advanced enough for their complex picking/packing processes and product weights. For AGD, the relevant contact-rich opportunity sits in primary food packaging (handling fragile/deformable slices, crackers and components) rather than the bulk palletizing/warehouse automation they already pursue.