FPS expands utilities engineering through QES partnership

FPS Food Process Solutions has entered a strategic partnership with Quality Engineered Solutions, extending its engineering scope further into utilities and plant infrastructure as food processing projects increasingly combine core equipment with wider mechanical and environmental systems.

FPS said the partnership adds more than 25 years of industrial ventilation experience to its portfolio. QES has worked on food and beverage processing plants as well as wider industrial manufacturing facilities, with capabilities spanning ventilation infrastructure and MEP design for complex industrial and commercial environments.

The move broadens FPS’s offer around the systems that sit alongside processing lines, including airflow management, extraction, refrigeration support, utilities routing, and other plant services that shape operating conditions inside production areas. In facilities where thermal loads, hygiene controls, and room conditions are tightly linked to throughput and maintenance performance, those engineering interfaces are increasingly central to project delivery.

Rick Allen has joined FPS as Director of Global Utilities as part of the integration. FPS said he will build the company’s technical foundation for utilities processes and deepen its engineering capability as demand grows across its international operations.

The partnership also fits into a wider expansion of the FPS group. The company said it serves customers across six continents, was founded in 2010, employs more than 1,000 professionals worldwide, and operates across 23 locations with more than 1,280,000 square feet of space spanning its headquarters, manufacturing facilities, and international sales offices.

For more details on the partnership, visit the announcement here.