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Automation for
dairy and cheese manufacturers.

Too much overtime, not enough people. Downtime that stinks worse than spoiled milk. Sound familiar? Cheese production is demanding. We make it easier.

Automate NOW · dairy & cheese
$0 CapEx · Deployed in weeks

Automate dairy and cheese. Deployed in weeks.

Palletizing and case packing built for dairy and cheese, running from day one. No hiring. No retraining. No headaches. Just consistent output that's smooth as butter.

  • Configured for cold storage and refrigerated production environments
  • Handles 40-lb bulk blocks, shredded pouches, tubs, and yogurt buckets
  • Removes operators from the highest-strain stacking and case-pack tasks
Talk to a dairy automation engineer → Dairy & cheese best practices guide PDF · 1.7 MB
Formic palletizing cell at Rumiano Cheese, organic cheese productionCheese palletizing · 24/7
Patrick Henson at Masters Gallery / Rumiano Cheese plantRumiano · Masters Gallery
Customer story

Rumiano Cheese eliminates manual palletizing to improve throughput.

"It was the level of support Formic provides. We don't have to have someone trained in advanced robotics on site, and knowing that Formic can come to our aid when we need it fairly quickly was what drove our decision."
Patrick Henson · General Manager, Masters Gallery / Rumiano Cheese
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Customer story

Sunrise Family Farms preserves tradition.

"Formic was a perfect match for us. You can own an automation system, but you never know what tomorrow brings. There's no high risk for us with Formic. If you have a shortfall, and a customer leaves, the equipment doesn't just sit there idle. We didn't need to spend money up front. A lot of troubleshooting is done remotely. The service is there. The reliability is there."
Sunrise Family Farms
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Sunrise Family Farms yogurt-bucket lineYogurt buckets · automated stacking
FAQ

Dairy & cheese automation questions.

How do your systems hold up in cold storage and refrigerated dairy production?
Formic systems are built for cold, humid, condensation-prone environments. Every cell is configured for the specific room (cooler, brine tank, packaging room) with environmental validation during scoping.
Will the robot handle the packaging formats we use for cheese blocks, shreds, or tubs?
40-lb bulk blocks, multi-pack shredded pouches, round tubs. Grippers and end-of-arm tooling are spec'd per SKU. Gentle handling, proper orientation, reliable stacking.
How does automation help our staffing and ergonomic challenges in cheese and dairy operations?
High-turnover, physically taxing roles (stacking, case packing) get automated across all three shifts. No CapEx, no robot techs to hire, and the work that's hardest on people goes to the robot.
Say "cheese" to better productivity

Automate your dairy and cheese lines for $0 in CapEx.

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