Facture

Bringing Food Products from Prototype to Production

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About the firm

Facture is a food manufacturing engineering and commercialization practice that takes CPG products from prototype to full-scale production. Specializing in process engineering, design-build engineering, and lean manufacturing, it partners with both emerging brands and established manufacturers to scale operations efficiently and cost-effectively.

Firm type
Industrial Engineering · Process Engineering · Design-Build

People

Quenten AllenCo-Founder & Engineer

Alex BelknapCo-Founder & Engineer

Elise BelknapProject Manager

Steve FarawellIndustrial Engineer

Capabilities

Commercialization

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Provides operational and engineering resources to bring new CPG products to market. This capability is tailored for emerging brands that possess strong scientific and brand capabilities but require technical scale-up support.

  • Formulation and Product Development
  • Quality and Food Safety
  • Process Engineering
  • Contract Manufacturing
  • Capital Engineering
  • Supply Chain and Production

Design-Build Engineering

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Optimizes, modernizes, and expands processing capability for existing, operational food manufacturing facilities.

  • Project Planning and Definition
  • Preliminary Engineering Design
  • Procurement and Detailed Engineering
  • Construction and Installation
  • Integration and Commissioning
  • Training and Handover

Lean Manufacturing

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Implements targeted operational improvement strategies geared toward reducing cost of goods sold (COGS) at manufacturing plants with established processes.

  • Lean Design

    Builds waste reduction into the process from inception to installation.

  • Lean Toolkit

    Applies a broad variety of process improvement techniques including Kaizen, 5S, Kanban, quick changeover, and centerlining.

  • Six Sigma and DMAIC

    Employs structured problem-solving methodologies to reduce variation and defects.

Advisory and Engineering Support

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Offers specialized standalone capabilities or complementary initiatives to support manufacturing strategies and troubleshoot operational challenges.

  • Ongoing Supply Chain Management
  • Techno-Economic Modeling
  • Manufacturing Strategy Development
  • Engineering Advisory Services
  • On-Call Process Troubleshooting

Industries

Food & Beverage · Manufacturing · Consumer Products

Projects

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