Mission Viejo grew from the Rancho Mission Viejo Spanish land grant into one of the largest master-planned communities built as a single project in the United States, and packaging automation demand here traces to one tenant: a frozen and prepared-food company that runs its corporate support center from the city. That frozen-foods presence stands out because most other major employers in Mission Viejo sit in healthcare, education, and retail rather than manufacturing. A building-products manufacturer is the exception, ranking among the city's five largest employers alongside the hospitals, a community college, and national retail chains that otherwise dominate the local job base.
A frozen or prepared-food operation running out of Mission Viejo needs volume-rate forming, not a pilot-line setup. We build Mars Series VFFS baggers that form and seal pouches for frozen vegetables, entrees, and portioned meal components at that rate. Our EliteWeigh multihead weighers portion mixed or irregular ingredients like diced vegetables and proteins by weight ahead of the bag, holding fill accuracy tighter than manual scaling allows on a frozen line where product density varies batch to batch. That precision is exactly what a frozen-food company running production out of its Mission Viejo support center needs to keep. Our broader solutions cover the case-packing and palletizing side too, so a Mission Viejo-based frozen-foods operation can source forming, filling, and casing equipment from one supplier.