STOCK America has evolved from our simple origin as a manufacturer’s representative to a full service provider of state-of-the-art sterilization systems designed to meet the specific requirements of our customers.

We are applications experts that have a tradition in providing efficient and reliable thermal processing solutions for highly demanding low-acid food categories, especially value-added foods and beverages in flexible and semi-rigid containers. Our portfolio includes:

STOCK America was started in 1975 by Hermann Rudolf Stock, owner of the German-based Hermann Stock Maschinenfabrik (HSM) and the inventor of the original Stock rotary batch sterilizers.

Our initial focus in the 70’s and early 80’s was introducing the U.S. food industry to the technological advantages of end over end (E-O-E) rotation and full water immersion processing that were inherent in the ‘Rotomat’ batch retort. These types of retorts had found favor in European and Asian markets decades earlier due to the flexibility of the equipment, radical reductions in process times and increased quality of end products. This was a novel approach compared to the simple steam retorts that dominated the U.S. market.

By the late 1980’s, STOCK America had remarkable success as rotary, immersion retorts proved to be well suited for the new generation of low-acid food products in flexible and semi-rigid plastic containers. During this period, STOCK America grew with the market, developing in-house expertise and the infrastructure needed to support this equipment and the needs of our customers. We began offering more advanced control systems and innovative turn-key solutions for the entire sterilization process. Our resources and knowledge base were further expanded to encompass thermal process validation, container handling and automation and a dedicated after sales support team, enabling STOCK America to become the leading, full-service supplier of high performance batch sterilization systems.

STOCK America continued to grow and expand our U.S. based competencies through the 1990’s and into the 21st century. We invested in our own control engineering capacity and the ICON control system, which received FDA acceptance in 1994. In 2002, we broadened our product line to include energy efficient static and rotary steam spray retort systems through a distribution agreement with Surdry S.L. of Spain.

In 2005, we ended our relationship with Satori Stocktec, who, in 2003, purchased the former Hermann Stock Maschinenfabrik company out of insolvency. We continue to maintain our Stock traditions and family ties through an innovative global supply and technology network. SAI currently supports over 400 installed systems in North America; we are expanding our presence with innovative new equipment designs, an expanded presence in Europe and Asia and a new assembly and testing facility scheduled for the U.S. in late 2006