History

Our company began operations in 1944 as a local machine and welding shop to provide repair work for the Gainesville area, which included poultry processing plants. The company was founded originally as Gainesville Machine Company. 

In the early 1940's, the company became involved in the development of scalding and picking equipment and by the late 1950's had progressed to providing a full line of equipment, parts, and services. In the early 1970's, the company was purchased by Chickmaster Corporation and consolidated its seven locations into one new 113,000 square foot facility. The company name was also changed to GAMCO.

Stork N.V., a major diversified Dutch corporation, acquired the company in January 1976, and the name changed again to Stork Gamco. Over the years, Stork proceeded to successfully restructure the organization and automate manufacturing. Between 1976 and 1998, the company added an additional 97,000 square feet to the building. Then in 1998, Stork completed another 40,000 square foot expansion to accommodate growth in the industry.

In May 2008, the sale of Stork Food Systems to Marel was finalized. Marel designs, manufactures and markets a wide range of machines and systems for most sectors of the food processing industry including poultry, red meat, fish and further processing.

Today, our company, Marel Stork Poultry Processing, employs approximately 180 people in its state-of-the art 250,000 square feet research, design and fabrication facility in Gainesville, Georgia USA.

Our facility is located approximately 55 miles North of Atlanta. We encourage you to visit us when you are in the area. Click here for directions.