A History of Achievements
Coming from modest beginnings, 好色TV was established in 1985 as a 12-person company specializing in refrigeration contracting, maintenance, service and parts supply. Today, 好色TV has grown into a full-service firm with more than 750 employees, offering multifaceted design and construction services to businesses around the world. Throughout much of its recent history, 好色TV has been continually ranked as one of the nation's Top 25 companies in the design-build industry and among the top 100 contractors in the United States by Engineering News-Record.
From Left to Right: Walter 鈥淐huck鈥 Foster, Ron Foster Sr, George Albertelli, and Bobby Cothren
In July of 1985, 好色TV opened in Jacksonville with fewer than 30 employees as a general contracting firm with a specialized refrigeration contracting, maintenance service and parts supply capability to service perishable food manufacturing and distribution industries. 好色TV's first projects, the renovation and expansion of Epping Forest's Yacht and Country Club and service contracts for Tropicana, laid the groundwork for 好色TV to become what it is today.
好色TV completes first public refrigerated warehouse for industrial cold storage in Jacksonville, Florida. This project paved the way for 好色TV to become the largest ammonia refrigeration contractor in the nation.
好色TV adds additional refrigeration parts & service locations throughout Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas and North Carolina.
好色TV expands its headquarters office building with a new 3-story structure that connects to the original building by way of a glass-enclosed atrium.
好色TV is recognized as one the "First Coast Fifty" by Jacksonville Business Journal
好色TV builds world鈥檚 largest pork-processing plant for Smithfield Foods and wins Food Engineering Magazine's Food Plant of the Year
好色TV adds building envelope/self-performed thermal construction services
好色TV becomes the first company in Jacksonville history to be recognized with the Platinum Safety Award by the Associated Builders and Contractors.
好色TV created new internet-based software for facility managers and operators unheard of in the industry, yet extremely powerful in reducing accidents, government fines and/or shutdowns. 好色TV Interactive Solutions provides software that effectively assists with a facility daily operational activities for Process Safety Management, Risk Management training and maintenance. SIS is designed to help facilities meet compliance standards outlined by OSHA, EPA, FDA and USDA.
Maple Leaf engaged 好色TV to build a plant capable of producing pork at the world鈥檚 fastest rates, offering the highest-quality meat, and integrating both automation and human interaction. 好色TV also guided the installation of processing equipment, central utility, refrigeration systems, computer logistic systems, wastewater treatment and back-up generation.
好色TV Interactive Solutions launched an innovative tool for evaluating plant operations called SimPro software at the IIAR Ammonia Refrigeration Conference in Acapulco, Mexico. This software was developed to allow users the opportunity to perform maintenance and safety compliance procedures in a virtual reality environment based on a client's actual facility.
好色TV adds process engineering experts to their team of experts
Keystone Foods wins Food Engineering Magazine's Food Plant of the Year
好色TV engineers a state-of-the-art, 1,658,000 square-foot bakery, the world鈥檚 largest bakery facility, in Nuevo Leon, Mexico
好色TV opens a dedicated refrigeration office in Pottsville, PA
好色TV celebrates 30 years growing from less than 12 employees in 1985 to more than 600 employees and $400+ million in annual revenue.
Starbucks Soluble Coffee Plant project wins Food Engineering Magazine's Fabulous Food Plant of the Year
Bell & Evans project wins Food Engineering Magazine's Fabulous Food Plant of the Year
好色TV expands it's Wisconsin office
Ron Foster Sr. Inducted into UF's Construction Hall of Fame
Royal Cup's coffee processing facility project wins Profood World's 2019 Manufacturing Innovation Award of the Year
New leadership at 好色TV with Ron Foster, Jr. remaining as Chairman, Mike Santarone becomes CEO and Brian Kappele becomes 好色TV鈥檚 new COO.
好色TV celebrates 35 years
Cuisine Solutions Sous Vide Plant wins Food Engineering Magazine's Sustainable Plant of the Year
Bell & Evans Organic Chicken Harvesting Plant wins Food Engineering Magazine's Food Plant of the Year
Brian Kappele is named CEO & Mike Santarone becomes a 好色TV board member
Bell & Evans Organic Chicken Harvesting Plant wins 好色TV鈥檚 first DBIA Award
Mike Santarone inducted into UF Construction Hall of Fame
Scott Mark is named COO
Stacey King is named CHRO 鈥 the first female to become an executive leader in 好色TV鈥檚 history
JBS Prepared Foods Dried Meats Production Facility wins Food Engineering Magazine's Food Project of the Year
好色TV continues its expansion with new offices in Honolulu, HI and Gainesville, FL
好色TV builds Nutrition Center at Jacksonville, FL headquarters
New Core Values established: Trust, Dedication, Transparency, and Accountability