Cablevey - Nuts

	YOUNG PECAN / KING RANCH www.youngpecan.com/ Incorporated in California in September 1988, Crain Walnut Shelling, Inc.’s (CWS) primary business is the processing, packing and shipping of English Walnut meats. The business was founded in 1982 by Charles R. Crain, Jr. (Chuck), as a division of a much larger business, Crain Orchards, Inc., a farming operation which is currently one of the largest growers of English Walnuts in California. Chuck’s mother and father, Alice Crain and Charles Crain, Sr., along with two of their sons, William and Harold own and operate Crain Ranch, dba CR Crain and Sons, Inc. Crain Ranch is an extremely advanced in-shell walnut processing facility, which also enjoys world-wide brand recognition for its bleached and naturally processed Hartley and Howard variety walnuts. The combined family operation, Crain Walnut Shelling, Inc. and Crain Ranch, makes up one of the largest processors of English Walnut products in California. Read More>>
	MADERA QUALITY NUT www.readyroast.com Ready Roast Nut Company was founded in 2006 to address the growing demand for value-added tree nuts. The company is headquartered in Hughson, CA in the almond, walnut and pistachio growing region. Ready Roast Nut Company operates as both an industrial supplier and custom processor of whole and manufactured tree nuts, featuring: dry roasted, oil roasted, salted and flavored items. Our mission is to be the leading value-added nut processing company; meeting our customer's demands and expectations without exception. Ready Roast Nut Company has two processing facilities, located in Hughson and Madera, CA
	ECO SHELL INC www.ecoshell.com The Crain family has been growing and processing quality English walnuts in the Sacramento Valley since 1960. Over the past forty years, the business has grown to be one of the largest walnut producing operations in the world. With this growth came the need to develop a by-products division. In 1995, ECO-SHELL, Inc. evolved allowing the opportunity to provide a full spectrum of walnut shell products. Since ECO-SHELL was formed, it has grown and continues to upgrade its facility with the finest state of the art milling and processing equipment. ECO-SHELL is one of the premier suppliers of walnut shell media to industrial markets around the world. As a result of having a substantial in-house raw material supply partner, ECO-SHELL is capable of entering long-term contracts and can guarantee a consistent supply without interruption. Our facility provides controlled environment storage for all of our raw shell. This is an important aspect of our quality assurance. In addition, our processing and milling operation warehouses are maintained to the highest sanitation standards. We can provide complete documentation on all process controls and Quality Control analysis data of every lot or shipment. A sister company of Crain Walnut Shelling, Inc.® Eco-Shell products are bio-degradable, non-toxic, environmentally safe and cost effective for many industrial uses around the world.
	CORN NUTS INC. www.planters.com Invented by Albert Holloway in 1936, corn nuts was originally sold to tavern owners to be given away free to their patrons as a snack that would be great with beer, calling them Brown Jug Toasted Corn. Holloway later renamed his product CornNuts. He also learned of a giant breed of corn grown in Cusco, Peru, and began to make his product using this variety's giant kernels. His research eventually led to a hybrid Cusco corn which could be grown in the climate conditions of the United States. Today, CornNuts is part of Planters, a subsidiary of Kraft Foods. It is sold in six flavors: Original, Barbecue, Nacho Cheese, Chile Picante, Salsa Jalisco and Ranch.
	CRAIN WALNUT SHELLING, INC. www.crainwalnut.com Incorporated in California in September 1988, Crain Walnut Shelling, Inc.’s (CWS) primary business is the processing, packing and shipping of English Walnut meats. The business was founded in 1982 by Charles R. Crain, Jr. (Chuck), as a division of a much larger business, Crain Orchards, Inc., a farming operation which is currently one of the largest growers of English Walnuts in California. Chuck’s mother and father, Alice Crain and Charles Crain, Sr., along with two of their sons, William and Harold own and operate Crain Ranch, dba CR Crain and Sons, Inc. Crain Ranch is an extremely advanced in-shell walnut processing facility, which also enjoys world-wide brand recognition for its bleached and naturally processed Hartley and Howard variety walnuts. The combined family operation, Crain Walnut Shelling, Inc. and Crain Ranch, makes up one of the largest processors of English Walnut products in California. Read More>>

	Operators at Hamilton Ranches Inc. can’t help but feel a bit nutty. That’s because they spend their days processing pecans and walnuts. The family-owned company, based in Visalia, Calif., dehydrates about 750 dry tons of walnuts per day, but its main focus is on cracking, shelling, and processing pecans. The pecan meat is sold to candy manufacturers and other companies for use in food products. At one step in the process, the company was conveying wet pecans via a bucket elevator to a dryer. However, the wet pecans tended to stick to the plastic buckets, creating a mess and causing operators to spend extra time cleaning the buckets and any spilled pecans from the plant floor. The company decided to replace the bucket elevator with equipment that would convey the wet pecans without any material loss or unnecessary labor. Read More>>
	Hilltop Ranch Inc., Ballico, Calif., is a family-owned al-mond processing corporation that processes 50 million pounds of al-monds each year. Recently, industry changes made it necessary for owners David and Christine Long to modify their processing operation. While plan-ning plant modifications, they decided to replace open belt conveyors with dust-free equipment. California, the only US state with a commercial almond industry, pro-duces 1.33 billion pounds of almonds annually. In 2001 and again in 2004, the almond industry was stunned when isolated incidents of salmonella poisoning were traced back to a Cali-fornia almond ranch. Although the in-cidents were extremely limited, the Almond Board of California, repre-senting almond growers and proces-sors, took proactive action to ensure that this wouldn’t happen again. Read More>>
	Paramount Farms is the largest grower and processor of almonds and pistachios in the world. Our majestic orchards thrive in the hot sun of California’s San Joaquin Valley – the ideal growing location for almonds and pistachios. Our vast processing and storage facilities span more than 1.3 million square feet. Along with size comes sophistication. We pride ourselves in applying state-of-the-art science and technology to the arts of farming, harvesting and processing. All this allows us to offer our customers consistently superior quality and supply. And above all, we have a deeply-rooted commitment to total customer satisfaction. In other words – quality from the ground up.