As a result of a strident competitive environment, food manufacturers of stuffed meat are required to improve their production processes continuouslly. The fact implies in defining, in a coordinated way, their procedures for technology search and selection, following higienic standards which must rule this industrial segment. For this purpose, food organizations need to identify market opportunities, recognizing the benefits of new technologies, or at least their usefulness. This study presents the actual configuration of the Brazilian food industry and sequentially the meat segment, more specifically the stuffed meat sector. It then discusses the concept of technology and overviews a methodology to technology strategic analysis. Moreover, the theorical formulations on the phases of technology use are evaluated in accordance with the attitude of equipment producers and their clients. Conclusivelly, it proposes an structured analysis of the process of equipment search, providing an important set of informations to a better industry management and also to academics.