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The case for sharing the costs and burdens of true plastics circularity
P$4.6$8.3 BILLION
Capital investments needed to divert 90 per cent of plastic from Canadian landfills by 2030
rocrastination may not be a crime, but it is anything but a virtue in a world starting to choke on the excessive amount of plastic waste released into its waterways and landfills at unsustainable rates that now pose a serious existential threat to the plant’s long-term well-being and, in turn, its capacity for self-rejuvenation.
With dire predictions about the world’s oceans containing more plastics than fish by mid-century, the so-called tipping point for completely reversing the environmental damage caused by discarded plastic products of all types could well have in fact been breached already, leaving damage limitation and mitigation as the more realistic objective.
But that too may become unachievable without some drastic actions by the world’s largest and richest economies to create a viable circular plastics economy that will limit the production of virgin plastic products from fossil fuels and, where possible, curtail the use of plastics—particularly single-use plastics—to products for which there is no viable packaging alternative.
It’s become a common refrain to say that not all packaging is created equal, which is often a pretext to demonize all things plastic as being inherently incompatible with the Circular Economy principles and fundamentals.
But simply removing all existing plastic packaging from the global consumer economy will neither repair the damage already done, nor would it alleviate the continuing strain on earth’s other natural resources used to produce other types of packaging materials.
The real problem with making plastics circularity work is that not all plastics are created equal, which is at the heart of the Conference Board of Canada’s timely new report titled Bagging Capital: Attracting Private Investments in Canada’s Plastic Recycling Industry
There are currently seven different broad types of plastic packaging used for consumer food and non-food products, graded from #1 to #7 resin identification codes that in a perfect world would help direct each piece of plastic waste into a proper recycling stream.
Alas, in the absence of an efficient multi-stream recycling infrastructure in
place, plastics circularity will continue to be an elusive goal, a cause without the means to support it.
And support it we must, given the dire environmental woes wreaking havoc on countries far and wide with freakish new weather patterns and other once-in-a-lifetime natural calamities occurring every couple of weeks.
While Canadian businesses and consumers have been good at declaring their earnest support for greater packaging sustainability, and better participation in recycling and other waste diversion initiatives that drive it, the numbers suggest a less cheerful reality.
According to the Conference Board report, “Over three million tonnes of plastic waste are produced in Canada annually: only nine per cent is recycled.
“We can do better,” the report pleads, with a cautionary warning about the massive capital costs of overhauling our existing plastic recycling industry characterized by “fragmentation, volatility, and an uneven playing field.”
As the report states, “The capital required for infrastructure, technology, and the growth of firms that will bring these (recycling) attributes to fruition will cost billions.
“For instance, diverting 90 per cent of plastic waste from landfills in Canada by 2030 is estimated to require between $4.6 billion and $8.3 billion in facility investments.
“With government coffers running extraordinary deficits, the infusion of substantive private capital in plastic recycling will be instrumental,” the board report says, proposing its own set of urgent talking points to address:
• Who will invest in Canada’s plastic recycling industry?
• What forms of investments will be made?
• What segments of the plastic recycling industry do private investors have an appetite for?
If Canada is to have an effective recycling system that truly supports plastics circularity, the time to have those questions answered must surely be now.
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Leading tissue brand boxes splashed with artisanal charm and elegance in highly creative packaging makeover
For millions of Canadians feeling haplessly boxed in due to continuing COVID-19-related lockdowns forcing them to stay at home, a new Scotties tissue brand from Kruger Products LP may just be perfect way to spruce up their home decor while waiting for our normal lives to return.
Produced at Kruger’s tissue converting
facilities in Gatineau, Que., and New Westminster, B.C., the new Scotties House & Home Designer Series tissues feature the company’s signature Scotties Original Tissues packed in elegant new boxes—as well as in multi-pack bundles of six, nine, 12 or 18 cartons—spruced up with charming new graphics created by one of Canada’s premiere home decorating studios House & Home
Comprising eight aesthetically striking designs developed by House & Home’s founder and chief designer Linda Reeves, the new collection offers enough choice and mix-and-match variety to decorate virtually every room in the house.
“Our designs reflect the palette and patterns that we feel look fresh and on-trend for the way we decorate today,” says Reeves.
“Each of our designs are sophisticated enough to allow these boxes to leave the bathroom and live in different rooms throughout our homes.”
As Reeves explains, the new varied-color designs include:
• Graphic Modern. A graphite background and cream lines present a bold, contemporary accent that will work in the most stylish spaces.
• Cross Stitch. Simple yet sophisticated, Cross Stitch gets its global vibe from its mustard and cream combo—a motif inspired by artisanal crafts.
• Country Blue. Enduring and charming, this tissue box will be a favorite for anyone who wants to bring home a hint of country.
• Charming. A brocade-like pattern in rosy pink on crisp white, this tissue box is a classic choice for most rooms in the house.
• Pin Stripe. A sage-colored background is complemented by clean white pin-stripes to create a versatile design that is crisp and tailored.
• Sketch. A leaf motif drawn in fine lines on a white background makes this tissue box clean, refined and elegant.
• Water-color. This mod botanical design plays on the beauty of flora and the artistic charm of a painting.
• Moody Mauve. Reminiscent of block print tiles, this combo of a calming colour and an intricate pattern feels like modern charm.
“These brilliant designs from House & Home are not your ordinary tissue boxes,” says Kruger Products chief marketing officer Susan Irving.
“As Canada’s Number One tissue, Scotties are soft and strong, and now they’re also more beautiful and stylish than ever.
“You can depend on Scotties both for the tissues you love,” Irving adds, “but also to add design in an instant with tissue boxes perfect for every room in your home.”
Adds Reeves: “I was thrilled to be asked to design a new line of Scotties tissue boxes because they are a staple that we all need throughout our homes.
“They provide a great opportunity to add a pop of color and style to an otherwise blank space,” she says. “They can bring a colorful hue to a plain bookcase, liven up a kitchen back-splash, or bring a hint of unexpected style to a front-hall table.
“Our patterns were created with design-conscious consumers in mind,” Reeves explains.
“The modernist will love the graphic black and the delicate white tissue boxes, while the lovers of color will appreciate the country blue, soft coral, mauve and muted sage greens used in multiple patterns.
“All our colors are on-trend for the way we decorate today,” Reeves relates.
“We used our favorite paint brands as reference points and considered the most popular shades our followers love to use on their walls, cabinets and counters, including natural woods that are so popular for built-ins and furniture.”
Rebranded rice is back in the mix in grocery aisles
After ditching is long-enduring but admittedly outdated and out-oftouch brand name, Mars Food Canada has launched its rebranded Ben’s Original instant flavored rice mix in updated packaging featuring a new brand name set against the familiar orange background and the same navy-blue font to help shoppers easily find the bestselling product originally retailed under the now-defunct Uncle Ben’s label.
Being one of several major food brands in recent years to attract criticism and backlash for insensitive racial overtones, the arrival of new Ben’s Original products on Canadian shelves follows on last year’s promise to rebrand the popular product with an ambition to create a more inclusive future, according to Mars, while maintaining firm commitment to producing the world’s best rice.
“Everyone deserves to feel welcomed, heard and have access to nutritious food,” says Mars Food Canada’s marketing director Eric Huston.
“Ben’s Original is not just a
packaging change: it comes with a new ambition to actively create a more inclusive future.
“We knew when we pledged to evolve the Uncle Ben’s brand that it meant more than simply changing our name,” Huston states.
“Enhancing equity and inclusion means committing to actions that help deliver true equity to underserved communities across Canada.”
Produced in Bolton, Ont., the Ben’s Original rice mixes are available in 16 different SKUs (stock-keeping units) comprising a varied choice of flavors and cooking methods, with most of them packaged in 240-gram flexible stand-up pouches designed by Mississauga, Ont.-based branding services providers SGK LLC
Inside the new packaging, “Consumers will continue to find a wide range of simple and tasty rice dishes with flavors and textures that serve as the cornerstone of so many favorite meals that invite people to gather around the table,” according to Mars Food Canada.
We’ve packed all the multi-ply strength and versatility you’ve come to expect from Kallima® into a foldable, printable, boxable solution for your packaging, cartons, POP displays… and everything in between. Made right here in North America, with its unique high-bulk, low-density construction, Kallima box™ sets you free to focus on what really matters.
Multivac Canada Inc., Brampton, Ont.-based subsidiary of leading German food packaging systems manufacturer Multivac Group, has reached an exclusive partnership agreement with Maschinenfabrik LASKA GmbH, a leading global manufacturer of mixers, grinders, emulsifiers, bowl cutters and complete production lines based in Traun, Austria, for the sales and support of the full LASKA equipment range across all of Canada. According to the company, the addition of LASKA brand equipment to Multivac Canada’s portfolio extends its application reach into the primary processing end of food production lines, especially within the meat industry. In other company news, Multivac Group has completed the acquisition of its remaining minority stake in TVI Entwicklung und
Produktion GmbH, a leading German manufacturer of portioning machines (picture on left) used in meat processing industries. Part of the Mulivac Group since 2017, the company’s extensive product range comprises advanced processing solutions for tempering, freezing, pressing, portioning and automating, as well as for winding grill sticks and producing kebab skewers. “TVI will continue to remain in future an autonomous company within Multivac,” says group president Christian Traumann. “By acquiring the complete holdings of TVI, we are underlining the strategic importance of TVI within the group as an essential component for the further alignment of Muultivac as a complete supplier of packaging and processing solutions.”
Global metal packaging products group Trivium Packaging has picked up two Excellence in Quality Awards of the International Metal Decorating & Packaging Association (IMDPA) in recognition of exceptional
quality and precise consistency in the pursuit of decorating and packaging excellence. In the competition’s Aerosol & Bottle category, Trivium’s U.S. operations were awarded the Best of Category distinction for the Gen Z brand water bottle—a 16-ounce refillable and recyclable container showcasing the brand’s colorful graphic and fun images.
“Throughout this project, the Trivium team was fantastic to work with,” says Neil Mellers, founder of GEN Z Water in Fayetteville, Ark. “Special thanks to our account managers for taking the time to walk us through the process and ensure our design looked great on the bottle.” Also, Trivium’s French business packed up the competition’s top Award of Excellence for the Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc brand bottle—a 300-ml container holding Mont Blanc’s thermal water, renowned as an effective remedy for repairing, soothing, and moisturizing atopicprone skin. Launched to coincide with the release of Hollywood’s animated blockbuster movie Frozen II, the container was picked on the basis of superior utilization of metallic inks to
Domino continues to grow its digital printing business with the addition of Ralph Sanchez, as Regional Service Manager for Domino North America. He joins the company with over 25 years’ experience in management positions, with a focus on senior level operations leadership and customer engagement roles.
Joining Domino.
Why is now the perfect time for Ralph to join Domino? With record sales in each of the past five years, the Domino North America
Digital Printing business has continued to grow its install base significantly with digital presses and printers being added by converters from coast to coast. In parallel, the Service & Support team has grown by leaps and bounds.
Ralph has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, Management and Operations from the University of Southern California
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match the marketing expectations of the product’s brand-owner.
Cincinnati, Ohio-headquarted packaging machinery group ProMach has completed the acquisition of CL&D Graphics, Hartland, Wis.-based provider of high-quality flexographic and digital web packaging and converting solutions for consumer product companies, including its CLD Digital subsidiary. Founded in 1979, CL&D Graphics specializes in manufacturing rollfed film and pressure-sensitive labels, shrinksleeves, pouches, lidding, and pre-printed thermoform solutions to CPG (consumer packaged goods) companies across North America. For its part, CL&D Digital spcializes in manufacturing of short-run, production-quality prototypes and promotional samples to help brand-owners bring their products to market quickly. “ProMach is always looking for new and unique ways to bring more value to our customers,” says ProMach president and chief executive officer Mark Anderson. “The CL&D acquisition changes the narrative for many of our clients in the flexible packaging space who want a single-source partner that can
Ralph Sanchez joins Domino as Regional Service Manager
provide a more complete and total solution, including both materials and machinery.”
Protective packaging products group Pregis LLC has acquired Danco Converting, Carol Stream, Ill.-based producer of paperbased packaging products for industrial, foodservice and distribution packaging applications. “Danco has been a strong converting paper partner to Pregis for many years, providing the materials are used in conjunction with our Easypack paper void-fill systems,” says Pregis president and chief executive officer Kevin Baudhuin.
“With the continued growth experienced by our paper systems, it was a natural next step in our evolution to vertically integrate the process by acquiring such a well-run, successful converting partner to help us achieve our goals.”
Tekni-Plex, Wayne, Pa.headquartered manufacturer of medical devices and consumer packaging components, has completed the acquisition of Keyes Packaging Group, Wenatchee, Wash.-based supplier of protective packaging products for the food-andbeverage industries, notably molded-fiber trays for the packaging and shipping of apples, avocados, eggs and wine bottles. “Adding Keyes to the Tekni-Plex Consumer Products family gives us a boost in our overall efforts towards providing additional sustainable solutions to our customers,” says Eldon Schaffer, chief executive officer of the Tekni-Plex Consumer Products division.
“Together with the recently acquired Grupo Phoenix capabilities, “we are building a tremendous future for the market, our customers and our employees.”
Motion Industries, Inc., Birmingham, Ala.-headquartered distributor of industrial maintenance, repair and operation (MRO) replacement parts and a prleading provider of industrial technology solutions, has completed a US$1.3-billion acquisition of Kaman Distribution Group (KDG), a leading power transmission, automation and fluid power industrial distributor and solutions provider with operations throughout the U.S. Headquartered in Bloomfield, Conn., KDG employs about 1,700 people manufacturing electro-mechanical products, bearings, power transmission, motion
control, and electrical and fluid power components to MRO and OEM customers, with a client base in excess of 50,000 customers.
Leading Italian packaging machinery manufacturer Marchesini Group has acquiered a 70-percent stake in Dott. Bonapace, Milan, Italy-based supplier of laboratory machines used for medical R&D (research-anddevelopment) applications and small-scale industrial production of pharmaceutical consumables such as suppositories and capsules.
Kongsberg Precision Cutting Systems (Kongsberg PCS), Norwegian manufacturer of digital cutting equipment solutions for packaging, signage and display manufacturing applications, has completed the acquisition of MultiCam, Inc., a prominent U.S. manufacturer of CNC cutting solutions for diverse applications ranging from sign-making and digital finishing to thermoform trimming and plastics fabrication. “MultiCam has extraordinary market reach with its range of CNC routers, laser, plasma,
waterjet and knife-cutting machines,” says Kongsberg PCS president Stuart Fox. “Our businesses coming together to drive best-in-class cutting and finishing processes will deliver a tremendous advantage for our global customer base.”
Shawpak will represent Uhlmann Packaging in Canada
An Uhlmann Packaging and Shawpak partnership will allow Uhlmann to better serve their current and future customers and to expand their capabilities in pharmaceutical packaging in Canada.
Shawpak has been successfully providing solutions to pharmaceutical and industrial manufacturers since 1984 and is well established across Canada.
As a leading global systems supplier for the packaging of pharmaceutical products in blisters, bottles, and cartons, Uhlmann Packaging Systems provides flexible integral solutions for international pharmaceutical companies, generics manufacturers, and contract packers. On the basis of innovative packaging lines, services and digital solutions, Uhlmann sets standards in terms of quality, efficiency, and availability. As a total solution provider, the company offers consultation, project management, implementation, and services from a single source.
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MAKING A MARK
Designed for durability, safety, low maintenance and ease-of-use, the new Model 4050 label printer-applicator from Weber Marking Systems of Canada boasts a flexible modular design that can be adapted for any specific application. Compatible for use with print engines from all the major manufacturers, Model 4050 is available for right- or left-hand applications, it can be outfitted with a wide variety of label sizes, and it uses a modulate vacuum system to reduce air consumption by up to 80 per cent compared to competing systems, according to Weber. The system’s integrated sensors constantly measure the labeling pressure required, adjusting as needed during operation, while the system’s powered unwinders and rewinders help minimize wear on the printing modules, while ensuring precise printing. The 13.75-inch unwind matches the label length and ribbon length for one-to-one media consumption—reducing downtime and eliminating partial changeovers. The Model 4050 was designed without maintenance parts, which means components are replaced when needed, with only the print engine requiring maintenance as per the manufacturer’s requirements. Additionally, the system features a seven-inch LCD color touchscreen that puts all the operational, diagnostic and production details at the customer’s fingertips—providing display in light or dark modes. Weber Marking Systems of Canada
SENSORY PERCEPTION
The new Memosens 2.0 liquid analysis sensors from Endress+Hauser are the second generation of the revolutionary Memosens liquid analysis technology that converts measured values into
digital signals and sends them inductively to the transmitter—providing safe data transfer for increased availability of the measuring points and trouble-free processes. With the introduction of Memosens 2.0 sensors for pH/ORP, conductivity and dissolved oxygen, those liquid analysis measuring points are now future-proof and IIoT-ready ready, offering a range of potential additional benefits like a data foundation for predictive maintenance. Being backwards-compatible and easily integrated into existing systems, the Memosens 2.0 sensors store numerous relevant data—such as operating hours, minimum and maximum temperatures— and measured values, calibration histories and load matrices. This data can then be used and processed for comprehensive analysis and more precise process management. Equipped with highly integrated electronics, the new sensors also provide a perfect basis for predictive maintenance strategies with Endress+Hauser’s Heartbeat Technology, and enhanced IIoT services via the Netilion Cloud ecosystem.
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THE DRY RUN
Designed for label-free and high-resolution coding, branding and text generation on secondary packaging, including corrugated, the new 5940 G Touch Dry high-resolution inkjet coder from Markem-Imaje prints GS1-128 compliant codes on corrugated cases and trays of fresh produce, beverages, meats, confectioneries and many other foods, as well as providing precision printing on polystyrene for frozen foods and shrinkwrap for pallet shipments. Using the company’s proprietary odorless and VOC-free Touch Dry inks that instantly dry on contact, the new coder can also prints clean, crisp information and codes on various porous surfaces, including fabrics and non-wovens for medical personal protective equipment (PPE) masks, gowns and diapers. The new 5940 G features patent-pending Intelli’Flow printhead technology that avoids nozzle blockages due to ink backsplash and dust build-up, along with a special a filtering process that
degasses the ink during printing to keeps the jetting mechanism clean and clear—resulting in a higher print quality, greater throughput, reduced maintenance, and less downtime.
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SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL
The new LR-X Series from Keyence is a remarkably small laser sensor capable of detecting positioning without being affected by color, surface finish or shape—providing impressive durability with its food-grade stainless-steel housing and guarded cable. Capable of detecting position changes as small as 0.5-mm and featuring automatic and real-time intensity adjustment to ensure stable detection., the miniature sensor to be used in a wide variety of applications, including those with small positional changes. Said to be the world’s first green laser CMOS (complementary metal oxide semiconductor) sensor, the LR-X Series features an intuitive OLED display to spell out readings with perfect clarity, as well as an innovative gyro monitor that immediately alerts users if the sensor is knocked out of alignment.
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VERTICAL PRECISION
IWK Packaging Systems, Inc. ha introduced a new pair of versatile vertical cartoners—one intermittent and one continuous—to provide premium cartoning capabilities with high levels of positioning precision, fast changeovers, and modular extendability to suit many packaging applications for pharmaceutical and personal-care products packaged in a wide range of container sizes and dimensions. The new VI 5 vertical
cartoner is an intermittent-motion machine with an open, accessible work area and a modularly extendable length that optimizes floorspace. Suitable for a wide array of containers including bottles, tubes, blister packs, jars, pouches and bags, the touchscreen-operated VI 5 can process up to 75 cartons per minute, with a format range of 25- to 100-mm-long, 20- to 90-mm-wide and 50- to 23-mm in height. Comprising 22 carton carriers in basic configuration, the machine facilitates exceptionally fast changeover with a centralized transport height adjustment system and easily exchangeable buckets. For its part, the VC 5 vertical cartoner is a continuous-motion module that can process up to 120 cartons per minute. Easy to clean and touchscreen-operated, the unit pensures highly reliable semi-automatic packaging of a broad range of containers with exemplary positioning precision, achieved with its servo-driven, cam-guided transport system.
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KEEEPING IT CLEAN
Formulated for superior sanitary cleaning of food and beverage processing plants, the new ProClean FOAM SAFE solution from Madison Chemical Co. is a chlorinated, alkaline foaming cleaner that works well in all types of water. When used with a foam generator as a one-package cleaner, it produces a thick, stable foam that adheres to hard-to-clean surfaces like vertical and overhead machinery surfaces. Said to be ideal for use as a general cleaner (A1) on all surfaces in and around food and beverage processing areas, or for use with steam or mechanical cleaning devices in all other departments, ProClean FOAM SAFE easily rinses off with potable water without streaking. Madison Chemical Co.
Going in Circles
The
vital importance and necessity of a circular packaging ecosystem
By Rob Huffman
There has never been or will be a better time than now to adopt wide-scale sustainability initiatives throughout our businesses. We do not have the luxury to take our time, and we certainly do not have the luxury of simply talking the talk. We need to take action, and do so in a meaningful way that will do good for the world around us, while driving more streamlined and profitable business operations
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the environment into an ever-sharper focus. With pollution clearing in many cities around the world, sheep spotted venturing into villages quieted by isolation measures, and birdsong intensifying just everywhere, people finally saw what our environment could sound and look like.
On the flip-side, we saw an increase in extreme weather events like never before. Whether it was heat waves across the U.S. mid-west that knocked out the power grid, wildfires in California, or hurricanes powerful enough to ravage New Orleans and New York City alike, people are starting to feel the awesome destructive impact the environment can have on our lives.
Something needs to change. But encouragingly enough, consumers around the world recognize this need and are ready to take action to reduce their environmental footprint.
Packaging waste is the poster child for corporate sustainability, or lack thereof. Excessive, unnecessary, non-recyclable packaging is instantly noticeable an,d in many cases, is the first thing consumers see in a product.
This willingness to go a more sustainable route in packaging is backed up by Trivium Packaging’s 2021 Packaging Buying Green Report, in which 73 per cent of more than 15,000 everyday consumers said they were willing to pay a premium for eco-friendly packaging.
Unfortunately, there is still too much ambiguity about what constitutes such packaging, driven by a common misunderstanding of what the words “recyclable” and “circular” really mean—specif-
With annual sales of over $3 billion, Trivium Packaging employs 8,000 people at more than 60 production facilities worldwide to supply a broad range of infinitely recyclable metal packaging products for a broad range of everyday consumer items.
ically as to how they relate to sustainability initiatives.
In theory, most materials can be recycled, but the reality is much more nuanced. Some materials, like plastics, deteriorate when they are recycled and can very often only be recycled two or three times before ending up in a landfill or in an incinerator.
Other materials, like steel, aluminum, and glass, are at the other end of the spectrum, as they can be recycled forever.
That’s a massive difference, and it’s the “forever” part that makes a material circular as opposed to ‘just’ recyclable.
Another key difference between materials is the recycling infrastructure. Even if a material can technically be recycled, the infrastructure may not be in place to actually recycle it. Again, much ends up in a landfill, in an incinerator, or in our waterways.
For their part, metal cans are a great example of a packaging material that is both circular and have high actual recycling rates. According to a recent white paper by Trivium Packaging—titled Protect, Promote, Preserve—up to 80 per cent of all metals produced today are still available, or in use, because they recycle forever without any loss of quality.
It’s also due to the fact that steel and aluminum enjoy well over 60-percent recycling rates globally, and significantly higher in Europe.
On the other hand, packaging which is mixed or composite (packaging made from layers of different materials bonded together) is very often difficult to separate into its individual component materials in order to be deemed recyclable. Hence, more often than not the entire package ends up in a landfill.
Despite consumers having a desire to be environmentally responsible, many companies are not making it easy for them to do so. If people want to do the right thing, we need to make it easy. The infrastructure doesn’t just need to make
it easier for you and me to drop off bags of recyclables; it also needs to efficiently process the recycled material and quickly get it back into the infinitely recyclable loop.
Moreover, the lack of simple, universal labeling standards, in combination with mixed messaging, leaves the public without any idea of what to do—even if their intentions are there.
Let’s face it: It is far too difficult for the everyday person to make sense of the more than 450 environmental labels in use over 199 countries and 25 industry sectors.
As a result, consumers often misunderstand, overlook, or even encounter “recycling fatigue” when trying to make their best judgement on if a material is fit for recycling or not.
So how do we fix all of this?
Companies must take it upon themselves to have clear, educational communication which empowers the consumer with the information they need to make an informed decision.
The desire to be eco-friendly is there, but it is the companies’ responsibility to share the necessary information with the consumer so they can act upon their desires.
With clearer, more direct communication, consumers can make decisions which more closely align with their personal beliefs and needs.
Additionally, it is critically important that companies inform their customers about the differences between items that are recyclable, and items that have a full circular life-cycle.
A staggering amount of the public does not know the difference, but once they are relayed this information, there is little doubt they will begin voting with their dollar for products which more closely align with their beliefs for a fully circular product life-cycle.
Lastly, we must realize that not all materials are created equal and that, certainly, not all packaging is created equal. Most everyone knows about the harm of single-use plastics, but the nuanced discussion of mixed recyclables and infinite recyclability is lagging behind.
As companies at the forefront of sustainability innovation continue to push the narrative forward, public demand will follow—obliging brands to align to their desires for a greener, healthier future for all of us.
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THE VISION QUEST
Canadian packaging machine-builder leverages robotics and machine vision expertise to
develop
cutting-edge system solutions
By George Guidoni, Editor
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by Naomi Hiltz
Putting vision into action is nothing new for Chris Follows, founder and president of a well-established, proudly Canadian packaging systems builder and integrator Propack Processing & Packaging Systems, Inc.
Founded in 1996, the privately-owned company has enjoyed a steadfast rise up the ranks of North American packaging machinery industry—celebrating its 25th anniversary last year with a stellar record of successful machine installations and line integration projects across major sectors of the food-and-beverage industries with exacting quality, performance and safety requirements.
Headquartered at a state-of-the-art 30,000-square-foot customer service and testing facility in Beamsville, Ont., the company operates three manufacturing locations in southern Ontario and Quebec to produce various automation components and subsystems used in its turnkey workcell automation projects, while also offering ongoing customer support from service locations in Beamsville, Halifax, Chicago and Atlanta.
“We focus our attention on the North and South American markets, which is where we can bring the most value,” Follows told Canadian Packaging on a recent visit to the Beamsville facility, which is also the central location for the company’s FAT (functional acceptance testing) validations and equipment demonstrations.
“We export approximately 70 per cent of our equipment to the United States and South America, offering machine training and documentation in Spanish to support our South American customers.
“The technology we have today allows us
Propack Processing & Packaging Systems founder and president Chris Follows shows off some of the critical system components produced using advanced 3D printing technology, which Follows says allows the company the flexibility to make on-spec parts for its entire machinery range with exceptionally fast turnaround.
to support our machinery remotely, irrespective of its installation location,” Follows points out, “but with our philosophy built on the idea of exceeding our customers’ expectations at every level, this also includes making complimentary visits to the site of our older machinery ensuring they are running at peak performance.”
Says Follows: “Combining the requirements of our customers along with our
innovative and patented technologies, Propack has the ability to design solutions to meet all their specific needs.”
As Follows explains, Propack primarily focuses on four strategic market segments that are highly dependent on the use of high-speed, high-throughput automated packaging lines incorporating the latest robotic and sensor technologies to crank out large volumes of energy and nutrition
bars, confectioneries, pastries, snacks and other mass-produced baked goods.
Incorporating high-end processing machinery manufactured in Canada by Sainte-Claire, Que.-based Équipements PRB—including dough dumpers; slab formers; kibblers; slitters; spreaders and guillotines—Propack has developed an exceptionally high level of expertise in in-
tegrating full turnkey lines for cold-form nutritional bar production: from early processing right through all the primary and secondary packaging stages at remarkably high speeds well in excess of 1,000 pieces per minute in continuous operation.
“Propack offers superior machinery that will continue to meet extraordinary production results for our customers,” Follows
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Propack’s new ProVision machine employs four ABB IRB 360 FlexPacker robots to pick and place up to 400 mproducts per minute from two running conveyor belts.
Sealed pouches entering the ProVision workcell are inspected by high-speed cameras to define the center of the package to ensure proper grip by the robotic tooling.
proclaims, citing an expansive product portfolio that includes row distribution systems, high-speed collating-and-loading systems, bag-in-box automation systems, vision-guided robotics for pick-and-place applications, and vision-based product inspection systems.
“Propack is truly committed to our customers’ success: this is rooted in our DNA,” asserts Follows.
“All our machines are engineered specifically to each project requirement to ensuring optimal performance, versatility and flexibility,” says Follows, praising the “incredible quality” of Propack’s engineering and craftsmanship widely acknowledged in the industry.
Says Follows: “Our attention to quality, service, support and relationships with our customers to ensure their solutions are the right ones enable us to guarantee performance.”
Built for optimal longevity, durability and sanitation, “Our machines are de-
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A close-up of suction vacuum cups at the end-of-arm tooling of the IRB 360 Flexpicker robots.
A close-up of a vacuum suction hose assembly made by an in-house 3D printer.
An overhead view ot new hygienic packaging machine assembled at Propack’s Beamsville facility.
signed for long-time service, to exceed 100,000 hours of reliable performance,” Follows states.
“We stand behind our systems, as our customers’ success is our top priority.”
As an early enthusiastic adopter of industrial robotic systems, Propack’s high level of proficiency with robotic integration is rooted in its long-standing relationship with leading robotics manufacturer ABB, whose flagship IRB 360 FlexPicker series pick-and-place robots are a common feature on many machines and lines supplied and installed by Propack.
“We actually bought the very first ABB FlexPicker robot in Canada all those years ago,” Follows points out, “and it (ABB) remains the world-class robotic technology to this day.”
Not surprisingly, ABB FlexPicker robots are employed at the heart of the new ProVision pick-and-place machine that Propack launched near the end of last year—designed for high-speed secondary packaging of transparently-wrapped products with variable shapes, sizes and dimensions.
Featuring advanced camera technology developed in-house by Propack, the new ProVision system uses advanced image processing techniques that enables it to determine the perimeter of the package before guiding the robotic end-of-arm tooling to the center of that package each and every time.
This is especially important for packages filled with loose bulk ingredients that tend to shift and clump together inside the primary wrap before being picked up by the robots.
The ProVision camera essentially makes sure that the robot will pick up the package right at the center even if the pack’s main contents have moved off to a side or a corner of the package— thereby ensuring consistent placement for the secondary packaging process.
Follows explains, “When you have product coming out of a vertical bagger, you tend to have ‘tear dropping,’ whereby a cluster of product shifts towards one side of it.
“Whereas the typical vision systems on ABB and other robots will determine that cluster to be the center of the package,” Follow says, “our ProVision technology is able to identify the outline of the package irrespective to where the cluster is.
The new high-speed hygienic design packaging system assembled at Propack is capable of throughput speeds of up to 200 pieces per minute to offer co-packers running a variety of products and cartons a highly flexible and cost-effective automated packaging solution.
“It determines and identifies the perimeter of the transparent film pouches,” he continues, “enabling the ABB robot to pick it up right in the center and place it into the flights of the infeed to the Campbell flowwrapper connected to the machine.”
In one particular configuration designed for a long-standing customer, the Pro Vision system utilizes four FlexPicker delta robots that pick-and-place 360 products per minute, while pairing liquid-filled and particulate-filled clear pouches together in two-component, ready-to-mix granola mix packs.
“There was nothing like that available in the market,” Follows notes, “so we had our engineers develop it.
“We have some brilliant young engineers working here,” he says, “as well as some older engineers that are very happy to share their knowledge and expertise with them.”
As with the ProVision cameras, all the special robotic tooling and accessories used in the system have been 3D-printed to match the customer’s exact product handling specifications with minimal changeover requirements, according to Follows.
As Follows relates, 3D printing capabilities provide an important competence for Propack’s technicians to design and pro-
duce various machinery components designed to help its machinery maintain the highest possible sanitary standards.
“Sanitation is everything,” Follows states, citing the company’s new Propack machine—incorporating four FlexPicker robots—featuring stainless-steel frames and smooth contoured surfaces.
Designed for continuous 24-hour pick-and-place operation at speeds of 200 pieces per minute in +3°C environment, the robust machine features an IP69K rating and features an array of 3D-printed color-coordinated components and tooling with simple snap-in-place installation and removal for cleaning and maintenance.
“We can’t have any points along the machinery where bacteria can harbor,” Follows explains. “All of our equipment that we’re producing here is fully hygienic, with machines that can be completely disassembled for cleaning and sanitation, and then quickly reassembled.
“Efficiency and sanitation are the two biggest issues facing machinery suppliers today,” Follows states, “and Propack has been strategically developing patented technologies to provide our customers with enhanced automation capabilities.
“As a result, Propack has a unique market position because our machines are amongst the fastest and most efficient in
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A high-speed flow-wrapping machine from Campbell Wrapper Corporation used in conjunction with Propack’s equipment for many turnkey line integration projects; a close-up of the signature-blue BRECOflex polyurethane belting used for product transfer inside the Propack workcells; more innovative machine parts and subsystem assemblies made with Propack’s in-house 3D printing systems.
the world, coupled with the flexibility to run a variety of different products with quick, inexpensive changeovers to provide our customers with robust and reliable packaging solutions to meet their specific needs.”
While Follows himself describes Propack as a “mid-sized company,” there is no doubt that the company is preparing itself for continuous robust growth in coming years.
As Follows points out, the 3.5-acre site owned by Propack in Beamsville offers plenty of space for future expansions, while the firm’s physical proximity to premier vocational training institutions like Brock University , Niagara College , McMaster University and Mohawk College—all located within a 20-minute drive—ensures access to a pool emerging young talent to take care of any future staffing needs.
That factor is bound to become ever more important as the company continues to focus its activities on new business opportunities in promising growth markets such as non-food consumer goods and
convenience items, personal care products, and frozen and pet food markets.
As Follows confides, “Propack invests money into R&D without the pressures of quarterly thinking—that’s the big advantage of operating a privately-held company with a vision.
“The packaging technology is continually moving forward and changing, and we’re here to adapt to it and ensure that we’re continuing to supply the market not with just leading-edge technology, but truly cutting-edge technology,” he concludes.
“With the technology and the team we have here at Propack, we will continue to listen intently to our customers and customize our machines to meet their requirements.”
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AIR SUPERIORITY
Food packaging producer makes huge cuts in compressed air consumption through leading-edge automation to lower energy costs and reduce carbon footprint
While many companies claim their products or services pay for themselves, iZ Systems proves it—time after time.
Based in Macon, Ga., the company provides clients across a range of industries with energy auditing services and control systems that quickly deliver a complete ROI (return-on-investment) through the resulting energy use reductions.
“Almost every system upgrade we complete is based on green initiatives to reduce energy consumption at plants,” says Dean Smith, general manager and technical manager for iZ Systems.
“We guarantee these savings, and our technology platform proves that significant energy reductions are maintained in the long term.”
Since Smith founded iZ Systems in 1990, the company has continued to expand its product offerings and client base, gaining customers internationally as a division of its parent company Blake & Pendleton
iZ Systems has long performed audits and upgrades of compressed air and industrial vacuum systems, and it now offers these services for cooling water systems as well.
With its standard control cabinets that include built-in HMI (human-machine interface) displays, iZ Systems supplies eco-friendly technologies that measure efficiencies, support remote data acquisition, and deliver insightful energy usage information to customers.
For seven years, iZ Systems has provided these services to food packaging manufacturer Pactiv at its Macon facility, which focuses on molded fiber egg cartons.
The partnership began with a project to replace the compressed air systems supplying low-pressure blowers, according to David Powell, maintenance manager for
Clockwise: iZ Systems completed compressed air system upgrades at the Pactiv plant in Macon, Georgia, resulting in a roughly $250,000 annual savings in energy costs.
To reduce energy requirements, iZ Systems implemented low-pressure blowers in place of more expensive compressed air.
Pactiv.
“With every blower we tested, the pressures would change too much even if a single nozzle was adjusted,” Powell says.
“The iZ Systems team promised a blower system that would not change in pressure, even if you shut off all but one nozzle, and their system has worked flawlessly.”
The system improvements for Pactiv resulted in unique technical specifications, highlighting the fact that greater system openness is increasing in importance across all industries.
To guarantee that customers’ systems achieve peak performance, iZ Systems must be able to monitor data remotely and make adjustments whenever necessary.
However, connecting to clients’ diverse networks can be difficult, according to Allen King Jr., inside application project manager for iZ Systems.
“The ability to access and analyze performance data with ease is very important,” King says. “To this end, we access data from systems across the globe using a common source and format.”
In addition to its thorough audits, the company accomplishes these goals through its turnkey iZ Compressed Air Automation and Data Acquisition System, which combines the automation controller, I/O and HMI in a single control cabinet and utilizes custom software.
This system must support an increasing
number of connected devices— 50 compressors across a factory, for example— while reducing footprint, complexity for users, cost and, most importantly, unplanned downtime.
“Improved reliability is an ever-present demand from industrial clients,” Smith says. “A compressed air system that is not reliable has the ability to cost hundreds of thousands of dollars in lost production and energy costs.
“A reliable and well-managed com-
pressed air system has the ability to save those dollars. Our iZ Compressed Air Automation and Data Acquisition System has the ability to assist in maintaining those savings.”
The engineering team at iZ Systems accomplished its mission at Pactiv using PC-based solutions from industrial automation specialists Beckhoff Automation of Savage, Minn. Beckhoff and iZ Systems first partnered on projects about 15 years ago, using TwinCAT automation software to help the company establish remote monitoring of its compressed air automation and data acquisition systems.
Smith explains that interfacing horizontally via Modbus TCP to diverse compressor control systems within plants and vertically via OPC UA are important features that exemplify the system openness of PC-based control technology.
“The TwinCAT software platform provides tremendous flexibility to the process of applying our iZ Compressed Air Automation and Data Acquisition System software to any system,” he says.
Visualizing the numerous compressors and equipment spread throughout entire plants can easily clutter HMI, so iZ Systems has standardized on the Beckhoff CP2924 multi-touch control panel.
The 24-inch-wide screen panel implemented at Pactiv is mounted into a control cabinet cutout to enable easy identification of field components, according to King.
“Our trending screens use the multi-touch zooming function, allowing operators to draw a square around the area they want to see in greater detail,” he says.
“However, we know there is the capability to implement much more multi-touch functionality, and we hope to add interesting features, such as pinch to zoom, in the near future.”
The go-to machine controller for iZ Systems is the DIN rail-mounted Beckhoff CX5140 embedded PC, which features a four-core, 1.91 GHz Intel Atom E3845 processor.
The device provides 4 GB DDR3 RAM and the ability to add data storage with slots for microSD and CFast cards.With a compact form
factor of 142x100x92-mm, the embedded PC reduces space requirements in the control cabinet, while providing advanced capabilities not available in traditional PLCs (programmable logic controllers)
“We standardized on the CX5140 because it supplies the necessary processing power to meet the needs of today’s Smart Factory concepts,” says King.
As with other iZ Systems projects, EtherCAT industrial Ethernet technology enabled real-time communication across the Pactiv production facility. EtherCAT and TwinCAT allow the automation system to identify any new compressor or other industrial component automatically, and BACnet/IP enables direct integration of building automation controls in the iZ Systems solution.
In addition to a range of standard digital and analog I/O terminals, iZ Systems also uses EK1501 and EK1541 fiberoptic EtherCAT couplers along with EK1521 and EK1561 fiberoptic junctions in most compressed air applications to communicate with field devices.
“Fiberoptic wire provides absolute isolation between our system, the processor, the machine and the compressor,” Smith says. “Fiberoptics by nature provides excellent immunity to electrical noise and interference, and the EtherCAT I/O hardware offered us a big step forward in this regard.”
By implementing open, PC-based solutions, iZ Systems kept its promise to Pactiv. As a result of the blower equipment upgrades, Pactiv reduced its energy consumption for compressed air by 45 per cent.
“By using blower air, we replaced nearly 400 horsepower of compressed air with 50 horsepower. “This amounts to a cost savings of nearly $250,000 each year,” Powell says.
“The improvements to our air compressor design have stabilized our pressure, and the remote monitoring has given us peace of mind.”
The results are impressive by any standard, but they are not unusual for iZ Systems.
As Smith relates: “For some clients, we have reduced compressed air energy costs by more than 50 per cent and we can prove that we have
maintained those savings ever since.”
More importantly, the systems with Beckhoff components achieve the utmost reliability. Secure communication with customer machinery via OPC UA allows iZ Systems to monitor any changes in performance that could require maintenance.
Powell says this, along with excellent support, has been crucial for Pactiv: “The system alerts me when there are any abnormalities with the compressors, but iZ gets the warnings as well, and their engineers are usually working to address the issue before I call them.”
In addition to boosting reliability, iZ Systems has reduced control cabinet footprint by twothirds on average by implementing Beckhoff controls.
“Our old cabinets were much larger because the previous PLC generated an excessive amount of heat, increasing our cooling requirements and energy consumption.
“With the Beckhoff hardware, heat generation is not a problem, and we increased our own energy efficiency like we do for our customers,” King says.
The flexibility and scalability of Beckhoff components allows iZ Systems to build and stock standard control cabinets for future use, rather than designing a custom cabinet for each client.
By creating open systems that support multi-vendor architectures, iZ Systems has the unique opportunity to apply energy-saving solutions from one industry to another.
For example, the blower solution implemented at Pactiv has also worked for clients in the steel casting industry, among others.
“In many facilities, we installed these low-pressure blower systems to provide cooling or control of fluids and coolants, and it basically produced a 25-to-one reduction in energy,” Smith says.
“We try to make the initial acquisition cost attractive to the client while guaranteeing major energy reductions, and the Beckhoff platform has made a huge difference in our ability to meet these goals.”
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Canada’s top craft brewing industry event reluctantly rescheduled for fall
The Ontario Craft Brewers (OCB) Conference Planning Committee has made the difficult, but necessary decision to reschedule the Ontario Craft Brewers Conference & Suppliers Marketplace 2022 (OCBC22) , from February 16-17, 2022, to October 25-26, 2022, in Niagara Falls, Ont.
“The OCB deeply regrets the challenges this schedule change may cause participants and attendees,” says OCB president Scott Simmons. “However, health and safety have to be our top priorities.”
“The OCB is deeply grateful to all OCBC22 sponsors, speakers, exhibitors and attendees for their support to date, which is vital to the success of OCBC,” Simmons adds. “All paid tickets, booths, and sponsorships will be transferred to the rescheduled event.”
Says Simmons: “After two years of pandemic lockdown, we look forward to seeing the Canadian craft brewing industry’s top brewers, decision-makers, thought leaders, suppliers and supporters finally gather for two days of craft brewing education, networking, social events and business development.
“The OCBC also features the largest craft brewing trade show in Canada, with more than 140 industry suppliers.”
With the growth of the craft brewing sector in the past two decades, there are now hundreds of operating breweries, contract brewers and brewpubs in communities across the province—employing nearly 6,000 Ontario residents.
Alas, the global pandemic has had a major impact on craft brewing retail and tourism, according to OCB.
To mitigate that adverse impact, breweries are working in collaboration with their local communities, business organizations, governments and industry colleagues to build and sustain recovery from this great disruption.
As part of that recovery, the rescheduled OCBC22 will provide the first major opportunity for the industry to connect broadly, face-to-face, in an ideal environment to facilitate collaboration and revitalization of the industry.
Typically drawing more than 1,000 visitors, the OCBC is Canada’s ultimate
Scott Simmons, President, OCB
networking and education event for the craft brewing sector—attracting craft brewers and industry suppliers from across North America to a single venue for brewery principals, staff and suppliers to meet, connect, network, learn, and conduct more business in a couple of days than could be possible in several months.
“The OCBC is best experienced live and in-person,” says Paul Corriveau, vice-president of sales and marketing at Railway City Brewing Co. and chair of the Ontario Craft Brewers Conference Planning Committee.
Monday, October 24,
• Suppliers Load-in
• Attendee Pre-registration
• Brewery tours
Tuesday, October 25,
• Trade Show
• Keynote Address
• Plenary, Technical & Breakout sessions
Wednesday, October 26,
• Trade Show
• Keynote address
• Plenary & Breakout Sessions
• The After Party
“We have made the difficult decision to reschedule to a time when it is safer and when attendees can connect face-toface, do business, and sample great beer with ease.”
The 10th annual Ontario Craft Brewers Conference & Suppliers Marketplace 2022 will take place in Niagara Falls, Ontario, October 25 & 26, 2022. To register for the event, go to: www.ocbconference.com
TRUSTING THE PROCESS
Toronto beverage producer blends passion for product innovation with relentless focus on quality control to make big waves in fast-growing product categories
By George Guidoni, Editor
Photos by Naomi Hiltz
Trust is a priceless commodity in all walks of life, and in these troubling days of high anxiety and uncertainty about what the future has in store, the importance of solid business partnerships based on mutual respect and genuine collaboration can hardly be overstated.
Happily for hardworking folks at the Brunswick Bierworks beverage processing and packaging operation in Toronto’s east end, the company’s future is looking brighter than ever—thanks to its uncanny knack for building close bonds with its beverage industry clients by meeting and
part of the company’s senior management team that turned an idea for a unique business model into a fast-growing beverage producer specializing in full-service solutions for premium beverage brand clients across North America and beyond.
surpassing their expectations with clockwork professionalism, exceptional technical proficiency, and earnest commitment to continuous collaborative innovation.
Founded in 2016 by Sean Fleming, a former accountant whose passion for beer led him to make a profound career change as a craft beer industry entrepreneur about a decade ago, Brunswick Bierworks has quickly built up an enviable industry reputation for the exceptionally quick turnaround service for its premium brand customers across a varied range of beverage categories including beer, hard seltzer, RTD (ready-to-drink) beverages, winebased coolers, ciders and non-alcoholic cocktails.
Brunswick Bierworks chief operating officer
Christian Von der Heide is
Ranking as one of the largest privately-owned breweries in Canada, Brunswick markets itself as a turnkey supply chain solutions provider for alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverage brands ranging from beer and cider to pre-mixed cocktails and other RTDs in strict accordance with the customers’ specs—from recipe development through to production, packaging, quality control, and warehousing and distribution. Unlike many other beverage co-packers who also develop their own brands while
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Aluminum cans of beer being filled inside a Krones Craftmate filler; filled cans being lidded insider the Ferrum rotary seamer; a Krones SynCo conveyor transferring cans to the filling station; the user-friendly Krones iPanel CD human-machine interface displaying all of the filling line’s operational status; the Krones Checkmat inspection system used to verify correct fill levels inside the aluminum cans.
doing contract manufacturing and co-packing for their outside clients, Brunswick operates as a focused ‘partner’ manufacturing enterprise fully committed to helping its customers succeed in the marketplace through thoughtful product and packaging innovation.
“We only produce for our partners,” says vice-president of sales and marketing David Faber, who joined Brunswick last year after acquiring deep beverage industry experience working the likes of Heineken, Diaego and Red Bull.
“We’re not just renting time and space on our production line,” Faber points out, “but rather work in partnership with our customers to help their brands succeed.
“We have brand customers coming to us with their product and asking us to make that product perfect for them,” Faber told Canadian Packaging on a recent visit to the lively facility that also houses an on-site tap room and a large dining/entertaining area for hosting weddings, banquets, workshops and seminars, and other special events.
“Our goal is to put as much value back into our customers’ pockets as possible to help their brands be successful,” he states, “because we grow as they grow.”
This complementary growth strategy has enabled the company to attract and retain some of the biggest brand-owners in the alcoholic drink markets, Faber relates, stressing the competitive advantage of having a full-staffed product development lab on-site to help customers experiment with different product recipes and packaging formats to remain on-trend in a highly competitive and dynamic industry.
“The beverage world has evolved significantly over the years, and as a result there is a lot of blurring going on between all the different beverage categories,” Faber points out.
“There are new flavored beers, non-alcoholic beers, energy drinks, alcoholic energy drinks, all kinds of vodka sodas … companies big and small are all coming up with new innovations, and our on-site lab works with them to bring those innovation to the LCBO (Liquor Control Board of Ontario) and other retail customers,” he says.
“We are always trying to be on the forefront of the new package format and style needs to help our customers grow,” says Faber, citing recent development of a new five-liter party-sized keg designed for a fast-growing brand of vodka-based soda beverages.
Operating at the site of a one-time leading Canadian office furniture supplier Brunswick Manufacturing, Brunswick Bierworks has undergone a series of significant expansions over the last five years—on top of the massive initial facility rebuild and refurbishment—to raise its annual capacity to about one million hectoliters, according to Faber.
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Brunswick Bierworks vicepresident of sales and marketing David Faber at the control panel of the Teledyne TapTone FS leak detection system; close-up of real-time operational data displayed on the TapTone FS control panel; a side and a close-up view of the Teledyne TapTone FS inspection system performing high-speed leak detection of pressurized aluminum cans filled with carbonated or liquid nitrogeninfused beverages.
Incredibly, the company is planning to more than quadruple its current output over the next year with the pending arrival of a new state-of-the-art, high-volume Krones canning line that will run at speeds of up to 1,100 containers per minute.
“We have grown tremendously,” says Faber, citing ongoing 30,000-square-foot facility expansion to accommodate the new Krones line, operational this spring.
While Brunswick originally started out as a craft beer producer, the production of innovative beverage categories like hard seltzers, cocktails, ciders, radlers and non-alcoholic beers now accounts for a major share of the plant’s manufacturing capacity.
Housing a multitude of towering 300and 400-hectoliter holding, fermenting, mixing, blending and other tanks and vessels for brewing and beverage production, the facility currently uses a German-made Krones Craftmate filling line to package its beers and RTD drinks at speeds of 250 cans per minute—primarily in standard 355-ml , sleek 355-ml and 473-ml Tallboy cans—along with highly automated case-packing and end-of-line packaging equipment to fill its orders exactly to customers’ wishes and specifications.
“So if a customer needs 10,000 cases of product in January, 100,000 cases in February and some other number in the following month, that is exactly what they will get from us,” says Faber, adding that Brunswick can also arrange for direct delivery of the product to the customer’s own retail clients of choice if that’s what they want.
“That’s what operating as a ‘customers’ production facility’ means to us,” says Faber, adding that the company’s business model enables Brunswick to be selective about what customers it chooses to work with.
“Naturally we prefer to partner up with companies that share the same values that we do,” says Faber, citing environmental responsibility, entrepreneurship, quality and innovation as some of the key selection criteria.
For chief operating officer Christian Von der Heide, the obsession with quality and customer service is a natural expression of Brunswick’s unique business model and mindset—compellingly underscored last May with formal certification to the international FFSC 2200 (Version 5) food safety standard of the GSFI (Global Food Safety Initiative).
Designed to ensure optimal food safety for consumers from front to end of the production process, FFSC 2200 defines a comprehensive food safety system that meets the demands of both the company’s customers and consumers, according to GSFI.
“Achieving FSSC 22000 certification validates our commitment to maintaining the highest standards for food safety guidelines worldwide,” Von der Heide states. “It further highlights our ability to satisfy the most discerning customer needs.”
Since early last summer, this laser-sharp focus on quality has been significantly reinforced on the Krones Craftmate filling
line with the installation of a state-of-the-art TapTone FS (Force) container inspection system to detect even the tiniest microleaks caused in the filled pressurized containers during the seaming process—instantly rejecting any leaking containers off the line before they move on to the secondary packaging stages.
Manufactured by North Falmouth, Ma.-based Teledyne TapTone and distributed in Canada by Abbey Equipment Solutions of Burlington, Ont., the TapTone FS systems leverage advanced stain-gauge technology to sense internal pressure by measuring the sidewalls of the container with high-sensitivity DSP (Digital Signal Processing) system for exceptionally thorough inspection of pressurized containers filled with carbonated and/or liquid nitrogen-infused beverages.
As Von der Heide relates, the case for installing such a system first became apparent when Brunswick Bierworks recently added the slim-profile “sleek” 355-ml cans to its packaging repertoire for one of its customers.
“As we had upgraded to the sleek 355-ml, we became aware that our existing equipment was struggling with detecting the really small microleaks,” he recalls, “so we quickly decided to go with the absolute best
equipment that there is for leak detection in cans, and the TapTone technology was quickly identified as being the best there is.
“And although we had not worked with Abbey Equipment Solutions before, I was very impressed with their knowledge and professionalism,” says Von der Heide, a native of Munich, Germany, with over 35 years of experience in the global beer and distilled spirits industries.
“The TapTone was quickly installed and fully functional immediately,” he recalls.
“Naturally we had to make a few adjustments to adapt it to our line’s specific needs,” he says, “but it was all done within 24 hours of the system’s arrival to our plant, and it has been running seamlessly ever since.
“In retrospect, I would have liked to have installed such a system back in 2016 when we started up,” Von der Heide adds, “but this advanced technology simply did not exist at the time.”
Designed to perform rapid 100-percent container inspection at high production line speeds of up to 525 feet per minute, the TapTone FS system leverages its patented Force technology to detect leak and low pressure in liquid nitrogen-dosed and carbonated beverage containers by using two parallel belts to transport the container past
(clockwise) A corrugated shipping tray containing six multipacks of canned beverages is transported into the Eastey shrink tunnel for application of a plastic hood around the top of the load to keep the boxed product as is is transferred towards palletizing; a close-up of a Videojet inkjet coder marking variable product information onto the paperboard cartons, sealed with the signatureblue ProBlue Nordson applicator (background) from Nordson Corporation.
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The BrewPack 200 cartoner from Mpac Switchback incorporating signature-blue Nordson hot-melt adhesive applicator; a few of the plant’s many stainless-steel vessels used for distilling and fermentation; an SEW Eurodrive motor powering a conveyor line; a Top Tier combination palletizer-stretchwrapper prepares a load for shipping.
a sensor that measures the tension on the sidewall of the container—enabling the system to measure the pressure inside the container.
Utilizing DSP technology, the controller analyzes the measurement and assigns a merit value to each container. If the merit value is outside of the acceptable range, a reject signal activates a remote reject system and the container is removed from the line.
Easy to operate and program using a large color touchscreen and icon-driven menus, the TapTone FS system uses two independently operating reject output mechanisms to reject and sort the passing containers, and it can also be used in applications such as aerosol containers; retorted dairy drinks packaged in cans; liquid nitrogen-dosed and/or carbonated iced tea, juices and water packaged in PET (polyethylene terephthalate) plastic bottles; and other low- to mid-range pressure applications up to 160-psi pressure levels.
Easy to integrate in most existing automated beverage filling lines, the TapTone FS system offers a broad range of options to cover just about every conceivable potential bottleneck or problem area, including:
• Air Pressure Monitoring. Monitoring and displaying the air pressure at the rejector, activating an alarm signal if the air pressure drops below user pre-set limits.
• Cap Inspection. A choice of optical or camera-based inspection sensors for missing, high, or cocked bottle caps.
• Down Bottle/Can Inspection, for detecting containers that might have fallen over on the conveyor and were not inspected.
• Rejectors, a choice of pneumatic ram and standing rejection systems.
• Reject Verification, for detecting a container that has failed the inspection but has not been rejected from the production conveyor.
Andrej Bagrincev, technical sales repre-
sentative with Abbey Equipment Solutions who oversaw the TapTone FS system installation at Brunswick Bierworks, is quick to compliment the beverage producer for making the right equipment choice to improve its quality control and assurance capabilities.
“Traditional proximity sensors that are widespread in beer industry don’t work for leakage inspection of low-pressure beverage cans because there is not enough pressure to develop typical curvature of can lids,” he explains.
“In other words, proximity sensors cannot offer enough resolution to measure pressure inside cans,” Bagrincev states.
“That’s why Brunswick Bierworks needed a more sophisticated system,” he says, “and that’s why they chose TapTone to achieve their objective of acquiring a highly accurate leakage detection system for their low-pressure beverage cans.”
Von der Heide concurs: “We wanted to make sure not only that we meet normal criteria with our regular inspection equipment, but that we would achieve the highest levels of package integrity by making sure there are no micro-leaked containers going to market from our facility.
“The TapTone inspection system has enabled us to completely remove that risk to date.”
Says Von der Heide: “As a real partner packaging company, we take pride in helping our clients develop innovative packaging formats for their products.
“This means thinking ahead of the immediate transaction by linking our company’s success to our customers’ success— taking advantage of their growth through joint ‘incubation + innovation,’ if you will.
“We are far more integrated with our clients than your classic co-packers—that’s the key point of difference for us in the marketplace,” he reiterates.
“Clients can struggle in the complex
end-to-end C2C (concept-to-commercialization) process for their products,”
Von der Heide notes, “and that’s where we put our skill to use, translating a client’s commercial mission into an attractive CPG product that they leverage accordingly in the marketplace.
“That’s why all our capital investments, including TapTone, are geared to us being a total solutions provider to the entire beverage industry,” he concludes, “rather than just being a bit player in a narrow product category.”
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Waterloo Brewing’s director of capital engineering Luigi Fantin standing in front of the pilot brewhouse installed inside the company’s on-site Taphouse restaurant, complete with fermenting, aging and bright beer tanks, to offer guests a selection of unique hyper small-batch brews.
THE BEST THEY CAN
A new canning line enables leading craft beer producer to keep expanding its product portfolio and market share
By Andrew Snook
Waterloo Brewing has come a long way since its inception into the brewing industry in 1984, when it became Ontario’s first craft-brewing company under the Brick Brewing banner.
Over the past 38 years, the Kitchener, Ont.-based company has gone from being a small local brewery to growing into Ontario’s largest privately-owned brewery.
Including the co-packing side of the business, Waterloo Brewing produces 241 different SKUs (stock-keeping units) and employs approximately 275 people.
“Waterloo Brewing started with eight employees and produced 35,000 cases in its first year,” recalls director of capital engineering Luigi Fantin.
“We’re now producing over 11 million cases of products annually,” he says. “We have our craft-brewing sector along with a thriving co-manufacturing business.”
Some of the compny’s best-known brands in its own portfolio include:
• The flagship Waterloo beer brand featuring Waterloo Amber , Waterloo Craft Lager , Waterloo Dark , Waterloo IPA, Waterloo Radlers, and a variety of limited-time Signature Series brews;
• The popular Laker brand of beers, featuring Laker Lager, Laker Ice, Laker Light and Laker Red labels;
• The LandShark Lager and LandShark Seltzer beverages, as well as the Seagram brand coolers and ciders.
While the Laker brand of beers only retails in Ontario, all of the company’s other branded products have national distribution.
For its part, Waterloo Brewing’s co-manufacturing business produces a variety of canned beverages, including beer, seltzers, ciders, tomato-based beverages, and even a line of energy drinks for a growing list of brand customers.
The past several years has been a time of aggressive expansion in improving and growing Waterloo Brewing’s 177,000-square-foot facility housing offices, retail space, a restaurant/taphouse, and manufacturing and warehousing space.
“We’ve really done a lot, especially the past seven years,” Fantin says. “We’ve spent around $85 million.
“We keep adding more tanks and more processes [and] we added an on-site retail store, which we complemented with a restaurant and patio to feature our craft beers,” Fantin says.
The most recent investment the company made in its operations was a new canning line in 2021—adding a second canning line to the facility.
“That (canning) is the big package format that’s growing year over year,” Fantin says, noting the two canning lines are packaging increasingly varied varieties of beer, cider and RTD (ready-to-
drink) mixed beverages, along with non-alcoholic drinks and tomato-based products.
“We’re quite flexible,” Fantin asserts.
“Along with a multitude of package arrangements, we equipped both of our can fillers with liquid nitrogen droppers to allow us to can non-carbonated, or ‘still’ products, like tomato-based drinks or teas.”
As Fantin relates, Waterloo Brewing’s new canning line was designed to keep up with the growing market for canned beverages well into the future.
The overall speed of the canning line is
dictated by the filler, which currently operates at 775 cans per minute. That said, the line can be pushed to fill up to 850 cans per minute, Fantin says.
“We designed the line so that if we ever changed that filler, it could go up to 1,000 cans per minute,” he adds.
The new canning line starts with pallets of empty cans which are swept layer by layer onto a conveyor system with a Barry-Wehmiller 400G2 automatic empty can depalletizer.
The depalletizer sweeps empty cans onto the conveyor system where they are single-filed and sent through an ionized
“We have a team of dedicated, passionate professionals working behind the scenes,who are committed to creating consistent high-quality products with a mandate to be bestin-class for brewing, blending and packaging capabilities.”
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A multi-sided view of the cans of Lake Ice brand beer going in and out of the CFT Group’s MasternAn RS 72 model filler and the eight-head CFT 3000/8N model seamer.
air rinser prior to entering the can filler.
The empty cans are filled with a 72-valve CFT Group’s MasterCan RS 72 filler, and the lids are applied with the CFT eight-head seamer (CFT Group 3000/8N). Once filled, the cans are sent through the CFT Group PR TUNNEL 4x22 RC-UP tunnel pasteurizer.
This is the second can pasteurizer Waterloo Brewing has purchased from CFT. The decision was easy, as Fantin was impressed by the ease of installation and commissioning of the first pasteurizer they installed.
“It just went in, and it ran,” Fantin recalls. “This was the easiest machine start-up I’ve ever done.
“It hit the operating specification on the first run,” he extols. “We put in the theoretical settings and punched in the temperatures, and started it up.”
Says Fantin: “It hit right where it was supposed to, and it just kept going.
“To verify the performance, we sent in a can with a monitoring probe so we can measure the pasteurization performance and were just floored that it matched.”
Moreover, Fantin readily adds that all CFT machines feature excellent fill controls and are easy to work on.
“Our team is also very familiar with the machine and the company,” Fantin points out. “We have the same valves on all our can filling machines.
“Once you’re familiar with them, it makes a world of difference.”
After being filled, and pausterized if required, the cans are either placed inside corrugated trays—in “loose” arrangement for individual can
(from left) Luigi Fantin joins reliability specialist Hannah Fiander and production supervisor Meaghan Gray in front of the SK500T ERGON tray-packer/wrapper manufacured by the SMI Group.
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A close-up of the high-speed film wrap application inside the SK500T tray-packer/wrapper capable of wrapping up to 50 trays per minute, with loaded trays then transferred inside the APR 3105L ERGON low-level palletizer (bottom) for layer forming and stacking onto pallets.
sales or in four- or six-pack cartons—or packaged into beer cartons holding 12, 15, 18 or 24 cans each.
For the latter, the plant employs WestRock Company ’s high-speed DuoDozen 1250M model end-load cartoner capable of packing up to 1,200 cans per minute in four different case configurations for both standard and sleek cans.
For tray-packing, the line is equipped with an SMI SK500T ERGON tray-packer/wrapper that can process up to 50 trays per minute.
“It quite a flexible machine that can package both standard cans and sleek cans in loose format, 12 and 24 cans per unit, and a variety of cartons, including four-pack and six-packs,” Fantin notes.
Once the cans are packed inside boxes or trays, they are transferred to the SMI APR 3105L ERGON low-level palletizer, where the cases are stacked onto a pallet in pre-programmed layer patterns.
“The SMI palletizer is capable of palletizing up to 50 units per minute for 24-packs and 70 units per minute for 12 packs,” Fantin notes.
“We use three different pallets,” Fantin points out, “and this palletizer is able to fulfill our customer needs with varying layer-building patterns and the number of cases per tier.”
Once palletized, the loaded skids move on to the WCA-SMART automatic turntable stretchwrapper, manufactured by Wulftec International, capable of stretchwrapping up to 70 loads of product per hour.
“On our second can line, we had SMI supply most of the full-can conveyors and all of the full-case conveyors,” Fantin says. “The empty can conveyors were supplied locally by Lagrotta Packaging Group in Cambridge and the infeed laner to the end-loader (1250M) was supplied by Descon Conveyors Solutions in Newmarket.”
Stefano Bertocchi, managing director for SMI Group in Canada, happily concurs.
“We have a good relationship with Luigi due to our previous installation with another machine,” Bertocchi states. “We’re able to supply Waterloo consistently even with their aggressive time-frames.
“We’ve never been late to deliver a machine or an installation. For this reason, he gave us the opportunity to quote the new line.”
On Waterloo Brewing’s first canning line, SMI Group’s model LSK 25 T shrinkwrapper met the company’s needs by being able to tray and wrap loose 355-ml and 473-ml standard cans and 355-ml sleek cans; 2x3 hi-cone cans; and cartons of 2x2 and 2x3 cans.
The LSK 25 T wraps all of these products in film, on a pad with film or in a tray with film, with the flexibility of using clear or registered (printed) film to meet the brewer’s varying packaging needs.
The conveyors supplied by SMI Group are
“We’ve continued to support their growth and that’s the essence of our business . It’s based on relationships that both companies enjoy.”
designed to be flexible and efficient thanks to innovative technical features and stainless-steel construction and components.
The corrugated trays for packaging the cans are shipped in by Moore Packaging of Barrie, Ont., which has been supplying Waterloo Brewing for many years.
“They’ve introduced so many different brands over the last number of years that forced us to focus on our setups and changeovers and trying to be as efficient as possible with the number of different prints and graphic changes they have –both with their own brands and licensed brands they’re co-packing and manufacturing,” says Moore Packaging director of sales Jeff Abbott.
Despite the current supply chain struggles across the globe for a wide variety of products and raw materials, Abbott says his company has been able to meet all the packaging needs of Waterloo Brewing.
“We have strong paper contracts in place for our raw materials, which has allowed us to supply our good partners like Waterloo Brewing with uninterrupted service,” Abbott explains.
“We value the long-term partnership and the trust they have in us,” he adds. “It makes for a tremendous partnership.
“We’ve continued to support their growth and that’s the essence of our business,” Abbott states. “It’s based on relationships that both companies enjoy.”
Not surprisingly, the commissioning of Waterloo Brewing’s second canning line had to overcome some challenges due to the ongoing COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.
“Having to deal with COVID, we knew it would be tough,” Fantin says. “For example, we had a technician that went home for Easter [in Italy], because he had been here a month.
“When he tried to come back, they refused to let him come back in,” he sighs. “We lost that technician and had to bring in a totally different technician from the U.S.”
The company also had issues procuring parts for the new canning line.
“As with any new equipment, there’s always going to be some supply issues where you know you’re going to need something,” Fantin says.
“Trying to get the parts was tough; we had shipments being lost … two shipments falling off the face of the Earth … it was definitely challen-
ging.”
As Fantin relates,Waterloo Brewing combines simple, traditional brewing principles with its state-of-the-art Krones Steinecker brewhouse to make many different types of beers and beverages.
“We have the ability to use many different types of adjuncts in the brewhouse, or 100-percent malt,” he explains. “Our efficient wet mill prepares the grain for brewing before transferring it into the mash mixer, where the starch is converted to fermentable sugars.”
This wet mash is then moved to the lauter tun to be clarified into clear wort. The wort is then boiled in the kettle, where it also gets dosed with hops. The hop material is then efficiently separated from the wort using a whirlpool motion, leaving the clarified wort to be cooled through the wort cooler.
“This cold wort is then oxygenated, dosed with yeast, and sent to a fermenter,” Fantin explains.
“Our fermenters are vertical cylindrical conical tanks with efficient glycol cooling control. During fermentation, the sugars in the wort are metabolized by the yeast to make alcohol and CO2.”
Upon reaching the end of fermentation (sugar reduction, alcohol creation, diacetyl reduction), the beer is cooled down and the yeast that has settled into the cone of the fermenter can be removed.
To prepare beer for packaging, the remaining yeast is removed using a centrifuge. The beer is then filtered through a leaf filter, using diatomaceous earth as a filter media, and silica gel powder for colloidal stability.
“The beer filter removes all the powder, along with suspended yeast from the beer,” Fantin says. “The final product alcohol is attained post-filtration— either by adding de-aerated carbonated water or not diluting at all—de -
pending on the beer.
“At this stage this beer is now called ‘bright beer’: it’s cold, carbonated, and ready to be packaged.”
For cider brewing, the juice is pasteurized upon receipt and all the required nutrients are added. The juice is then fermented in upgraded fermenters which have a specialized recirculation systems installed, referred to as Ecoferms
These Ecoferms can continuously circulate the cider liquid inside the vessel—creating more efficient and consistent fermentation.
The ciders are then are centrifuged and blended with supplemental ingredients before being packaged.
Fantin explains: “Our blended RTD beverages are prepared using equipment that runs separately from the brewing equipment.
“We receive bulk high-proof alcohol of many different types. The alcohol can be diluted with water from different sources within the brewery to begin the blending process.
“We manage many different flavors, colors, sweeteners, and other ingredients to create beverages as per the specific recipes,” Fantin relates.
“The blended liquid is cooled and carbonated as the final preparation for packaging. We have specialized equipment that allows us to blend unique beverages, such as non-alcoholic products and tomato-based products,” Fantin continues.
“We have a homogenizer for processing tomato-based products and a de-alcoholization unit that uses vacuum pumps to pull alcohol out of beer and other liquids to create a low-alcohol or no-alcohol beverage.
“Our tomato-based liquid system includes the ability to add dry spices and liquids like Worcestershire sauce,’ Fantin notes.
“As for our de-alcoholization system, we have the ability to do both macro- and micro-dosing
for flavor and body enhancing.”
The company also has a kegging unit that is capable of cleaning and filling kegs of various sizes.
In operation, an empty keg is loaded upside-down onto the infeed conveyor where it is first emptied of any residual liquid.
It is pre-rinsed with water before it is cleaned with caustic, sanitized with acid, sterilized with steam and, ultimately, purged with CO2 before being filled with beer or cider.
“All of this is done while the keg is upside-down and engaged with valves at various stages along the conveyor,” Fantin says.
“Several kegs run through the stages of the machine in a single-file line. To finish, the keg is turned upside-right before being placed on the outfeed conveyor for palletization.”
As Fantin points out, the highly competitive nature of the beverage market requires constant innovation to stay ahead of the pack.
“We work together to maintain a pace of innovation that’s never been seen before,” he says. “It’s definitely a tough landscape.
“I think the reason we continue to grow is we have lots of flexibility,” Fantin reasons. “We have the craft-brewer roots in our Waterloo portfolio, and then when it comes to all the rest, we can pivot and adapt quite quickly.
“We have a team of dedicated, passionate professionals working behind the scenes,” he concludes, “who are committed to creating consistent high-quality products with a mandate to be best-in-class for brewing, blending and packaging capabilities.”
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A fully stretchwrapped palletized load of Laker Ice brand beer cans rolls out of the Wulftec model WCA-SMART automatic turntable stretchwrapper and is quickly picked up by forklift to be transferred to the plant’s shipping area or storage.
STANDING TALL
Upstart craft brewer leverages unique aluminum bottle packaging to stand out in a crowded marketplace
By Andrew Snook
The Shawn & Ed Brewing Company in Dundas, Ont., knows just how important it is for its products to stand out on store shelves with a design as unique as the brewery itself.
Founded in 2016 by long-time friends and former schoolmates at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ont., the upstart craft brewer operates with 20 full-time employees and additional seasonal workers out of the old Dundas Curling and Skating Rink facility, a historic local building acquired by Shawn Till and Ed Madronich in 2013 and extensively rebuilt and refurbished into a modern beer production facility.
Today, half of the 14,000-square-foot building serves as a hospitality and event venue, while the other half is dedicated to brewing delicious beers like the company’s LagerShed brand family—including LagerShed Original, LagerShed Light and LagerShed Dark—and BarrelShed Amber Ale
. With hundreds of microbreweries fighting for the same shelf space and thirsty customers across Ontario, having the right packaging is arguably as important as having the best brews.
For this reason, the management team at Shawn & Ed Brewing spent a great deal of time researching which products tended to stand out on the shelves at grocery stores and at the LCBO (Liquor Control Board of Ontario) outlets.
This research was especially important as the small microbrewery plans to expand its geographic reach from the Hamilton area to other densely populated regions in the province, including the GTA (Greater Toronto Area), Niagara Region, the Waterloo-Kitchener-Cambridge triangle, and Ottawa.
In the end, the brewery ended up opting for a tall aluminum bottle that, for the most part, remains a very rare sight at the storeshelves.
“We were a glass bottle facility, producing
six-packs, until we looked at the can movement until we asked ourselves, ‘Do we look at cans?’,” recalls the company’s brewer Rob Creighton.
While considering all available options, the company owners were introduced to the unique aluminum bottle—manufactured by Trivium Packaging—offering a highly appealing design and all the traditional functional benefits of cans, but retaining the classy look and drinkability of long-neck glass bottles.
“They’re taller than a 473-ml can, and if you look at the hundreds of SKUs [of craft canned beers] out there, they’re all so brightly colored that none of them really stand out,” Creighton says.
“It’s a difficult process to stand out on the shelf right now,” he says, “and the aluminum bottle does just that for us.
“It just so happens we had a bottling line we were able to retrofit.”
Fortunately for the brewery, it is located across the street from Canadian Additive Manufacturing Solutions, a rapid prototyping studio specializing in 3D printing.
The company was able to prototype multiple options and parts to adapt for the
Shawn & Ed Brewing Company’s brewer
Rob Creighton holding up a filled aluminum bottle of the company’s signature LagerShed Original beer brand, produced at the craft-brewer’s home beermaking facility in Dundas, Ont.
“We’ve been able to adapt our labeler, rinser and filler all to aluminum, whereas buying the change parts from Italy would have been extremely expensive and you don’t have the ability to go back and forth,” Creighton explains.
“With the 3D printing we can adapt to adjust to our package … it has worked out amazingly well.”
The thicker aluminum bottle offers additional advantages besides standing out on shelves and being more durable than glass, according to Creighton.
“The thicker aluminum allows us to keep the beer colder longer,” he says. “As an outdoor golfing, hiking or camping package, it’s really good for keeping the product colder.”
As Creighton relates, the brewery’s single bottling line—featuring 12 rinsing heads, 12 filling heads and a single crowner—is currently limited to production speeds of 50 bottles per minute, or 3,000 bottles per hour.
“With the number of fermenters on-site we can produce about 5,000 hectoliters per
use of aluminum bottles in Shawn & Ed Brewing Company’s production process.
year,” says Creighton. “The facility could produce upwards of 11,000 hectoliters through additional expansion.”
The labeling, rinsing and filling machinery was all supplied by Italian-based company CIMEC srl, which specializes in the design and construction of bottling and packaging systems for the beverage, food and chemical industries.
To make sure the CIMEC bottling line always performs at optimal levels, Shawn & Ed Brewing works closely with Burlington, Ont.-based Jenrey Ltd., a family-run business that specializes in offering a variety of beverage solutions from fermenting to dispensing.
As an approved CIMEC agent, Jenrey provides service and parts replacement for the brewer and, most recently, supplied it with a pasteurizer for the aluminum bottling line.
“We’re an agent for CIMEC in North America for sales, installation and parts,” says Jenrey president and co-founder Andres Jensen. “A year before we had reformatted Shawn & Ed’s line and did some service work for them—that’s how it all started.
“When we sent out a marketing campaign for our warmers and pasteurizer, it turned out we were in the right place at the right time, as Shawn& Ed were in the market for a pasteurizer,” Jensen recalls.
“The timing was great.”
The main challenge that Shawn & Ed Brewing had for the installation of the new line was limited footprint, which Jenrey expertly addressed.
“They have a challenge that’s common to most small- to medium-sized brewers, they don’t really have space, and traditionally, tunnel pasteurizers are massive,” Jensen explains.
“The smallest ones out there for the throughput they need are six- to eight-feet-wide by 30- to 40feet long,” Jensen says.
In contrast, Jenrey’s Tunnel of Love tunnel craft can pasteurizer has a much smaller footprint to accommodate space-challenged craft breweries
Made by Trivium Packaging, the 473-ml aluminum beer bottles go through their rinsing, filling and capping stages inside the high-end CIMEC bottling system.
The aluminum bottles are inverted in the rinser to have crisp lines of product code applied near the bottom by cartridge-based Anser U2 ProS thermal inkjet printer.
Manufactured in Burlington by family-owned Jenrey Ltd., the compact Tunnel of Love pausterizer can automatically process up to 50 containers per minute.
like Shawn & Ed Brewing.
“It was a good fun challenge. It was tight, but we made it work,” Jensen says.
“They have a nice, clean, open concept for the consumers as well as the brewmasters,” he adds. “I think it’s a nice marriage.”
Designed to eliminate moisture and condensate on cans prior to final packaging, the stainless-steel Tunnel of Love craft can pasteurizer is speed-rated for up to 50-cpm (cans per minute) and is compatible with 12- and 16-ounce cans.
Requiring no operator intervention, “It is probably the smallest footprint pasteurizer in the industry,” Jensen says.
Jensen says that craft brewers are moving to pasteurized beers in cans rather than glass due to the limited refrigerated retail space that is available, along with other packaging advantages it offers retailers.
“You drop a can and it’s going to dent, not shatter glass all over the grocery store floor,” Jensen says. “That’s where things have gone now, especially in Ontario.
“Grocery opening up has created a huge opportunity for craft brewers. Most of them have some fridge space, where you’ll see the bigger brands, but all of the local craft beers and imports are displayed on shelves at room temperature,” says Jensen.
“Because being non-pasteurized limits shelf-life, it is one of beer’s worst enemies.”
Another advantage of opting for Jenrey’s pasteurizer was the brewery’s proximity for servicing.
“We’re a family business: my father and I run the business,” he states. “We can jump on any issue that comes up,” Jensen says.
“Rob called once because he was having an issue, so my dad hopped in the car and went down.
“We’re only 20 minutes away.”
Despite being close by for servicing, Jenrey actively trains employees at the brewery on simple servicing.
“We teach their guys on preventive maintenance and all other things breweries can do themselves to keep their equipment in better shape,” Jensen says.
Another investment the company recently made for the aluminum bottling line was the purchase of an Anser U2 ProS printer for coding and labeling applications.
The Anser unit is very common among craft breweries due its low cost and simple installation.
“Many craft brewers have it. It’s a lowcost [investment] at under $2,000,” says Shawnna Turner, sales representative for Sterling Marking Products of London, Ont.
“Depending on the application, if the cans are really close together, you might need an external photocell, but that’s it,” Turner states.
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“It includes the brackets and the remote; all they need to do is buy the ink cartridges.”
The Anser U2 ProS high-res, thermal inkjet printer is a cartridge-based system with minimal maintenance requirements, according to Turner, running at speeds of up to 300 feet per minute (standard) and providing up to 600-dpi resolution.
“It’s a printer-in-a-box, with easy installation,” Turner points out. “The instructions show how to mount the brackets and install the cartridges, so off you go,”Turner says, adding the printer dates and locks codes automatically.
“It has an automatic best before date. If you tell it’s a 180-day best-before date, it changes automatically,” Turner says, adding that brewers get a significant number of marks out of a cartridge.
Lines of highly legible product codes applied to the aluminum bottles by an Anser U2 ProsS printer.
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Turner says the only drawback of this particular unit is that can’t print on the bottom of the can unless they are inverted.
“These are not pump-driven machines, they’re gravity-fed machines, so it totally depends on the client,” says Turner. “Bigger craft brewers will need a different piece of equipment, which we also provide. We are very application-specific.”
For Creighton, the introduction of the sustainable aluminum bottle represents a boost for the recycling industry.
“Aluminum is the only package that currently has any real value in the recycling market,” Creighton says.
“Aluminum is worth almost $3,600 per tonne right now, and our aluminum bottle has more aluminum in it than cans, making it is easier to recycle.
“It is structurally round and not easy to crush, so it’s easier for their equipment to sort it,” he says.
“Our four-packs and our 24-packs are made of 100-per-cent recycled cardboard, which also has a value, and the steel caps can be recycled and are easily sorted through with magnets.”
In addition to having fully sustainable packaging, all of the brewery’s spent grain goes to farmers for use as feed.”
“When the pandemic hit you had bars closed everywhere, and our kegs are in those bars, and we were getting them back half-full of beer,” Creighton says.
“Any residual that typically goes to drain we send to a local farmer, to be fed to his animals,” he explains.
“It’s a big sheep operation on the edge of town.
“His nutritionist works with us, and he loves it,” he states.
Say Creighton: “Sustainability is a mantra here: it’s got to be that way, and you’re going to see a lot of more of it.”
According to Creighton, the brewing system at Shawn & Ed Brewing represents the new age of premium craft brewing equipment in today’s market.
It is a semi-automated three-vessel, step-infusion brewhouse built by Spadoni Beer Division srl in Italy.
Each brew is designed to produce 2,000 liters (20 hectoliters) of wort. Managed by a highly robust Siemens control system, the fermentation is handled in six cylindro-conical stainless-steel fermenters: two with 4,000-liter (40-hectoliter) capacity and four with 8,000-liter (80-hectoliter) capacity.
“These temperature-controlled tanks are primarily dedicated to lager fermentation, which represents the largest portion of our business with our Original Lager, Light and Dark brands,” Creighton says.
“In addition, a 2,000-liter (20-hectoliter) oak foudre has been added to provide capacity for ales and specialty seasonals that are sold in our hospi-
tality room,” he adds,
“It is planned to package some of this seasonal production in labeled aluminum bottles for distribution to bottle shops in the region.”
For now, the filtration is handled with a threesquare-meter diatomaceous earth filter, but Creighton says there are plans replace it with a centrifuge when six more 8,000-liter fermenters are added in the near future.
According to Creighton, the future for microbreweries in Ontario lies on the retail shelves of grocery stores and in specialty bottle shops.
“Last time I checked, there were 65 bottle shops selling beers not available at the LCBO,” he says.
“If you’ve got a restaurant license, you can sell beers out the door, so they started selling all sorts of beers out the door—all unique beers.
“Our seasonals are put into metal bottles so we can sell to outside retailers, because they’re not available in the distribution system. It really is unique,” he says.
“You have to be adaptive and and look for best alternatives,” Creighton concludes. “If quality represents the best choice among all the many alternatives, then your sales effort has to be really focused on where you’re going to do best.”
SUPPLIERS
Jenrey Ltd.
Sterling Marking Products
Spadoni Beer Division
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Filled bottles of Shawn & Ed Original Lager exiting the CIMEC filling line; a close-up of the high-resolution
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aluminum bottles by the Anser thermal inkjet printer; a close-up of Schneider Electric’s Mangelis touchscreen HMI (human-machine interface) control panel used to operate CIMEC bottling machinery at the company’s craft brewing facility in Dundas, Ont.
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2022 PACKAGING MACHINERY SPECIFICATIONS MANUAL
Check the list of packaging machinery headings to discover the heading which addresses your packaging needs.
Under each heading appear the names of manufacturers who supply packaging to the Canadian market. Manufacturers are listed alphabetically.
Following the name of the manufacturer is a notation indicating a Canadian supplier, if one exists.
Under the name of the manufacturer is a list of the machinery that the firm produces for that packaging application. A capsule description of speeds, sizes, materials handled, packaging materials, etc., is included to help you identify packaging machinery that might be of interest to you.
To contact a manufacturer, or a Canadian representative, turn to the section immediately following the list of manufacturers. There you will find an up-to-date list of addresses, including phone and fax numbers, to which you can forward your inquiry.
TECH TIPS
When starting AC motors, the LRA (Locked Rotor Amperage), also called inrush current, can reach a level of five to nine times the FLA (Full Load Amperage), which is the rated current for the motor. With high-efficiency motors (Efficiency Classes IE2, IE3, and IE4 per IEC 60034-30), the inrush current can be up to fifteen times the motor’s rated current. The high starting current may cause electrical or mechanical problems, including light flickering, torque oscillation, water hammering in pumping applications, or even motor and load vibration.
There are several methods of starting AC motor loads. The most basic is the Direct on Line (DOL) method which utilizes comparatively inexpensive mechanical or solid-state devices, such as contactors or Solid State Relays (SSRs), that always apply the full line voltage to the motor.
Another popular starting method employs Star-Delta mechanical starters. These temporarily reduce the voltage in motor windings and therefore limit the inrush current. However, when the motor transitions from a star (reduced) voltage to a delta (full) voltage, this may still result in a very high inrush current.
A Variable Frequency Drive (VFD) can also be used as a motor starter. A VFD is an all-electronic motor controller that can be used to soft start and stop as well as control the speed of the motor. However, it is typically expensive and much more complicated to set up than any other starter.
A soft starter is a type of AC motor controller that uses electronic switches, such as Silicon Controlled Rectifiers (SCRs) or Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistors (IGBTs) and the phase-angle principle to provide a slow ramp-up or current limiting during startup, or a slow ramp-down when stopping the motor. Soft starters are often just as easy to install as contactors or SSRs and much easier to implement than a Star-Delta starter or VFD.
The configuration of a soft starter is more straightforward than a VFD. It may only involve an adjustment of a few rotary switches. The soft starter may use a voltage ramp algorithm, where the user only has to set the duration of the rampup and the initial torque, or use a current limit algorithm where only the maximum allowable inrush current is needed for setup.
Leading manufacturers of soft starters, such as Carlo Gavazzi, offer application specific products that self-adjust and optimize the start/stop process, making the configuration of a soft starter as simple as using a contactor or SSR.
There are several different types of soft starters on the market: Single-phase soft starters can be used with most types of singlephase motors, such as Permanent Split Capacitor (PSC), Capacitor Start Induction Run (CSIR), and Capacitor Start Capacitor Run (CSCR) motors.
These devices may either use a start capacitor or eliminate the need for one. Applications include pumps, piston compressors, fans, and scroll compressors. Three-phase soft starters are used to control up to 3-phases of an induction motor. 2-pole, 3-phase devices are an economical solution in which only 2 of the 3 phases are being controlled.
The benefits of such solutions include smaller size, lower heat dissipation, and a typically lower cost. The drawback, however, is the imbalance caused by the uncontrolled phase. By contrast, 3-pole, 3-phase starters minimize phase imbalance but are larger, have higher heat dissipation, and are generally more expensive.
WHAT TYPE OF MOTOR IS USED IN THE APPLICATION?
Soft starters are either designed for one or several types of motors. For example, the RSBT series from Carlo Gavazzi is intended to start 3-phase scroll compressors only.
Typically such application-oriented devices offer superior performance and may greatly simplify the setup to the point where no adjustments are necessary.
However, most soft starters are built with application flexibility in mind, where one product can be used to control several types of motor loads such as pumps, fans, or grinders. Such products are ordinarily more complicated to install and configure.
WHAT IS THE LINE VOLTAGE?
Solutions from leading soft starter manufacturers cover all standard low-level AC voltages from single-phase 110VAC to three-phase 690VAC.
Simply match the operational voltage of the soft starter with the specified line voltage.
WHAT AMPERAGE SIZE IS NEEDED?
Single-phase soft starters are typically rated up to 37 Amps, while 3-phase are available to more than 1,000 Amps per pole.
However, when selecting the amperage size of the soft starter, it is important to consider other factors and not just the FLA rating of the motor on its nameplate.
The kW/Hp rating of the motor, application type, required trip class, ambient temperature, the spacing between units, required ramp-up time, and the overload cycle all affect the size and may even require soft starter oversizing.
WHAT CONTROL SIGNAL AND COMMUNICATION ARE BEING USED?
Options to control soft starters include conventional AC or DC signals such as 24 VDC, 24 VAC, 120 VAC, and others, or may not require any control signals as the startup may be initiated by another device upstream.
More advanced devices offer communication options, including most Fieldbus and industrial Ethernet protocols.
Additional benefits of using soft starters with communication include monitoring of the load and real-time performance measurement, such as the energy consumption of the motor.
ARE OVERLOAD AND SHORT-CIRCUIT PROTECTION NEEDED?
If overload protection of a motor is required, customers often have a choice of using a soft starter with a built-in electronic motor overload or an external bi-metallic or electronic overload device.
Approval agencies and local electrical code authorities may also require suitable in-line short circuit protection.
IS AN INTERNAL BYPASS ACCEPTABLE?
Customers may choose between internally or externally bypassed soft starters, a selection that will affect the size and potentially the endurance of the starter. SCR semiconductors generate heat while conducting current.
The concept of bypassing semiconductors means that SCRs are only utilized during the motor’s starting and stopping, but not during the motor’s full voltage operation.
This reduces the heat generated and, therefore, the size of the appropriate heat sink. Soft starters can be bypassed either internally with built-in power relays or externally with a fully-rated IEC contactor. Internally bypassed soft starters have a comparatively smaller footprint while externally bypassed soft starters provide a more robust although more expensive solution.
TURN TO AN EXPERT FOR HELP
Turn to experts who are a great knowledge resource, such as CARLO GAVAZZI as they can provide expert insight and advice on specifying and implementing the ideal solution, which provides maximum benefits.
Look for a partner with an international distribution network and experienced personnel who can assist you by email, phone, web conference or in person.
LINE INTEGRATORS
Abbey Equipment Solutions
5030 South Service Rd Burlington ON L7L 5Y7 Tel: 9056813010 Fax: 9056813018
President: Robert McNaught
Year Established as a Packing Line
Integraotor: 1990
Services Offered: Abbey Equipment
Solutions is a Canadian based company with 30 years’ experience in the Food & Beverage and Cannabis industry. We have strategically sourced manufacturing partners of high-quality and reliable equipment. With Abbey Equipment’s mixture of options from packaging, inspection, and processing equipment to our integrated mechanical solutions. We can provide you with standalone equipment options to fully integrated turnkey project solutions all supported by our local service team.
Markets/Industries Served: Food & Beverage and Cannabis Aesus Packaging Systems, Inc.
Integraotor: 1995 Services Offered: OEM of packaging machinery. Be it stand alone or fully integrated lines.
Shrinklabeling machines, Patented Heat Tunnels, Standard and fully customized pressure sensitive labelers, Chuck Cappers and Cap Retorquers, Inline Cappers and Inline Cap Retorquers, Semi-automatic to fully automatic inline gear pump fillers.
Markets/Industries Served: CBD / Cannabis / Pharmaceutical / Cosmetic / Nutraceutical / Vitamin / Personal Care / Beer / Craft Brewers / Wine / Medical Device / Food
Services Offered: Sales and support for ATS Banding Machines and Systems
Markets/Industries Served: Canada
Auger Fabrication
418 Creamery Way Exton PA 19341 Tel: 6105243350 Fax: 6103632821
President: Eric Edginton
Year Established as a Packing Line
Integraotor: 1984
Services Offered: New replacement and custom tooling for filling machines, paddle screws, mixing blades, feed screws and more.
Markets/Industries Served: Filling Machines, Packaging, Manufacturing Bandall Canada Inc.
889 Pantera Drive Mississauga ON L4W 2R9 Tel: 8667791492
President: Bram van Roosmalen
Year Established as a Packing Line
Integraotor: 2014
Services Offered: Bandall is a patent technology that eliminates the need for pressure-sensitive labeling on your products by securing a 360 degree band around the package of the product.
Markets/Industries Served: Food and Beverage, Pharma, Industrial, Health and Beauty, Graphics, Logistics etc.
Best Packaging Systems
1-8699 Escarpment Way Milton ON L9T 0J5 Tel: 9058643005 Fax: 9058646245
President: Dave Sweetland
Year Established as a Packing Line
Integraotor: 1987
Services Offered: 24-7 service all make Pallet Wrappers, 3M Case Sealers
Markets/Industries Served: Food, Pharmaceuticals CAM Packaging Systems
3-226 Industrial Parkway N Aurora ON L4G 4C3 Tel: 9057375400
President: Gareth Kennedy
Year Established as a Packing Line
Integraotor: 2008
Services Offered: Machinery Manufacturer for Complete Weighing, Counting and Bagging systems. Full turn-key system solutions for VFFS, Stand-up Pouches and Variety Pack Automatic Solutions. We also integrate other manufacturer's systems such as shrink wrappers, case packers, pallet wrappers, cartoning, labeling and robotics. We provide full technical support staff to our clients in many categories. We also supply the materials that run on the machines. Precise, Reliable, Affordable Solutions.
Markets/Industries Served: Food, beverage, industrial, horizontal & vertical form fill and seal, primary and secondary packaging systems including end of line solutions.
Canapa Solutions
5605 Cypihot Street Montreal QC H4S-1R3 Tel: 2899873502
Year Established as a Packing Line
Integraotor: 1991
Services Offered: Canapa Solutions is the leading manufacturer and supplier of automated packaging machines for the legal cannabis and hemp industries. From flower to edibles to infusions, we can help you automate your weighing, filling, bagging and wrapping processes and provide conveying, cartoning, case packing and palletizing options.
We take pride in the machines we build for the cannabis industry and we are also passionate about helping you be more successful. We know our solutions will save you time and resources while boosting your bottom line. But we also know you need more than just innovative machines; you need a partner.
We have a 30-year history of creating partnerships. And we will be here for another 30 years providing you innovative products, proactive service in real time and genuine customer care.
Services Offered: Over 50 years of experience of providing Primary Packaging Solutions for the Global market. A reputation built on: quality, innovative design, accuracy and customer care. Our expertise is in: Monoblocks (Fill, Plug, Cap, Label), Feeders, Bottle Unscramblers, Bottle Orienters Cap Sorters, Elevators, Rinsers, Fillers: Liquid, Cream, Micro Powder, Tablet, Counters: Tablet, Capsule, Soft gel, Inserters: Desiccant, Cotton, Seal Induction, Orifice Reducer, Pluggers, Crimpers, Cappers, In-line Belt
Meeting your unique requirements differentiates us from the rest.
Markets/Industries Served: Health, Beauty Care & Cosmetics/O.T.C. (Over The Counter) Pharmaceuticals/Nutraceuticals/ Pharmaceuticals/ Charles Downer & Co. Ltd. 7-52 West Beaver Creek Richmond Hill ON L4B 1L9 Tel: 9058822222 Fax: 9058820437
President: Jeff Downer
Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1977
Markets/Industries Served: All Delkor Systems, Inc. 4300 Round Lake Rd W St. Paul MN 55112 Tel: 651-348-6700 Fax: 6513486705
President: Dale Andersen
Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1973
Services Offered: Delkor Systems engineers and manufactures premier secondary packaging equipment solutions including case forming, robotic case packing, case closing and palletizing.
1-1274 Ringwell Drive Newmarket ON L3Y 9C7 Tel: 1-866-985-4324
President: Dave Farquhar
Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1993
Services Offered: Descon is a turnkey systems integrator of customized packaging solutions for the beverage and food marketplace in North America since 1993.
1-200 North Service Rd E Suite 317 Oakville ON L6M 2Y1 Tel: 8003877972 Fax: 9058291842
President: Frank Eickenberg
Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1978
Services Offered: 24/7 Technical Helpdesk, Renowned Training academy, Consumable agreements that work for YOU, National network of tenured service engineers, Financial Services options.
Markets/Industries Served: Food, Beverage, Life Sciences, Industrial Dorner
975 Cottonwood Ave PO Box 20 Hartland WI 53029 Tel: 2623677600 Fax: 2623675827
President: Terry Schadeberg
Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1966
Services Offered: At Dorner our mission is to Transform Conveyor Automation by providing cutting edge solutions with best-inclass support.
Services Offered: EndFlex is a US-based manufacturer of flexible end-of-line packaging
solutions. We offer a diverse product line for all production requirements and budgets including case erecting, tray forming, case sealing, case packing, tray loading, pick & place and robotic palletizing machines, making us the industry's true single source for end-of-line packaging.
While our priority is to help you improve your end of line efficiencies by providing flexible packaging machinery that is easy to use, quick to service and lasts the test of time, we also know you need more than a machine. You need a partner. With more than 20 years of experience designing and building end of line solutions, you can rely on us to be your packaging solutions partner
Services Offered: We fully service and support the products we sell with Factory Trained Technicians. Our support facilities are located across Canada.
Markets/Industries Served: Food & Beverage, Wire/Cable, Automotive, Agriculture, Building Materials, Pharmaceutical, Confectionery, Co-Packers. Any Industry that Manufactures any type of product requiring Codes and Package Identification.
Harpak-ULMA Packaging, LLC
85 Independence Drive Taunton MA 02780 Tel: 5088842500 Fax: 5088842501
President: Kevin Roach
Year Established as a Packing Line
Integraotor: 1994
Services Offered: Harpak-ULMA Packaging offers customer service, technical assistance, spare parts, and complete integration services of primary and secondary packaging equipment.
Markets/Industries Served: Meat, poultry, produce, bakery, seafood, ready meals and medical
Heat and Control Canada, Inc.
1111 Franklin Boulevard, Unit 13 Cambridge ON N1R 8B5 Tel: 519-623-1100 Fax: 519-623-1052
Year Established as a Packing Line
Integraotor: 1950
Services Offered: Machinery for weighing, checkweighing, metal detection, X-ray inspection, snack bag making, snack case packing, conveying, accumulation, coating and seasoning, blending, tray sealing, container filling, packaging; controls and information management systems; spare parts, service, installation, engineering and training; machinery demonstrations; food processing machinery systems.
Markets/Industries Served: Snack foods, meat, poultry and seafood, process prepared foods, fruit and vegetables, bakery foods, and pharmaceutical products.
JG Packaging
900 Wilson Road, North Suite # 1104 Oshawa ON L1G 7T2 Tel: Cell 416-352-8808
Year Established as a Packing Line
Integraotor: 2000
Services Offered: Sales and service of packaging equipment.
LINE INTEGRATORS
KHK USA Inc.
259 Elm Place Mineola NY 11501 Tel: 5162483850 Fax: 5162484385
President: Brian Dengel
Year Established as a Packing Line
Integraotor: 2015
Services Offered: Supplier of power transmission components designed for use in packaging automation equipment. KHK USA offers over 20,000 stock configurations of metric dimensioned spur gears, helical gears, internal ring gears, gear racks, straight, spiral & zerol tooth miter gears, straight, spiral, zerol & hypoid tooth bevel gears, screw gears, worms & wormwheels, ratchets & pawls, involutes splines & bushings, gear couplings and right-angle gearboxes, all designed for use in industrial automation applications including packaging machinery and equipment. Products are
available in various materials including stainless steel, nylon, chrome-alloy steel, acetal, brass, bronze, cast iron and aluminum bronze.
Markets/Industries Served: Packaging equipment, Gantry and Conveyor systems, Various Industrial Automation applications. Klockner Pentaplast
3585 Klockner Road Gordonsville VA 22942 Tel: 540-832-3600 Fax: 540-832-5656
Year Established as a Packing Line
Integraotor: 1979
Services Offered: Manufacturer of highend PVC, Polyester (APET and PETG), HIPS, PP and other films for food, pharmaceutical, medical device, general packaging, print and label film applications.
Services Offered: Lapp Group Canada is a single-source connectivity solutions provider that include a robust suite of standard and custom-made power control and data cable, connector, train relief and accessories.
Markets/Industries Served: Food & Beverage, Oil & Gas, Automotive, Machinery and Equipment, Wind Energy, Mining. Pulp and Paper, Logistics Centers, Steel and Metal, Water Sewage and Waste, Robotics, Leisure and Entertainment. Loma Systems, an ITW Company 550 Kehoe Blvd Carol Stream IL 60188 Tel: 1-800-872-5662
President: Simon Spencer
Year Established as a Packing Line
Integraotor: 1969
Services Offered: Metal Detectors, X-Ray Inspection, Checkweighers, Combination Systems, Service, Spare Parts, Technical Support
Services Offered: Markem-Imaje is a trusted global manufacturer of product identification and traceability solutions. Markem-Imaje delivers fully integrated solutions that enable product quality and safety, regulatory and retailer compliance, better product recalls and improved manufacturing processes. We also have a long history of providing integrated solutions in collaboration with all major packaging OEMs like Bosch, Hayssen Flexible Systems, Sidel, Ishida, Viking, Ilapack, etc.
Markem-Imaje can rely on 30 subsidiaries worldwide to supply more than 50,000 customers with optimal product marking and coding solutions. Markem-Imaje provides strong local support with 10 offices throughout North America and over 170 experts in technical and after sales service. Additionally, Markem-Imaje customers are supported by 6 technology centers, several equipment repair centers and manufacturing plants with the most comprehensive marking and coding portfolio available in the marketplace.
From retail pack to pallet load, Markem-Imaje offers a unique portfolio of coding and labeling technologies.
In addition, Markem-Imaje also provides customized engineering solutions to address specific customer needs like promotional coding, UDI compliance, Serialization, Track and Trace, GS1 compliance, vision system integration etc.
Markets/Industries Served: Food, Beverage, Dairy, Pharmaceutical, Packaging, Extrusion, Aerospace, Automotive. Massman Automation Designs, LLC 1010 E Lake St Villard MN 56385 Tel: 3205543611 Fax: 3205542650
President: Jeff Bigger
Year Established as a Packing Line
Integraotor: 1978
Services Offered: Case Erecting/Sealing, Case Packing, Cartoning, Flexible Pouch Packaging, Product Placing and Timing Gates, Microwave Popcorn Packaging, Palletizing, Robotics, Shrink Bundling, Liquid Filling and Drum Handling, Pleated Filter Equipment, Tying Equipment and Custom Solutions.
Matthews Marking Systems 6515 Penn Ave Pittsburgh PA 15206 Tel: 8007757775 Fax: 4126652550
President: Scott Duddy
Year Established as a Packing Line
Integraotor: 1850
Services Offered: Drop on Demand Valve Inkjet, High-Resolution Piezo Inkjet, HighResolution Thermal Inkjet, Custom Solutions, Print & Apply, Laser Marking, Labels, Inks.
Markets/Industries Served: Food MD Packaging Inc.
5A-141 Reach St Uxbridge ON L9P 1L3 Tel: 4162919229 Fax: 4162912906
President: Jaime Alboim
Year Established as a Packing Line
Integraotor: 1989
Services Offered: MD Packaging is a distributor of product inspection and packaging automation solutions for the manufacturing sectors in the food, beverage, pharma, consumer goods and industrial products industries. We are industry experts
LINE INTEGRATORS
when it comes to x-ray, check weighing, metal detection, induction sealing, case forming, case packing, labeling, tray forming, palletizing & stretch wrapping.
Markets/Industries Served: Food and Beverage, pharmaceutical
Mecano Industrie
1570 rue Nationale Terrebonne QC J6W 0E2 Tel: 4509611228 Fax: 4509611200
President: Raymond Gingras
Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1981
Services Offered: Mechanical and Electrical engineering, custom and standard packaging machinery or system design, Installation and service, complete turn key solutions.
Markets/Industries Served: Food and Beverage, consumer goods, pharmaceutical, electronic and many others.
Mettler-Toledo Inc.
6-2915 Argentia Rd Mississauga ON L5N 8G6 Tel: 8006388537
Services Offered: Support & Repair, Maintenance & Optimization, Calibration & Quality, Training & Consulting Mpac Group
6500 Kitimat Road Unit 1 Mississauga ON L5N 2B8 Tel: 9056707200 Fax: 9056705291
Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1956
Services Offered: We've been helping businesses evolve to meet new challenges for over 100 years. Most companies sell automation machines - we create Automation Ecosystems.
Using ingenious and limitless thinking; our group of companies (Mpac Langen, Mpac Lambert and Mpac Switchback) are leaders in cutting edge packaging automation and transformational technologies; working across the food & Beverage, health & personal care, pharmaceutical and consumer goods sectors helping world-class companies to adapt and grow as we ensure manufacturing consistency through whole line integration, from PRODUCT ASSEMBLY to PRIMARY PACKAGING, TRAY PACKING to CARTONING, CASE PACKING and PALLETIZATION - designed, delivered and supported globally.
Markets/Industries Served: Food and Beverage, Health and Personal Care, Pharmaceutical, Consumer Goods Newmapak Ltd.
Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1915
Services Offered: Packaging and labeling equipment for the Pharmaceutical, Biotech, Cosmetic, Personal Care, Food and Chemical industries
Markets/Industries Served: Pharmaceutical Nuspark Inc.
400 Steeprock Dr Toronto ON M3J 2X1 Tel: 4166637071 Fax: 4166630233
President: Michael Elent
Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1999
Services Offered: We are a packaging machine manufacturer providing single machines as well as fully integrated turnkey systems.
Our process starts with a no obligation customer needs and automation feasibility review which includes the following:
- Determining the number and variety of machines needed to accommodate your operations
- Accessing adequacy of your existing floor space
- Recommending "best-fit" possibilities and an accurate speed for optimal automation
- Proposing where automation may be illadvised (low speed, high complexity). Through experience we have learned that at times, it is better to stay with a manual system if it is complex and slow.
We will provide full engineering, manufacturing, modification, installation, service and after sales support to our lines.
Markets/Industries Served: Food, beverage, household goods, chemical, healthcare and automotive
Omega Design Corp.
211 Philips Rd Exton PA 19341-1336 Tel: 6103636555 Fax: 6105247398
President: Randy Caspersen
Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1969
Services Offered: Integration of equipment for Serialization
Services Offered: Quality packaging machinery for Pharmaceutical, Nutraceutical and Cosmetics Industries with over 30 years experience.
Markets/Industries Served: Pharmaceutical and Cosmetic PACKPRO SYSTEMS Inc.
8 Paisley Lane Stouffville ON L4A 7X4 Tel: 905642-1300
President: Tim Messner
Year Established as a Packing Line
Integraotor: 2000
Services Offered: Full-System Packaging Productivity Solutions including Equipment, Materials, Parts, Packaging Automation, Installation, Operator Training, Preventive Maintenance, Custom Engineering - for the following applications: Bagging, Pallet Wrapping, Flow Wrapping, Shrink Wrapping, Case Forming, Case Sealing, Tray Sealing, Void Fill, Automated Fulfillment.
Markets/Industries Served: eCommerce and Omni-Channel Fulfillment, Industrial Manufacturing and Distribution, Medical and Healthcare Supply, Food Manufacturing and Ready Meals, Fresh and Frozen Protein and Produce Packaging.
Paxiom
2037 E Maule Ave Las Vegas NV 89119 Tel: (702) 450-0808
President: Louis Taraborelli
Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1991
Services Offered: The Paxiom Group designs, builds, and delivers state-of-the-art packaging machines around the world. Manufactured through our WeighPack, EndFlex, and ValTara brands, and supported by Paxiom Service, our primary, secondary and end-of-line packaging solutions are engineered to fit almost any production requirement and budget.
We provide a complete range pf packaging machines from weighing, filling, bagging, wrapping and labeling to cartoning, case erecting, tray forming, case packing and robotic palletizing. And since we take full responsibility form line layout design,
manufacturing and testing through to factory acceptance, installation and technical support, you get peace of mind that your investment is safe.
You get much more than a machine at Paxiom. You get a partner with over 30 years of experience engineering, manufacturing, integrating and servicing innovative packaging solutions globally.
From versatile entry-level solutions to sophisticated options featuring automatic loading, our products are affordable, reliable, and easy to use day in and day out.
Our priority is to help you achieve your packaging automation goals. But our commitment to you runs deeper than our machines. We aim to create long-lasting partnerships based on mutual trust, respect, and a genuine desire to see you succeed.
Markets/Industries Served: Food, NonFood, Legal Cannabis Pemberton & Associates Inc. 3610 Nashua Dr Mississauga ON L4V 1X9 Tel: 9056788900 Fax: 9056788989
President: Dennis Hicks
Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1930
Services Offered: Established in 1930, we supply packaging solutions to the Canadian food processing industry including equipment, parts, consumables and technical support.
Markets/Industries Served: Canadian Food Processing Industry Pineberry Manufacturing Inc. 1-2300 Bristol Cir Oakville ON L6H 5S3 Tel: 9058290016 Fax: 9058294637
President: David McCharles
Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1984
Services Offered: Pineberry Manufacturing Inc. is a precision manufacturer of high quality friction feeders, dispensers, inserters, pick and place, tray denesters, batch counters, collation systems, serialization and track & trace solutions, aggregation systems, foil stamping equipment, affixing / tipping systems, plastic card equipment, labeling systems, inkjet printers, on serters, top serters, hot melt glue systems, flow and shrink wrapping systems, packaging solutions and custom automation. Markets/Industries Served: Printing, Packaging, Pharmaceutical, Food & Beverage, Fulfillment & eCommerce Plan Automation Inc.
5 Loring Dr. Bolton ON L7E1Y1 Tel: 4164790777 Fax: (416) 479-0787
President: Jean-Pierre Perreault
Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 2009
Services Offered: PLAN Automation's primary focus is in assisting clients implement quality downstream Package Automation and Food Safety Inspection Solutions. We offer comprehensive planning, organizing, procurement, and management of resources to achieve these goals.
PLAN provides this service at no expense to our clients and only benefits if we are successful within our own sponsored bids. Ultimately our process is totally transparent and provides clients with our years of packaging automation expertise for risk management and effective project execution.
NO CHARGE - What PLAN Offers Your Company:
*** PROJECT INITIATION | ANALYSIS / BID BUILDING ***
1) Co-development of URS (User Requirement Specifications) and scope of work (aka rfq) /
clear definition of project - production objectives
2) Co-development of project risk analysis
3) Line Layout Mechanical Plan View Drawings | establish physical installation parameters
4) Multi-vendor sourcing | qualify vendors based on established project needs and thresholds.
5) Evaluation Matrix | full due diligence analysis of vendor capability, financial risk analysis (DB), system technological offering
*** BID EXECUTION ***
1) Centralized project financial responsibility | single purchase contract based on total vendor individual selection
2) Development of packaging specifications in association to each individual machine efficient requirements
3) Contract development including by example | late delivery penalties, efficiency guarantees, operational "cost-of-ownership" limitations Markets/Industries Served: Food & Beverage, Meat and Poultry, Cannabis, Pharmaceutical, Cosmetics, Consumer Goods, Industrial
President: Jean-Pierre Perreault Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 2018 Services Offered: PLAN LP Integration Services partners with our clients to determine their requirements from the onset and develop a strategy to optimize overall performance. At Plan Automation, we work for you and not for the equipment manufacturers. We plan and execute as the project owners and deliver it on time and on budget. Our process consists of three phases: Project Initiation, Bid Execution, and Installation.
We can offer your business the solutions it needs for:
- Packaging Line Integration
- Project Initiation: Analysis/Bid Building
- Equipment and Services Purchasing
- Installation Commission and Training
- Parts and Service
Markets/Industries Served: Cannabis, Food and Beverage, Meat and Poultry, Pharmaceutical, Cosmetics, Consumer Goods, Industrial Primera Technology Inc.
Markets/Industries Served: Food, Beverage, Cosmetics, Industrial, Name badge, Vitamins/Supplements, Chemical Propack Processing & Packaging Systems Inc.
4902 Union Rd Beamsville ON L0R 1B4 Tel: 9055639400 Fax: 9055637224
President: Chris Follows
Year Established as a Packing Line
Integraotor: 1996
Services Offered: Specializing in robotic loading of wrapped and unwrapped products into trays and cartons.
We provide automation with outstanding quality, reliability and flexibility to deliver customer-specific solutions.
- Robotic loaders
- Processing equipment
- Vision systems
- Expert design and engineering
- Integrated complete packaging and processing solutions
Services Offered: Reiser is the food industry's leading supplier of processing and packaging knowledge, equipment and solutions. Since 1959, Reiser has helped food processors produce a higher quality product while maximizing production efficiencies. From single machines to complete processing-to-packaging production lines, our solutions combine specialized equipment, custom engineering and in-depth expertise to meet any customer challenge. Not only are we experts on our equipment, we also understand our customers’ product applications. We have an extensive staff of Application Specialists who are available to consult with customers and help determine the correct solution that best meets their processing and packaging requirements.
Markets/Industries Served: Sausage, meat, poultry, seafood, prepared food, bakery, cheese, produce and pet food industries
Ryson International Inc.
300 Newson Dr Yorktown VA 23692 Tel: 7578981530 Fax: 7578981580
President: Dave Wineman
Year Established as a Packing Line
Integraotor: 1995
Services Offered: Ryson specializes in Spiral Conveyors and other Vertical Conveying Solutions. Ryson Spiral Conveyors need less floor space than conventional incline conveyors and are faster and more reliable than any elevator or lift. All Spirals are available in powder coated carbon steel, hybrid, stainless steel, wash-down and freezer versions. We manufacture a full line of Spiral Conveyors that can satisfy most vertical conveying needs, and a broad range of Bucket Elevators for conveying bulk materials.
Markets/Industries Served: Ryson Spiral Conveyors are today being used in a rapidly growing number of small and large companies across a broad spectrum of industries. Our spirals effectively handle any conveyable loads including bags, bundles totes, trays, pales, cans, bottles, containers, wrapped and unwrapped items. They are especially well suited for Consumer Packaged Goods companies and any warehousing operations. Schubert North America, LLC
8848 Red Oak Boulevard, Suite H Charlotte North Carolina 28217 Tel: 1 980 244 3171
Services Offered: Flexibility, high efficiency and reliable technology are the hallmarks of the modular packaging machines from Schubert.
For over 50 years, this innovative market leader from Germany has relied on simple mechanics and intelligent control technology in its digital packaging machines. Manufacturers in the confectionery, food, dairy, beverages, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals industries worldwide rely on the German packaging machine manufacturer
and its robot technology. The eight system components of the TLM lines ensure a flexible machine design. This allows all the various functions, such as feeding, erecting, loading, lidding/closing, labelling and palletising, to be combined. Schubert’s service and planning team supports customers throughout the service life of their TLM lines in order to ensure maximum line efficiency. Where required, we take on responsibility for the execution of your project as a general contractor.
Schubert is actively expanding its customer proximity and support across North America.
With our Canadian sales and services office in Mississauga, Ontario as well as our two offices in the USA in Dallas, Texas and in Charlotte, North Carolina we're offering highlevel accessibility, preventive service as well as extensive training for our customers. Customers in North America benefit from the expansion of the training center in Charlotte, where two training machines are used for hands-on operator training. The training sessions ensure that customers can count on reliable and smooth operation with the TLM system.
Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1984
Services Offered: Established in 1984
Shawpak Systems are 100% Canadian owned and operated. The Centre Of Excellence is located in Oakville, ON Canada with satellite offices in Edmonton, AB & Montreal, QC. We are proud to provide full product support through Factory Trained service Technicians and PMMI Certified Trainers as part of our total commitment to excellence.
The Entire Shawpak Systems Team are GFTC trained to better understand your Food Safety Programs, from GMP HACCP & CCP implementation and advise on global standards BRC/SQF/GFSI/SFCCA/FSMA from a Product Inspection perspective.
Shawpak Systems extensive experience and knowledge base in the Product Inspection / Primary & Secondary Packaging & Food Safety makes Shawpak the obvious choice to provide inspection and packaging solutions: Checkweighers, Hygiene Equipment, Metal Detection, X-Ray & Vision Inspection Nationwide across Canada we represent the following Equipment Manufacturers:
Services Offered: Original equipment manufacturer (Phin labellers) and designer of complementary packaging machinery. Project Management, line integration, commissioning and training.
Markets/Industries Served: Food, beverage, pharmaceutical, personal care, household chemical.
Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1991
Services Offered: Squid Ink is a manufacturer of coding and marking systems for product identification and traceability, providing superior quality inks and low maintenance printing equipment. Our systems include a full family of hi-resolution piezo, large character DOD (drop-on-demand), small character CIJ (continuous ink jet), TIJ (thermal ink jet), and laser marking systems. Our printers and ink are designed to print the highest quality bar codes, batch numbers, date codes, logos and large or small character text, directly onto corrugated cases, plastics, metals, glass, wood and other substrates.
Services Offered: Manufactureres of packaging machinery
Markets/Industries Served: Medical, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, electronics, hardware and industrial
Stock Canada 815 A Tecumseh POINTE-CLAIRE Quebec H9R 4B1
Tel: 514 426 1266 Fax: 514 426 1200
President: Eric Williamson
Services Offered: STOCK Canada-Reputed packaging materials and machine specialist. Full Technical Support, MAP expertise and Machinery Installation and Integration. STOCK supplies Trays, custom and standard, Flexible Packaging, Lidding Film, Pouches as well as full Machinery lines with Professional and Quality service.
Services Offered: Storcan designs and integrates equipment for your food production, bottling and packaging lines with a 360 integration services:
* Consultation and Analysis,
* Engineering,
* Manufacturing of conveyor systems and handling solutions,
* Project management and Installation/ Commissionning,
* Distribution of bottling, food processing and packaging equipment,
* After-sales services and Spare parts.
Markets/Industries Served: Food, Beverage, Packaging, Distribution Center, Personal and Household care, Cosmetics, Pharmaceutic, etc
Syntegon
5224 Snapfinger Woods Dr Decatur GA 30035 Tel: 7709815200 Fax: 7709877160
President: Bruno Oberle
Year Established as a Packing Line
Integraotor: 1947
Services Offered: Bosch Packaging Technology in Decatur, GA, manufactures and services Kliklok topload, endload, and wraparound cartoners, and Woodman vertical form-fill-seal bagmakers and multi-bag balers. We also build Kliklok product handling and indexing machines and other specialized machinery. As part of the Bosch Group we can offer complete packaging systems from primary packaging through case packing.
Markets/Industries Served: Bakery, snack food, frozen food, refrigerated and prepared foods, cereal, confectionery, and industries requiring related technologies. Thermo Fisher Scientific 501 90th Ave NW Minneapolis MN 55433 Tel: 8002278891
President: Ellen C Share
Markets/Industries Served: Thermo Fisher Scientific supplies food, personal care and pharmaceutical manufacturers. Tri-Mach Group Inc.
Automation/Integration, Custom Design Build Material Handling Systems. Packaging Equipment & Line Automation/Integration. Installation of Packaging Equipment (Mechanical & Electrical), Custom Fabrication, Sanitary Conveyors, Installations and Relocations
Markets/Industries Served: Food - Meat, Dairy, Fruit/Veg, Confectionary, Bakery; Liquid Processing; Personal Healthcare; Nutraceuticals ValTara Via Lago di Alleghe, 15 Schio VI 36015 Tel: +39 0445 576224
Year Established as a Packing Line
Integraotor: 1991
Services Offered: Based in Italy, a global center of automated packaging machinery technology, Valtara is a global manufacturer of innovative, reliable automated flow wrapping solutions. Designed and built for most any application, budget and production rate, our flow wrapping machines reflect our dedication to provide our customers with the highest quality products at fair prices.
From versatile entry level solutions to sophisticated options featuring automatic loading, our products are affordable, reliable and easy to use day in and day out.
Our priority is to help you achieve your packaging automation goals. But our commitment to you runs deeper than our machines. We aim to create long-lasting partnerships based on mutual trust, respect and a genuine desire to see you succeed.
Services Offered: With headquarters in Mississauga, Ontario, and direct sales offices across Canada, Weber Marking Systems of Canada is an industry leader who provides high-quality products to the Canadian marketplace. Our 24,000-square-foot, stateof-the-art, ISO 9001 certified, high-efficiency manufacturing and administration facility can support all your company's labeling and coding requirements. Our high-speed label presses and extensive library of die shapes can meet all labeling applications.
For 90 years, Weber has been a leading innovator in the design, engineering, manufacture and supply of high-performance pressure-sensitive labels, labeling systems and ink jet systems. As a family-owned company, Weber has the ability to bring a wide range of reliable labeling products to local or global customers and help them solve their labeling problems. Our custom labels are featured on thousands of products world wide and our blank labels are a favorite for shipping
identification, product labeling and other variable imprint needs. When you need eyecatching labels that will enhance your brand, look to Weber to help you pick the right label materials, coating and adhesives for every industry.
Visit us at www.webermarking.ca.
Markets/Industries Served: Automotive, beverage, cannabis, chemical, food, government, healthcare, horticulture, household, personal care, pet food and pet care, timber, wine and craft beer.
Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1991
Services Offered: Since 1991 we have designed, manufactured, integrated and serviced state-of-the-art packaging machines around the globe. From weighing and filling to bagging and wrapping or complete turnkey systems, we are passionate about helping you be more successful.
We are not a typical packaging manufacturer. We are a single-source provider, meaning we provide you with the peace of mind that comes from working with ONE manufacturer, ONE service department and ONE point of contact.
We’re your partner. A partner with over 30 years of experience building reliable, state-ofthe-art packaging solutions built by our engineers in our manufacturing facilities and serviced by our technicians. We were here 30 years ago, and we will be here in another 30
years. Providing service after the sale, parts when you need them and 24/7 online support.
Markets/Industries Served: Food, nonfood, legal cannabis etc.
Services Offered: As a global, vertically integrated manufacturer of corrugated and consumer packaging with an in-house machinery manufacturing and service division, we provide a broad range of differentiated packaging design to automation solutions that protect, ship, promote and display your products.
Wright Hand Packaging Inc. 7-2679 Bristol Cir Oakville ON L6H 6Z8 Tel: 9058290025 Fax: 9058290027
President: Lynn Wright
Year Established as a Packing Line
Integraotor: 2000
Services Offered: Contract Packaging to all industries
Markets/Industries Served: Pharmaceutical, Health and Beauty, Food, Stationary.
Services Offered: Wulftec is a worldleading manufacturer of packaging solutions to help maximize productivity, minimize downtime and slash costs. Wulftec's packaging equipment line includes: semiautomatic pallet stretch wrappers, fully automatic conveyorized stretch wrapping systems, pallet strapping equipment and
pallet handling solutions & conveyors. Yaskawa America, Inc.
Services Offered: Founded in 1989, Yaskawa Motoman is a leading robotics company in the Americas. Our integrated packaging solutions are designed around industry-specific requirements and are accompanied by application enabling software and vision capabilities. Yaskawa packaging systems bring ease of use, speed and flexibility to help you meet the demands of today’s food, beverage and consumer products marketplace.
Markets/Industries Served: Yaskawa provides automation products and solutions for virtually every industry and robotic application; including arc welding, assembly, coating, dispensing, material handling, material cutting, material removal, packaging, palletizing and spot welding.
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ROBOTIC EQUIPMENT: END-OFARM TOOLING
ATI Industrial Automation
Bradman Lake
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
Consolidated Technologies Inc.
Edson Packaging Machinery Ltd.
Emerson
Festo Inc.
General Conveyor Inc.
Geosaf Inc.
Honeywell Intelligrated
MD Packaging Inc.
Mecano Industrie
Mpac Group
Multivac Canada
Omron Canada Inc.
Pilz Automation Safety Canada LP
Pineberry Manufacturing Inc.
Plan Automation Inc.
PMR Packaging Inc.
Premier Tech Chronos
Propack Processing & Packaging Systems Inc.
Robatech Gluing Solutions (Robatech Canada)
Rockwell Automation, Inc.
Schubert North America, LLC
SteelNor / Inventure Engineering & Machinery
Yaskawa Canada, Inc.
Zarpac Inc.
ROBOTIC EQUIPMENT: PALLETIZING
ABB Flexible Automation
ABB Inc. - Business Unit Robotics
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd. ARPAC LLC
AUTOMATION DEVICES
B&T Sales Inc
Beumer Corporation
BluePrint Automation (BPA)
Canapa Solutions
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
Chisholm Machinery Solutions
Consolidated Technologies Inc.
Cousineau Packaging Inc.
Delkor Systems, Inc.
Edson Packaging Machinery Ltd.
Endflex Packaging Machinery
Euroimpianti Spa
FANUC Canada, Ltd.
Flexi-Pack Machinery Solutions Inc.
Gebo Cermex Canada Inc.
General Conveyor Inc.
Geosaf Inc.
Harpak-ULMA Packaging, LLC
Honeywell Intelligrated
KUKA Robotics Canada Ltd.
M & M Packaging Associates Ltd.
MD Packaging Inc.
Mecano Industrie
Mpac Group
Multivac Canada
Nalbach Engineering Company, Inc.
Newmapak Ltd.
Nuspark Inc.
Omron Canada Inc.
PACKPRO SYSTEMS Inc.
Pilz Automation Safety Canada LP
Plan Automation Inc.
PMR Packaging Inc.
PPI Technologies Group
Premier Tech Chronos
Propack Processing & Packaging
Systems Inc.
Robatech Gluing Solutions
(Robatech Canada)
Rockwell Automation, Inc.
Samuel Packaging Systems Group
Schubert North America, LLC
SteelNor / Inventure Engineering & Machinery
Syntegon
Techno Pak Packaging Systems Inc.
Toptier
Yaskawa America, Inc.
Yaskawa Canada, Inc.
Yaskawa Motoman
Zarpac Inc.
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BluePrint Automation (BPA)
Bosch Rexroth Canada
Bradman Lake
Capmatic Ltd.
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
Chisholm Machinery Solutions
Consolidated Technologies Inc.
Cousineau Packaging Inc.
Delkor Systems, Inc.
Edson Packaging Machinery Ltd.
Emerson
Euroimpianti Spa
FANUC Canada, Ltd.
Festo Inc.
Flexi-Pack Machinery Solutions Inc.
Gebo Cermex Canada Inc.
General Conveyor Inc.
Geosaf Inc.
Harpak-ULMA Packaging, LLC
Honeywell Intelligrated igus Inc.
M & M Packaging Associates Ltd.
MD Packaging Inc.
Mecano Industrie
Mpac Group
Multivac Canada
Nalbach Engineering Company, Inc.
Newmapak Ltd.
Nuspark Inc.
Omron Canada Inc.
PACKPRO SYSTEMS Inc.
Pilz Automation Safety Canada LP
Pineberry Manufacturing Inc.
Plan Automation Inc.
Plexpack
PMR Packaging Inc.
PPI Technologies Group
Propack Processing & Packaging Systems Inc.
Reiser (Canada) Co.
Robatech Gluing Solutions
(Robatech Canada)
Rockwell Automation, Inc.
Samuel Packaging Systems Group
Schneider Electric Canada Inc.
Schubert North America, LLC
Siemens Canada Limited
SteelNor / Inventure Engineering & Machinery
Syntegon
Syntegon Packaging Technology, Inc.
Techno Pak Packaging Systems Inc.
Trinamics Incorporated
Weber Inc.
Yaskawa America, Inc.
Yaskawa Canada, Inc.
Yaskawa Motoman
Zarpac Inc.
SAFETY PRODUCTS: ELECTRONIC MACHINE GUARDING
ABB Flexible Automation
ABB Inc.
ABB Inc. - Business Unit Robotics
ARPAC LLC
Balluff Canada Inc.
Bosch Rexroth Canada
Carlo Gavazzi (Canada) Inc.
Cousineau Packaging Inc.
Edson Packaging Machinery Ltd.
General Conveyor Inc.
Omron Canada Inc.
Pilz Automation Safety Canada LP
Plan Automation Inc.
Rockwell Automation, Inc.
Samuel Packaging Systems Group
Schneider Electric Canada Inc.
Siemens Canada Limited
Sort Production Products Ltd.
AUTOMATION DEVICES
SteelNor / Inventure Engineering & Machinery
Zarpac Inc.
SAFETY PRODUCTS: LIGHT CURTAINS
ABB Flexible Automation
ABB Inc. - Business Unit Robotics
ARPAC LLC
Balluff Canada Inc.
Carlo Gavazzi (Canada) Inc.
Cognex Corp.
Cousineau Packaging Inc.
General Conveyor Inc.
Omron Canada Inc.
PACKPRO SYSTEMS Inc.
Pilz Automation Safety Canada LP
Plan Automation Inc.
Rockwell Automation, Inc.
Sort Production Products Ltd.
SteelNor / Inventure Engineering & Machinery
Zarpac Inc.
SAFETY PRODUCTS: SAFETY RELAYS
ABB Flexible Automation
ABB Inc. - Business Unit Robotics
ARPAC LLC
Carlo Gavazzi (Canada) Inc.
Cousineau Packaging Inc.
General Conveyor Inc.
Omron Canada Inc.
Pilz Automation Safety Canada LP
Plan Automation Inc.
Rockwell Automation, Inc.
Schneider Electric Canada Inc.
Sensor Products Inc.
Siemens Canada Limited
Sort Production Products Ltd.
SteelNor / Inventure Engineering & Machinery
Steeltek - A Div. of 877418 Ont. Ltd.
Zarpac Inc.
SENSORS: BARREL
Ahearn & Soper Inc.
ARPAC LLC
Balluff Canada Inc.
Carlo Gavazzi (Canada) Inc.
Emerson Festo Inc.
Pineberry Manufacturing Inc.
Rockwell Automation, Inc.
Schneider Electric Canada Inc.
Siemens Canada Limited
Sort Production Products Ltd.
Steeltek - A Div. of 877418 Ont. Ltd.
Zarpac Inc.
SENSORS: COLOR MARK
Ahearn & Soper Inc.
ARPAC LLC
Balluff Canada Inc.
Baumer Inc.
Capmatic Ltd.
Carlo Gavazzi (Canada) Inc.
Omron Canada Inc.
Pineberry Manufacturing Inc.
Rockwell Automation, Inc.
Schneider Electric Canada Inc.
Sick, Inc.
Siemens Canada Limited
Sort Production Products Ltd.
SteelNor / Inventure Engineering & Machinery
Tri-Tronics Company
Zarpac Inc.
SENSORS: LIMIT SWITCHES
Ahearn & Soper Inc.
ARPAC LLC
Balluff Canada Inc.
Carlo Gavazzi (Canada) Inc.
Emerson Festo Inc.
Gebo Cermex Canada Inc.
General Conveyor Inc.
Omron Canada Inc.
Pineberry Manufacturing Inc.
Rockwell Automation, Inc.
Schneider Electric Canada Inc.
Siemens Canada Limited
Sort Production Products Ltd.
SteelNor / Inventure Engineering & Machinery
Steeltek - A Div. of 877418 Ont. Ltd.
Zarpac Inc.
SENSORS: OBJECT DETECTION
Abbey Equipment Solutions
Ahearn & Soper Inc.
ARPAC LLC
Balluff Canada Inc.
Baumer Inc.
Capmatic Ltd.
Carlo Gavazzi (Canada) Inc.
Cognex Corp.
Emerson
Festo Inc.
Omron Canada Inc.
Pineberry Manufacturing Inc.
Rockwell Automation, Inc.
Schneider Electric Canada Inc.
Sensor Products Inc.
Siemens Canada Limited
Sort Production Products Ltd.
SteelNor / Inventure Engineering & Machinery
Tri-Tronics Company
Zarpac Inc.
SENSORS: PHOTOELECTRIC
Ahearn & Soper Inc.
ARPAC LLC
Balluff Canada Inc.
Baumer Inc.
Capmatic Ltd.
Carlo Gavazzi (Canada) Inc.
Cognex Corp.
Festo Inc.
Gebo Cermex Canada Inc.
Omron Canada Inc.
Pineberry Manufacturing Inc.
Rockwell Automation, Inc.
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AUTOMATION DEVICES
Schneider Electric Canada Inc.
Sick, Inc.
Siemens Canada Limited
Sort Production Products Ltd.
SteelNor / Inventure Engineering & Machinery
Steeltek - A Div. of 877418 Ont. Ltd.
Tri-Mach Group Inc.
Tri-Tronics Company
Zarpac Inc.
SENSORS: PROXIMITY
Ahearn & Soper Inc.
ARPAC LLC
Balluff Canada Inc.
Baumer Inc.
Carlo Gavazzi (Canada) Inc.
Cognex Corp.
Emerson Festo Inc.
Gebo Cermex Canada Inc.
Omron Canada Inc.
Pineberry Manufacturing Inc.
Rockwell Automation, Inc.
Siemens Canada Limited
Sort Production Products Ltd.
SteelNor / Inventure Engineering & Machinery
Steeltek - A Div. of 877418 Ont. Ltd.
Zarpac Inc.
SENSORS: ULTRASONIC
Abbey Equipment Solutions
Ahearn & Soper Inc.
ARPAC LLC
Balluff Canada Inc.
Baumer Inc.
Carlo Gavazzi (Canada) Inc.
Cognex Corp.
Omron Canada Inc.
Rockwell Automation, Inc.
Schneider Electric Canada Inc.
Siemens Canada Limited
Sort Production Products Ltd.
SteelNor / Inventure Engineering & Machinery
Steeltek - A Div. of 877418 Ont. Ltd.
Tri-Tronics Company
Zarpac Inc.
SERVO
Bosch Rexroth Canada
Capmatic Ltd.
Festo Inc.
Filamatic
Lapp Canada
Omron Canada Inc.
Pineberry Manufacturing Inc.
Plexpack
SEW Eurodrive Company of Canada Ltd.
SERVO MOTORS
ABB Inc.
Aesus Packaging Systems, Inc.
Ahearn & Soper Inc.
ARPAC LLC
B&R Industrial Automation Inc.
Beckhoff
Bosch Rexroth Canada
Capmatic Ltd.
Edson Packaging Machinery Ltd.
Festo Inc.
Filamatic
Gebo Cermex Canada Inc.
Lapp Canada
Lenze Americas
Mecano Industrie
North American Laser Systems
Omron Canada Inc.
Pilz Automation Safety Canada LP
Pineberry Manufacturing Inc.
Plexpack
Rockwell Automation, Inc.
Schneider Electric Canada Inc.
SEW Eurodrive Company of Canada Ltd.
Siemens Canada Limited
SteelNor / Inventure Engineering & Machinery
Trinamics Incorporated
Unitronics
Wainbee Limited
Zarpac Inc.
SIGNAL TOWERS
Ahearn & Soper Inc.
ARPAC LLC
Balluff Canada Inc.
Plexpack
Rockwell Automation, Inc.
Schneider Electric Canada Inc.
Siemens Canada Limited
Sort Production Products Ltd.
SteelNor / Inventure Engineering &
Machinery
Steeltek - A Div. of 877418 Ont. Ltd.
SOFTWARE PROGRAM
Ahearn & Soper Inc.
ARPAC LLC
B&R Industrial Automation Inc.
Bosch Rexroth Canada
Capmatic Ltd.
Edson Packaging Machinery Ltd.
Gebo Cermex Canada Inc.
Honeywell Intelligrated
MD Packaging Inc.
Mettler-Toledo Inc.
North American Laser Systems
Omron Canada Inc.
Pilz Automation Safety Canada LP
Plan Automation Inc.
Plexpack
Rockwell Automation, Inc.
Schneider Electric Canada Inc.
Sensor Products Inc.
Siemens Canada Limited
SteelNor / Inventure Engineering & Machinery
Yaskawa Canada, Inc.
Zarpac Inc.
TIMING BELTS
BRECOflex CO.,L.L.C.
BACKINGS AND PROFILES
and Pillow Pouch Intermittent and Continuous motion, Servo drive.
Tucked and Block Bottom Bag Pouch Intermittent and Continuous motion, Servo Driven
Hayssen
Various Materials Various sizes Intermittent Motion BW Flexible Systems ® Hayssen IM Verus 110 ppm
Stock, Various Materials Various sies, Pillow, Tucked, and Block Bottom Bag Intermittent Motion. Designed with ease of use in mind BW Flexible Systems ® Hayssen ISB
Various Materials various sies, Pillow, Tucked, and Block Bottom Bag Hygienic design and performance are at the core of the ISB. Intermittent motion. Servo Driven BW Flexible Systems ® Sandiacre ® CM Verus 130 ppm
Stock, Various Materials Various sizes, Quad, Tucked, Block Bottom, and Pillow Bag Pouch Continuous Motion. Its overall design specifically takes into account the hygienic and sanitary requirements of wet environments. BW Flexible Systems ® Simionato Doy/
Various Materials Various sizes, Quad, Tucked, Block Bottom, Tucked, 3Side Seal, and Pillow Bag Pouch Intermittent Motion. DoyZip 380 vertical form fill seal (VFFS) intermittent motion bagging machine can efficiently produce a range of bag formats, sizes, and shapes, with or without zip re-close.
Bag Packaging Closing, Sealing
4.75x6.5"10"x13 Automatic or manual fill
CAM SS-PMB 15ppm Premade Bags with and without Zipper, spouts
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CANAPA SOLUTIONS
Swifty Bagger pouch filling machines Varies pillow, stand-up, gusseted, and quad bags with zipper closures Varies
Wholesale bulk packaging machines Varies pillow pouches, zippered pouches and stand up pouches as well as provide a vacuum package or nitrogen flush if required. Varies
CANTRELL GAINCO Cantrell Gainco ® AccuFill Weigh/ Bagging System Up to 3,600 lbs. of product per hour (+/6 cycles per minute) with one operator ... dual systems process up to 7,200 lbs. per hour (+/12 cycles per minute) with two operators. Wicketed bag 2 to 20 pound bags. Fed via a conveyor or other infeed device, product falls through the open buffer hopper into the weigh hopper until the target weight range is achieved. Once that weight has been met, the operator pushes the bagger button the bag blaster opens the wicketed bag the weigh hopper open and the product falls into the bag.
FORMOST FUJI CORPORATION (in Canada: Abbey Equipment Solutions)
Formost bread, roll, bun & variety baggers (5 models) To 90 pm Preformed wicketed bags-of PE, nylon or pp To 14x24 in. Automatic
Automatic bag closure device, Wide product capability, Rear infeed configuration, In-line infeed configuration, Continuous or multi-wicket bag feed, FO bag openers
Packaging Machinery & Automation Solutions
Automatically bags a wide variety of products from tortillas, buns, hash browns, to textiles Wide range of bag formats
Formost Fuji ® Horizontal FFB Bagger Bags product up to 60 units/min (can operate at speeds up to 90 bags/min)
Formost Fuji ® Horizontal GTS Bagger Operate at speeds up to 90 packages/ min Wide range of products bread loaves, crackers, bar soap, frozen ears of corn... Wide range of bag formats
Automatic bag closure device, Rear infeed configuration, Continuous rotary or multi-wicket bag feed, Product backlog monitoring system to maximize operation GEOSAF INC. ARP pouch Handling 200 PPM 3 oz to 1kg Robotic handling HARLUND
Pre-made pouch
Many different styles and sizes of pre-made pouches including; flat, stand up, shaped, zipper, caps, side gussets for retail sizes as well as club store and bulk pack sizes.
(in Canada: Abbey Equipment Solutions) Junapack ® Side Gusset Pouch ® JG-8S0815
~
Pre-made pouch packer
Many different styles and sizes of pre-made pouches including; flat, stand up, shaped, zipper, caps, side gussets for retail sizes as well as club store and bulk pack sizes.
Pre-made pouch packer
Many different styles and sizes of pre-made pouches including; flat, stand up, shaped, zipper, caps, side gussets for retail sizes as well as club store and bulk pack sizes.
Pre-made pouch packer
Many different styles and sizes of pre-made pouches including; flat, stand up, shaped, zipper, caps, side gussets for retail sizes as well as club store and bulk pack sizes.
Junapack ® Simplex Model ® JR-8S1530 30 ~ 50 Rotary Pouch Packer Many different styles and sizes of pre-made pouches including; flat, stand up, shaped, zipper, caps, side gussets for retail sizes as well as club store and bulk pack sizes.
Junapack ® Simplex
ALEX E. JONES
Packaging success in the following industries:
Since 1976, Alex E. Jones & Associates remains the name you can trust for your packaging machinery needs. Committed to providing superior sales and customer service, the team at Alex E. Jones ensures product, quality, price competitiveness & promptness in delivery for your packaging needs.
Talk to the packaging & automation experts Let’s work together to find the right solution to your packaging needs. It is the best way to set you up for success.
Ontario & Western Canada | +1 905-847-0166
Quebec & The Maritimes | +1 514-731-7747
Bakery Beverage Cheese
Snack Foods
Sauces & Condiments
Fresh Produce
Confectionery
Ice Cream
Frozen & IQF
ALEX E. JONES
Meat, Poultry & Proteins Pet Food & Pet Care Personal Care
Seafood & Fish
Cereal, Grains, Beans, Spices
ALEX E. JONES
ALEX E. JONES
Pre-made pouch packer
Pre-made pouch packer
medical bags
Semi-automatic or fully automated
Semi-automatic or fully automated Emplex ACS6200, 7200, 7300 1000" / min (25 m min) Poly's, wax type bags, coated papers, moisture barrier bags, laminated foils, multiwalled paper/medical bags
VFFS
VFFS
Intermittent
store and bulk pack sizes.
60 ~ 80 Rotary Pouch Packer Many different styles and sizes of pre-made pouches including; flat, stand up, shaped, zipper, caps, side gussets for retail sizes as well as club store and bulk pack sizes.
3.5-6'' wide, 5-8'' tall.
PAXIOM Swifty Bagger™ Mini up to 18 cycles /min DOY pack, SUP and SURP pouches, pillow, gusseted, quad and carry handle.
Swifty Bagger™ Junior up to 15 cycles /min The Swifty Bagger stand-up pouch machine can fill DOY pack, SUP and SURP pouches, pillow, gusseted, quad and carry handle. 5.5-11'' wide, 5.5-15'' tall.
SwiftyBagger 1200 up to 30 cycles min The Swifty Bagger stand-up pouch machine can fill DOY pack, SUP and SURP pouches, pillow, gusseted, quad and carry handle. 6-12'' wide, 7-18'' long.
Swifty Bagger™ 1200 up to 30 cycles min The Swifty Bagger stand-up pouch machine can fill DOY pack, SUP and SURP pouches, pillow, gusseted, quad and carry handle. 6-12'' wide, 7-18''long.
Swifty Bagger™ 3600 Up to 45 cycles min The Swifty Bagger stand-up pouch machine can fill DOY pack, SUP and SURP pouches, pillow, gusseted, quad and carry handle. 3.5-8'' wide, 5-11'' long.
or Rotary
3.5-7.5'' wide, 3.9-11.8'' long.
The Swifty Bagger stand-up pouch machine can fill DOY pack, SUP and SURP pouches, pillow, gusseted, quad and carry handle.
Swifty Bagger™ Rotary Duplex Up to 80 cycles min
Products etc.)
(in Canada: Plan Automation, Orangeville, Ontario; Accent Packaging, Langley British Columbia; Arranti Packaging, Campbellville, Ontario; ArtyPac Automation, Laval, Quebec; Firing Industries, Niagara on the Lake, Ontario)
and Laminates Small bags, pouches, etc. 8" Manual feed, continuous
SS850-SSC440 25-475 IPM Most Films and Laminates Bags, pouches, side gusset. 19" Manual feed, continuous SUPS-15 To 15 PPM Pre-Made Stand-up Pouches
VerTek 800 around 50 cycles min stick pack, pillow and gusseted pouches. 2-8'' wide, 3-12'' long.
VerTek 1200 5o cycles / min stick pack, pillow and gusseted pouches 3-12'' wide, 3-16'' long.
VerTek 2400 pillow or gusseted pouches 16-24'' wide, 9-36'' long.
XPdius Elite i130 up to 100 cycles min pillow and gusseted pouches 3-12'' wide, 2.5 16'' long.
R2B 1200 SIMPLEX up to 50 cycles min stand-up DOY pouches and both 3-sided seal and 4-sided seal pouches with zipper closures as well as shaped pouches requiring die cuts up to 300mm
R2B 3600 SIMPLEX up to 60 cycles min stand-up DOY pouches and both 3-sided seal and 4-sided seal pouches with zipper closures as well as shaped pouches requiring die cuts. up to 200mm
BOPP, Kraft Paper, PLA Film Both single and combination banding Heat seal Patented and unique vacuum arch which enables our systems to run the thinnest film in the industry (down to 1.4mil or 35micron or 0.035mm)
Modular Banding BOPP, Kraft Paper, PLA Film Both single and combination banding Heat seal Banding heads constructed in modular format to be integrated with other OEM equipment.
Barcoding & Barcode Scanning Equipment Maker & Model Compatible Symbologies Operation Features
AHEARN & SOPER INC. Accusort Mini-X Series II 1D (linear) Fixed Mount Omni directional bar code scanner, 300 sps Windows based configuration software.
ALEX E. JONES & ASSOCIATES LTD. Diagraph Multiple Thermal and Hot Stamp, Intermittent, Continuous, Heavy Duty, High Resolution
QL-30 can print up to 11.8 ips at 300 dpi while the 600 dpi QL-60 can print up to 5.9 ips. With the ability to print labels as small as 4 mm in length, high accuracy and fast print speeds
Thermal transfer
ASTRONOVA QL-30/60
AUTOMATED PACKAGING SYSTEMS INC. (in Canada: Pack Pro Systems, Inc. Stouffville, ON)
Autobag PI 412c Inline Printer Multiple Fixed mount Thermal transfer, HR text, graphics & barcodes speed up to 12 ips.
BARCODE GRAPHICS INC. Axicon 6015, 6515 & 7015, 1D, Continuous Scan & Portable Verifier, Win™ & Android Verifiers UPC/EAN, GS1, Code 128, Code 39, Code 93, GS1-128, GS1 Databar. ITF, ITF-14, Pharmacode Hand Held, Portable, and Fixed Mount ANSI/ISO 1D Barcode Testing and Reporting Axicon 15000 Series Barcode Verifiers Data Matrix, GS1-Databar, QR, UPC/EAN & Standard 1D Symbologies Desktop ANSI/ISO 1D & 1D/2D Barcode Testing and Reporting
CODING PRODUCTS OF CANADA LTD. UBS, APLINK MRX 1D/2D, GS1 Integrated or Standalone Hi Res, up to 72mm height. Barcode, text, graphics, logos. Replace labels. UBS, APLINK MRX 140 1D/2D, GS1 Integrated or Standalone Hi Res, up to 144mm height. Barcode, text, graphics, logos. Replace labels.
HARLUND INDUSTRIES LTD. EvoLabel Label Printer Applicator 1&2D, RFID QR Thermal Transfer/Direct Thermal Small footprint from Cartons to Pallets FoxJet LS6000 Label Printer Applicator 1&2D, QR Thermal Transfer/Direct Thermal All Electric
Hitachi Continuous InkJet RX2 Series 1&2D, QR Inkjet Lowest Cost of OperationEnvironmental Friendly
3.5-6'' wide, 5-8'' tall.
DOY pack, SUP and SURP pouches, pillow, gusseted, quad and carry handle.
Swifty Bagger stand-up pouch machine can fill
5.5-11'' wide, 5.5-15'' long.
pack, SUP and SURP pouches, pillow, gusseted, quad and carry handle.
The Swifty Bagger stand-up pouch machine can fill DOY pack, SUP and SURP pouches, pillow, gusseted, quad and carry handle.
Junior up to 15 cycles / min
The Swifty Bagger stand-up pouch machine can fill DOY pack, SUP and SURP pouches, pillow, gusseted, quad and carry handle. 6-12'' wide, 7-18'' long.
Swifty 1200 up to 30 cycles / min
3.5-8'' wide, 5-11'' long.
The Swifty Bagger stand-up pouch machine can fill DOY pack, SUP and SURP pouches, pillow, gusseted, quad and carry handle.
Swifty 3600 up to 45 cycles / min
3.5-7.5'' wide, 3.9-11.8'' long.
The Swifty Bagger stand-up pouch machine can fill DOY pack, SUP and SURP pouches, pillow, gusseted, quad and carry handle.
Swifty Bagger™ Rotary Duplex up to 80 cycles / min
wicket bags Can fill both polyethylene and laminate materials. 8-14'' wide, 8-20'' long.
and polyethylene materials. 6-14''
Bagger™ for
and
& Scanner Scans, verifies bar codes at up to 425m/min. easy installation, install on parent machines
NORDSON CANADA, LIMITED BC 5100 Bar Code Reader LogiComm Control System Coabar, Code 39, Interleaved 2 of 5, Code 93, Code 128, UPC/EAN, Pharmacode, Bobst Code
PINEBERRY MANUFACTURING INC. Pineberry HSF Series Friction Feeder with Barcode Reader 1D, 2D, EPS, QR Code, Pharmacode, Barcode, Code 39, Code 128, Data Matrix, Micro PDF, RFID Integrated or Stand-Alone Vertical or Horizontal
Pineberry SF Series Friction Feeder with Barcode Reader 1D, 2D, EPS, QR Code, Pharmacode, Barcode, Code 39, Code 128, Data Matrix, Micro PDF, RFID
or Stand-Alone Vertical or Horizontal PPI TECHNOLOGIES GROUP (in Canada: Aesus Packaging Systems, Pointe Claire, QC; Charles Downer & Co., Ltd, Richmond Hill, ON; Kelloggs Corn Flakes Toronto Ontario)
PSG Yes All Check all items
ROBATECH GLUING SOLUTIONS (ROBATECH CANADA)
Code 39, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-A, EAN-8, EAN-13, Code 128, UCC-128, SCC-14 ITF, SCC-14 28, SSCC-18, MSI, DataMatrix, QR, MicroQR and PDF417 bar codes standard
Barcode SQUID INK MANUFACTURING CoPilot
.7" print height. Run up to two print heads from a controller.
CoPilot 128 As above
CoPilot 256 As above 1.4" print height. Run up to two print heads from a controller.
CoPilot 500 As above 2.8" print height. Run up to two print heads from a single controller.
CoPilot Max As Above 2.8” print height. Run up to two print heads from a single controller.
CoPilot Flex Viper TIJ Printing System Code 39, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-A, EAN-8, EAN-13, Code 128, UCC-128, SCC-14 ITF, SCC-14 28, SSCC-18, MSI, DataMatrix, QR, MicroQR and PDF417 bar codes standard .5" print height, up to 600 dpi resolution
feedback weighment delivering guaranteed target dose weight and dosing accuracy without compromising production speed, Servo controlled Primary (during fill) and Secondary compaction, Recipe controlled Twist station, Cut or Flat finish options available, Automatic cone denesting, Cone sensor station (open and available for fill), Bulk product hoppers with Full Sensor Monitoring, Indexing cone magazine with safety light curtain, Fully compliant with all US and Canadian safety and electrical regulations
Twist System, Up to 20+ joints per
Knockbox operation
NO MORE REASON TO PUT DECISIONS ON ICE. THE LIGHTLINE CARTONPACKER
The lightline machines from Schubert can be delivered quickly and are exceptionally attractive in terms of price . With the preconfi gured machines, customers can adapt more fl exibly to market trends and signifi cantly shorten their time-to-market.
The LIGHTLINE CARTONPACKER consists of a single compact machine frame, and packs boxes, cans, bags or bottles into cartons and trays with or without a lid, wrap-around cartons and RSC cartons. It offers an affordable and space-saving possibility to automate packaging processes with the most effi cient technology on the market while ensuring the highest availability and packaging quality.
The world’s leading FMCG and private label manufacturers rely on Schubert. www.schubert.group
Inserts, Seals Tray forming from blanks Per project Specification (wide range accepted)
Tray forming from blanks Per project Specification (wide range accepted) Up to 25 trays/ minute N/A Tool-less changeover, Smallest industry footprint, Stainless steel frame, Washdown available.
Tool-less changeover, Smallest industry footprint, Stainless steel frame, Washdown available.
NTF-25
Former
NTF-60 Tray Former Forms Tray forming from blanks Per project Specification (wide range accepted) Up to 60 trays/ minute N/A
Automatic
Forms, Inserts, Seals Pre-glued Carton Per project Specification (wide range accepted) Up to 40 cartons/ minute
Infinitely-Variable Flight Centers with Patented Pop-up Lug Technology
Seal-Tuck, Coverto-Flange Seal, Dust Flap Max (LxWxD) 305 x 305 x 127 mm 120 cpm Topload Infinitely-Variable Flight Centers with Patented Pop-up Lug Technology
Closer Single flap carton closing
Vari-Pitch
End-seal cartons Max (LxWxD) 267mm x 101mm x 343mm 170 cpm Horizontal Insertion IP65 open-channel stainless steel design, patented Kliklok rotary carton feeder
Carton erecting, loading, and sealing
Endload Cartoner
Kliklok MEC
Carton forming, loading, and closing Topload lock or glue L 86-345 mm; W 68-220 mm; D 23-150 mm Max 550 / 80 (products/cartons perminute) Delta robotic topload Linear servo technology
Integrated topload cartoner
Kliklok ITC
Elite Wrap - around sleever Lock or glue closure Full, economy, watchstrap, gusseted, etc. L: 65-270 mm; W: 200570 mm (flat carton's longest dimension) Max 265 cpm Wraparound Rotary carton feeder, IP65 stainless steel design
Kliklok
Toploadtwo-axis robotic loaders HMI 4.0, quick format change, expandable
Topload carton forming, loading and closing Tri-seal, hood cover, and single-flap cartons, trays, and special shapes L: 100-400 mm, W: 100300* mm, D: 25-160* mm (*larger for certain models) 1000-1500 ppm, 30150 cpm (depending on model)
Integrated topload cartoners
Sigpack TTM Series
Loads flat corrugated pads and shrink-bundles unit to form a complete shipper Fast tool-less changeover in less than 10 minutes, washdown, clear or print-registered film, available with tray/shrink and case-packing flexibility for a true multi-format line.
to
Loads cups, tubs, bottles, and sleeved products into SRP and standard cases. Fast tool-less changeover in less than 10 minutes. Delkor MSP-i
Loads flexible pouches into the Cabrio Case SRP as well as standard shippers. Highly automated changeover. Ultra flexible system with jamproof robotic collation style.
Loads cups, tubs, and FFS packages into SRP and standard shippers. Directly picks product from filler.
Plug-in and go operationPowder coated 12 gauge steelInterchangeable top and bottom tape cartridges
Adjustable side railsIndustrial strength drive belts
Delkor D Series Up to 20" wide Up to 60 cases/min Top-Load
No air required Low maintenance
Safe single mast designEasy hand-tighten adjustments
Includes 2 pack tables and casters
Simple integration with ink jet printers
Plug-in and go operationFast and easy box size changes Industrial strength side beltsInterchangeable top and bottom tape cartridgesEmergency stop buttonAdjustable leg extensions
Casters for transportation within plantFront and rear pack tables to allow for case packingTop squeezers push top flaps together for accurate case sealingPowder coated 12 gauge steelLow maintenance, no air required
Plug-in and go operationFast and easy box size changes Industrial strength side beltsInterchangeable top and bottom tape cartridgesEmergency stop buttonAdjustable leg extensions
Casters included for transportation within plantFront and rear pack tables included to allow for case packing Top squeezers push top flaps together on overfilled casesPowder coated 12 gauge steelLow maintenance, no air required
FormerUtilizes Eastey's Easy-Taper tapehead Plug-in and go operationPowder coated 12 gauge steelTop and bottom tape cartridgesIndustrial strength side beltsAdjustable leg extensionsFast and easy box size changesLow maintenanceAccommodates wide case rangeCasters for transportation within plant
Erecting corrugated case with glue; Heavy duty, welded steel frame; Quick size change over package; Mechanical chain drive; interlocked safety gates or doors; Easy access panels around the machine
size change over package; Mechanical chain drive; interlocked safety gates or doors; Easy access panels around the machine Boxxer 4235
10" L x 6" W X 9"D 22/min.
20" L x 18" W X 10"D 22/ min
for almost any product and configuration
Up to 100lbs payload, Tape or Glue capable, Tool-less changeover, Smallest industry footprint, Stainless steel frame, Washdown available
(100mm)16" (406mm) Up to 25 cases/minute Case erecting, loading and sealing within single frame
Case erecting and loading within single frame, sealing optional Up to 100lbs payload, Tape or Glue capable, Tool-less changeover, Smallest industry footprint, Stainless steel frame
Length: 6" (152mm) 24" (610mm); Width: 5" (127mm)16" (406mm); Height: 4" (100mm)16" (406mm) Up to 5 cases/ minute
NRCP-5 Robotic Case Packer
NTL-50 Robotic Top Loader Length: 6" (152mm) 24" (610mm); Width: 5" (127mm)16" (406mm); Height: 4" (100mm)16" (406mm) Up to 50 picks/minute Top loading only, sealing optional Up to 100lbs payload, Tape or Glue capable, Tool-less changeover, Smallest industry footprint, Stainless steel frame, Washdown available
Erecting corrugated case with glue; Heavy duty, welded steel frame; Quick size change over package; Mechanical chain drive; interlocked safety gates or doors; Easy access panels around the machine Boxxer Auto Lock Min. 10" Lx6" W x 9" DMax 20" Lx12" Wx16" D 20/min.
Boxxer FOL Min. 10" Lx6"Wx8"D 18/min Automatic Erecting corrugated case with glue; Heavy duty, welded steel frame; Quick size change over package; Mechanical chain drive; interlocked safety gates or doors Boxxer T-12 Min. 11"Lx - 7.5"Wx6"D 12/min
Erecting corrugated case with tape; Quick change-over; Interlocked safety gates or doors; low maintenance mechancial drive; Venturi vacuum used in case erection; Small footprint
Boxxer T-4036 Min.11"Lx9"W X 6"D 18/min Automatic Erecting corrugated case with tape; Heavy duty, welded steel frame; Quick size change over package; Mechanical chain drive; Interlocked safety gates or doors; Easy access panels around the machine
Poplok TSF Wide range of sizes 15/min Automatic Tuck stylesno glue/no tape; 2, 4 or multi-fold & tuck available; Form large or small trays with or without a lid; Quick size adjustmentno mandrel required; top sheet feed Poplok Wide range of sizes 20/min. Automatic Tuck stylesno glue/no tape; 2, 4 or multi-fold & tuck available; Form large or small trays with or without a lid; Quick size adjustmentno mandrel required; Quick change-over
Vassoyo 3029 Min. 9"L x 7" W X 1.5"D 40/min. Automatic Erecting corrugated tray with glue; Quick size change-over; Compact footprint; High Speed up to 40 trays minute; Mechanical low maintenance drive: large tray size range.
Min. 14" L x 6" W X 1.5" D 40/min. Automatic Erecting corrugated tray with glue; Quick size change-over; Compact footprint: Hig Speedup to 40 trays minute; Mechanical low maintenance drive: large tray size range.
Vassoyo 3934
Min. 12" L x 8" W X 2" D 30/min. Erecting corrugated tray with glue; Quick size change-over; Compact footprint: Hig Speedup to 40 trays minute; Mechanical low maintenance drive: large tray size range.
Vassoyo Clamshell
CANADA, LTD. (in Canada: FANUC Canada,
We offer automatic and robotic case packing machines specifically engineered for today's end-of-line packaging needs. Our modular drop packing solutions are designed to case pack a wide variety of products packaged in pouches, bags, cartons, boxes, jugs and containers. These machines can be integrated with any downstream case erecting system and customized to run at your required output. Our drop case packers can also glue or tape your corrugated case at efficient speeds with minimal required maintenance.
Varies
Varies
Our drop case packers can also glue or tape your corrugated case at efficient speeds with minimal required maintenance. Side Load Case Packer Varies Varies We offer a wide variety of automatic side load case packing machines to load cartons, boxes, jugs, bottles and containers into corrugated cases. Side load case packing is commonly used for higher speed applications and products requiring delicate handling.
BoxxPak Semi-automated case packer varies varies The semiautomatic case packers combine case erecting, hand packing and tape sealing into a compact and efficient work cell. This ergonomically designed pick and pack system features an automatic indexing system that positions cases and products for optimal operator comfort, minimizing repetitive wrist and arm motions.
BoxxPak Semi-automated case packing system varies varies The semiautomatic case packers combine case erecting, hand packing and tape sealing into a compact and efficient work cell. This ergonomically designed pick and pack system features an automatic indexing system that positions cases and products for optimal operator comfort, minimizing repetitive wrist and arm motions.
Toll-Free
Ethernet and USB
Metal Detector, Variable Speed, Touch Screen, GMP/HACP, Ethernet and USB, High Accuracy, Force Balance
Anritsu Infivis Inc. SSVf Versatile Series 400ppm +/0.2g 6g-25kg Various Various Combined Metal Detector, Variable Speed, Touch Screen, GMP/HACCP, Ethernet and USB Toll-Free
Tool-less, Remote, Automatic
Anritsu ® Washdown: SSV-i series 10 to 600 packs per minute +/10mg 0.5g to 25Kg As required QUICCA Data Collection Software Painted, Stainless Steel and Full Wash-down models, Small footprint, Combo Systems
Anritsu ® Multilane Checkweighing (up to 12 lanes) 400 products/ min x 2-lane, 150 products/ min x 6-lane Maximum accuracy is +-0.010 Weigh product ranging from 0.5 to 60 g
Wide range of product sizes
Wide range of product sizes
Anritsu ® High Accuracy: SSV-h series 220-600 products/min +/0.01g, +/0.015g, +/0.1g Weight Ranges 0.4-100g, 1.2600g, 6-3000g
Anritsu ® Versatile: SSV-f series Range of speeds40400 products/ min Accuracy Range of +/-0.02g, +/0.5g, +/1.5g, +/2g Various weight capacity 6-300g, 12-3000g, 60-600g, 6015000g
Anritsu ® SSV-f Checkweigher/ Metal Detector Combination System 110-350 product/min +/-0.21.5 6-600g, 12-3000g, 60-6000g
Anritsu SSV-h Checkweigh Metal Detector Combination System 170-400 product/min +/0.01- 0.015g 0.4-100g, 1.2600g, 6-3000g
Varies Varies Semi-automated The semiautomatic case packers combine case erecting, hand packing and tape sealing into a compact and efficient work cell. This ergonomically designed pick and pack system features an automatic indexing system that positions cases and products for optimal operator comfort, minimizing repetitive wrist and arm motions.
Case Packing
the
of a variety of packages includ
ing bags, bottles, cartons and cases and are easily integrated into existing packaging systems where automatic bagging, container filling, flow wrapping and case filling is performed.
to 500 products stored in memory
graphical color touchscreen, MID/R51 approved, TRACS compatible
IP65 rating, graphical color touchscreen, MID/R51 approved, TRACS compatible Up to 500 products stored in memory
IP65 rating, graphical color touchscreen, MID/R51 approved, TRACS compatible Up to 500 products stored in memory
IP65 rating, graphical color touchscreen, MID/R51 approved, TRACS compatible Up to 500 products stored in memory
Up to 500 products stored in memory
IP65 rating, graphical color touchscreen, MID/R51 approved, TRACS compatible
Yes
air-
plough, flipper, declining
airblast, plough, flipper, declining
Yes
Pusher, airblast, plough, flipper, declining
Yes
Pusher, airblast, plough, flipper, declining
Yes
Pusher, air-blast (single or dual nozzle), retract
m/min Weightable dependent Weightable dependent
ing band
air-blast (single or dual nozzle)
Infeed, weighing and outfeed units are designed for easy access for cleaning and maintenance checks.
AccuSizer systems are available in singleand dual-line models.
InterSystems® control to manage multiple lanes using a single controller.
Rugged load cells are designed to withstand the harsh rigors of poultry processing operations. An auto-tare feature ensures weighing accuracy by continuously updating the weigh belt tare weight to compensate for scrap buildup on the belt links. Special proprietary “autozero” software finetunes weighing accuracy by automatically compensating for load cell drift, as well as any scrap buildup on the weigh deck.
Grading and sizing at speeds up to 180 portions per minute. AccuSizer belt grader systems use the latest load cell technology to provide the highest levels of weight accuracy and speed.
IP65 rating, fully integrated machine with single color touchscreen, TRACS compatible X5C/CW3 X-Ray and Checkweigher Combination System
and CW3
IQ4/CW3 Combination Metal Detector & Checkweigher System
rating, combined features of X5C and CW3 X5 SpaceSaver/ CW3 X-ray and Checkweigher Combination System
0150lb Air Knife, Piston Arm, Drop Nose, Etc. Air Knife, Piston Arm, Drop Nose, Etc. Packaged or Raw Product Inspection: Automatic product inspection and rejection for: contaminants, check-weighing and defects. Patented MDX Dual Energy X-ray for unparalleled detection of low-density contaminants such as: plastic, rubber, bones, stones, glass, etc. EagleTrace Traceability Software. Can inspect randomly in-feed cases from multiple lines simultaneously using a barcode reader. Unmatched Canadian
ing down to +/0.5%. Contamination inspection down to 0.2mm for FE, Non-FE and SS, 0.8mm Glass, 1.25mm Ceramic, 1.5mm Calcified Bones, etc.
and parts support from PLAN Automation.
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Self service, up to 24 months interval, up to 100 starts w/o cleaning. Softpigmented ink option.
Longest tube life on the market, no factory air required for cooling. IP54/65. High resolution permanent marking. Linx CSL60 Laser Coder Laser
watt; over 900 m/min Varies
Longest tube life on the market, no factory air required for cooling. IP65. High resolution permanent marking. Reiner jetStamp 970/990 Hand Held Inkjet printer Stamp 18 characters per line, 2 lines variable Linx SHLP Laser Coder Laser 120 watt; up to 1200 characters/s Varies Variable Longest tube life on the market. IP56. High resolution permanent marking.
Unlimited 9 drop quality at 7 drop speeds; Designed for even the most demanding applications, meet the new generation in precision ink drop technology
The reinvention of continuous ink jet printing Rapidly print messages and multiple line codes at the fastest possible speeds up to 4 lines of print; 255 characters per line
DOMINO PRINTING SOLUTIONS INC. Ax350i Ink jet
Unlimited The key to the D-Series flexibility is a smaller i-Tech scan head, connected to the laser tube on a multi-position mount. The head can be rotated through 90 degree steps to allow for many mounting positions, and because it is so much smaller, it can easily fit where bigger lasers cannot.
50 x 50 up to 180 x 180 mm (character height from 0.6mm to size of mark field)
D120/ D320i Compact, scribing Laser coders ideal for coding on a wide variety of materials at low to high line speeds. D120-800 characters per second; 200 m/ min; 650 ft/ minD320i 1500 characters per second; 400 m/min; 1300 ft/min
Unlimited Increased power and speed, combined with an optional IP65-rated version, result in the D620i laser, that is equal to the most demanding applications and environments. RapidScan makes our lasers 20% faster for high-speed applications than other scribing lasers.
50 x 50 up to 180 x 180 mm (character height from 0.6mm to size of mark field)
D620i Ideal for high speed beverage packaging or serialisation requirements, both human readable and 2D data matrix coding. 2000 characters per second; 600 m/min; 1970 ft/ min
Unlimited Domino's i-Tech Ribbon Drive offers 4 ribbon save settings including 'Economy Mode' which allows you to use up to 60% less ribbon per printwithout affecting print quality.
Intermittent32mm x 55mm; Continuous 32mm x 500mm
Intermittemnt400mm/s; Continuous 10 mm/s750 mm/s
V120i The smart upgrade to digital codingand the most cost effective solution for flexible packaging in its class.
Unlimited The V230i prints high resolution codes, text and images onto flexible foils, films and labels. Unlike other thermal transfer coders, the V230i uses intelligent Technology to meet all your general purpose coding needs while keeping your costs as low as possible. The i-Tech Ribbon Drive uses up to 60% less ribbon
Intermittent32mm32 x 55 & 53mm 53 x 55mm; Continuous32mm32 x 500 & 5353 x 500mm
V230i For general purpose digital TTO coding with reduced total cost of ownership labels, the V220i delivers the coding performance Up to 400mm p/ second
Unlimited With the largest ribbon rolls in the industry and unique ribbon save features, the V320i also delivers the lowest cost of ownership of all thermal transfer printers.
Intermittment700mm/s; Continuous 10 mm/s 1400 mm/s (1) 53mm Version: Intermittent53mm x 115mm; Continuous 53mm x 2700mm and (2) 128mm Version: Intermittent28mm x 115mm; Continuous 128mm x 1000mm
V320i The V320i prints large area, high resolution codes, text and images on flexible foils, films and labels.
M230i Corner Wrap For Accurate & reliable corner wrap labellingPrint & Apply 12-15 labels per minute Label sizesup to 150 x 254mm The M-Series Corner Wrap i-Tech units are flexible and reliable automated Print & Apply tamp solutions. Incorporating the latest i-Tech features, the innovative corner wrap functionality and high labelling speed allow it to keep pace with most carton erector and filling lines.
M230i Pallet Labeller For flexible, safe and easy to use pallet labellingPrint & Apply 12-15 labels per minute Max print widthup to 168 mm; max distance to product 450mm Unlimited The M230i Pallet Labeller is compact in size, yet rugged and
THE JETSTREAMTM
SONIC CIJ SMALL CHARACTER PRINTING SYSTEM
JetStream Sonic offers users the latest in today’s technology. The system’s simple to use 10.1” color touchscreen interface features a number of options to help users make their mark on a variety of products while streamlining their coding operation. JetStream Sonic’s intuitive software allows users to print database messages straight from a USB drive, allowing users to print messages with variable database information.
A coding and marking leader for over 25 years, Squid Ink printers and inks are designed to keep your production line up and running day after day.
For more information, visit www.squidink.com or call 1-800-877-5658 for an Authorized Squid Ink Distributor in your area.
SQUID INK CODING & MARKING SOLUTIONS
HI-RESOLUTION PRINTERS / DOD LARGE CHARACTER PRINTERS / THERMAL INKJET PRINTERS CIJ SMALL CHARACTER CODERS / LASER CODERS / UV LED CURING SYSTEMS INK JET FLUIDS / PRINT VALIDATION SYSTEMS / CODING & MARKING SOFTWARE
LESS IS MORE
Meet Victoria.
Victoria is a manager at a personal care products manufacturing facility.
And it’s her job to be sure the products shipping out of her facility are properly labeled with the correct traceability codes.
In the past, these labels were applied by hand and were prone to all kinds of problems: it was slow moving, expensive, and always hard to find and train labor.
But since partnering with Domino, Victoria’s job has been a whole lot easier. Labels are applied directly and accurately to packaging with an automated Domino label print and apply machine.
With consistently placed, error-free labels on cases and pallets, Victoria has lowered operating costs and eliminated a lot of headaches.
Less headaches. More efficiencies. Domino. Do more.
Unlimited Whether your line is simple or complex, the G-Series range has the capability to integrate easily, with up to four print headsmanaged by a single controller.
Unlimited Prints multiple line text, on-line graphics and all major barcodes, including GS1 compatible codes. Storage of 100 x 8 line messages up to 200 characters per line; Connectivity: centralized control of factory-wide printing; central message storage 75m/m (246ft/min) Print widths range from a single print module, printing an image area of 108mm (4.25") up to 782mm (30.79").
Unlimited Printing on to a wide range of uncoated and coated, as well as plastic media, the K600i combines productivity with 600dpi print quality. The K600i, configured to the print width required, can be integrated into an existing handling system for digital imprinting or can be in the format of a monochrome digital press.
ready for the
environment; Non-stop
at temperatures up to 45degC; Exceptional productivity even on concave surfaces; Designed for uninterrupted production runs,
up to 800 m/mm; 263 ft/min Max print height of 70mm (2.76")
EFFICIENT INK RECOVERY
EFFICIENT INK RECOVERY
INTUITIVE PRINT CONTROL
INTUITIVE PRINT CONTROL
INTELLIGENT FLUID CARTRIDGES DURABLE PRINTHEAD RELIABLE CIRCULATION SYSTEM
INTELLIGENT FLUID CARTRIDGES DURABLE PRINTHEAD RELIABLE CIRCULATION SYSTEM
SIMPLE FLUID MANAGEMENT
SIMPLE FLUID MANAGEMENT
The Hitachi UX Series is the clear leader for your non-contact printing needs.
The UX Series improves existing, reliable Hitachi continuous inkjet products and provides industry-leading marking on food, beverage, dairy, health & beauty products and a variety of containers from lip balm tubes to bag printing & oversized PVC piping.
and Aggregation System builds a parent-child relationship as products move through the packaging stages of the pharmaceutical supply chain.
& Date AM or PM, Shift Codes, Bar Codes, Variety of Fonts, Logos 1GB storage, Languages English, Spanish, and Chinese versions available.
& Date
high point quality and clean operation WEBER MARKING SYSTEMS OF CANADA BestCode 82 Continuous Inkjet Printer (CIJ)
best by, lot code, sell by, expiration codes and other identifying marks/ codes
10.4" colour LCD touch interface
Varies
BestCode 86 Continuous Inkjet Printer (CIJ) Print best by, lot code, sell by, expiration codes and other identifying marks/ codes Print speeds up to 1,500 ft/min Print 1-3 lines of text
10.4" colour LCD touch interface
Print 1-4 lines of text Varies
BestCode 88 Continuous Inkjet Printer (CIJ) Prints best by, lot code, sell by, expiration codes and other identifying marks/ codes Print speeds up to 1500 ft/min
Varies
above
or PM, Shift Codes, Bar Codes, Variety of Fonts, Logos 1GB storage CoPilot
Time & Date AM or PM, Shift Codes, Bar Codes, Variety of Fonts, Logos 1GB storage
ft/min .7" print height. Run up to two print heads from a controller.
Resolution
Two models available (ZT220 or ZT230); 203 or 300 dpi; direct thermal or thermal transfer Zebra ZT400 Series Label Printers
Two models available (ZT411 or ZT421); 203, 300 or 600 dpi; thermal-transfer or direct-thermal
Zebra ZT200 Series Label Printers Ideal for various applications: product ID/ serial labels, order picking/ packing labels, shipping/ receiving labels, compliance labels, asset-tracking labels Up to 6"/second Up to 4.09" wide
Ideal for various applications: product ID/ serial labels, order picking/ packing labels, shipping/ receiving labels, compliance labels, asset-tracking labels Up to 14"/second (ZT411); up to 12"/ second (ZT421) Up to 4" wide (ZT411); up to 6" wide (ZT421) Varies
Zebra ZT510 Series Label Printers Ideal for various applications: manufacturing (work-in-process labels), transportation (order picking/ packing labels), healthcare (laboratory labels), retail (shelf-labeling), government (asset-tracking labels)
ft/min 1.4" print height. Run up to two print heads from a controller. Variable Time & Date AM or PM, Shift Codes, Bar Codes, Variety of Fonts, Logos 1GB storage CoPilot
Variable Time & Date AM or PM, Shift Codes, Bar Codes, Variety of Fonts, Logos 1GB storage
ft/min 2.8" print height. Run up to two print heads from a single controller.
Resolution
Curing of ink on non-porous substrates Up to 35m /min depending on substrate *Dual head 40mm x 80mm or 20mm x 160mm Squid UV LED offers instant on / instant off curing; Standard bracketry allows Squid UV LED to mount directly to your existing manufacturing line; Adjustments are easily made with the simple-to-use touchscreen interface.
Squid UV LED Curing System
Permanent coding of text, time and date, bar codes, serial numbering and more; Quick and easy installation for both stationary and moving products; Easily fits into production environments where space is limited; Laser head can be rotated 90deg in less than 5 minutes; Scribing technology produces non-dot matrix, razor sharp marks on a variety of substrates; All-in-one design for fast installation and line changes; Ideal coding alternative where CIJ systems are not practical
Variable Time/Date AM or PM, Shift Codes, Bar Codes, Variety of Fonts, Logos, 1 GB of Storage
Greater than 120m/ min 50mm X 50mm175mm X 175mm
with/without tablet; one tablet may be used to communicate with multiple Streamline printers or other Squid Ink printing systems using Orion software platform; Font Matrix Configurations5x5, 7x5,
2.8” per printhead, up to 2 printheads
Up to 1,000 ft/min 0.07”0.59” (1.8mm
mark onto paper, cardboard, plastic, glass, wood, coated metal, leather, and more.
Permanently
SQ-Laser
Small character coding on a variety of substrates: porous, non-porous, smooth, textured, curved, concave and more
JetStream
1,000g and 1,000g3,000g Compact circular Granular, dry product; fits single and twin tube bagmakers No tools needed Ishida CCW-RV MICRO to 120 wpm <0g.01g to 40g 14 head Ultra-low target weights No tools needed
for various applications, such as mixing and blending. Can be paired with VFFS, HFFS or multiple point discharge packaging machinery
FlexLink’s high-performance production flow delivers results. Our solutions for the food and dairy industries are safe and modular with a one-week shorter ramp-up compared to the competition and reduced cleaning time by over 25%.
FlexLink’s food offer, including conveying solutions, handling functions and line control, lowers your total cost of deployment and increases your overall equipment effectiveness.
For more information call +1 888-748-8677 or email us at info.ca@flexlink.com.
INTELLIGRATED
Incline Transfer Conveyors
transportation and low-pressure accumulation Accumat Rollerless plastic-belted zero pressure accumulation V-belt live roller conveyor
Flexible configurations to transport product through curves, skews, merges and sorters Brake meter conveyor Control merge releases and provide consistent gaps between cartons at high speeds Casemat Modular plastic belt surface
A new super-compact vertical conveyor for handling small loads The Narrow Trak Spirals offer a significantly larger elevation change capacity than what is currently available in the small package marketplace. They are also a good alternative to side gripper conveyors because they can run at high speeds and do not need to be adjusted for varying product sizes.
6” or 9” wide nesting slats
Conveyors
Narrow Trak Spiral Conveyor
The load capacity is 75 lbs. per linear foot of conveyor for speeds up to 200 FPM. The total weight capacity in the spiral at any one time is 3600 lbs
The High Capacity Spiral can handle double the capacity of our regular spirals. They ship in one piece which drastically reduce the time and cost of installation. They are ideally suited for warehousing and order picking operations
High Capacity Spiral Conveyors 16" and 24" wide conveying surface
Wide Trak Spiral Spiral Conveyor 30” or 36” wide slats There are many features. benefits and options to the Ryson Spiral Conveyors. These spirals can handle a variety of load sizes, big and small with their 30” or 36” wide slats. The Wide Trak Spiral Conveyor can handle double the weight capacity of our standard spirals, and can provide an elevation change of up to 35 feet with only one drive
Multiple Entry and Exit Spiral Conveyors 16"36" Wide Slat Conveying Surface Allows loads to enter or exit the High Capacity Spirals and Wide Trak Spirals at intermediate elevations. This is a perfect application for multi-level warehousing and order picking operations. Loads can enter or exit the spirals at multiple elevations. This concept is also commonly used in applications where a single spiral is utilized for multiple production or packaging lines. Induction or Divert out ancillary motorized conveyor included
SEPTIMATECH GROUP INC. Septimatech Group Inc. Adjustable Guide Rails for conveyors to be installed on existing conveyors or new new conveyor Repeatable plus / minus 1 mm, Washdown Capable, Rapid Changeover with no Tools
SHAWPAK SYSTEMS LTD. Belt Conveyors To suit To suit application Stainless steel construction, sanitary design Chain Conveyors To suit As above As above Cooling Conveyors Up to 300 ft.L, 50 in.W Variable speed Auto on demand operation, manual indexing Metal Detector Conveyors To suit For use with all brands of metal detectors
Stainless steel construction, sanitary design with automated reject device Accumulation Tables 24, 36 & 48 in. rotary & table top Fixed & variable speed Stainless steel construction, sanitary design
STORCAN Storcan Table Top & Case Conveyors, ICS/RIONDE bulk conveyors & accumulation Silos
SUPERVAC MASCHINENBAU GMBH (in Canada: Reiser (Canada) Supervac GesmbH Various Automatic UNITRAK CORPORATION LIMITED TipTrak Bucket Elevators Various Continuous Interlocking buckets, operates horizontally & vertically. Powderflight Aeromechanical Conveyor
Non-continuous
Non-continous
throughput rate, dust-free conveying with a small footprint UniFlex Flexible Screw Conveyor
effective, reliable, portable conveyor with only one moving part KleanTrak Sanitary Vertical Conveyor varies Open design permits fast and easy in-place cleaning. FDA approved belt in a patented tensionless drive system. Fabricated from type 304 stainless steel. washdown duty drive, corrosion resistant bearings, optional portable base, CIP system, guarding, controls
container indexing conveyor easily integrates with any filling device and is designed for automatically indexing and filling rigid containers including clamshells, bottles, jars and cans.Adjustable guide railPneumatic indexing mechanismAC variable speed driveSensors for container positioningAir regulator, lubricator, and filterNo container-no fillAdjustable leveling pads304 Stainless steel frame
& Packaging, Concord, Ontario; Al-Pack, Moncton, New Brunswick)
Customized to suit required needs
WEBER MARKING SYSTEMS OF CANADA Weber Custom Conveyors Varies Varies
WEIGHPACK SYSTEMS INC. Bucket infeed, Cleated Infeed Various AC or DC drives Control box, level sensors Box indexing All sizes As above As above Bottle indexing,
LET US MAKE A TURNKEY
Bead and dot patterns, high-speed, superior accuracy and repeatablity
1.8 ms minimum on time with viscosity range of 1,000 to 5,000 cps
NORDSON CANADA, LIMITED e.dot+ Electric Guns Electric, high speed, accurate dot placement for labelling, coupons, pharma, specialty packaging
Compact, high-speed, quiet operation, exceptional service life E-400 Electric Guns Electric, high speed superior accuracy and repeatability <10ms minimum on time with viscosity range of 1,000 to 10,000 cps
Industry fastest, longest life
MiniBlue II Guns Pneumatic High speed, long life 2ms minimum on time with viscosity range of 500 to 5,000 cps
Intermittent patterns, contact or non-contact nozzles
PatternJet Plus Pneumatic, high speed applications requiring flexibility to change patterns, labeling 15ms minimum on time with viscosity range of 500 to 15,000 cps
Myritex seals for long life, EasyOn module mounting
15ms minimum on time with viscocity range of 5,000 cps
Perfect for products such as frozen foods, pastas, fresh produce, cheeses and meats.
Varies
Accurate dispensing of semi viscous products withor without particles
SolidBlue Hot Melt Dispensing Guns Pneumatic AO/AC and AO/SC styles
SureBead Reduced Cavity Hot Melt Dispensing Guns Pneumatic AO/AC and AO/SC styles
SureSeal Non-Contact Sift Proof Gun Electric. Eliminate product loss at seams; single or dual gun systems
Standard models can fill 1x2, 1x3, 2x2, 2x3 and 3x3 configurations. Additional configurations are available upon request. automatically filling multiple product from weighers fill zones and is easily integrated with automatic thermoforming machinery and tray indexing conveyors.
Depositor
PAXIOM Pocket
PEMBERTON & ASSOCIATES INC. Unifiller volumetric, piston kettle, hopper jars, bags, trays dependent on models
PINEBERRY MANUFACTURING INC. Pineberry HSF Series Friction Feeder Servo 1"x1" (25mm X 25mm) 28" wide Variable 8,000 inches per minute Servo drive, variable speeds and start/stop delays, product counting/accumulating, FDA design features.
Simple and dependable automation for product counting and accumulating, and PLC or sensor controlled for easy integration into other machinery.
Variable 8,000 inches per min
8,000 inches per minute Vertical or Horizontal, Non-Proprietary Electronic Components, Touch Screen Display, FDA Design, Real-Time Performance Data, Get Information from a Smartphone App, Variable Speed and Start/Stop Delays
Stepper motor and drive 2.5" x 2.5" (63.5 mm x 63.5 mm) 20" wide
Pineberry SF Series Friction Feeder
EUROSTAR SRL (in Canada: Newmapak Ltd.) Eurostar Model MEC ISO
ings, Gourmet food, Baby food and Compote, Food oil, Liquid and Paste-like candies
HDPE, Glass, Cans
HDPE, Glass, Cans
Lengths to 100 g Ishida TSC-RS seal checker Snacks, candy,nuts, non-foods Various 50-330mm W, 100650mm L, 15-123mm thick to 150 bpm Ishida Inspira Snack Bagmaker Snack foods Any type of laminated
KLIKLOK LLC ® A SYNTEGON COMPANY (in Canada: Jeff Downer, Charles Downer & Co., Richmond Hill, Ontario) Woodman Apache Bakery, Cereal, Nuts, Pasta, Candy, Powder
films 6" x 8"13" x 24" 35 PPM CAM CV320B-S3 dry goods, snack food, pet food, coffee, tea, baked goods, hardware, nutritional products, confectionary Roll stock, heat sealable film W50-150mm x L50-90mm
and
Various Up to 600 min
Horizontal form fill and sealing machines Wide range of pouch formats Simplex duplex triplex quadruplex available
EFFYTEC (in Canada: Abbey Equipment Solutions)
Effytec HP Series ® HP-10, HP-14, HP-15, HP-16, HP-20, HP-26, HP-32, HP-40 Suitable for a wide range of products from powders, granulated, tablets, liquids, pasty and solid.
Horizontal form, fill, sealing machines Wide range of pouch formats Simplex, duplex, triplex and quadruplex machine
Suitable for a wide range of products from powders, granulated, tablets, liquids, pasty and solid.
Effytec ® GP Series ® GP-32, GP-38, GP-40
Horizontal form, fill, sealing machines Wide range of pouch formats Simplex and duplex machines
Effytec ® GPC-60, GPIC60, GPIC Suitable for a wide range of products from powders, granulated, tablets, liquids, pasty and solid.
FORMOST FUJI CORPORATION (in Canada: Abbey Equipment Solutions)
Alpha VI Wrappers Varies Varies Varies
Formost Fuji Corp. FW-3400 Series Horizontal Wrapper 15-500+ per minutes
Formost Fuji ® Horizontal Alpha 8 Flow Wrapper Bakery, Processed Foods, Produce, Pharma-medical, crackers, cookies, bagels Bag form, fill, seal machine Various size available Range of speeds available
Formost Fuji ® Horizontal CX II Flow Wrapper Bakery, Processed Foods, Produce, Pharma-medical, crackers, cookies, bagels Bag form, fill, seal machine Various size available Range of speeds available
GEA VERTICAL FLOW PACKAGING SOLUTIONS (in Canada: Abbey Equipment Solutions)
GEA Food Solutions SmartPacker CX 250/400 Pillow, Zipper, Quatro Seal. Stand-up, Envelope, Bags Heat Seal and Poly 80x80 to 400x550 Up to
provides clog-free operation and easy nozzle changes for different applications
NORDSON CANADA, LIMITED ProBlue 4, 7 and 10 Liter Melters Case sealing, tray-making, cartoning packaging, labelling Piston pump, Auto guns 4 to 8 guns 4.3kg/hr
Packaging, case sealing, cartoning, traymaking Piston pump, Auto guns, 8 guns 18.1kg./hr
ProBlue 15, 30 and 50 Liter Melters
4.7kg/hr, 12.5kg/hr, 20kg/hr
Spur-Gear Pumps Auto or manual guns 2 to 4 guns
Case sealing, cartoning, traymaking packaging
AltaBlue TT Melters 4, 10 and 16 Liter Melters
Metering Spur-Gear pumps Auto 2, 4 or 6 guns 14kg/hr, 25kg/ hr, 50kg/hr
Case sealing, cartoning, traymaking, packaging, labeling
VersaBlue 12, 25 and 50 Liter Melters
SureFoam Dispensing System Case sealing, cartoning, traymaking, packaging Retrofit to existing or new Nordson adhesive melters, 1 gun
L As above
TRIANGLE PACKAGE MACHINERY CO. (in Canada: Link-Pack, Terrebonne, QC)
Triangle B108 VFFS Cereal, Cheese, Coffee, Produce, IQF, Pasta, Poultry, Seafood, Snacks, Nuts, Free Flow Poly & Supported Bag widths up to 8" (208 mm) 140 bags/min.
Triangle XYS08 VFFS Candy, Coffee, Grains, Produce, Nuts and Snacks, Powder Poly and Supported Bag widths from 2.5" (64mm) 8" (208 mm) 150 bags/minute
Triangle BT08 VFFS Snacks, nuts, free flow Poly and Supported Bag widths up to 8" (208 mm) 240 bags/min.
Model XYRJ IQF products, meat, poultry, seafood, grains, cereal, snacks Poly and Laminated Up to 15" W Up to 120/min.
and
Patented and unique vacuum arch which enables our systems to run the thinnest film in the industry (down to 1.4mil or 35micron or 0.035mm)
Up to 30 parts per minute
Up to 240m x 150mm
Heat seal Direct Food Contact
Film width in mm: 28, BOPP, Kraft Paper, PLA
Custom automation to meet your needs
Up to 80 parts per minute
Up to 320m x 200mm
All types: Cartons, envelopes, graphic and printing, tubs, cans, thermoformed trays, etc.
Heat seal
Film width in mm: 28, BOPP, Kraft Paper, PLA
Process the thinnest material on the market, do not need liners/backing paper and do not use adhesives.
Up to 40 parts per minute
Up to 400m x 250mm
Heat seal various
BOPP, Kraft Paper, PLA
Film width in mm 28, 40, 48, 60, 75, 100, 125, 150
Stainless Series
Custom arch sizing to meet your needs.
Up to 30 parts per minute
Up to 480m x 300mm
Print/graphic Products
Heat seal
BOPP, Kraft Paper, PLA
Film width in mm: 28, 40, 48, 60, 75, 100, 120, 150
Series
Bundling
custom automation to stack and band products as needed for various retail customers.
Thermoform, vacuum seal, top seal, direct food contact and various other methods. Up to 960mm x 700mm Up to 65+ bundles per minute
Heat seal
BOPP, Kraft Paper, PLA
Film width in mm: 28, 40, 48, 60, 75, 90, 100, 125, 150.
Automated Stacking & Banding Equipment
Varies We offer automatic adhesive labelers for bottles, jars, cans, tubes, containers, caps, tax stamps, cartons and cases
Varies Top, front & back, caps, full body, tamper-evident sleeving, side etc. Varies Varies
CANAPA SOLUTIONS Automatic adhesive labelers
any rollstock
with enhanced, effective seal and label inspection capabilities. Integrates easily with other equipment on your processing line, remote, live-viewing monitoring capability, IP69K washdown-tough design
Dye Based Inkjet Printer
Cost-effective solution to fast, reliable pressure-sensitive labeling; features a small footprint, yet employs a highly-accurate wipe-on method of application
Up to 164 feet/minute, dependent on label size, product sizes and conveyor speed
High-speed labeling system with modular construction, that can be configured in a variety of models to handle multiple speeds and label sizes
Up to 500 feet/minute, dependent on label size, product sizes and conveyor speed
Small footprint and cost-effective solution to fast, reliable non-contact pressure-sensitive labeling
Up to 164 feet/minute, dependent on label size, product sizes and conveyor speed
Portable wrap-around labeler with the efficiency and mobility for small production runs; made of 304 stainless steel and anodized aluminum
Up to 52.5 feet/minute, dependent on label size, product sizes and conveyor speed
Fully automatic labeler with exceptional speed, flexibility and dependability; made of 304 stainless steel and anodized aluminum
Up to 131.2 feet/minute, dependent on label size, product sizes and conveyor speed
Varies
Varies
Wipe-on
Pressure sensitive, die-cut
From 0.4"x0.75" to 6"x11.8", depending on application
Labelling
Weber Alpha Compact Label Applicator
Varies
Varies
Wipe-on
Pressure sensitive, die-cut
From 0.39"x0.39" to 12.5"x78.7", depending on application
Weber Alpha HSM Label Applicator
From 1.96"x1.78" to 4.7"x6.3", depending on application Pressure sensitive, die-cut
Alpha TampBlow Label Applicator
sensitive, die-cut
Pack Leader ELF-50 Wrap Around Label Applicator Up to 4.75"x11.8"
sensitive, die-cut
to 6"x11.8"
Pack Leader PL-501 Wrap Around Label Applicator
system, multi shape
cpm
(38-165mm)
2"-14" (50-360mm)
1"-11" (25280mm)
Front/back/ neck/shoulder/ top seal As above As above H: 2"-16" (50-405mm) D: 1"-8" (25203mm) 30-300 cpm Up to 6 stations, and security
Weber carries a complete inventory of more than 100 blank label sizes and styles to meet a wide variety of thermal-transfer or direct-thermal labeling applications Weber Custom Labeling Systems
Weber provides custom-integrated labeling solutions that are uniquely designed, engineered and built to streamline specific product identification needs and operationswe provide equipment, labels, software and service for a complete and accurate labeling system
High-speed, variable height, print-apply systems makes it easy to print and apply labels to various height boxes quickly and efficiently
Up to 40 labels/ minute; dependent on label size, product size and conveyor speed
/ Rectangular H: 2"-14" (50-360mm) D: 1.5"-4.5" (40-120mm) 50-1000 cpm Very high speed, hot melt
From 1.9"x1.5" to 4.7"x7.8", depending on application; significantly larger or smaller labels are possible with special dispensing heads
LA-6000 Variable-Height Print & Apply
ML 68/74 Rotary Cold glue/pressure sensitive 1"-6" (20-160mm) Front/back/ neck/shoulder/ top
Weber is a leading manufacturer and supplier of pressure-sensitive labels to provide the finest in RFID smart labels; called SmartTrak Weber Special Purpose Labels
Weber prints a variety of special-purpose labels including coupon labels, game-piece labels, security labels, booklet labels, lumber tags labels ... and much more!
RFID Smart Labels
Custom Labels
Using flexographic or digital printing presses, Weber designs and manufactures eye-catching package labels Thermal-Transfer Printer Ribbons
Varies Varies Our ribbons operate with a wide variety of label printers including Zebra, Datamax, Sato and printer-applicators; ribbons formulated to print high-density bar codes, text and graphics Ink
Weber offers a variety of quick to immediate dry inks; multiple colours available and a number of specialty fluids for unique applications Weber Durable Labels
Weber's line of durable film label materials are specifically designed to maximize long term performance of labels on products that need heavy-duty labels that last, including: tools, automotive parts, warning signs, consumer electronics
High-quality label printing, precise label application, unprecedented modularity and 24/7 reliabilityall at an affordable price.
corner-wrap, dual-label and electric tamp-blow Varies Varies Dependent on label size, product size and conveyor speed
Economical and versatile in-line system that combines high-quality label printing and reliable tamp-blow or swing-tamp application that ensures fast, accurate pressure-sensitive labeling.
Dependent on label size, product size and conveyor speed
Varies
Varies
Tamp-blow or swing-tamp
Pressure sensitive, die-cut
From 0.625"x0.625" to 6"x6", depending on application
Weber 4300 Print & Apply
Simultaneous Multi-Frequency Operation, Broad Spectrum Frequency Transmission, ARM Processors: Multiple Channel Signal Processing, 100% Detection Sensitivity Increase, Noise Immunity Structure. Cost effective alternative to x-ray.
World's First Divergent Field Technology to use multiple field directions, Improved detection of ultra-thin contaminants, Simultaneous Multi-Frequen
cy Operation, Broad Spectrum Frequency Transmission, ARM Processors: Multiple Channel Signal Processing, 100% Detection Sensitivity Increase, Noise Immunity Structure, Single Pass Product “Learn”, Automatic Product Tracking, Contact Reporter Software Included
Customized to achieve superior results in pumped applications. Hygienic design supports sanitation processes and quick disassembly function permits easy cleaning. Heavy-duty IP69K rated construction. Stainless steel and Delrin high pressure pipe configurations ensure long-term resilience and stability in meat processing applications. Available diverter valve reject device accurately removes contaminated product from the flow, minimizing product waste and preventing costly recalls.
Various Single frequency cancels environmental interference, continuous self-cali
plate, air blast Conveyor system for THS detectors, integrated controls CEIA
bration, auto learn, IP69K washdown CEIA THS/21E
Economical single & three frequency models, continuous self-calibration, auto learn, IP69K washdown CEIA THS/RB-800
possible Various 800mm long, Slim-line metal detector integrated with conveyor, controls
IP66 rating, certified with full IQ/OQ/PQ documentation, 7" color touchscreen, Auto-Learn, DDS vector display
Lift-flap, diverter, wash-in-place, dust tight
Signal only IP69K rating, Variable Frequency Technology, 7" color touchscreen, Auto-Learn, DDS vector display
IP69K rating, Variable Frequency Technology, 7" color touchscreen, Auto-Learn, DDS vector display
Sealed valve, cowbell
IP69K rating, Variable Frequency Technology, 7" color touchscreen, Auto-Learn, DDS vector display
IP69K rating, Variable Frequency Technology, 7" color touchscreen, Auto-Learn, DDS vector display
LOMA SYSTEMS, AN ITW COMPANY
IQ4 Lock-PH Pharmaceutical Metal Detector
IQ4 Waferthin Metal Detector
IQ4 Vertical Fall Metal Detector
IQ4 Pipeline Metal Detector ARI, ARU or ARL valve
Stop on detect, pusher, air-blast (single or dual nozzle)
Pusher, air-blast (single or dual nozzle), retracting band IP66 rating, fully integrated machine with single color touchscreen
Quick-ship, IP69K rating, Variable Frequency Technology, 7" color touchscreen, Auto-Learn, DDS vector display
Belt-stop, Pusher, Air-blast (single nozzle)
Complete IP69K with no drying time needed, Variable Frequency Technology, 7" color touchscreen, Auto-Learn, DDS vector display
Stop on detect, pusher, air-blast (single or dual nozzle)
to
IQ4 Metal Detector Search Head
IQ4/CW3 Combination Metal Detector & Checkweigher System 5-75 m/min
IQ4 Flex Conveyor System 40-120 ft/min
IQ4 RUN-WET Metal Detector Conveyor
METTLER-TOLEDO INC. Safeline Rectangular Aperture Metal Detectors 20-350 ft min To suit Application Safeline Gravity Fall Metal Detection systems 400kg/hr -38,000 kg per hour To suit Application
Safeline Vertical Packaging Metal Detectors 150 cycles per minute or as per GF above To suit Application Safeline Pipeline Liquid Paste and Slurry Metal Detectors 20,000 lb/hr To suit Appli
Multi Frequency, on screen Vector diagrams and histograms. Power PhasePRO, LS and Select
in multiple and variable frequencies M33R Metal Detector Higher tuned frequency for extra flexibility & performance, enhanced stability for reduced false rejects
MULTIVAC CANADA 310 48/min Pusher, air blowing nozzle, diverter, hinged conveyor Reliable detection of all metals. Robust stainless steel.
From 0.25mm
Systems Up to 120mpm and 1500ppm Down to 0.2mm for FE, NonFE and SS, 0.8mm Glass, 1.25mm Ceramic, 1.5mm Calcified Bones, etc. Air Knife, Piston Arm, Drop Nose, Etc. Packaged or Raw Product Inspection: Automatic product inspection and rejection for: contaminants, check-weighing and defects. Patented MDX Dual Energy X-ray for unparalleled detection of low-density contaminants such as: plastic, rubber, bones, stones, glass, etc. EagleTrace Traceability Software. Can inspect randomly in-feed cases from multiple lines simultaneously using a barcode reader. Unmatched Canadian service and parts support from PLAN Automation.
FORTRESS
<0.14mm Various Never Obsolete; Parts, Service and software upgrades are Always available. Custom manufactured to suit any application. Data collection software included, with USB date transfer; suitable for HACCP compliance. Features include: Digital Signal Processing Technology, Ultra Sensitive Detection, Multiple Product Settings, Self Diagnostic Testing, Automatic Calibration, System Set-Up in Seconds, Flash Memory Stability, Multi-Level Password Protection.
>4000fpm
Various Never Obsolete; Parts, Service and software upgrades are always available. Custom manufactured to suit any application. Features include: Digital Signal Processing Technology, Ultra Sensitive Detection, Multiple Product Settings, Self Diagnostic Testing, Automatic Calibration, System Set-Up in Seconds, Rugged Casing and IP69K rated available.
<0.15mm
>4000fpm
Phantom
<0.15mm Diverter Superior protection for free-flowing gravity applications.
>4000fpm
Gravity System
<0.15mm Diverter Customized to achieve superior results in pumped applications.
>4000fpm
Pipeline System
Flap/Divert High speed contaminant detection in tablets and candy with power height adjustment
<0.15mm
Pharmaceutical >10,000pm
Software Make your Metal Detector a Critical Control Point, with Long Term Data Storage, Event Logging, On-Demand Customized Reporting, Compatible with all Fortress digital metal detectors, Detailed Live View function, Universal Data Format, HACCP Compatible, Data Sharing, Unlimited Users
Contact Communication
<0.5mm Various Custom built to suit the detector and the application; Vector Conveyors are manufactured from Stainless Steel and are suitable for harsh washdown environments. Choose from a variety of reject systems, belt sizes, belt configurations and sensors to maximize detector accuracy.
>300fpm
Vector Conveyor
<1.0mm Various The compact Vertex fits where other metal detectors can'ttypically between a Multihead Weigher and a VFFS machine (bagger)
>4000fpm
Vertex System
<1.5mm Various Superior detection in big bag applications. Achieves detection of 2.0mm Stainless Steel (316) in 50-100lb (25-50kg) bags of dry product and ferrous and non-ferrous metal as small as 1.5mm.
>4000fpm
Big Bag System
Laboratory >4000fpm <0.8mm Flap Gate Further examine rejected product from an in-line Large Bag or Gravity detec
tion system. Quickly filter out contaminants and reclaim good product. Halo Various Automatic Testing System; Provides automatic, accurate and consistent tests. Decreases manual testing frequency and machine downtime. System has impressive ROI.
Interceptor Metal Detectors improve stainless steel detection capabilities up to 100%, reducing waste and costly false rejects in challenging applications. Optimized for inspecting more difficult “wet” products such as meat, dairy and other conductive products, the Interceptor simultaneously analyzes multiple frequencies over a broad spectrum to clearly distinguish the signal generated by the product from any metal contaminants.
Renowned for their superior accuracy and reliability, Interceptor Metal Detectors act as essential Critical Control Points in HACCP systems, effectively identifying and rejecting potential contamination.
It’s important that your machine can stand the test of time and adapt to your packaging needs as your goals and strategies change. With Harpak-ULMA, you can experience the many faces of flexibility in packaging.
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Learn how we’re helping customers use augmented reality for remote support, training and maintenance.
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Beumer robotpac Up to 1900 bags/hr. CANAPA SOLUTIONS Z.ZAG robotic palletizer cases, trays, bags, and containers. Varies
CHARLES DOWNER & CO. LTD. Euroimpianti SKILLED All types of robotic palletizers various Robotic Systems Specialize in systems, over 100 in operation in Canada COLUMBIA OKURA (in Canada: Chisholm Machinery Sales Limited, Niagara Falls, ON) Columbia HL2200 Cases/Trays/Crates/ to 20 cpm High Level Infeed Modular, Flexible
Columbia Okura A1800 Cases, Trays, Gas, Pails... 4-Axis Articulated Arm 1800 picks/hour Single Source OEM Integration Columbia Okura Cases, Pails, Bags, ... Servo Driven Articulating Arm 5-40 upm (pattern dependent) Safety, Flexibility and Performance Columbia FL6200 Cases, Trays, Film Only to 60cs/min Floor Level Infeed Multi-Axis Servo Design
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of pulling vacuum and gas flushing with PLC/ HMI touchscreen controller, programmable recipes, lockable casters, stainless steel stand, numerous options and add-ons
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n Fully automatic Ross IN inline tray sealer
n High-speed production of lid-only and modified atmosphere packages.
n Reliable, high-quality seals virtually eliminate leakers, extending product freshness and shelf life.
n Uses preformed trays of almost any size or shape.
n Fast, highly flexible, and extremely easy to operate.
n Contact us for sample packages.
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Robotics can create more productive, competitive and profitable distribution centers. The smart flexible depalletizer adapts to pallet configurations without programming or intervention.
Maximum Temperature: 482ºF
(L) x 100mm (H) 3” (W) x 22.8” (L) x 3.9” (H); GS-100: Tunnel Opening: 100mm (W) x 580mm (L) x 150mm (H) 3.9” (W) x 22.8” (L) x 5.9” (H)
Temperature: 400ºF,Power: 3 Phase 240/480V 50/60Hz Motor: AC 1/2
various stacking arrangements.
ES-200 Variety, manufactured goods industries including food and beverage, pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, health and beauty, consumer goods, and chemical products Tunnel Dimensions: 200mm (W) x 1500mm (L) x 350mm (H) 7.9” (W) x 59” (L) x 13.8” (H)
Temperature: 482ºF; Power: 220V/1PH/5.0kW; Dual Heat Banks; VFD Air Control
(L) x 23.6” (H); Tunnel Opening: 100mm (W) x 580mm (L) x 150mm (H) 3.9” (W) x 22.8” (L) x 5.9” (H) Maximum Temperature: 482ºF; Power: 220V/1PH/5.0kW; Dual Heat Banks; VFD Air Control
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Dimensions: 1000mm (W) x 1500mm (L) x 16001900mm (H) 39.3” (W) x 59” (L)
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PHOENIX WRAPPERS (in Canada: Doverco, Montreal, Quebec; Doverco, Toronto, Ontario; CP Packaging, Delta, British Columbia; CP Packaging, Calgary, Alberta;
Systems Inc., Mississauga, Ontario;
and
Standard with 2' extended base (SML-EXT) ® Oversized
loaded with
Forklift portable from both ends (excluding SMH-SPL)Up to 8,000 lb load weight
Heavy Duty High Profile Turntable Stretchwrappers SMART ® Octagonal (SMH-150) Split-base (SMH-SPL) ® Standard (SMH-200) ® Extra heavy-duty (SMH-HVY)
Heavy Duty Free Standing Rotary Arm Stretchwrappers: WRT-100, WRT-150, WRT-175, WRT-200
Up to 25-35 lph Power Roller Stretch™, 200% pre stretch, E-Z Thread® Roll Carriage, Variable (electrical) wrapping force, Intelli-Sensor®
Round cylindrical mandrelCutter assemblySingle timing screw unitPhoto eye for registered cuttingLabel brush down deviceSingle roll unwind and tension control
As
73.5"x80"Hx5000lbs Up to 30-40lph Power Roller Stretch™, 250% pre-stretch, E-Z Thread® Roll Carriage, Variable (electrical) wrapping force, Intelli-Sensor® Q-300XT As above
Cutter assemblySingle timing screw unitPhoto eye for registered cuttingLabel brush down deviceDual roll unwind system and tension controlThermal transfer overprinter
Round cylindrical mandrel
Up to 30-40lph Power Roller-Stretch Plus™, 200% pre-stretch, E-Z Thread® Roll Carriage, Variable (electrical) wrapping force, Intelli-Sensor®
PHOENIX WRAPPERS (in Canada: Doverco, Montreal, Quebec; Doverco, Toronto, Ontario; CP Packaging, Delta, British Columbia; CP Packaging, Calgary, Alberta;
Inc., Mississauga, Ontario; Progressive Systems & Packaging, Concord, Ontario; Al-Pack, Moncton, New Brunswick)
Length: 30mm
200mm 50-500 cpmMultiple dancer in feed tension controlFin-and-bullet mandrel for cylindrical containersPhoto-eye sensor for registered cuttingInterchangeable cutting assembly in one of S/M/L sizesTiming screw assembly with VFD controlled from HMILine control photo sensorsBrush-down assemblyInnovative servo mechanism, PLC and HMIDual-roll label feeding unwinderMotorized height adjustmentDiagnostic Software = easy troubleshootingThermal transfer overprinter
PAXIOM Bingo Bagger for large wicket bags Designed for applications that do not require sealing to integrate with an existing sealer or locking device, the Bingo Bagger premade wicket pouch bagging machine automatically pulls a vacuum and/or gas flush at the sealing station.
or automated operation,
Intermittent Large seal widths, PLC/HMI touchscreen control, Programmable recipes and cycles, Stainless Steel Constructions, Options & Add-Ons
Continuous Continuous Motion Band Sealer capable of pulling vacuum and gas flushing with PLC/ HMI touchscreen controller, programmable recipes, lockable casters, stainless steel stand, numerous options and add-ons
REISER (CANADA) CO. Repak All industry standards Various Both Rugged. Versatile. Reliable. Supervac Laminate, film, shrink film, Aluminum Various Intermittent Ergonomic design. Small footprint. Superior package seals. Variovac All Industry Standards Various Both Rugged. Versatile. Reliable. Ross Tray Sealers Preformed trays & heat sealable lid films Various Intermittent Rugged. Versatile. Reliable.
SIPROMAC Sipromac 300 All heat sealable bags 1x19x7"
Intermittent Table top, Busch pump, air regulator, soft air, electrical cut-off, stand voltage Sipromac 350 As above 1x19x7" As above Table top, Busch pump as flush, stand, voltage, electric cut-off, soft air, air regulator
2x12.5x5" As above As above
380 As above
Sipromac
400 As above 2x19.5x9.5" As above Single chamber, Busch pump, air reg., soft air, elec. cut-off
Sipromac
Double chamber, floor model, Busch pump, gas flush, knife cut-off, soft air, air regulator Double chamber, Busch pump, gas flush, air, regulator, soft air, electric cut-off, Bi-active sealing
Sipromac 600A As above 4.25 ht 8" or 12"
STEELNOR / INVENTURE ENGINEERING & MACHINERY (in Canada: Plan Automation, Orangeville, Ontario; Accent Packaging, Langley British Columbia; Arranti Packaging, Campbellville, Ontario; ArtyPac Automation, Laval, Quebec; Firing Industries, Niagara on the Lake, Ontario) SteelNor Vacuum / Gas Flush Attachment Barrier Film Bags, wet or dry products Stainless Steel Dip Tube Intermittent depending on vacuum level All pneumatic including control logic
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High-Quality and Reliable Equipment Solutions
Abbey Equipment Solutions is a Canadian based company with 30 years’ experience in the Food & Beverage and Cannabis industry. We have strategically sourced manufacturing partners of high-quality and reliable equipment to best serve our customers needs. With Abbey Equipment’s mixture of options from packaging, inspection, and processing equipment to our integrated mechanical solutions, we’ve got you covered. We can provide you with stand alone equipment options to fully integrated turnkey project solutions all supported by our local service team.
Up to 30 parts per minute
Up to 960mm x 700mm
Plastic or Paper Band. Film width: 28, 40, 48, 60, 75, 100 and 120mm
All types: Cartons, envelopes, graphic and printing, tubs, cans, thermoformed trays, etc.
Arch Size Systems
Wrapping Custom
750 mm, 1000 mm, 1250 mm, 1250 mm, 1750 mm "High speed double vision" system which analyses 100% of the surface of each product.
LAKE
BRADMAN
Vision Inspection
Versatile machines with variants for round, square and rectangular products up to 200 packs / minute FT120 Flow wrapper High Speed servo-driven flow wrapper achieving up to 1200 packs / minute. FT130 BOE ® Biscuit "on edge" flow wrapper
Derivative of the FT120 flow wrapper for biscuits on edge.
S2000/S2000S/S3000 Roll Wrapper
maximum web width of 15.5" or 400mm up to 100 packages per minute
maximum web width of 18" or 450mm up to 200 packages per minute
maximum web width of 25.6" or 650mm up to 180 packages per min
maximum web width of 19.6” or 500mm. up to 100 packages per minut
RAYNBOW is a hexa-chromatic machine equipped with NIR (Near InfraRed) technology for Visible Color analysis. Raynbow can have a palette reject system with electro-pneumatic or air activation using electrically controlled ejection valves.
High production capacity. Enables selection of large quantities of product in little time. Capacity depending on belt width (Up to 40 t/h, Up to 50 t/h, Up to 70 t/h, Up to 10000 t/h t/h, Up to 1
Vision
CANAPA SOLUTIONS
SleekWrapper 40 affordable compact flow wrapper THC and CBD ediblescandy, chocolates, mints and gummies.
SleekWrapper 45 high-speed packaging machine THC and CBD ediblescandy, chocolates, mints and gummies.
SleekWrapper 65 for large packages THC and CBD ediblescandy, chocolates, mints and gummies.
SleekWrapper I-65 inverted servo-driven horizontal wrapper THC and CBD ediblescandy, chocolates, mints and gummies.
Guided by our powerful UNYCO software. The vibratory shaker built in the machine conveys the product to a vertical chute ensuring a consistent trajectory. Based on belt width96 ejection valves, 192 ejection valves, 288 ejection valves. 600 mm vision width, 1200 mm vision width, 1800 mm vision width Curiosity is the first optical sorting machine born to achieve the totally hygienic compliance according to the EHEDG guidelines. Curiosity is a Deca-Chromatic machine. Characteristics; Totally hygienic design, ESB-Technology tape, Fastest tape-change, Best optical resolution, Decaray light, 2Way3Way smart jet, Hanging screen, Secured vision area, IP68 protection.
SleekWrapper HSA highspeed flow wrapper with integrated product aligner THC and CBD ediblescandy, chocolates, mints and gummies. Varies Up to 250 pieces per min
CIMA-PAK CORPORATION Mail Bag Polybagger polyethylene 15x9.8x.75" up to 25 pm Continua Plexi Polybagger polyethylene 16.5X11.8X1.25" up to 50 pm
SPRAY is an Octa-Chromatic machine equipped with the following technologies: NIR (Near InfraRed) technology; Visible Color analysis, Chlorophyll analysis, Translucency analysis, Shape analysis. 176 Ejector Valves 1082 mm Spray is an optical sorting machine with the highest resolution cameras to examine the product on the conveyor belt. The system is used to check whole or cut agro-food products: Fruit and Vegetables. Disposes of colour defects, marked produce and foreign bodies also the same colour as the good product.
Range of speeds available
Various product sizes and types
FORMOST FUJI CORPORATION (in Canada: Abbey Equipment Solutions) Alpha VI Wrappers Varies Varies Varies Formost Fuji Corp. Alpha Series horizontal wrapping equipment Formost Fuji ® Horizontal Alpha 8 Flow Wrapper All equipment is stainless steel contructionFW3400, FW3410, FW3700, FW3710, FW3400BSB, FW3410BSB, FW3400B, FW3410B, FW3700B, FW3710B Bag form, fill, seal machine
Discovery is an Octa-Chromatic machine equipped with the following technologies: NIR (Near InfraRed) technology, Visible Color analysis, Chlorophyll analysis, Translucency analysis, Shape analysis. 288 Ejection Valves. 1771 mm Discovery is equipped with an air reject system with 288 electrically controlled ejection valves. Single ejection system, or in 3Way mode, can have two reject systems that differentiate unusable produce from defects considered second choice.
Various product sizes and types
Formost Fuji ® Horizontal CX II Flow Wrapper FW3400/3410 CX II FW3400B/3410BCX II Bag form, fill, seal machine
Range of speeds available Formost Fuji ® High Speed Horizontal Flow Wrapper FW3410VX Bag form, fill, seal machine Flexible Packaging, specifically designed for various product types Range of speeds available GEA VERTICAL FLOW PACKAGING SOLUTIONS (in Canada: Abbey Equipment Solutions) GEA Aquarius
1250 mm Rayfly is an optical sorting machine with high resolution sensors that examine the product using the "high speed double vision system" to analyze 100% of the surface of each product.
Ejection channel dimensions 25mm. Equipped with a palette waste reject system with electro-pneumatic drive.
1082 mm The diameter of the extractor nozzles always vary based on the size of the particles of product from a minimum of 8 mm to a maximum of 25 mm. Typhoon can be equipped with a single ejector system or can have two reject systems to select fine and diced pulp.
Multi-frequency sorter DIONYSOS automatically removes all contaminants from the inlet stream and ensure the top quality grapes to the wine process, up to a capacity of 12 ton/hour.
minute
Speed
Package Size
® Gravity Sorter ® Raynbow
Vision
Raytec
® Curiosity High production capacity. Enables selection of large quantities of product in little time.
® Spray Up to 10 t/h, inspection belt speed 120-150 m/min
Raytec
® Belt Sorter
Vision
Raytec
® Belt Sorter
® Discovery Up to 18 t/h, inspection belt speed 120-240 m/min
Up to 80 t/h, inspection belt speed 120-150 m/min Rayvolution is an Octa-Chromatic machine equipped with the following technologies: NIR (Near InfraRed) technology, Visible Color analysis, Translucency analysis, Shape analysis.
Raytec Vision ® Belt Sorter
Raytec Vision ® Belt Sorter
44 Ejection Palettes 1082 mm The system is used to check peeled and unpeeled tomatoes. Raytec
® Rayvolution
® Belt Sorter ® Rayfly Up to 2000 kg/h, feeder belt speed 90 m/min RAYFLY is a Penta-Chromatic machine equipped with NIR (Near InfraRed) technology and Chlorophyll analysis for very accurate detection of foreign bodies in the products with natural high chlorophyll content (lettuce, green beans).
Octa-Chromatic machine equipped with the following technologies: NIR (Near InfraRed) technology, Visible Color analysis, Translucency analysis. Equipped with a reject system with vacuum extractor. Reject system can be equipped with 64, 88, 128 or 176 extractor nozzles.
Capacity Up to 18 t/h, Up to 15 t/h, Up to 10 t/h, Up to 5 t/h. Inspection belt speed 90 m/min
Raytec Vision
Capacity Up to 12 t/h, Sorting conveyor speed 100-160 m/min Powered by the BLUEIGHT technology. Double Rejection System (air jet + air jet) the DIONYSOS can be configured as a 3WAY sorter 1081 mm
Materials
® Typhoon
® Belt Sorter
Raytec Vision
® Belt Sorter
® DIONYSOS (grape inspection for wine)
Wrapping
Maker & Model Products
ALEX E. JONES & ASSOCIATES LTD.
BW Flexible Systems ® Hayssen ® RT Series Cheese, Pharma, Bakery
Laminate, Barrier Film Varies dependent on product Up to 200ppm BW Flexibe Systems ® Rose Forgrove ® Integra Series HFFSSnack, Confectionary, IQF, Bakery, Pharma, Grain, Powders Laminate, Polyethylene Varies dependent on product Up to 150ppm BW Flexible Systems ® Rose Forgrove ® Merlin Blue HFFSSnack, Confectionary, IQF, Bakery, Pharma, Grain, Powders Laminate, Polyethylene Varies dependent on product Up to 200ppm SP Thermoforming Various Products Laminate, Barrier, Poly, Tyvek, Shrink Film Up to 24" x 10" x 4" deep Up to 20 cycles per minute.
BANDALL CANADA INC. BA48/30 ® Arch Size: 480m x 300mm All types: Cartons, envelopes, graphic and
® Arch Size: 960m x 350mm All types: Cartons, envelopes, graphic and printing, tubs, cans, thermoformed trays, etc. Plastic or Paper Band. Film width: 28, 40, 48, 60, 75, 100 and 120mm Up to 960m x 350mm Up to 30 parts per minute
BA96/35
Benefits Of Reducing Guide Rail Changeover Times
By Stephanie Takacs, Marketing Specialist Motion Control Solutions at Regal Rexnord
Introduction
Conveyors for filling and packaging products are usually designed for one product size, with little room for variation. Changes in demand and container sizes pose challenges for operations teams.
As manufacturers introduce new products, they typically want to test-run them on existing lines, since it is expensive and challenging to purchase and set up a new conveyor. More product variation means more line changeovers per shift, day or week.
Both the frequency of changeovers and the size of the line can impact how long the conveyor adjustment takes — and how long the line is inactive.
COVID-19 has rapidly changed the buying habits of consumers. With more people staying home, the demands for cans, bottles and containers have increased.
All of this means that faster changeovers — with proper social distancing practices implemented — are more critical than ever. Companies can benefit from the speed and safety of these changeovers, especially to increase product output and conveyor line efficiency.
Cost Of Improper Guide Rail Adjustment
A plant crew needs to be able to quickly and repeatedly adjust their railings for proper product handling. This often requires manually adjusting the guide rails. The maintenance team must loosen the hardware, adjust the rail position, measure for the proper clearance, re-tighten the hardware, and repeat this process with each bracket. The larger the line, the longer it takes. These manual setups rely on the individual to accurately measure the clearance, but this process introduces the risk of human error.
It’s not a tired cliché to say time is money. Each minute down for a changeover means lost production revenue and incurring the cost of needed labor. If the guide rails are not adjusted properly, packages or bottles can fall over and break. These damaged containers may result in product loss and compromised sanitation.
Guide Rail Adjustment Options
Some guide rail options include adjustable brackets that utilize a mechanical system, such as a rotating wheel or crank. This setup moves the brackets at the same time. Although this option is repeatable, it can be expensive and difficult to retrofit on an existing line.
Pneumatic systems are another option. These systems do not require tools to adjust the rails, and curved and straight sections can be moved simultaneously. However, these options come with significant upfront costs and require highly skilled mechanics in order to maintain them. They are also difficult to retrofit.
But Regal Rexnord offers a third solution, one that eliminates the need for tools and allows for repeatable adjustments. The System Plast® SpeedSet™ bracket solution is easy to retrofit on existing lines. The design’s spring cartridge assembly is installed into a bracket which attaches to the conveyor line. These brackets are fitted with spacers to hold multiple guide rail positions. This configuration drastically reduces the time to adjust the guide rails: simply slide in the spacer for quick and consistent adjustments.
Calculating Savings
With the use of SpeedSet brackets, Regal Rexnord helped a beverage production facility decrease its changeover time. The production line, which was filling 800 containers per minute, needed to accommodate three different container sizes three times per week. It had been taking two workers nine hours each week to perform the changeovers.
As a result of switching to SpeedSet brackets, the plant saw an uptime increase of 10% and a reduction in changeover time per week from 9 to 1.5 hours. Their calculated efficiency improvement enabled increased production, which equated to $1.7M more revenue annually, along with reductions in labor costs and product loss.
Know Your Options
As straightforward as a guide rail change may seem, options must be weighed. A facility that has the right technology in place to maximize changeover efficiency can realize time and money savings and improve productivity, all of which are increasingly important in these unique times.
For more information on the SpeedSet adjustment system, please visit https://regalrexnord.com/speedset
Standard adjustable brackets
Pneumatic system
Mechanical system
SpeedSet™ bracket system
detector, 210 watt Output, HD Imaging, auto set-up w/ variable power, IP66 Compliance, Air Conditioning
Various, as required Up to 390mm wide and 220mm tall Dual Energy system for Bone Detection in meat and poultry
Anritsu ® XR75 DualX X-Ray 40 meters per minute
Anritsu's Advanced Long Life design, low power and up to 1/2 the operating cost of conventional X-Ray machines
0.6-0.8mm
0.5-0.7mm x 2mm long Glass 2.0-3.0mm Bone (red meat) 2.0-3.0mm Bone (poultry-application dependent) See DualX/Pipeline Stone
Various as required Products up to 600mm wide and 350mm tallInspect For products in large cartons, cases and bags. Suitable for the inspection of raw materials in receiving process as well as products in shipment process.
Up to 50 meters per minute
Anritsu ® XR75 Packaged Product X-Ray
Anritsu ® Large model [XR75 series] X-Ray Inspection
Non-contact inspection of plastic and paperboard containers
0.5-0.7mm x 2mm long Glass
2.0-3.0mm Stone (red meat)
Various as required Metal 0.6-0.8mm Wire
Up to 100 meters per minute
Anritsu ® XR75 Side View X-Ray
2.0-3.0mm Virtual Weighing Yes Missing Item, Fill Level Yes
Anritsu ® Bulk Fresh Food X-Ray Inspection System Wide range of speeds available HD Imaging Detects a FE sphere and SUS sphere as small as 0.3 mm dia., and a SUS wire of 0.2 mm dia. X 2 mm long.
ANRITSU INFIVIS XR75 Pipe Seriss Up to 12,000 pounds per hour Ball Valve 2", 3" and 4" models For pipeline inspection of meat, poultry, sauces and preserves
Wrapping cookies, snacks, pet treats, chocolates, candy, gummies, bread, muffins, frozen foods, single serve foods, soap, home goods, detergents, vegetables, fruits and more. maximum web width of 15.5" or 400mm. up to 100 packages per minute
or
SleekWrapper 45/65 Wrapping cookies, snacks, pet treats, chocolates, candy, gummies, bread, muffins, frozen foods, single serve foods, soap, home goods, detergents, vegetables, fruits and more.
Wrapping blocks of cheese, loose herbs, fruits, vegetables, tortillas, meal kits, hardware, home goods, masks, baked goods, sandwiches, sticky, difficult to move products and more.
2.0-3.0mm Virtual Weighing Yes Missing Item, Count, Broken Product Yes Non contact inspection of lightweight products
Metal 0.6-0.8mm Wire
0.5-0.7mm x 2mm long Glass
2.0-3.0mm Bone (red meat)
2.0-3.0mm Bone (poultry-application dependent) See DualX/Pipeline Stone
Various as required
ANRITSU INFIVIS XR75 Curtain-less up to 100 meters per minute
2.76 in. 70 mm IP69K, open-frame design including sloped surfaces, sealed welds and sealed hygienic belting for thorough drainage and cleanability. Smallest detection of bone fragments in the market.
CANTRELL GAINCO Cantrell-Gainco DualX X-Ray Reject/Rework System Protein Bone Inspection, single or dual lane product flow. Product
EAGLE PI Pack 720 RMI Up to 120mpm and 1500ppm Air Knife, Piston Arm, Drop Nose, Etc. Up to 729mm in Width and 335mm in Height Raw Meat Product Inspection: Automatic product inspection and rejection for: contaminants, check-weighing and defects. TRUE 3rd party rated AMI rated sanitary construction cleanable to a micro-biological level. Patented MDX Dual Energy X-ray for unparalleled detection of low-density contaminants such as: plastic, rubber, bones, stones, glass, etc. EagleTrace Traceability Software.
Local Techs and Parts Available All Eagle and Smiths Systems PLAN Automation is the exclusive Canadian distributor responsible for sales, service and parts support of all Eagle PI and Smiths Detection systems located in Canada. We are the only service provider certified by Eagle PI for standard or warrantee work.
24 Hour Turnaround Guarantee
Service and Part Support
Glass-in-Glass Product Inspection: Automatic product inspection and rejection for: contaminants, check-weighing, level fill, missing cap and defects. TRUE 100% base inspection with no blind spot. Patented MDX Dual Energy X-ray for unparalleled detection of low-density contaminants such as: plastic, rubber, calcified bones, stones, glass.
Eagle Quadview Up to 120mpm and 1500ppm Air Knife, Piston Arm, Drop Nose, Etc. Up to 152mm in Width and 304mm in Height
Pack 720 FA Up to 120mpm and 1500ppm Air Knife, Piston Arm, Drop Nose, Etc. Up to 546mm in Width and 203mm in Height Fat Analysis Raw Meat Product Inspection: Automatic product inspection and rejection for: CL Value (fat to lean ratio) contaminants, check-weighing and defects. TRUE 3rd party rated AMI rated sanitary construction cleanable to a micro-biological level. Patented MDX Dual Energy X-ray for unparalleled detection of low-density contaminants such as: plastic, rubber, bones, stones, glass, etc. EagleTrace Traceability Software. Can inspect randomly in-feed cases from multiple lines simultaneously using a barcode reader. Eagle Tall X and XS Pro
Drop Nose, Etc. Up to 152mm in Width and 267mm in Height Product Inspection for the Beverage Industry: Automatic product inspection and rejection for: contaminants, check-weighing, level fill, missing cap and defects. Patented MDX Dual Energy X-ray for unparalleled detection of low-density contaminants such as: plastic, rubber, calcified bones, stones, glass. Eagle Trace Traceability Software. Pack 320 Pro
Packaged Product Inspection: Automatic product inspection and rejection for: contaminants, check-weighing and defects. Patented MDX Dual Energy X-ray for unparalleled detection of low-density contaminants such as: plastic, rubber, calcified bones, stones, glass.
Compressed Air in Food & Beverage Packaging Applications
Compressed air is a key utility supporting the packaging industry in Canada. Compressed air must be contaminant-free to ensure the protection of the products processed in each facility. There are tens of thousands of facilities using compressed air for blow-off applications; cleaning containers prior to filling; and sorting, cutting, shaping and conveying packaging systems.
Many sensitive packaging applications, such as food and beverage, require compressed air free of contaminants.
Depending on how compressed air is used in your facility will determine how to specify a safe and efficient compressed air system. The U.K. Code of Practice for Food Grade Air sets the bar on compressed air systems in the food and beverage industry with three identified systems: contact; non-contact high-risk; and non-contact low-risk.
System #1: Contact
“Contact” is defined as the process where compressed air is used as a part of the production and processing including packaging and transportation of safe food production. In other words, if compressed air comes into direct contact with food products.
In this type of “Contact System,” a -40 F (-40 C) pressure dewpoint is recommended, accomplished with desiccant air dryers located in the compressor room.
System #2: Non-Contact High-Risk
Non-Contact is defined as the process where compressed air is exhausted into the local atmosphere of the food preparation, production, processing, packaging or storage. Within this section there is High-Risk and Low-Risk. A Non-Contact High-Risk situation may be where compressed air is used in a blow-molding process to create a package – and then product is introduced into the package later in
the day. Many food processors and have their own in-house production lines to create their own packaging. Without proper air treatment, it is possible oil, moisture and particulates (bacteria) could be present on the packaging – the packaging waiting for the food product!
“Non-Contact High-Risk” compressed air systems should establish the same compressed air purity specifications as “Contact” systems.
System #3: Non-Contact Low-Risk
In “Non-Contact Low-Risk” systems, a +37 F (+3 C) pressure dewpoint is recommended. This can be accomplished with refrigerated type compressed air dryers located in the compressor room.
Defining a Non-Contact Low-Risk system is equally important to define because it is common to see food industry systems “over-protect” their compressed air systems. Most plants have significant portions (over 50%) of their compressed air going to “plant air” applications. These “plant air” applications do not have contact with food products or food-packaging machinery. It is important to understand this relationship and design your system accordingly. We often see desiccant air dryers used to dry all the compressed air in the facility to a -40 F (-40 C) dewpoint – when only 40% of the compressed air needs this dewpoint.
Conclusion
Compressed air efficiently supports the food and beverage industry if care is taken to remove contaminants from the system. Industry professionals should define how compressed air is used in their facility and define a specification for compressed air purity based upon the three system types defined by the U.K. Code of Practice for FoodGrade Air. As always, consult with your local compressed air expert to find the optimal solution for your production.
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ADDRESSES
3M Canada Inc.
PO BOX 5757 London ON N6A 4T1 Tel: 5194512500 Fax: 5194526090
13471 Vulcan Way Richmond BC V6V 1K4 Tel: 6049309300 Fax: 6049309368
Wiedenbach See Leading Edge Injet
Witt See Heat Sealing Packaging Supplies & Equipment, Concord ON Wright Hand Packaging Inc. 7-2679 Bristol Cir Oakville ON L6H 6Z8 Tel: 9058290025 Fax: 9058290027
Wulftec
209 Wulftec Ayer’s Cliff QC J0B 1C0
Yaskawa Motoman See Yaskawa Canada, Inc. Mississauga, ON
Zarpac Inc. 1185 North Service Rd E Oakville ON L6H 1A7 Tel: 9053388880 Fax: 9053383521
Zebra Technologies Corp. 3 Overlook Point Lincolnshire IL 60069 Tel: 8476346700 Fax: 8479138766
Zund America, Inc. 8142 South 6th Street Oak Creek Wisconsin 53154 Tel: 4144330700
Leading multinatinal confectionary and snack-food products group Mondelēz International, Inc . of Chicago has appointed Karla Schlieper as president of the company’s Mondelēz Canada subsidiary, headquartered in Toronto.
Polykar , Montreal-based manufacturer of polyethylene film for converting applications, garbage bags, compostable bags, and food and industrial flexible packaging, has appointed Sandra Hudon as vice-president of sales and business development.
SOMIC Packaging, Inc., Eagan, Minn.-based supplier of secondary packaging machinery for cartoning, case-packing and retail-ready packaging applications, has appointed Peter Fox as chief executive officer.
St. Louis, Mo.-headquartered packaging machinery manufacturing group BW Packaging Systems has appointed Michelle Bryson as global sustainable packaging leader, responsible for leading the development of the company’s sustainability roadmap and the collaboration with team members and customers on responsible materials, recyclability, packaging design, and waste and carbon footprint reduction.
Specialty chemical additives producer Mayzo Inc. of Suwanee, Ga., has appointed Eduardo Padilla as president and Garry Schoolcraft as vice-president of global operations.
the midwestern U.S.
TGW Systems Inc., Grand Rapids, Mich.-based integrator of automated warehouse management solutions, has appointed Nathan Wolf as vice-president of sales for the North American market.
St. Louis, Mo.-headquartered consumer packaging products group TricorBraun has appointed Susan Bergethon as senior vice-president and general counsel to lead the company’s legal function and oversee its ESG (environmental, social, and governance) practices.
Plastics extrusion and converting machinery manufacturer Davis-Standard, LLC of Pawcatuck, Conn., has appointed Jay Baxter as commercial product director for liquid coating technologies; and Joe Guigli as vice-president of aftermarket sales for North America.
Spartech, St. Louis, Mo.-headquartered manufacturer of engineered thermoplastic materials and specialty packaging products, has appointed that Michael Reed as vice-president of business management, M&A (mergers and acquisitions) and sustainability.
Flexographic printing plate-making equipment manufacturer Miraclon of Rochester, N.Y., has appointed Chris Mitchell as sales manager for
Self-adhesive labeling materials manufacturer UPM Raflatac of Mills River, N.C., has appointed Philip Coates as key account director for the Americas region.
Label Traxx , Milwaukee, Wis.-headquartered developer of management software systems for the label and packaging industry, has appointed Rob Mayerson as new president, with company founder Ken Meinhardt continuing in his role as chief executive officer.
Muller Technology Colorado Inc ., Fort Collins, Colo.-based supplier of molds and automation solutions for sustainable thin-wall packaging, has named Thom Mandl as its new chief operating officer.
Evanesce , Vancouver, B.C.-headquartered manufacturer of compostable single-use packaging solutions, has appointed Angela Rodenburgh as global vice-president of marketing and David Chaplin as director of operations for manufacturing.
EXCLUSIVE PARTNERSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT
MULTIVAC Canada is pleased to announce its exclusive partnership agreement with MASCHINENFABRIK LASKA, the market leading manufacturer of Mixers, Grinders, Emulsifiers, Bowl Cutters and Complete Production Lines, based in Traun, Austria, for the sales and support of the Laska equipment range across the whole of Canada, commencing January 1st 2022.
The addition of the LASKA equipment to MULTIVAC Canada’s portfolio extends the reach of the company into the primary processing end of food production lines, especially within the meat industry. Allied to the resources already in place at MULTIVAC Canada, this agreement provides customers with real choice for preparation and processing equipment supply, from single machines through to fully integrated complete processing and packaging lines.
MASCHINENFABRIK LASKA is a family-owned business which was established in 1880, initially supplying sausage skins and ingredients to local meat processors. Purchasing a new facility enabled them to also repair food machinery, which subsequently led them to commence manufacturing their own equipment in 1937. With the 5th generation of the family now at the helm, the business leads the world in the manufacture, innovation and quality of this type of food processing equipment.
MULTIVAC Canada was established in 2007 to serve the entire Canadian market with its range of packaging, slicing, labelling, inspection and processing equipment, now also including Fritsch dough processing lines and MULTIVAC’s own packaging materials. With large, provincially based sales and service teams covering the country from East to West, it offers customer support unmatched in the Canadian food manufacturing sector and is well placed to add the LASKA range of equipment to its scope of supply.
ca.multivac.com
2022
MARCH 21-23
Philadelphia, Pa .: PACK EXPO East , packaging and processing techniologies exhibition by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies. At the Pennsylvania Conention Center. To register, go to: www.packexpoeast.com
MARCH 28-31
Atlanta, Ga.: MODEX 2022, supply chain, technologies exhibition and conference by MHI. At the Georgia World Congress Center. To register, go to: www.modexshow.com
MARCH 22-24
Las Vegas, Nev.: SIAL America, global food industry technologies showcase and conference by Comexposium. At the Las Vegas Convention Center. To register, go to: www.sialamerica.com
APRIL 5-7
Montreal: CPMA Montreal 2022, annual convention and trade show of the Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA). At Palais des congrès de Montréal. To register, go to: www.convention.cpma.ca
APRIL 10-11
Toronto: Bakery Showcase 2022, annual trade show and conference of the Baking Association of Canada. At the Toronto Congress Centre. To register, go to: www.baking.ca
APRIL 20-22
Montreal: SIAL Canada, global food industry technologies showcase and conference by Comexposium. At Palais des congrès de Montréal. To register, go to: www.sialcanada.com
MAY 10-11
Boston, Ma.: Robotics Summit and Expo, industrial and commercial robotic systems exhibition and conference by WTWH Media. Register at: www.roboticssummit.com
JUNE 14-17
Mexico City: EXPO PACK Mexico , packaging and processing technologies exhibition by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies. At Expo Santa Fe México. To register, go to: www.expopackmexico.mx
SEPT. 19-21
Toronto: 2022 Canadian Stewardship Conference, by PAC Global. At the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. To register, go to: www.canadianstewardship.com
SEPT. 28-30
Toronto: M eatEx Canada , international meat industry exhibition by Farasoo Holding Corporation. At the Enercare Centre. To register, go to: www.meatexcanada.com
Leading Swiss plastic packaging products manufacturer Hoffmann Neopac has received two prestigious awards from the European Tube Manufacturers Association (ETMA), including:
• Top place in the Laminates category for the Stylo Pipette Tube, used by skin-care product company Filorga, incorporating an innovative pipette applicator allowing for dispensing of Filorga’s Skin-Unify radiance fluid directly onto the skin for superior comfort and hygiene. Featuring a special built-in twist-ring with an arrow pictogram to ensure proper discharge, the tube comes with a coneshaped cap to safeguard the applicator, while
Neopac’s polyfoil barrier laminate ensures ample product protection for the formula.
• Top honor in the Prototypes category for the polyfoil MMB monomaterial barrier tube that can reduce packaging carbon footprint by nearly 40 per cent compared to traditional laminated tubes, according to the company, being compatible for most rigid polyethylene recycling streams.
Sarasota, Fla.-based Bartelt Packaging, a ProMach subsidiary specializing in the manufacture of pouching, cartoning, shrinkwrapping, overwrapping, and case- and traypacking systems, has been appointed as the North American master distributor for FLtècnics, a leading Spanish manufacturer of horizontal form-fill-seal (HFFS) rollstock, pre-made and forming pouch machinery. “We’re thrilled to become the North American master distributor for FLtècnics,” says Bartelt’s vice-president of sales Tom Brooker. “This move allows us to complete our breadth of product offering but, more importantly, it positions us to better serve our customers. FLtècnics is a trusted brand, and we look forward to integrating and providing exceptional customer support for their solutions in the years ahead.”
Kasie Fairbarn
Joins Windmoeller & Hoelscher as Product Sales Manager
Lincoln, RI - Windmoeller & Hoelscher Corporation is pleased to announce Kasie Fairbarn as the new Product Sales Manager for Blown Film, the company’s largest product segment in North America. In this position, Fairbarn will play a key role in all aspects of the company’s blown film extrusion business from concept to commissioning and P&L.
“Having worked in the packaging industry my whole career, I was intrigued by the opportunity to join a global leader in blown film technology, which will add to my existing downstream knowledge. I have a profound appreciation for the technology and craftsmanship that goes into manufacturing world-class extrusion lines,” said Fairbarn.
Fairbarn comes to W&H from PAXXUS, Inc., a supplier of engineered flexible materials for
the healthcare market, where she was the Global Account and Sustainability Manager. Before that, she was a Senior Packaging Engineer at Unilever responsible for brands such as Pond’s, Suave, Simple, and St. Ives. Fairbarn is currently a member of the Emerging Leadership Council of the Flexible Packaging Association and was recently recognized by Plastics News as one of the Women Breaking the Mold in 2021.
“Kasie’s life-long passion for packaging and her experience on the film side give our customers a valuable partner who brings perspective from both sides of the table. She is technical, open-minded, and a team player. We’re very excited to have her at W&H,” said Andrew Wheeler, President of W&H’s North American operations.
Fairbarn added, “The trend is
that brand owners want to know exactly how their films are being produced and spec out every detail including the equipment. While this is an adjustment for some suppliers, it’s a welcome opportunity for suppliers who are W&H customers. The goal is to provide thorough and transparent information that helps customers make the best decision and I’m looking forward to making sure we’re asking all the right questions to make that happen.”
Fairbarn holds a B.S. in Packaging Engineering from the Rochester Institute of Technology, where she is a Hall of Fame Inductee for her performance on the women’s ice hockey team. She also played professional ice hockey in Norway and Germany.
The President’s Choice store brand of leading Canadian grocer Loblaws Inc. is making notable strides to decrease the amount of plastic packaging it uses—in part thanks to its highly beneficial partnership and collaboration with Brampton, Ont.based Club Coffee. Made from renewable and recyclable proprietary Boardio packaging developed in Sweden by AR Packaging , the upright 340-gram square-bottomed package clearly stands out on the grocery shelf as the only mainstream brand that does not come in a plastic pouch or a metal tin. Made from plant-based recyclable paper sourced from FSC (Forest Stewardship Council)-certified forestlands, the compact canister projects a serene earthy looks with its muted light-brown colors and lettering, while its captivating Lion King-like illustration of the majestic king of the jungle, resting alongside a cuddling cub, does its best to draw the shoppers’ attention and, even, affection. Featuring an air-tight seal to keep the coffee fresh, along with highly functional and snug-fitting reclosable paperboard lid, the canister’s front panel depicts the authoritative Rainforest Alliance certification logo to validate the product’s sustainable origins and sourcing practices. All in all, this innovative paper canister is a great example of what sustainable packaging can look like with a little imagination and creative application.
With the ongoing global coronavirus pandemic continuing to stretch people’s patience and nerves, there is really no surprise to see that pre-mixed RTD (ready-to-drink) cocktails have surged in popularity. If you can’t go to bar to enjoy your favorite libation, well, how about bringing the bar home? That’s exactly what the On the Rocks range of Premium Cocktails from Beam Suntory aims to do with classy glass packaging for its bottled Margaritas, Cosmopolitans and Mai Tai
(Clockwise) Squeezable peanut butters in a spouted flexible pouch; On the Rock brand craft cocktails; Rock-it Milk Boxers in a gable-top faux milk carton; a box of Pup Tarts dog treats; Rock-it Bacon Socks crossover packaging at its best; the paperboard canister of President’s Choice brand roast coffee.
cocktails, all topped off with twist-off cork stoppers. Also available in 100-ml airline single-serve glass bottles with metal twistoff bottle caps, the high-end crafted cocktails are made exclusively with branded base spirits in strict accordance with classic authentic recipes to help consumers replicate that rarefied bar lounge experience in their home surroundings, while toasting the better days ahead.
Produced by Spunky Pup in Orono, Minn., the Pup Tarts line of dog treats is an inspired example of clever crossover packaging, whereby the whimsical product packaging is intentionally designed to evoke the look of boxed sweet childhood treats many of us remember from our early school days. Made without wheat, corn, soy or sugar, these healthy semimoist, bit-sized tidbits are bagged in clear film to display a small part of the contents through the cutout windows—arranged in the shape of a dog’s paw print—die-cut into 142-gram decorative folding cartons lit up with bright colors. According to the company, the healthy soft treats are great for training your best friend, or just as a reward for being a good boy or girl. Available in five enticing flavors, the Pup Tarts
treats also promise impressive 24-month shelf-life, a virtual eternity in dog years.
Montreal-based gifts and novelties distributor Main and Local takes crossover packaging to a whole new level with its Rock-it Milk Boxers and the companion Rock-it Bacon Socks packs—crated to replicate the signature gable-top milk cartons and the lay-flat bacon packs, respectively, down to the last detail. Putting boxer shorts inside an authentic-looking milk carton—complete with a cartoon cow logo on the front panel and a “Missing” underwear poster on the side— and a pair of designer socks into a sliced bacon pack-shaped pouch with a faux resealable closure is a delightfully display of “out of the box” approach to packaging design that is sure to leave the recipients of these thoughtful gifts gratefully amused.
Imported by Smuckers Foods Canada, the 375-gram pouch of Jif Squeeze Peanut Butter is nothing less than a revolution in the way consumers go about enjoying their peanut butter. No more messy knives; no more smearing all over your hands: just flip the cap and squeeze as much or as little as you want onto your crackers, toast, fruit veggies, etc. The flat plastic cap snaps open and closes without much effort, but is still snug enough to prevent accidental spills in your purse of gym bag. Moreover, the flat surface of the flip cap facilitates upside down placement of the package on the cupboard shelf—allowing the leftover contents make their way to the bottom of the pouch for easy product dispensing the next time around, with minimal product waste.
SHANNON KAUPP is a licensed naturopathic medicine practitioner living in Halifax.
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