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60 BUYERS’ GUIDE 2021/2022
Our annual Buyers’ Guide issue is structured to help keep you up-to-date on the latest packaging technologies, equipment, materials and services available to the Canadian packaging and related industries in the upcoming year, including category-specific listings of leading suppliers of assocition serices; packaging materials and components; containers; automation devices; machinery and equipment.
ON THE COVER Flow Beverage Corp. founder Nicholas Reichenbach has plenty of reasons to be cheerful about the stellar market success his company has achieved so far, in large part thanks to the Tetra Pak paperboard packaging used to pack its premium-quality alkaline spring water products.
Why can’t we all just vaccinate and be done with COVID-19 for good?
Trying to persuade people to save themselves from themselves is turning out to be much harder than first hoped for in many parts of the world where resistance to COVID-19 vaccination is widely justified an expression of free will and independent thinking.
63.68%
of Canadians 12 and older considered fully vaccinated
Even here in Canada, where nearly 64 per cent of adult population was reported to be “fully vaccinated” near the end of July, there seems to be a sense of resignation among the country’s political leaders and health authorities that much of our homegrown anti-vax crowd, which could be as much as 20 per cent of the population, may remain unvaccinated indefinitely, despite repeated pleas to reconsider.
In the U.S., where vaccinations took off at rocket speed since regulatory approval of four of the most commonly used vaccines in the Western countries, the initial expectations of 70-percentplus vaccination rate by the Fourth of July weekend have given way to increasingly stubborn public scepticism about the vaccines’ efficacy and their long-term effects, despite overwhelming scientific evidence to the contrary.
In fact, it’s hard to remember when any new medicines for any illness could boast near 99-percent effectiveness, but you would never know it listening to the hard-core anti-vaxxers revelling in their ignorance and selfishness.
It would be comical if it wasn’t so potentially and unnecessarily tragic, with fears of a Fourth Wave of the coronavirus pandemic, driven by the insidious new Delta variant, again dampening hopes for a timely return to some sort of prepandemic normalcy.
With the trillions of dollars spent on extra health costs, income support programs and the warp-speed development of anti- COVID vaccines, such a setback would be especially disheartening for the vast majority of Canadians desperate to resume their lives with at least some degree of confidence that the worst is truly behind them.
Alas, that’s just going to happen if the vaccination rates stalls at current levels, whereby a stubborn but sizable minority can still provide ample breeding ground for future COVID-19 variants that may in
fact undermine long-term effectiveness of hundreds of millions of vaccine doses already administered across Canada and the U.S, where some vaccination clinics have resorted to US$100 payouts to basically bribe the ‘undecideds’ to do the right thing.
While this carrot-based approach may generate a quick lift in the pace of vaccination in some places, it is neither sustainable or particularly fair to the vast majority who dutifully got vaccinated as soon as the opportunity to do so came along, as all good citizens should.
While no one wants to see governments introduce harsh and punitive mandates for all eligible people to vaccinate or else, simply ignoring this shortfall will not make it disappear, and at the end of the day governments have a duty to protect the interests of the public at large, even if it comes at the expense of certain constraints to individual liberty.
So do workplaces: it is in every company’s interest to have their entire staff fully vaccinate.
There is no such thing as too much caution or too much safety in this battle, and making continued employment conditional on vaccination is a fully justifiable no-brainer.
So is the long-awaited, but probably inevitable, introduction of the so-called digital vaccine passports, which could be used to prevent non-vaccinated people from attending the large public, social and entertainment events where they could pose a health risk to other attendees.
While that may not be an ideal permanent solution, it only seems fair to make it clear that unreasonable refusal to make a little individual effort for the sake of much greater societal good has a price, whatever the excuse.
It has taken too long, and cost far too much in human suffering and financial hardships, to get to where we are now in this epic battle against the calamitous COVID-19 virus, and there is simply still too much remaining at stake for failure or wilful negligence to be an option.
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Start off the day with real healthy Flourish
As one of the world’s most beloved and ancient breakfast staples, pancakes are in a class of their own when it comes to recipe and ingredient versatility.
So it was always just a matter of time before someone came along to develop a plant-based, protein-rich pancake mix to take this breakfast favorite to the next level of healthy nutrition and enjoyment.
Founded three years ago by local food entrepreneur Andrew Maida, Toronto-based Flourish Pancakes has enjoyed extraordinary growth in demand and popularity of its signature whey-based, protein-rich pancake mixes—also available in plantbased and gluten-free varieties.
To mark its stunning success, the company has recently launched a limited-edition Flourish Birthday Cake pancake mix—dishing out a healthy take on the traditional birthday treat with high protein and fiber content and boasting natural sprinkles made with organic spirulina.
Sold exclusively through the company’s online shop and containing no artificial flavors or colors, the low-sugar mix is made with just four healthy ingredients to provide 11 grams of plant powered protein in an easy-tomake, just-add-water recipe.
According to Flourish, the product is free from the top eight common allergens, including gluten, eggs, dairy, and tree nuts.
Packed in resealable 430-gram stand-up pouches designed by District Ventures Plus, the new Birthday Mix is available in Original and Chocolate Chip flavors, both boasting on-pack NonGMO Project and Certified Vegan certifications.
“The Flourish packaging is designed with customers in
mind,” says Maida.
“It’s easy to use and it showcases important nutritional information about the product while still having a bright and fun look,” says Maida, citing one-year product shelf-life enabled by the high-barrier pouch construction.
“The packaging enables us to maintain a consistent look, while being able to change the design graphics to match the flavor of the product inside,” Maia says.
“That way it’s easy to know which flavour you’re picking up, while maintaining a consistent brand image.”
Says Maia: “We’re thrilled to celebrate Flourish’s third birthday by offering our plant-based community the limited-edition mix.
“Each year marks an exciting time for the company as it continues to expand across North America,” Maida adds, “and we’re grateful to include our customers in this milestone.”
According to Mada, the company is on a mission to improve healthy eating habits and elevate the breakfast experience by transforming indulgent foods into dishes that fit a healthy lifestyle.
To that end, the product’s main ingredient is the bean-based Fava Flour, derived from a nutritious, nitrogen-fixing crop that promotes sustainable farming—making the mix not only good for consumers, but also for the environment.
“When Flourish Pancakes was founded in 2018, it was done with the intention of transforming a traditionally indulgent product into a food that fits a healthy lifestyle,” Maida states.
“We have not wavered on that commitment, and we are thrilled to now provide an option for consumers who follow a plantbased diet,” Maida concludes.
“These mixes taste as delicious as their traditional counterparts.
Iconic ketchup revives its historic Canadian legacy
It took a while, but seven years after closing its flagship production facility in Leamington, Ont., condiments giant Kraft Heinz Canada has marked a triumphant return of its iconic Heinz Ketchup north of the Canada-U.S. border with last month’s rollout of its signature tomato ketchup off a brand new manufacturing line at the company’s Mont Royal plant in Montreal.
Constructed over the past several months, the new highly automated production line is expected to produce over 100 million pounds of Heinz Ketchup for Canadian consumers in the first two years as production ramps up, according to Kraft Heinz Canada president Bruno Keller.
“Heinz Ketchup is the market leader and the favorite of millions of Canadians,” says Keller.
“We are pleased to be investing in our people and our plant to return this iconic product back to Canada,” Keller states.
“While we already produce more than $2 billion worth of food products here in Canada every year, this is part of our long-term strategy of having even more of it to be produced right here in Canada.”
Packaged in one-liter plastic bottles supplied to the Mont Royal plant by Graham Packaging, the Heinz Ketchup produced at Mont Royal will also carry the Aliments du Québec (ADQ) certification, which promotes foods produced by Quebec’s agri-food sector.
Hemp foods leader joins industry efforts to grow the market
Winnipeg-based hemp foods producer Manitoba Harvest says it has joined the Protein Industries Canada consortium as part of a larger effort to develop new hemp and pea varieties with increased protein content, differential starch content, and improved texture—thereby increasing the market potential for hemp usage in the growing plant-based protein movement.
“As the largest and longest-standing hemp food brand in North America, we are committed to providing our customers with the best hemp products available,” says Manitoba Harvest president Jared Simon, citing the company’s vast expertise in hemp product innovation, product development and formulation.
Founded in 1998, Manitoba Harvest is a pioneer and global leader in brande, hemp-based foods, with the fastest growing products in the global hemp food market. (see picture)
“Developing plant-based protein products with superior taste, functionality and nutrition aligns perfectly with our objectives as a brand,” Simon says, “and we have a history of leadership at the farm level, working directly with growers to improve quality throughout the hemp supply chain.”
The development of these new seed varieties, as well as the hemp-pea flour blend, is expected to create new market opportunities within Canada’s plant-based food and ingredients value chain.
Between them, NRGene, Farmer’s Business Network, Pulse Genetics and Manitoba Harvest are investing a total of $3.3 million into the project, with Regina-based Protein Industries Canada contributing an additional $1.8 million.
Zero is hero in Coca-Cola’s stunning packaging redesign
Product innovation comes naturally to dominant global beverage brand-owners like Coca-Cola, but even by its own lofty standards, the company’s recent launch of the new Coca-Cola Zero Sugar recipe is a stunning display of creative category disruption rooted in dramatic packaging redesign.
First launched as Coke Zero in 2005 and rebranded as Coca-Cola Zero Sugar in 2017, the sugar-free cola beverage has gained a remarkably loyal cult-like following across North America in recent years, but the Atlanta-based company still felt that the brand had not filled its full potential in the market.
As the company’s chief executive officer James Quincey was recently quoted, “Despite its enormous success, Coca-Cola Zero Sugar still represents a relatively small percentage.”
Scheduled for a national Canada-wide rollout next month, the new Coca-Cola Zero Sugar recipe is already hailed by Coca-Cola for its “even more delicious and refreshing taste,” but it’s really the new product packaging that is sure to get the Canadian consumers talking about the reformulated product.
Developed by the London, Englandbased branding services experts Kenyon West, the new packaging forgoes the brand’s traditional red-and-white color labeling scheme for a bolder red-and-black color combination that is more aligned with the darkish color of the product itself.
According to Coca-Cola, this simplified packaging celebrates the iconic logo,
beginning with the brand’s original and universally recognized red, with black Spencerian script used to signal the Zero Sugar confident brand message.
“Recognizing that tastes and preferences are always evolving, we’re focused on continuous improvement to give fans the best-tasting Coca-Cola they want—with zero sugar or calories—offered in the most iconic packaging and powered by some of our most creative, consumer-centric marketing yet,” says Rafael Prandini, category lead of Coca-Cola, North America, citing “positive” reaction from consumers in extensive taste tests.
As Prandini explains, the updated packaging design is anchored by the iconic Coca-Cola logo and red cues, further enhanced with the new ‘Now More Delicious’ product tagline.
All the reformulated CocaCola Zero Sugar products sold in Canada—including 222-ml and 355-ml cans, fridge packs, and 250-ml, 300-ml, 500-ml, 710-ml, one-liter and two-liter bottles—will feature the new streamlined packaging graphics.
Says Prandini: “The packaging redesign signifies a key portion of the new CocaCola brand design system under our ‘One Brand’ strategy, which celebrates the iconic brand logo while differentiating some of the design elements to distinguish the new Zero Sugar variety.”
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Vibrant new packaging graphics breathe new life into iconic brand
With close to 70 years of history in Canada, the Nesquick chocolate powdered mix is an iconic brand oozing with love and nostalgia at breakfast tables from coast to coast.
To keep that unique love affair going for decades to come, the venerable Nestlé brand stalwart has recently teamed up with leading Canadian package design agency Bridgemark, a division of Glenn Davis Group Inc., to update Nesquick’s packaging for the new generation of Canadian kids and adult fans alike—reviving the fond memories of growing up with it..
The comprehensive rebranding project was part of a major revamp of the entire Nesquick
brand product portfolio of chocolate and flavored syrups and powders with reformulated recipes featuring cleaner ingredients and 100-percent sustainably-sourced cocoa, along with the launch of a brand new Nesquick Vanilla Syrup flavor.
Enriched with micronutrients and containing no artificial colors, flavors or sweeteners, the product is aimed at the so-called ‘betweenager’ demographic that Nestlé deftly defines as “That unique in-between age when kids are too old for the little-kid things they grew up with, and too young for everything else.”
As Eryn Pasut, marketing director of Nestlé Beverages explains, “The revamped product line-up continues to provide a great-tasting and easy way to enjoy the nutritious benefits of milk and are the perfect offering for families looking to add a little feel-good-fun to their day.
“All syrups are proudly prepared-in-Canada and are now available at grocery retailers nationally,” says Pasut, citing exceptionally positive consumer feedback to the new products and packaging.
“The new packaging was designed to modernize the look and highlight key product claims,
while maintaining elements that are true to Nesquick’s DNA,” Pasut told the Canadian Packaging magazine.
“The brand mascot bunny, the vibrant yellow background, the sun rays, and the delicious glass of milk graphics were all re-imagined to inspire nostalgia,” Pasut explains, “while new recipe claims on-pack profile the no-artificials, iron- and vitamin-enriched, and sustainability stories.
“These key features ensure today’s parents know they can feel good about sharing Nesquick with a new generation of Nesquick drinkers, as they enjoy the same great flavors with a new recipe.”
Adds Pasut: “It was important to communicate to today’s parents, those who have fond memories of growing up with Nesquick but have lost their connection with the brand, through our new packaging.
“Those parents have higher expectations of what they’re offering their kids,” Pasut elaborates, “and they want products with cleaner ingredients, sustainable sourcing, recyclability, and a brand purpose they can stand behind.
“We’ve introduced a new ‘Wake Up Your Milk’ tagline,” Pasut points out, “and new imagery that features a top-down view of a delicious glass of Nesquick that’s in the making.
“These visuals are a nod to the fun act of mixing the product that is nostalgic to parents, and inspires a sense of independence for kids,” he states.
“Each flavour’s design features unique ingredient cues such as cocoa, strawberries and vanilla to deliver ‘no artificial colors and flavor’s messaging, and the back of pack profiles Nesquick’s sustainability story and use of 100-percent sustainably sourced cocoa.”
Pasut adds that the new also communicates and promotes new recycling initiatives, such as the launch of fully-recyclable1.3- kg Nesquick Heavy User Pack powder canister and the recycling-ready Nesquick Syrup bottles without shrinksleeves.
“Nesquick’s newly reformulated look and recipe not only supports delicious feel-good moments,” Pasut says, “but also sustainable ones that help protect the natural environment for future generations.
“It was important when re-imagining the Nesquick product line that we stayed true to the great taste Canadians love,” Pasut concludes, “while offering the nutritional value and sustainable sourcing that Canadian families have come to expect from us.”
Del Monte having a real Big Chill moment with new frozen treats
With this summer breaking temperature records across the country already, there was probably never a better time to launch a new brand of healthy frozen treats made with simple ingredients and real fruit—like Del Monte’s new Frozen Food Bars. Made in Canada with real fruit, simple ingredients and featuring new sustainable packaging designed by Invok Brands, the individually wrapped frozen treats were develop to provide Canadians with a perfect way to satisfy cravings for a sweet, delicious treat that literally stops them cold, without high calorie content.
“For more than 135 years, Del Monte has developed nutritious high-quality readymade products that Canadians love and enjoy, and we’re excited to introduce this new range of real-fruit frozen bars,” says Noel Spencer, senior brand manager for Del Monte Frozen Fruit Bars at Nestlé Canada.
“Whether cooling off outdoors or taking a well-deserved break, the new frozen bars are the perfect summer treat that you can feel good about eating and sharing with family and friends,” says Pencer, adding the Frozen Fruit Bars are available across Caanda in several berry, tropical and citrus flavor varieties.
Packing Nothing But the best
Healthy snacking is easier said than done when you’re constantly on the move, but it’s hard to go astray with the new line of innovative dehydrated cheese snacks developed by the Toronto-based dairy co-op Gay Lea Foods. Designed for outdoor enthusiasts and today’s on-the-go lifestyle in general, the new Ivanhoe Nothing But 100-percent cheese snacks—available in Cheddar, Smoked Gouda and Monterey Jack flavors—are crunchy, protein-packed, gluten-free dehydrated cheese chunks made only with all-natural ingredients.
Conveniently packaged in 18-gram pillow packs and 60-gram resealable stand-up bags produced by Innisfil, Ont.-based flexible packaging manufacturer Tempo Plastics and decorared with catchy, color-coded graphics created by Design Innovations, the flavorful snacks are produced at the Ivanhoe cheese plant in Madoc, Ont.
Anritsu Targets Canada with a NEW X-Ray Equipment Solution
Anritsu continues to set the standard for performance with the NEW Canadian solution that provides faster lead times and improved pricing. This NEW X-Ray system is manufactured and shipped directly from Chicago specifically for the Canadian Market. Anritsu X-Ray systems give food, pharma and cannabis producers the best combination of contaminant detection, reliability and low total cost of ownership.
Cincinnati, Ohio-headquartered flexible packaging products manufacturer ProAmpac has officially unveiled its new 35,000-square-foot Collaboration & Innovation Center facility at the company’s campus in Rochester, N.Y. According to ProAmpac, the US$8.8-million facility will serve as the new home base for product development, rapid sample prototyping and evaluation of new packaging, as well as a training hub for customers and employees.
“Our CIC is a one-stop center providing our customers with a resource that helps them address their packaging product development needs, including product design, testing, graphic design and filling,” says chief commercial officer Adam Grose. “I am confident this facility will help greatly reduce the time required to go from concept to commercialization.” In addition to centralizing all of ProAmpac’s testing capabilities under one roof at the on-site Analytical and Physical Packaging Lab, the new facility will also house the LEAD ProAmpac Academy, where ProAmpac offers customers and employees twice-a-year training in extrusion, lamination, printing and other flexible packaging technologies, with focus on sustainability.
Saint-Laurent, Que.-based plastic films manufacturer Polykar has formally broken ground on construc-
tion of a new 50,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Edmonton as part of a $40-million investment to create an industry-leading center of excellence for the development and commercialization of flexible and compostable packaging. Located in south Edmonton’s new Discovery Business Park district, the new plant is expected to be operational in the spring of 2022, leading to creation of about 70 new full-time jobs. “We selected Edmonton and Alberta as the ideal location for our second Canadian plant for its dynamism, its openness to the manufacturing sector and, most importantly, because of its highly qualified, skilled and diverse labor force,” says Polykar president and chief executive officer Amir Karim. According to Polykar, the new facility will incorporate a cutting-edge recycling plant to enable the company to support Alberta’s efforts to divert plastic waste from landfills by recycling and repurposing those materials—contributing to the province’s stated goal of creating a circular plastics economy.
St. Louis, Mo.-headquartered rig packaging products group TricorBraun has completed the acquisition of Hackensack, N.J.-based SGB Packaging Group, Inc., strengthening the company’s presence in the fast-growing cosmetics, skin care, fragrance, and personal care industries. “Our acquisition of SGB Packaging strengthens our presence in growing industries, while serving customers with new products and expanding our vast global supplier network,” says TricorBraun president and chief executive officer Court Carruthers. “Founder Shoshana Gibli and her team have built an impressive business known for its outstanding customer service, industry expertise and diverse product offerings, and we are excited to welcome them to the TricorBraun family.”
Industrial inkjet printheads manufacturer Xaar has officially opened up its new global headquarters in Cambridgeshire, England, housing the company, finance, human resources, legal and marketing functions, as well as a new R&D laboratory. “Our new offices will provide the best working environment to help us continue drive the global development of industrial inkjet technology use worldwide,” says Xaar’s chief executive officer John Mills. Also last month, Xaar complete the acquisition of FFFI, leading integrator and manufacturer of industrial digital inkjet systems based in Hemel Hempstead, England. “Having restructured and stabilized our core printhead business, the acquisition of FFFI will accelerate our strategy and expand our customer offering in a range of markets,” says Mills.
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Ranpak Holdings Corp., manufacturer of paper-based packaging solutions for e-commerce and industrial supply chains, has announced an investment in Pickle Robot Company, Cambridge, Ma.-based manufacturer of low-cost package-handling robots for automated sorting, loading and unloading of packaged goods in fast-paced distribution and warehousing environments. The investment follows Ranpak’s recent formation of R Squared Robotics division, specializing in using 3D computer vision and AI (artificial intelligence) technologies to improve end-of-line packaging and logistics. “We are investing in leading-edge technology to further accelerate Ranpak’s global leadership in packaging automation,” says Ranpak’s chairman and chief executive officer Omar Asali. “This strategic investment in Pickle Robot, combined with our addition of R Squared Robotics, further solidifies our focus on automation and ultimately unlocks new opportunities to deliver efficiencies, cost-savings and value to our global customer base,” Asali adds. “By harnessing the power of artificial intelligence and robotics, Ranpak is driving transformation of the fulfillment and packaging industry.”
Protective packaging solutions manufacturer Pregis LLC has announced a US$80-million investment in a new, state-of-the-art blown film extrusion facility in Anderson, S.C. Headed by industry veterans, the 168,000-square-foot facility will soon feature multiple newly-installed lines to produce engineered films that can be used downstream to manufacture performance-oriented packaging solutions for food, CPG (consumer packaged goods) and medical device industry applications. The plant will also include a world-class film laboratory to develop and test materials. “We believe that this new facility will be the most technologically-advanced extrusion facility in North America,” says Pregis president and chief executive officer
Kevin Baudhuin, adding the new plant will create 120 new full-time local jobs in the Greenville area after becoming fully operational in September.
Specialty chemicals producer Solenis of Wilmington, Del., has announced that it is teaming up with Pulpex Limited and its global consortium partners to collaborate on the ongoing evolution of the Pulpex eco-friendly paper bottle (see picture), said to be the world’s first widely recyclable plastic-free paper bottle made from sustainably sourced pulp. As a technology partner, Solenis will provide chemical solutions to optimize the paper bottle container through special treatments to enhance its functional and visual properties, as well as printability. “This collaboration with Pulpex is another indicator of our commitment to new, sustainable and innovative technologies to the food and beverage paper packaging markets,” says Richard Brooks, global packaging director for consumer packaging at Solenis. “The partnership will enable Solenis to serve the growing eco-friendly paper bottle market, while maintaining our commitment to environmental sustainability.”
Leading German packaging equipment and machinery group Syntegon Packaging Technology LLC has been awarded the coveted annual German Packaging Award of the German Packaging Institute in Sustainability category for the company’s key role in development of the new Blister meets Paper pharmaceutical blister-packs. (see above) Developed to provide a sustainable alternative to plastic blisters for tablets and capsules, the innovative packaging was created in partnership with Finnish packaging materials manufacturer Huhtamaki, who used the same sealable barrier coating for the blister’s lidding material as in the base material, and finished it with a special process to enable consumers to push the tablet easily
through the material. The submitted version of the Blister Meets Paper packaging—whereby each blister has seven cavities for one tablet per each weekday—impressed the judging panel with its sustainability and functionality attributes. “While eco-friendly and health-conscious customers can already find sustainable packaging solutions for a wide range of products, an environmentally-friendly alternative for push-through packaging for tablets and capsules was not available to date,” says Syntegon’s sustainability project manager Torsten Sauer. “Thanks to the combination of our TPU 1000 form-fill-seal machine for paper packaging and the sealable barrier coating from Huhtamaki, we have succeeded in forming paper with the geometry required for tablets in cavities of three to four millimeters.”
Leading industrial automation and controls group Beckhoff Automation LLC has complete the move of its Canadian subsidiary Beckhoff Automation Ltd. to new 11,000-squarefoot headquarters in Cambridge, Ont., to accommodate the company’s fast growth in the Canadian market. Along with a larger central warehouse to ensure more on-hand stock and fast deliveries to customers, the new office provides optimal space for customer training, seminars, sales activities, technical support, and an on-site Innovation Lab for application testing and proof of concepts. “The new Cambridge headquarters has increased not only our corporate footprint, but also our capabilities to serve Beckhoff customers,” says Calvin Wallace, managing director of Beckhoff Automation Ltd. “We are excited to be located in the technology-rich Waterloo Region, which puts our team closer to key customers and partners in the automation industry.” In addition to the new Cambridge headquarters, Beckhoff Canada is also continuing to invest in the strategically important Montreal and Vancouver markets with the opening of regional offices in Laval, Que., and Burnaby, B.C.
Eriez, leading manufacturer of magnetic separation, metal detection, material handling, fluid recycling and advanced flotation technologies for industrial applications, has completed a
38,000-square-foot expansion of its Service and Repair Center facility near the company’s global headquarters in Erie, Pa. According to the company, the expansion will enable notably improved turnaround times for in-house repairs and rebuilds of even the largest equipment—including high-capacity cranes, controls, lifting systems, hand tools, etc.—while further expanding the company’s capabilities with a larger R&D area to support new global product development programs, a state-of-the-art electronics lab, and an advanced Recycling Test Center. “With our super-sized facility, we can repair even the biggest manufacturing equipment, like giant suspended electromagnets,” says John Klinge, Eriez director of strategic sales for after-market. “Better equipment and more space allow us to complete maintenance and repair work more quickly, so that our customers can be assured their equipment will be back in operation in minimal time.”
Robotics manufacturer FANUC America Corporation of Rochester Hills, Mich., has announced a partnership with the Manufacturing Skill Standards Council (MSSC) for shared certification of front-line production technicias with foundational skills in advanced manufacturing and logistics. Formed as part of larger industry-wide effort to address the shortage of skilled workers in U.S. high-tech industries,the partnership creates a streamlined approach for schools and industry partners when administering the certifications, which will be offered through third-party auditors NOCTI/ Nocti Business Solutions (NBS). “The collaboration between FANUC and MSSC will provide a major benefit to employers looking to fill industry 4.0 robotics and CNC technical positions,” says FANUC’s executive director of education Paul Aiello. “The U.S. industry is facing a growing shortage of higher-skilled technicians vitally needed at the operator level.”
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The new VersaFlex P08 pallet conveyor system from mk North America is a compact and flexible chain pallet-handling conveyor system that carries loads up to 22 pounds per pallet and can be easily altered to adapt to product changes, while easily conveying products with unusual shape or geometry. Boasting repeat accuracy of ± 0.1-mm when used with mk’s stops and locating devices, the pallets are guided by side rails and can be customized and equipped with features that accommodate all types of unique parts— from automotive, metalworking and assembly as well as battery and fuel cell lines. The VersaFlex flat top chain conveyor system is ideal for complex layouts and features simple and fast configuration and commissioning possibilities. Suitable for applications in all and compatible with existing systems, the P08 pallet-handling conveyor system also works in conjunction with our other pallet-handling systems and is a great option for pallets that are too small and light for the VersaMove pallet conveyors. Utilizing a 150-mm pallet width with three standard offerings for lengths, the P08 systems gives users the ability to convey a multitude of product sizes and shapes while still maintaining critical positional accuracies needed in automated processes. mk North America
POINT ZERO
IMA Dairy & Food USA has introduced the patented set of ZERO Technology process that the company claims will enable CP (consumer packaged goods) manufacturers to transition their existing packaging to the use of
more eco-conscious monomaterials such as PET, PP and PLA. Ideally suited to IMA’s Erca, Hassia, and Intecma brands of form-fill-seal (FFS) machines, ZERO Technology utilizes a patented punch process to facilitate high-quality cutting and pre-cutting of PET, PP and PLA. This allows for easily breaking multipacks into individual units—a notoriously cumbersome process that previously limited the use of eco-friendly, monomaterial packaging materials in many applications. According to IMA, ZERO Technology uses independent sleeves that allow cup design changes without the need to manufacture an entirely new thermoforming mold. The solution can be easily dismantled for hassle-free maintenance, which can significantly extend the mold’s life-span, while maintaining peak performance. Notably, outfitting a formed cup with a PET lid and label creates a completely recyclable package for premium sustainability, while the use of transparent monomaterials makes the product visible to consumers—enhancing on-shelf aesthetics. Other equipment in the ZERO Technology range includes special pre-heating plates, which can be easily dismantled for simple maintenance. Additional material savings can be realized by using special thermoforming molds that allow the for the use of thinner materials.
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ROUND WE GO!
Developed to offer manufacturers and machine designers smaller versions of standard components to shrink the footprint of their machines or production lines, the new DSNU-S round cylinder from The new DSNU-S round cylinder from Festo Inc. is said to be up to 40-percent slimmer, 3.5-cm shorter and 50-percent lighter than its ISO counterpart DSNU of the same bore and stroke length. The new DSNU-S is designed for direct mount installation and built for superior reliability and a long service life, according to Festo, thanks to its low-wear PUR seals and corrosion resistant piston rod and housing. Depending on the size, the DSNU-S is available with fixed end cushion-
ing or Festo’s proprietary self-adjusting cushioning. The latter makes commissioning easier and eliminates the need for further adjustments for load changes over the life-span of the cylinder, while assuring perfect cushioning with every stroke. Incorporating corrosion-resistant piston rod and housing, the DSNU-S also provided other unique features, including a heavy-duty sintered bronze bearing at the bearing cap and polymer bearing in rear clevis for long service life.
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BEING PERCEPTIVE
Regal Beloit Corporation has introduced an a new, easier way for users to procure its broad offering of Perceptiv series sensors, software and services by bundling them into four tiered, easy-to-understand packages and introducing three service tiers—allowing customers with varying degrees of asset monitoring needs, to make it easier to match their requirements with Regal Beloit’s ’s cutting-edge Internet of Things (IoT) solutions. Regal’s extensive IoT offering consists of four classes of connected products and sensors along with three analysis and reporting service packages. These offerings can be customized to meet a wide range of customer needs in almost any industry, including food, beverage, material handling, aggregate and heavy metals. The four classes of connected products and sensors include entry-level asset management services for companies in the early stages of IoT implementation, as well as highly engineered products and services to monitor mission-critical equipment, including:
*Asset Management Class. Aimed at end-users in the early stages of IoT implementation, it includes the recently-launched Regal Tag-It program powered by Perceptiv intelligence.
* Sentry Class. A basic offering with several wireless vibration and temperature sensors, with a patented sensor designed to fit into a Zerk bearing fitting to generate visual indications of high temperature.
* Pro Class, which includes wireless vibration, temperature and electrical
current sensors to generate higher-resolution data and early indicators of equipment degradation. * Expert Class, which Includes highly engineered sensors to measure early failure indicators in rotating machinery like transient torque, bearing loads, lubrication quality, energy efficiency and infrared thermography.
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MAKING SENSE
Designed to calculate the remaining service life of energy chains, cables, linear guides and plain bearings during operation, the new i.cee:local sensor from igus optimizes the life of the system, detects faults, and prompts them to be fixed at an early stage, while allows for all required maintenance to be planned in advance. With its multiconnectivity, the i.Cee:local sensor can be integrated via the Internet or without IoT connectivity via the local network, depending on customer requirements. The smart plastics sensors monitor abrasion, measure the pull/push force and provide information about an imminent overload, allowing maintenance managers to receive information about the condition of the system. According to igus, the i.Cee:local has two functions. For one, it is the home of the open source i.Cee software, which according to igus is the brain of smart plastics. For the first installation, the software is first parameterized and optimally adapted to the specific application with the help of the service life algorithms from igus. The second important specification of i.Cee:local is its multi-connectivity, which facilitates seamless integration into the designated network environments to allow for knowledgeable implementation of various Industry 4.0 user case studies. All the date collected and stored on the iCee:local sensor can be accessed either via a display on the system, via a Cloud solution, an IoT dashboard or on the intranet, via the REST API interface or directly via SMS or email. Igus, inc.
BETTER VISION
Vision Research has introduced two new two models in its ultra-highspeed performance line of Phantom cameras. Featuring a breakthrough CMOS sensor with back side illumination (BSI), the new model T3610 and TMX 5010 cameras sustain their image throughput with optimized light sensitivity for high frame rates and sub-microsecond exposures. Both new cameras models include value-added features designed to maximize image capture and workflow flexibility, including a 2x2 binned mode for higher vertical resolution at the camera’s top frame rates. For its part, the BSI sensor technology also provides greater sensitivity and sustained throughput by placing the photoactive surface above the circuitry. This design provides a direct route for photons and improves signal efficiency, while
the on-board Extreme Dynamic Range (EDR) functionality helps to capture detail in flashes and saturated highlights. Vision Research
KEEP UP THE PACE
Designed for use on the company’s FlexMove conveyor systems, the new Puck Stop and Puck/Package Divert modules from Dorner Mfg. Co. provide users with the ability stop pucks or packages for pacing requirements, as well as divert pucks and packages into a second lane. The pneumatically-operated Puck Stop module is available in two models: Vertical Blade Stop, which is used in pairs as an alternating escapement for pacing round or rounded-edge rectangular pucks; and Horizontal Squeeze Stop, which is used in combination with the Vertical Blade Stop for pacing product
without rounded edges. Performance specifications of the Puck Stop Module include maximum single product weight of 2.3 kg; maximum product accumulation weight of 13.6 kg; maximum conveyor speed of 50 meters per minute; and gaps of about one product length. For its part, the pneumatically-operated Puck/ Package Divert module—designed to guide products from one lane into two lanes—features divert arms encapsulated inside a tunnel guard, where the module diverts products into their specified lanes. Enabling the product to run back-to-back or paced for individual product divert, the module can support maximum single product weight of five kilograms and maximum product height of 150-mm. Compatible with round or rectangular bottles, containers or pucks, both modules utilize special UHMW plastic material for non-marking surface contact.
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GET YOUR MOTOR RUNNING
The new compact brushless EC-i motor from Maxon Group is combined with an EPOS4 positioning controller delivers a highly dynamic, powerful drive package with
field-oriented control (FOC), high efficiency, and maintenance-free components enclosed in high-quality industrial housing. According to the company, the integrated motor stands out with its high torque density, high efficiency, maintenance-free components, high-quality industrial housing providing IP65 protection, and intuitive software enabling easy commissioning and integration into master systems. Designed to yield extremely high continuous torques and high-power density, the integrated servomotors are suitable for use across the entire speed range—from standstill to maximum speed—and their exceptionally high overload capability, makes them a perfect fit for a diverse range of industrial, robotics and automated logistics applications. Maxon Group
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Plant-based beauty skin-deep
Moisturizer, lip balm, sunscreen, body butter … most of us put together a summer vacation shopping list without giving much thought to what happens to the plastic jars and bottles when it’s time to get rid of them.
Even fewer of us consider that even when plastic items are still in use, they release tiny microplastic particles that end up in nature, animals, and human bodies.
It’s no secret that the beauty industry creates vast amounts of plastic waste. In the U.S. alone, almost 8 billion plastic units were manufactured just for the beauty and personal care industry in 2018. As environmental consciousness has increased, the pressure is on brands to find ways of decreasing packaging and developing more environmentally-friendly options.
However, the journey towards sustainable packaging is not without its challenges—ranging from difficulties with some materials to the limitations of recycling opportunities.
“Sustainable is not enough, and recyclable is not enough either,” says Suvi Haimi, co-founder and chief
executive officer of Sulapac , a plantbased padkaging innovator based in Helsinki, Finland.
“Some of the several sustainable packaging options simply compromise too much,” Haimi says. “For instance, cardboard may be incompatible with the product and will not necessarily protect it from moisture or oxidizing.
“Furthermore, sustainable alternatives can sometimes fall behind on aesthetics and not meet the high standards of premium and luxury brands,” Haimi adds. “Trailblazers in beauty demand more—they want sustainable, beautiful and functional packaging.”
Eco-conscious brands focusing on
natural and clean beauty were among the first to turn to more sustainable packaging solutions, which also becamebecome a key way for independent, emerging luxury brands to make a statement about their mission and values.
Now, the trend is expanding to both mainstream and luxury brands.
Founded in 2019 by husbandand-wife team Nichola and Paul Vickers, U.K.-based consmetics brand Innerbark set out to offer consumers an informed choice of sustainable beauty products, most recently with the launch of the brand’s affordable luxury body and skin-care line earlier this year.
“Our mission is to replace conven-
tional plastics completely, and the partnership with Sulapac made it possible for us,” says Innerbark cofounder and chief executive officer Nichola Vickers.
“The beauty of being a small company means that we have been able to utilize the latest packaging innovation fast without the constraints a large company may have.”
As Vickers relates, says Nichola Vickers, the brand chose the industrially compostable Sulapac Nordic Collection, supplied by Quadpack, and compostable labels to ensure biodegradation of their jars.
Sulapac’s award-winning packaging material is made from FSC-certified wood chips from industrial waste streams and plantbased materials, offering an alternative to fossil-fuel based plastics.
“The change is inevitable,” Haimi states. “People trust brands and companies to take action towards a more sustainable future, and to and do so without compromising on quality.
“For the beauty industry, this means that all brands, from mainstream to luxury, need to find sustainable solutions for both packages and what is inside them.”
Super Nova launches new sustainability solutions
With leading global CPG brands accelerating their efforts to incorporate more PCR (post-consumer recycled) content into their product packaging, Calgary-headquartered NOVA Chemicals is taking big steps to help them along on that virtuous journey.
Earlier this spring, the company has introduced its first three grades of 100-percent post-consumer polyethylene resins to suit an extensive range of flexible packaging applications:
• Collected from distribution centers across North America, the natural rLLDPE/LDPE (linear low/low density polyethylene) PCR is well-suited for collation shrink, stretchwrap and e-commerce applications, according to Nova.
• Natural rLLDPE/LDPE is a recycled agricultural film said to be ideal for reuse in agricultural films, heavy-duty shipping sacks, collation shrink, and for e-commerce applications.
• Manufactured from closed-loop agricultural
and irrigation film recyclate, the white rLLDPE PCR (see above) is primarily intended for use in agricultural film, heavy-duty shipping sacks, collation shrink, trash bags and liners, and e-commerce applications.
According to Nova Chemicals vice-president of polyethylene marketing Greg DeKunder, the company’s new product offerings are designed to help film producers, converters and brandowners incorporate more PCR into packaging applications without sacrificing performance.
“We have a dedicated team with extensive applications and additive expertise helping customers accelerate their applications development work,” DeKunder explains.
“Our goal is for NOVA Chemicals to be a onestop resource, providing the products and technical resources companies need to achieve their sustainability goals.”
With many of the world’s leading consumer brands having pledged to increase the amount of PCR content in plastic packaging to an average of 25 per cent by 2025, Nova Chemicals circular economy market manager Anna Rajkovic says the introduction of these products will help those brands meet their goals.
“We’ve made remarkable progress in just the past few months,” Rajkovic states.
“We’re continuing to expand our PCR business and collaborate throughout the value chain to help the industry meet its sustainability commitments and advance the plastics Circular Economy model.”
Paper bottles going mainstream
Leading Finnish forest products group Stora Enso and packaging technology company Pulpex are joining forces to commercialize the production of eco-friendly paper bottles and containers made from wood fiber pulp to offer beverage customers an eco-friendly alternative to PET (polyethylene terephthalate) plastics and glass.
According to the joint development agreement between Stora Enso and Pulpex, a sustainable packaging technology company established by global distilled spirits and beer conglomerate Diageo and venture management company Pilot Lite, the exclusive partnership leverages Stora Enso’s formed fiber technologies and ability to convert end-products at an industrial scale.
ing development skills of Pulpex with our industrial capabilities, says Sohrab Kazemahvazi, senior vice-president for formed fiber at Stora Enso.
“This cooperation marks an important step in bringing to market a truly sustainable alternative to plastic bottles and containers, while offering end-user qualities that match those of traditional packaging in the beverage market.”
Using Stora Enso’s formed fiber material, Pulpex will produce paper bottles for an array of global brands across a variety of market applications, from home-care and personal care products to alcohol- and non-alcohol beverages and liquid foods.
Enso involved with Pulpex and are looking forward to the tangible benefits of such a formidable collaboration that will undoubtedly help us over the coming months as we seek to make our new, high-speed production lines available to all our partners,” says Scott Winston, director of Pulpex Limited.
According to Winston, leading consumer packaged goods (CPG) companies including Diageo, PepsiCo, Unilever, GSK Consumer Healthcare and Castrol , have joined the Pulpex global partner consortium with the intent of incorporating Pulpex technology into their brand packaging—collectively aiming to produce about 750 million paper bottles per year.
The partners say they expect the first high-speed production line for the new fiber bottles to be operational in 2022.
“We see great potential in combin-
Produced with sustainably sourced formed fiber pulp—manufactured by pressing various woodbased pulps into a three-dimensional shape in a molding machine—the bottles and containers would enable a significantly lower carbon footprint compared with glass or PET.
All of Stora Enso’s wood fiber pulp comes from verified sustainable verified sources, while customizable Pulpex bottle allows for embossing, labeling and coloured pigments to fit brand needs and easily integrates into any packaging manufacturer’s existing filling infrastructure.
“We are delighted to have Stora
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Whereas only 30 to 40 per cent of all plastic bottles are currently collected for recycling across the European Union and the U.S., the recycling rate for cardboard recycling is estimated at about 80 per cent, just ahead of class and aluminum (75 to 80 per cent), according to Pulpex.
EVEN FLOW
Canadian spring water brand making swift transition from niche to mainstream with planetfriendly packaging and breathtaking product innovation
By George Guidoni
Photos By Naomi Hiltz
It may not be the proverbial fountain of youth, but for Nicholas Reichenbach, the glacial spring located on his family’s property in Ontario’s South Bruce country near Lake Huron is nothing less than “The eight natural wonder of the world,” as he puts it.
While Reichenbach may be just a little bit biased, of course, the life-long serial entrepreneur has many good reasons to feel elated about making the most of his exclusive personal access to one-of-a-kind natural spring water continuously replenished inside the limestone aquifer underneath the earth’s surface, having trickled there from rainfalls above over an estimated 10,000 years.
Containing unusually elevated levels of natural electrolytes and minerals such as such as calcium carbonate, magnesium, potassium and zinc, the naturally alkaline water harvested at the
Nicholas Reichenbach, founder and executive chairman, Flow Beverage Corp.
Flow acquired property has allowed the founder of Toronto-headquartered Flow Beverage Corp. to become something of a poster child for sustainable harvesting and packaging of the world’s most precious natural resource.
Processed and packaged at Flow’s fiveyear-old production site a short drive north of Toronto in Aurora, Ont., the company’s flagship FLOW brand has expanded to become the fastest-growing premium water brand in North America over the last couple of years—bolstered by the consumers’ warm embrace of the brand’s sustainable Tetra Pak paperboard beverage packaging made almost exclusively from renewable and recyclable sources like wood fibers (cartons) and sugar cane (bio-based plastic caps).
Combined with intensive new product development that has resulted in the launch of innovative new flavored and functional water-based beverages under the Flow brand banner, the Flow Alkaline Spring Water brand’s success has not only enabled the company to secure sufficient private investment to proceed with the purchase of a second artisanal spring near Verona, Va., in 2019, as well as start up a nearby bottling plant and vastly expand its original manufacturing operation in Aurora.
Today spread out over 110,000 feet of production space across two side-by-side facilities equipped with state-of-the-art filtration, processing and packaging equipment, the highly automated Aurora operation employs 65 production staff on a seven-days-a-week schedule to produce millions of packs of Flow Alkaline Spring Water, Flow Collagen-infused
Tetra Pak founder Nick Reichenbach striking a happy pose alongside a Tetra Helix product transfer conveyor carrying filled Tetra Prisma beverage cartons from the filling machines towards the Aurora plant’s case-packing and palletizing stations downstream.
Water and Flow Organic Flavored water products per month.
Available in over a dozen delicious and refreshing combinations packed with “good for you” minerals and other natural ingredients, the Flow brand’s double-digit growth over the last couple of years has also allowed the company to raise close to $100 million in financing to proceed with listing on the Toronto Stock Exchange on July 14—a fairly unusual accomplishment for any independent beverage company in North America these days.
“I think we really struck a chord with the investment community because, first and foremost, the quality of our water is one of the highest-quality still mineral waters sold in North America,” Reichenbach told Canadian Packaging on a recent visit to the Aurora plant.
“We make a high-end product that competes in the very large, fast-growing premium enhanced water category, where we are the largest company to package our water in the sustainable Tetra Pak packaging to create a perfect fit for the market.
“We grew our sales by several hundred per cent in the first three years of operation,” Reichenbach confides, “and we’re still going strong with 55 percent compounded growth from 2018-2020.
“So as a high-growth company that has already invested over tens-of-millions in manufacturing and other production assets, we offer the scale, vertical integration and the high-margins that
Starting out in bulk from the massive stainless-steel holding silos (below), the Flow brand of alkaline spring water sourced in Ontario’s Bruce County is packaged inside Tetra Prisma beverage cartons that are then packed inside colorful corrugated multipack cases (left) manufactured by Cascades Containerboard Packaging and decorated with cheerful and elegant graphics developed in partnership with boutique Toronto design agency Jackman Reinvents.
investors are looking for,” says Reichenbach, noting he feels privileged to have had the luxury of attracting the right type of investors to spread the company’s message of environmental responsibility.
“That’s why it made a lot of sense for us to take the company public—not only for our earlier shareholders, but also for the new shareholders interested in supporting the next generation of socially and environmentally progressive companies working to change the world by making it a better place,” Reichenbach proclaims.
“As a proud Canadian, I am thrilled to see Flow as a great public company listed on TSX,” says Reichenbach, noting he was also able to hire long-time waterbottling industry veteran Maurizio Patarnello, former chief executive officer at Nestlé Waters, as Flow Water’s CEO. While Flow is far from the first company to benefit from the multitude of environmental attributes that Tetra Pak’s mostly plant-based aseptic packaging provides to many other food-andbeverage brand-owners around the world,
the company’s commitment to exclusive use of Tetra Pak Prisma beverage cartons for all of its 20-plus SKUs (stock-keeping units) certainly helps it stand out from competition in the premium enhanced water segment, which is still dominated by plastic containers that have attracted massive backlash among a growing number of North American consumers in recent years.
“Producing Flow beverages exclusively in Tetra Pak cartons, a sustainable package in high demand, has allowed Flow to scale itself for the future as a leader in sustainable Tetra Pak packaging going forward,” says Camelia Rotarita, Flow Water’s vice-president of product innovation and co-packing.
As Rotarita explains, Flow water uses Tetra Pak’s one-liter, 500-ml and 330-ml Tetra Prisma cartons for the Alkaline SpringWater brand; 500-ml Tetra Prisma Aseptic cartons for flavored waters; and 500-ml Tetra Prisma for the collageninfused waters, which contain 10 grams of protein peptide derived from grassfed Argentina-and Brazil-raised beef per 500ml serving.
“It is doing extremely well in the market: the consumers love it,” Reichenbach extols. “They love the way it tastes like the original Flow water, silky and smooth, but with the added benefit of collagen.
From Top A close-up view of the the extensive piping incoporated into the design of Tetra Pak aseptic processing equipment.
Flow Water’s vice-president of innovation and co-packing Camelia Rotarita standing next to the high-pressure Tetra Pak Homogenizer 300 system.
“Our whole portfolio strategy is largely based about infusing functional and nutritional enhancements into the product’s natural taste enhancements,” says Reichenbach, saying the company is already working on a new range of vitamin-enhanced water that it plans to launch into the market next year.
Naturally, these products will also be packed in Tetra Pak packaging, notes Rotarita, who is also in charge of the company’s fast-growing co-packing
business focused on contract manufacturing of other brand-owners’ products packaged in Tetra Pak cartons, including sports drinks, nutritional supplements, coffees, teas, juices, smoothies, etc.
“We consider Tetra Pak a hugely important partner for Flow,” Rotarita asserts.
“The more consumers become primed and educated to the environmental benefits of opting for sustainably-sourced
Clockwise from top Manufactured by Tetra Pak, the Aquafine UV light system is used to sterilize and purify the alkaline spring water prior to transferring it to the Tera Pak filling machinery; a close-up view of SEW-Eurodrive motor and drives used to provide smooth motion control for the plant’s conveyor lines; filled Tetra Pak cartons passing by a Domino model A520i continuous inkjet (CIJ) coder for application of all the required variable product information onto the cartons.
premium water in a Tetra Prisma pack over a plastic water bottle, the more we can focus our promotion on the quality, source, and taste of the water over packaging.
“Ultimately, the more recognition Tetra gets as a sustainable alternative to packaging, the more we find other brands in the beverage space reaching out to us to explore co-packing.”
Adds Reichenbach: “We are seeing natural foods retailers take a stance on
plastic and carrying less of it in their water aisle.
“But this is just the beginning—the entire industry needs to repeat and emphasize this important message,” he asserts.
Shipped to the Aurora plant daily in stainless-steel tankers, the water harvested from the Bruce County aquifer undergoes rigorous quality control.
Top from left
A close-up of the product code information and production date applied to the top of a filled Tetra Pak carton by a Domino A501a continuous inkjet coder as programmed on the user-friendly TouchPanel operator interface.
Below
Flow Water’s water-bottling plant in Aurora is equipped with three side-by-side Tetra Pak packaging lines capable of turning out nine million packs of Flow brand alkaline water products per month.
The product is filled under aseptic conditions and hermetically sealed, as where it moves along conveyors to a capper machine that applies the opening fitment (cap) and then onto secondary packaging, where the finished cartons are placed into a wraparound corrugated case and placed onto pallets for shipment or storage.
It’s a fairly similar packaging process on the co-packing side of the Aurora
operation, albeit there is a lot more testing, sterilization and other thermal processing steps taking place prior to filling, as required by the different customers’ product recipes and formulations.
“Our entire filling and downstream equipment was purchased from, installed by, and is supported by Tetra Pak,” Rotarita relates.
“Their equipment is the mechanical heart of the operation,” says Rotarita, noting the plant’s three packaging lines have the flexibility to run several different Tetra Pak carton sizes in combination with several different capping options— most of them made from bio-based plastic resins sourced from sustainable certified sugar-cane plantations in Brazil.
“It all reinforces the message of Flow’s pioneering efforts in promoting Tetra Pak
packaging to serve other brands entering the beverage industry,” says Rotarita, citing the plant’s investment into a MicroThermics miniature aseptic processing line to run small-scale trials to test prototypes before full-scale production.
For its part, the larger-sized processing equipment used at the plant includes several batching system tanks;
“We’re operating in a very competitive industry,” Rotarita notes, “so having the manufacturing capabilities we do is essential to keep us ahead of the competition.”
At this point at least, Flow Water is already miles ahead of the competition in terms of its wellness marketing strategy and certifications the company is allowed to display on its packaging.
Containing no sugar, juice, dairy,
preservatives or GMOs, all of its current water brands boasts serial authoritative certifications for being organic, gluten- and free, Kosher product with FSC-certified, recyclable packaging, along with additional certifications from leading food standards authorities such as NSF and BRC
“The BRC Global Standard for Food Safety certification gives Flow brand an internationally recognized mark of food quality, safety and responsibility,” according to Rotarita, while the companion B Corporation certification demonstrates the “core role that sustainability plays in everything we do.
Clockwise from top
A Tetra Pak capping machine applying tamper-evident Helicap closures onto cartons; a roll of pre-printed Tetra Pak paperboard ready to roll; close up of the capping process; rollstock paperboard material unwound prior to being formed into cartons.
“It is very much embedded in the DNA of the company and underlays all aspects of our production, from operations to sales and marketing,” Rotarita says.
“The B Corporation certification measures Flow’s entire social and environmental performance and shows Flow’s positive impact on community, environment and customers.”
Adds Reichenbach: “We have one of the highest B Corp scores in our industry.
“We jumped 30 points this year on our rating, and we did this with a multitude of different endeavors we do every year to make our company the best ESG (environment and social governance)-forward company in the global beverage business.”
As Reichenbach points out, the harvesting of Flow water at the source is done in controlled manner, whereby the company makes sure to use only a fraction of the spring’s water reserves for production—allowing rainfall and snow-melt to replenish the spring naturally.
Says Reichenbach: “We are proud that we are operating a carbon-neutral company, but that’s still not good enough—we want to be carbon-negative.
“We want Flow to have a positive impact on the planet around us,” he states, “and we want to make sure that we live up to our promise to our shareholders, and to ourselves, that every step we make has a positive impact on the planet.
“So we continuously work to not only offset all of our energy
“We are seeing natural foods retailers take a stance on plastic and carrying less of it in their water aisles.”
Clockwise from top Tetra Pak cartons filled with copacked product make the Tetra Pak case-packing station equipped with a Nordson ProBlue hot-melt adhesive applicator (middle right) to be puts inside corrugated cases, which are then labeled and barcodes with a Weber Pro-Apply printer-applicator before making their way further downstream for palletizing.
with green energy, both in Canada and in the U.S., but make sure that our entire value chain is tracked and monitored to allow us to not only maintain carbon neutrality in terms of operations, but take it one step further in terms having negative carbon emissions.”
With its two plants’ combined capacity to produce close to 150 million packs of water per year, Flow products are currently sold in over 20,000 different retail locations throughout North America, according to Reichenbach.
Along with a fast-growing online business in various leading e-commerce channels and key celebrity endorsements from famous pop music and entertainment celebrities like Shawn
Mendes, actress Halle Berry, NBA basketball star Russell Westbrook and super model Paloma Elsesser, to name a few, Flow is ideally positioned to generate further goodwill and brand awareness among the millennial consumers for years to come, according to Reichenbach.
“There is a huge shift taking place in the market towards the use of plantbased renewable resources,” Reichenbach notes, “and we made it our goal to become the Number One product in the North America RTD (ready-to-drink) markets to offer consumers the choice of renewable plant-based packaging.
“So we will continue to make further investments and undertake various social initiatives to make sure we get our
hydration products out to people that need them the most, while making this planet a better place for our society as a whole.”
Says Reichenbach: “Good things happen when you work toward achieving the triple bottom line of people, profit and the planet.
“Thanks to our signature one-liter Flow in Tetra Pak, one of our best-selling products, drinking better in better packaging for the planet is becoming a movement that really unites status, pop culture and wellness.”
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MEAT AND TIDY
Innovative East Coast meat processor carving itself a bigger slice of the market through continuous investment in advanced packaging and processing equipment
By Andrew Snook
Photos by Warren Robertson
The donair has been a staple for Atlantic Canadians for 50 years. The origin of the popular fast-food option found in pizzerias throughout Canada’s East Coast is a tale of two brothers travelling across the sea to build a better life for themselves.
Shortly after immigrating to Canada from their homeland of Greece in the early 1970s, brothers Peter and John Kamoulakos decided to get into the restaurant business.
Peter opened up a pizza shop in Bedford, N.S. where he sold traditional gyros. Finding it wasn’t a big hit with the
local population, Peter created a new recipe based on the traditional lamb gyro using 100-percent beef and different spices, as well as a sweet sauce, to suit the palates of the local population. This is how the donair was born.
Peter and John enjoyed great success with their new product and decided to move into the retail market creating and marketing The Original Mr. Donair brand that they sold across Nova Scotia. Sadly, Peter passed away in the 1990s and Tony’s Meats Ltd. was contracted to produce The Original Mr. Donair products.
In 2005, John sold The Original Mr. Donair recipe and brand to Tony’s Meats, which continues to produce the popular
From Left: Tony Meats general manager Dan MacGillivray, opertions manager Lenita Hanson, and international business development manager Aaron Tingley.
brand of products at its production facility in Antigonish, N.S.
Started up in 1963, Tony’s Meats has also had its share of ownership changes.
The original owner, Tony Van Gestel, sold to his daughter Jenny and her husband Tony Overmars in the 1970s and they maintained ownership until their retirement in 2007, when they sold the company to a group of farmers that wanted to keep providing local employment and opportunities to fellow Nova Scotians.
The farmers owned the company until selling it to the Tony’s Meats’ senior management team in 2015. That team is comprised of general manager Dan MacGillivray (25 years with the company);
From top
An appetizing selection of Tony’s Meats branded products packaged on the Variovac Optimus thermoform packaging machine; line operators preparing portions of slice meats to be placed into the Variovac Optimus system supplied by Reiser.
better opportunity for the business to grow was with the three of us at the helm, and I feel like we have grown.”
Since taking over the company, the new ownership has invested heavily in optimizing the production and packaging operations at the Antigonish facility.
Tony’s Meats has grown its product offerings and volumes significantly in that time.
The federally inspected, halal-certified production facility processes fresh and processed pork and beef products under SQF Level 2 certification and HACCP accreditation—producing more than 50 different products shipped across Canada.
In a typical year, about 60 per cent of the production is sold to the foodservice industry, with the remaining 40 per cent sold into retail outlets.
“Peak production would be in the summertime–barbecue season, higher tourism—so restaurants are busy [normally], and holidays like Christmas and Easter,” Hanson notes.
“It’s a little slower in first couple of months while people are hibernating, but it’s generally pretty steady through the year,” Hanson says.
As Hanson relates, the 38,000-squarefoot facility in Antigonish employs 64 people and operates year-round— producing beef and pork products under the Mr. Donair and Tony’s Meats brands.
“The Tony’s Meats brand was developed first in the ’80s—bacon, breakfast sausage, hams, kolbasa … those are primarily found in Atlantic Canada,” Hanson says.
“The Mr. Donair brand was really expanded in 2015. Aaron and his team have worked hard at expanding that, and its national distribution started soon after in 2016.
“It just keeps growing,” Hanson extols. “We’re experiencing double-digit growth.”
The opportunity to acquire the company came at the perfect time, as Tony’s Meats had been forced to close the abattoir portion of its operations a couple of years earlier.
international business development manager Aaron Tingley (21 years with the company); and operations manager Lenita Hanson (nine years).
“We went into it with our eyes wide open: those were exciting times to transition the business,” Hanson says, adding that the farmers’ main motivation to buy the company from the Overmars family was to have a place for processing the animals they raised.
“None of them were involved in the day-to-day business and didn’t have a background in federally regulated food manufacturing,” she explains.
“So with our combined knowledge, experience and passion for working in the meat processing business we felt the
“In 2013, when we were forced to close the abattoir portion of our business, we were on the hook to lose 40 per cent of our revenue, so to gain that back we really focused on product development,” explains Tingley.
“We pretty much gained all that revenue back through the Mr. Donair brand and our co-packing business.”
“Co-packing has been an area of focus for us,” Hanson states.
“It goes hand-in-hand with our halal segment, where we have a lot of business.
“We have a unique ability to service that market.”
The co-packing portion of the company’s business was made possible when it invested in a brand-new Reiser Variovac Optimus thermoform packaging machine that was installed in
spring of 2019.
Upon purchasing the thermoformer, company management was enabled to accommodate all the sizes of packaging that their co-packing customers were looking for—particularly their halal customers, which was of great importance for expanding this part of their business.
“We were running into scheduling issues and capacity issues, but now we’ve doubled our capacity and separated the machines into two rooms: halal and nonhalal.
“Since adding the new machine, we’ve added at least 10 SKUs (stock-keeping units) on the halal side,” Hanson says.
The new Variovac Optimus thermoformer also offers Tony’s Meats
Tony’s Meats machine operators swiftly going through their preparation steps to load up the cavities of the new Variovac Optimus thermoform packaging machine capable of executing up to 13 cycles per minute with exceptional sealing integrity.
the capability to run pre-printed films.
“That’s definitely an important option for some of our customers,” Hanson points out.
“Being able to provide these different solutions has allowed them to go out and find more customers and produce more products and grow the business,” adds Randy Belcot, vice-president of sales in Canada for Reiser.
The Variovac Optimus system provides high-quality sealing, vacuum, MAP (modified atmosphere packaging), skin, steam and shrink packaging capabilities with an output of up to 13 cycles per minute, using semi-rigid films up to 500 μ that are formed into perfect trays with the machine’s proprietary Variovac
Rapid Air System.
Some of the notable features include a frame length from 2.5 to 5.5 meters; a film width of 320-mm to 460-mm; advance length of 150-mm to 400-mm; and a packaging depth of up to 110-mm. Also featuring an integrated circulatory cooling unit without consumption of water, the Variovac Optimus has been designed according to the highest hygienic standards, according to Reiser, and comes with easily removable hinged side panels and angled surfaces to facilitate fluid runoff.
The fully-automatic thermoformer comes with an intuitive operating system on a seven-inch touchscreen display with the ability to program and save up to 40
individualized machine recipes, while also offering multiple language options to make the system universally accessible for non-English speakers.
The team at Tony’s Meats was already very familiar with the equipment, having had already employed another Variovac unit in its packaging department, which was purchased in 2007.
“We now have a twin to it,” Hanson says. “The 2007 machine has the same web width, the same advance.
“It’s basically the same machine, but the 2019 model has more capabilities, like on-machine date coding, gas flush capabilities, a different knife system, and
requires less ongoing maintenance costs.”
Hanson says having the 2007 and 2019 Variovac models allows the staff to carry a lot of key common spare parts on the maintenance side, as well as the same films—helping the company manage its inventory more efficiently.
“That was a big motivation for us to purchase the new machine,” Hanson says, adding that having already enjoyed a really positive experience with the 2007 model was a major factor in the new investment.
“We’re getting a lot of good life out of it,” she states. “There’s not a lot of downtime from machine issues, so there’s
Also supplied to the Tony’s Meats processing plant by Reiser in 2015, the high-performance Fomaco FG26 M2 injector boasts a proprietary needle bridge system equipped with 26 needles to inject brine into the bulk meat, performing betwen 20 to 90 stokes per minute depending on specific product recipe.
reliability there.
“And of course, the price point comes into everything,” Hanson adds. “There was very good value in the machine.”
Tony’s Meats packaging department isn’t the only part of the plant to benefit from Reiser’s technologies.
The company also worked with Reiser to optimize its processing capabilities— investing in a Fomaco FGM26 M2 injector in 2015 for its processed products to replace their previous unit they had for more than 20 years.
Hanson says her company looked at other pieces of equipment, but decided to go with Reiser because of the service and value the company provides.
“It’s a common theme with a lot of the purchases that we’ve made with Randy and his team,” Hanson says. “They’ve been great to work with, very responsive.
“They work quickly to make sure we’re back up and running,” she relates, “and they have a strong inventory of parts.
“We really haven’t found ourselves in a pickle with any of the pieces of equipment,” Hanson notes, “and I think that’s really important.
“We have an appreciation for the service and wide variety of equipment that Reiser provides.”
The Fomaco FGM M2 injector is used
to inject brine into meat muscle to provide enhanced flavor and moisture enhancement, as well as improved yield.
According to Reiser, the machine is designed to enable customers to handle all meat cuts, both bone-in and boneless, and at the same time meet the demand for low and high injection levels.
The unit offers a proprietary needle bridge system to perform 20 to 90 strokes per minute with 26 needles—single, double or quadro—whereby the M2 needle bridge valves are activated individually.
By injecting the brine only when the needles are embedded in the product, the system considerably reduces the quantity of return brine or marinade.
The system’s high-performance centrifugal pump maintains a constant brine pressure—regardless of the number of needles in the product— ensuring uniform distribution of brine for all product sizes.
The unit also has sectionally-divided
stripper feet following the contours of the product, which also contribute to accurate injection as these will prevent the product from moving when the needles are retracted.
This provides a uniform needle pattern and prevents the product from being injected twice—or from not being injected at all.
Additional features include a self-
“You’re competing with smaller regional operators, and also with large multinational corporations. To stand out on top, you’ve got to have quality and competitive pricing.”
A fully loaded mobile rack of freshly made and cured bulk sausage rolls of high-quality deli meats waits for its turn to go into the Holac Cubixx 100L dicer to be cut up into finished slices of meat of variousdesired thickness before being transferred downstream for primary packaging on the Reiser Variovac Optimus thermoform packaging machine.
cleaning F-80 cartridge-type filter, an easy-to-clean hygienic design, automatic monitoring of brine temperature, and an intuitive settings of pump pressure and production speed.
“We’ve been able to support them not just with equipment, but with our meat specialist to be on-site for installation and support,” says Reiser’s Belcot.
“Our meat specialist is a scientifically trained process technologist we employ to help them through the process,” says Belcot, “and we also assist them via the phone or Zoom to help them with any issues with new products.”
According to Belcot, Reiser’s continued support and reliable technologies had also enticed Tony’s Meats to invest in a Holac Cubixx 100L dicer in 2017 for processing of various diced and shredded products.
“The Cubixx design allows for precision cutting and throughput: it’s a great design,” Belcot says.
The Holac Cubixx 100L features a fully sealed product loading chamber with open drainages; a loading chamber closure with press block; hardened shear
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The hardworking machine offers a maximum output of 1,600 kilograms per hour; feed motion of one to 35-mm; cutting grid sizes of 4x4-mm to 50x50mm; and loading dimensions of 100x100x400-mm.
“It really made a huge impact immediately,” says Hanson, explaining the machine is primarily used for making pizza toppings.
“There are three formulations of salami, donair and ham that go through that machine, in fairly significant volumes.
“We were 1,000 to 1,500 kilograms per month with some of the products,” Hanson says, “but now, with the donair, we’re up to 1,500 kilograms per week.”
Prior to having the dicer, the products were being cut manually by hand.
“It was hard on employees physically,” Hanson recalls, “so there were many advantages to putting in that piece of equipment—from efficiency and volumes to health and safety.
“It has certainly allowed us to grow,” Hanson states. “In the last four years, it has paid for itself several times over.”
By offering support that goes above and beyond, Reiser has built a strong relationship with the team at Tony’s Meats over the years, according to Belcot.
“It’s been a partnership back and forth,” he states.
“With our support network of technicians and meat specialists, we were able to develop a strong relationship and partnership with them—building strong ties with Dan, Aaron and Lenita by helping them build their business.”
Despite notable product portfolio diversification in recent years, the company’s signature Mr. Donair brand of donair meats, also available in halal recipes, remains the company’s bestselling product, which has in fact been enjoying double-digit growth in sales in the last couple of years.
According to Tingley, Tony’s Meats needs to continue investing in new processing and packaging technologies to ensure the company remains competitive now and in the future.
“You’re competing with smaller regional operations,” Tingley says, “and you’re also competing with large multinational corporations.
“Most of our products are not unique, so there’s a lot of competition.
“To stand out on top you’ve got to have quality and competitive pricing,” Tingley says.
“That’s where our donair line has been successful—it’s a niche product,” Hanson adds. “There are few meat processors that are making that product.
There’s more coming in all the time, but we do have that history of being the original, which helps us promote our product.”
Production for the company’s key staple, sliced donair loaf products, begins when the incoming raw meats are mixed with a variety of spices to match the company’s secret recipe.
The products are then extruded into pans and placed on rolling carts that are moved into the company’s pass through style oven/smokehouse for cooking.
After cooking, the product is rapidly cooled to ensure the highest level of food safety and quality is maintained.
The product is then moved into the company’s ready-to-eat packaging room, where it is sliced to the desired thickness,
scaled to the exact desired package weight, and then placed into the plastic pockets of film formed by the Variovac Optimus thermoformer.
As the pockets advance, the machine’s vacuum removes all atmospheric oxygen and then hermetically seals a layer of film to the form pocket—creating a highbarrier, extended shelf-life product.
After a best-before date is applied by a stamping system incorporated into the Variovac Optimus machine, the packages travels from the machine through a metal detection station, after which the finished labels are applied, the packages are placed in master cases, and finally placed onto pallets for storage and shipping.
“All of our products are traceable to our recipes and ingredients,” points out MacGillivray. “They track exactly what the lots are that go into a recipe down to the store level.”
“That’s key,” Hanson asserts. “Whether you’re shipping for local or national distribution, it is required not only for protection for consumers, but for protection of us as a business.
“It’s critical we have that control.”
Like almost all companies out there, Tony’s Meats needed to pivot and adapt to the changing environment that the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic created.
“From a sales aspect, we’ve obviously lost or slowed when the foodservice [clientele] has moved to take-out only, but we have seen an increase in retail which has offset those losses,” Tingley says.
“We’ve remained on par as far as revenue goes.When things open up, we’re probably looking at a bump in sales.”
Hanson says things were toughest at the start of the pandemic from an operational perspective.
“It was extremely challenging, there was no rule book. We were just trying to sort out things day by day,” she says.
While some meat processing plants had to shut down due to COVID-19 outbreaks sweeping through their facilities, Tony’s Meats has been able to avoid shutdowns to date.
“We’re very fortunate that we haven’t had COVID-19 in our facility,” Hanson reflects. “That’s allowed all of our employees to work all of their scheduled shifts, and we haven’t had to lay anyone off.
“We had some employees that had to step back to care for some older family members and had some folks with health issues working from home, but we figured out a way to make that work.”
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ORGANIC MATTERS
Renowned Toronto organic craft beer producer serves up a pure packaging masterclass with inspired new product offerings and catchy new brand graphics
By George Guidoni, Editor
Photos by Naomi Hiltz
Doing the right thing for consumers and the environment has become a popular rallying cry for many CPG (consumer packaged goods) companies in recent years, but there is a profound world of difference between brands simply jumping on the organic bandwagon as a marketing ploy and true believers like the Mill Street Brewery in Toronto.
Founded in 2002 by Steve Abrams, Jeff Cooper and Michael Duggan, the upstart microbrewer—named after its original location at 55 Mill Street in the
city’s historic Distillery District—quickly became a rising star in Ontario’s fledgling craft beer industry by deftly filling an existing market void with the launch of its signature Mill St. Organic Lager, a 100-percent natural, certified organic beer that was Ontario’s very first organic lager and, nearly 20 years on, remains the company’s bestselling product to this day. During the first decade of its operation as an independent brewer, Mill Street built up a strong loyal following for its uniquely refreshing European-style lager, picking up a big haul of prestigious industry awards that include the Golden Tap Awards for Best Toronto Microbrewery (2004-2008); Best
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Toronto Beer (for Tankhouse Ale , 2004-2008), and being named as Canadian Brewery of the Year at the annual Canadian Brewing Awards competition in 2007, 2008 and 2009.
Scaling up its operations with a 2006 move to a larger industrial facility in Toronto’s east end suburb of Scarborough allowed Mill Street to significantly expands its product portfolio to comprise 14 different brands of bottled and canned beer—all of them available at the original Distillery District brewpub that has itself grown into a major tourist attraction for Toronto visitors.
The company’s stellar rise into the elite ranks of Ontario’s fast-growing craft beer business eventually enticed Canadian beer giant Labatt Breweries Limited, nowadays part of the global brewing conglomerate AnheuserBusch Inbev , which orchestrated a multimillion-dollar buyout of Mill Street operations, along with a pledge to invest $10 million in various capital investment to take organic beer producer to the next level of growth.
To say that Mill Street’s new owners delivered on its promise would be a glaring understatement.
Today, Mill Street Brewing operates a highly automated, state-of-the-art brewing facility in North Toronto, started up in 2016, whose earnest commitment to the company’s founding principles and excellence in organic beer production is taking the Canadian beer industry by storm.
Located on Bermondsey Road in the city’s suburb of North York, the 140,000-square-foot facility employs over 150 people across production, sales and marketing, administrative and logistics positions, all housed within four large bays comprising both manufacturing and raw/finished goods storage
From Top Vancouver-based agency Will Creative designed the new can graphics; a touchscreen interface used to control the Krones can filling line.
Nowadays serving the entire Canadian market from Victoria to St. John’s, Nfld., the busy facility turns out over 70 different SKUs (stock-keeping units) of bottled and canned beer brands produced with superior craftsmanship and care that have long cemented Mill St. Original Organic Lager ’s status as Canada’s most popular certified organic beer brand.
“To this day, our best-selling beer is also the first beer we every brewed,” says Mill Street’s vice-president of marketing Sam Jacobs. “At 4.2-percent ABV (alcohol by volume), it is brewed pure
from seed to sip for a clean and crisp taste.
“The grains we source for all our beers are organic-meaning they’re grown without the use of pesticides, herbicides and fungicides—thereby supporting a healthier ecosystem,” Jacobs says, adding the brewer sources all of its wheat and barley from Canadian certified organic farm operators, while also sourcing all other ingredients domestically as much as possible, depending on availability.
Says Jacobs: “What really makes all our beers so special is not only are we producing a beer that consumers enjoy,
“Knowing that we’re making a positive environmental impact is a very special feeling for all involved.”
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A bird’s-eye view of the high-quality canning line equipment employed at the Mill Street production facility; a side view of the 32-piston rotary Krones VOC filler running the latest batch of 473-ml cans of the Mill St. Original Organic Lager brand.
but also knowing they can enjoy a beer that also has a positive impact on the environment.
“Knowing that we’re making a positive environmental impact is a very special feeling for all involved,” says Jacobs, noting the Mill Street operation makes the most of its special status within Labatt as the company’s go-to organic beer authority, along with the autonomy this status provides in respect to new product development.
Says Jacobs: “We have a strong group of consumers who support us in the belief that our purpose isn’t just to produce great-tasting beer, but a beer that can make a positive impact on our collective community.
“It’s this common goal that makes us
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Canada’s largest craft brewery and it will continue being our north star into the future.”
As Jacobs relates, the slower winter months—combined with the COVID-19 pandemic that cut into its draft beer sales to restaurants and other foodservice operators—provided a unique opportunity for Street Mill to refocus on new product development in the last year, resulting in a launch of two new certified organic beers earlier this spring as part of a larger brand extension/rebranding project for the company’s entire certified organic portfolio.
Packaged in the 473- ml Tallboy–style aluminum cans supplied by the Metal Container Corporation (MCC) , also an Anheuser-Busch Inbev subsidiary headquartered in St. Louis, Mo., the new the Mill Street Hazy Organic IPA and Mill St. Belgian-Style Organic White seasonal wheat beer join the Mill St. Original Organic Lager, Cobblestone Organic Stout, Tankhouse Organic Pale Ale and 100th Meridian Organic Amber Lager to offer Canadian beerlovers an extended range of premium certified organic beer products produced at the Bermondsey Road facility.
Sold individually or as part of the company’s new mixed-pack Essential Pack beer cases, supplied by the nearby corrugated producer Atlantic Packaging Products Limited , the introduction of the two new certified organic brands puts an emphatic exclamation mark on conclusion of a comprehensive packaging redesign and rebrand project carried out in partnership with Vancouver-based branding specialists Will Creative Inc.
As Jacobs explains, “The craft beer industry is incredibly competitive, with so many great breweries competing for shelf space and consumer attention.
“On top of that, consumers who shop the craft beer space are highly exploratory and like to try different styles and products from different breweries.
“That’s why our new packaging update was so important,” Jacobs asserts.
“With six out of 10 Canadians actively searching for organic products, our new cohesive look helps consumers easily find the organic products they’re seeking,” Jacobs asserts, “while also modernizing
and providing a stronger brand blocking presence on the shelf.”
While in the past many organic products used to be characterized by relatively bland, neutral and generic packaging presentation to underline the product’s organic and all-natural credentials, the highly creative and inspiring new artwork and logos directprinted onto the MCC aluminum cans effectively puts an end to the notion that organic product packaging has to be boring and minimalist to better reflect the product’s all-natural origins, Jacobs agrees.
“Over the last few years, there has been a dramatic increase in the number of Canadians buying organic products,” he notes, “with millennials and centennials being major drivers of this trend.
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An SEW-Eurodrive motor powering the Lagrotta transfer conveyor; a close-up of a crisp product code applied by Videojet 1620 inkjet coder; corrugated shipping trays supplied by Atlantic Packaging Products; filled beer cases making their way downstream for tray-packing.
“This same audience makes purchasing decisions based on factors like brand values and what ingredients are put into their products.
“With six out of 10 Canadians actively searching for organic products to avoid processed foods and artificial ingredients, we knew it would be helpful for consumers if we better showcased the ingredients, processes and high-quality standards used to make our organic beers,” Jacobs reasons.
“This understanding led us to our new packaging redesign—making it easier for consumers to find an organic style of beer to fit their occasion.”
According to Mill Street’s vicepresident of operations David Kinder, the new bold and colorful packaging for the Essential Pack collection beers provide
a fitting compliment to the purity and quality of the certified organic beer lineup produced at the Bermondsey Road brewery.
“Organic beer is more costly and certainly not easier to make than conventional beer,” Kinder states, “but we do it because we feel like it’s the right thing to do.
“Because we’re certified organic brewing facility, there are special considerations and processes that we must follow to keep a product to the certified standard of the Canada Organic Regime,” he explains.
“For example, we conduct additional cleaning between production runs; we ensure all the transport equipment is tamper-free; and all raw material deliveries to our site require clean truck affidavits that arrive sealed, and are cut
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Says Kinder: “Since our launch in 2002, we’ve remained consistent in our purpose that organic agriculture leads to a healthier ecosystem.
“It’s this belief that’s led us to offer an entire line-up of organic beers.
“This consistency has been our key to unlocking growth over the last 20 years,” says Kinder, noting that all the major capital investments carried out by brewery over the past decade have been made within the overriding priority to optimize the plant’s organic beer production process that comprises six major phases:
• Milling the grain: cracking the husks of grain to expose desired sugars inside;
• Mashing: steeping the barley in hot water to make wort;
• Lautering: removing solids (spent grain) from the liquid wort;
• Boiling of the wort to sterilize it, while also adding hops at this stage;
• Cooling to yeast pitching temperatures;
• Fermenting for two to four weeks, depending on the recipe.
All these processes are expertly
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executed by the plant’s state-of-the-art 140-hectoliter Steinecker cold cast wort brewhouse—manufactured in Germany by the Steinecker Gmbh division of leading global beverage line equipment supplier Krones AG—equipped with a custom-built kettle stack with a highefficiency heat recovery system.
According to Kinder, this advanced technology enables the brewer to heat more than 15,000 liters of water per day up to 90°C without any additional inputs, allowing the water to be used in the brewing process and for equipment cleaning.
Clockwise from top The WestRock Duodozen 1220 Combo machine forms a corrugated shipping tray to pack for six-pack beer cases arriving to the loading station; A Nordson ProBlue adhesive applicator attached to the WestRock Duodozen case-packer; Becker pumps incorporated into the WestRock case-packing machine design.
Bottom from left Accumulation and product transfer conveyors supplied to the Mill Street Brewery canning line by the Lagrotta Packaging Group.
In addition, it has also helped the plant to eliminate all phosphorus-based cleaning chemicals from the process by replacing them with environmentallyfriendly alternatives, which Kinder says is all part-and-parcel of the company’s unwavering commitment to reducing its environmental footprint.
“We have expanded our use of organic certified grains, and have a comprehensive Environmental Management program on site, with strong annual reduction in key areas such as water usage,” says Kinder, noting the plant has achieved double–digit reduction in water
consumption compared to 2019.
“We also joined an energy-saver program that provided a reduction in both our gas and electricity consumption, even as we grew our volume,” Kinder adds, “and we also moved to zero-wasteto-landfill by the end of 2020.”
Commissioned in 2016 with expert assistance from Krones’ Canadian subsidiary Krones Machinery Co. Ltd. of Mississauga, Ont., the Steinecker brewhouse is capable of producing up to 12 different beer varieties at a time, while covering all aspects of organic beer brewing with high-performance machinery and systems that include:
• Krones Variomill 10t/h wetmill;
• Mash tun (2,500-mm);
• Pegasus lauter tun (3,500-mm);
• Wort receiver/holding vessel;
• Stromboli wort kettle with external boiler;
• Hop knick (for whole leaf hops);
• Whirlpool (3,500-mm);
• Vapor condenser with energy recovery tank;
• Wort chiller and aeration plant;
• Liquor plant;
• Brewhouse CIP (clean-in-place) system;
• Proprietary Krones BOTEC automated process control system. In addition to the brewhouse, Krones technology also plays a prominent role on the plant’s canning line, where all the certified organic Selection Pack beer brands are packaged.
Originally commissioned in 2012, the Krones VOC 3020 model rotary filler is a 32-valve can filling system that can run 473-ml cans at up to 316 cans per minute, according to Krones, and the smaller 355-ml cans at up to 383 cans per minute.
Positioned next to a high-performance Ferrum seamer for tightly synchronized seaming of the filled cans transferred there immediately after filling, the Krones filler still has “many years of productive working life left in it,” according to Mathias Gorlitt, managing director and head of sales for Canada at Krones Machinery.
As Gorlitt points out, “The Krones reputation for technological excellence
speaks for itself, but one of the main reasons that they purchase their filler form us was the reliability of Krones equipment and the local service availability of our service team, which is literally ‘just around the corner’ in Mississauga.”
Another one of Mill Street’s important ‘around the corner’ equipment
“The primary purpose of our machines is to pasteurize the beverages after they have been filled,” says Descon’s applications engineer Christopher Todorow.
“Pasteurization is a vitally important heat treatment process applied to packaged product to eliminate pathogens and extend the shelf-life of the
A model IndraControl V HMI (human-machine interface) from Bosch Rexroth used to control and monitor operations of the Duodozen case-packing system.
One of many Bosch Rexroth servomotors incorporated into the Duodozen 1220 Combo case-packing system for precise motion control and positional accuracy.
“The brewery used an existing steam boiler as heat source for machines, whereby the steam piping from the boiler is fed to shell and tube heat exchangers provided with our machines.
“These heat exchangers regulate and control water temperature during the pasteurization process.
“Each machine has its own shell and tube heat exchanger,” says Todorow, adding both machines were started up for full production within a month of being installed at the plant.
Over on the plant’s glass bottling line,
Descon’s model SDP 1070 single-deck container pasteurizer provides exceptionally gentle handling and smooth product flow for up to 450 355ml glass bottles per minute, while Descon’s model SDP 848 single-deck pasteurizer does the same for up to 300 Tallboy -style aluminum containers per minute on the canning line.
As Todorow relates, both machines offer multiple performance benefits of all stainless-steel 304 hygienic design and fabrication; non-clogging stainless-steel spray nozzles; continuous data recording/
monitoring with integrated HMI (human-machine interface) touchscreen terminal; closed-loop PID temperature control; and integrated dynamic transfer conveyors, also manufactured and installed by Descon.
According to Todorow, the clean machine design reduces the likelihood of container contamination to maintain optimal product quality, while regenerative heat load helps to maximize process efficiency and reduce overall energy consumption.
Moreover, the machine’s stepped
“Certified organic beer is more difficult to brew, but it’s worth the effort because organic beer is pure, great-tasting and made without preservatives.”
Clockwise from top Empty new cans going through the twist rinser for thorough cleaning prior to filling; food-grade plastic belting used to transport the finished six-pack cases; stacks of direct-printed beer cans from Metal Container Corporation ready for depalletizing; the Essential Pack mixed six-pack collection launched this spring.
infeed rail design helps to ensure fully populated main belt—further contributing to the operation’s OEE (overall equipment effectiveness) performance.
“Mill Street was a fantastic client to work with,” Todorow states.
“Aside from the space limitations, the installation was fairly staightforward,” Todorow adds.
“The most important thing for us is that Mill Street was very pleased with the installation and equipment performance.”
Not surprisingly, the plant’s end-of-line packaging area also boasts some of the most advanced and cutting-edge secondary packaging machinery around— most notably the fully-integrated DuoDozen 1210 Combo casepacking system manufactured by WestRock Company , which combines a high-performance cartoner, rotator divider and the tray-packer into one fully-enclosed, seamless and high-speed system processing all of the different multipack formats that Mill Street Brewery ships to its retail customers across Canada.
Capable of case-packing up to 600 containers per minute, according to WestRock, the efficient high-performance machine offers superior flexibility for secondary multipacks and tertiary trays, while eliminating machine-to-machine hand-offs and re-metering.
“This flexible, efficient beverage packaging machine is the perfect solution to handle all elements of secondary container wrapping, grouping and tray-packing,” according to WestRock.
Controlled via operator-friendly IndraControl V model HMI (human-machine interface) from German automation specialists Bosch Rexroth , the DuoDozen 1210 Combo machine is a true marvel of top-class design engineering, with virtually limitless flexibility to pack most popular multipack case formats—including ArtPak (full-end panel carton), DuoDozen (mid-flap carton) Econodozen , DuoWing and Fridgemaster—as well as 24-count corrugated trays.
For Mill Street’s Jacobs and Kinder, the combination of stateof-the-art machinery and inspired new packaging have clearly delivered far more than the sum of their parts—resulting in a highly successful new product rollout for the new certified organic product portfolio over the summer months, while generating exceptionally
positive feedback amongst Canadian consumers.
“For us, how the beer is made makes all the difference,” states Jacobs, citing “overwhelminly positive” response to the new flavors and packaging from the brand’s exceptionally loyal fan base.
“Generally, certified organic beer is more difficult, complicated and time-consuming to brew, but it’s worth the effort because organic beer is pure, great-tasting, and made without preservatives or chemicals.
“And it is that pursuit of a better beer that led us to a new, modern and cohesive visual identity for our brand,” says Jacobs.
“And while the new branding is contemporary and eye-catching,” Jacobs concludes, “we were also very purposeful in making it showcase the key elements of organic practices, such as the honestly imperfect grains and the rich soil of the farms from which we source our ingredients, alongside the gold accents that indicate a clearly better beer.”
SUPPLIERS
Descon Integrated
Conveyor Solutions
Krones Machinery Co. Ltd.
Atlantic Packaging Products Limited
WestRock Company
Bosch Rexroth Canada Crop.
Ferrum AG
Videojet Technologies, Inc.
SEW Eurodrive Co. of Canada Ltd.
Becker Pumps Corporation
Nordson Canada Limited
Largotta Packaging Group
Metal Container Corporation
Back In Business!
All systems go for
live in-person PACK EXPO Las Vegas celebration of all things packaging
By Jim Pittas
Las Vegas is fully reopened as of June 1, 2021, with Nevada’s governor Steve Sisolak lifting all large gathering and capacity limitations.
According to Sisolak, “State health officials are comfortable setting a goal for a full reopening to 100-percent capacity,” and that “a safe and responsible reopening is a path forward to bringing back conventions.”
This is great news for the upcoming PACK EXPO Las Vegas and Healthcare Packaging EXPO , scheduled for Sept. 27-29, 2021, with plans already in full swing for the most comprehensive packaging and processing event in the world this year.
The news is well-timed, as Las Vegas has an increasingly full slate of events scheduled, starting this summer
Sisolak echoes these sentiments by adding: “The research shows that demand is steadily increasing for domestic travel, as well as meetings, conventions and trade shows, and we are already experiencing increased levels of interest throughout that segment.”
Acknowledging that the current public health concerns caused by the COVID-19 pandemic are still top of mind, the city of Las Vegas launched its Vegas Smart initiative to reinforce being mindful of your surroundings and thoughtful of others.
Spread across four halls at the Las Vegas Convention Center, PACK EXPO Las Vegas and Healthcare Packaging EXPO 2021 will lead the way in bringing the industry together again.
As the show producer, PMMI ’s top priority is the health and safety of everyone onsite at our events, and we will continue to follow all local, state and federal guidance on how to put on the most responsible show.
Please refer to our Pack Ready online resource to find the most up-to-date information on the health and safety protocols planned for the show to en -
sure that packaging and processing professionals can connect and explore new technologies in person.
I also invite you to listen to PMMI vice-president of trade shows Laura Thompson discuss details about the return of PACK EXPO Las Vegas and Healthcare Packaging EXPO in the special edition of UnPACKed with PMMI podcast, in which Laura talks about the significance of the show and the competitive advantages gained by attending it live, including:
• The return of the Processing Zone , spotlighting solutions from front of the line through packaging and distribution—making the show a true one-stop shop for all your needs and interests.
• Access to the most comprehensive variety of machinery and materials solutions suppliers found anywhere, so that attendees and exhibitors can discuss challenges and find answers on the spot.
• The opportunity to see technology
“The research shows that demand is steadily increasing for domestic travel, as well as meetings, conventions and trade shows, and we are already experiencing increased levels of interest throughout that segment.”
in action, so that you can see for yourself how much has changed over the last year, and end-users can find what works best for their production line.
I understand that this is a year unlike any other, and I welcome all your questions about the show.
Feel free to contact expo@pmmi. org anytime, and we will share with you all of the information you need.
We are excited and ready to welcome you to PACK EXPO Las Vegas and Healthcare Packaging EXPO this September: I can’t wait to see you there!
Jim Pittas is president and chief executive officer of PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies.
THE EARLY REISER
Visit Reiser at Pack Expo
Las Vegas to watch live demonstrations of a wide range of food packaging equipment and processing-to-packaging solutions, where every machine on display at the Reiser booth will be fully operational and running real or simulated product.
This is a great opportunity to see all of Reser’s machines in action, as the company’s knowledgeable demonstrators and packaging specialists will be happy to share their expertise and answer any questions about the company’s extensive equipment range comprising:
• Reiser form/fill/seal packaging machines;
• Ross tray-sealing equipment;
• Fabbri automatic stretch film wrappers;
• Supervac vacuum chamber packaging machines;
• JLS robotic packaging equipment.
All of these product lines lines are available in various model sizes to meet virtually any production requirement, while allowing customers to choose the best packaging solution for their application and budget.
Reiser will demonstrate its newest Fabbri automatic stretch film wrappers using stretch film to package fresh meat, poultry, seafood and produce in pre-formed trays to provide an in-store wrapped appearance. Producing up to 75 packs per minute, the Fabbri wrappers employ four-way stretch technology to produce tight, over-the-flange, wrinkle-free packages with securely sealed bottoms and a superb case presentation.
In addition, Reiser will also present its range of JLS robotic packaging solutions for primary and secondary food packaging with a focus on robotic pick-and-place systems, tray loaders, and case-packers. For any application where hand-loading is the norm, JLS robotics are an ideal solution for increasing output and reducing costs.
BOOTH #SL-6325
A TRULY REGAL OCCASION
Regal Beloit Corporation will showcase the company’s Plast ModSort module, which is a new lownoise, low-voltage modular transfer/ diverter station that can move everything from small polybags to boxes.
Easily integrated with new or existing conveyor systems, the module is designed to eliminate the need for a lift, pneumatics or Z-direction position feedback devices, while achieve energy savings from 50 to 60 per cent when integrated with a motorized roller-based system.
TAKING SIDES FOR SWIFT OUTPUT
Paxiom Group will showcase the WeighPack brand Swifty Bagger Side Load automatic bagging machine, unveiled just earlier this year, offering new features for customers that require product orientation within a pre-made pouch.
This compact machine can load pillow and gusseted bags ranging 150-mm to 350-mm in length and from 150-mm to 350-mm in width from 120 to 260 mm, either with or without zippers. Additional options are available to provide a nitrogen gas-flush for customers looking to increase product shelf-life, as well as a labeling configuration to print expiration dates on the basg.
“We reimagined the Side Load to meet the demands of our customers across industries,” says Paxiom Automation lead technician James Morris. “From pet treats and beef jerky sticks to face masks and diabetic syringes, and for products that cannot be gravity-fed, this machine allows precise control over how the product will be viewed within the bag.”
A perfect solution for products that are required to be standing up ‘soldier style” within a pouch or as loose single items, this automated solution can be used in food packaging, consumer goods, healthcare, cosmetics, personal hygiene, hardware and more.
The Swifty Bagger Side Load is economical and easy-to-clean, and its straight-flow design provides easy accessibility while allowing the operator to monitor the entire filling process from the front of the machine.
An accumulation table can be positioned prior to manual case packing, or it can also be fully integrated with complete end-of-line systems to include case erectors, pick-and-place case-packers, drop packers, case sealers, and palletizers.
BOOTHS #C-2829 and #D-2825
The ModSort conveyor module is designed to meet the industry’s need for diverting, transferring, and sorting product, and to help solve a range of increasingly challenging transfer and diverting problems complicating operations in distribution centers, particularly in retail e-commerce distribution.
The station can divert on-the-fly or stop and divert at a true 90-degree angle, while automating a multitude of package sorting tasks to support social distancing.
The versatile ModSort modules can be placed end-to-end to create a medium-rate sorter, or integrated with conveyors to create transfer stations within conveyor systems.
In addition, the new ModSort Trident mobile set-up has a four-zone infeed that gaps a product, reads the package, and sends it down a belt, where it then diverts left, right or straight on a 30-degree spur-curve to one of three sorting locations.
BOOTH #SU-7262
INTEGRATED ROBOTICS MAKE A COMPELLING CASE FOR GREATER LINE PRODUCTIVITY
High-speed case-packing meets high-performance robotic and servo technology in ESS Technologies’ model V30HS robotic case-packer.
Capable of case packing up to 22 cases per minute, the system automatically erects an RSC case, collates serialized bundles of bottles into the correct pack pattern, loads the case with FANUC’s M-20iB/35S robot, and seals the case with tape on the top and bottom.
State-of-the art servo technology is employed throughout the V30HS, from case-picking to product collation and case closure.
Mounted on the side to achieve faster loading speeds, the FANUC M-20iB/35S robot also integrates servo technology, offering a six-axis range of motion, while the ESS-designed vacuum-style end-of-arm tooling gently loads product into the RSC caseS without damaging the product packaging.
Designed to handle bottles or bundles of bottles, the V30HS features a high-capacity case magazine and 3M Accuglide 4 high-performance tape heads for efficient case sealing.
The systems fast changeover, typically 15 minutes or less, and requires few tools.
BOOTH #SL-6633 (Healthcare Packaging Pavilion)
NEW CODES OF CONDUCT
Squid Ink Manufacturing, Inc., will demonstrate the broad range of performance and quality advantages of its Viper thermal inkjet printing (TIJ) system—designed to print superior quality high-resolution characters on porous surfaces and non-porous surfaces.
Offering a versatile, cost-effective solution for coding and marking applications with up to 0.5-inch (12.7-mm) of print height per printhead, the Viper TIJ utilizes hi-performance Funai no-mess ink cartridges to print up to 600-dpi (dots per inch) high-resolution codes on a variety of porous and non-porous surfaces, including wood, coated and non-coated stocks, polystyrene, films, foils, and several other substrates.
The Viper is ideal for users looking to print permanent marks that dry in seconds on glossy cartons, cases, trays, plastics and more. The standard system runs at speeds up to 60 m/min (197 fpm) at 300-dpi, or the software can be upgraded to run at up 240 m/min (787 fpm) at 300-dpi
The Viper TIJ printing system features an 8.9-inch full-color touchscreen PC that gives users access to the printer’s internal messages and print functions to allow users to create and edit messages using Squid Ink’s intuitive Sirius PC software—making it ideal for users who want message creation and editing functionality on the production floor.
For users that print on many different products, the system features 2 GB of storage, allowing users to program and save thousands of messages for easy print recall. Best of all, the Viper includes fully functional software out of the box that allows users to print date codes, lot numbers, barcodes and graphics needed for most coding and marking applications.
The printer’s durable touchscreen, industrial strength printhead construction, and compact footprint make for easy integration onto an existing production line, according to the company, a division of Engage Technologies Corporation BOOTH #5000
EAGLE VISION WITH UNFAILING PRECISION
Eagle Product Inspection (distributed in Canada by PLAN Automation) will demonstrate an exciting array of high-performance X-Ray systems equipped with the latest detector technologies and designed for easy cleaning in harsh washdown environments. This year, Eagle will be running two high-performance X-ray systems used for packaged meat, poultry, dairy and other food applications where daily sanitation is required, including:
• The Eagle Pack 240 HC X-Ray system set up for a chub package configuration. In addition to ground beef, other processed meats like salami and bologna can run through this machine, conducts important checks for both safety and quality. Among other functions, the Pack 240 HC inspects product dimensions and ensures the correct count and placement of metal clips.
• The Eagle Pack 400 HC with a 400-mm belt. Designed to run a variety of fresh meat and dairy products, including larger packages of meats and cheeses and multiple containers of yogurt, sour cream or ricotta cheese. Like the Pack 240 HC, the Pack 400 HC features a sanitary design for easy washdown and no debris build-up.
Both the Eagle Pack 240 HC and Pack 400 HC are equipped with Eagle’s breakthrough PXT detector technology.
First introduced in 2020 for superior bone detection in poultry and now available for other food applications, PXT has proven effective in finding bones in seafood and in items such as prepared meals packaged in bowls.
BOOTH #C-1506
THE NEXT ROBOTICS REVOLUTION
Syntegon Technology (distributed in Canada by Charles Downer & Co.) will demonstrated its newly-developed Syntegon RPP (robotic pickand-place) platform that the company claims will set a new standard in the automation of packaging lines by allowing for each robotic cell of the RPP platform to be configured individually to automate processes such as feeding, handling and loading.
According to the company, the core functions of the newly developed RPP platform include quality assurance, user-friendliness and efficient production processes.
“Thanks to our proven expertise in robotics, combined with industrial know-how, we can offer our customers automated turnkey solutions from a single source,” says Silke Blumer, vice-president of strategy and product management for Syntegon’s food business unit.”
Designed as a modular system that can be seamlessly incorporated into existing production lines with open control software, the RPP platform is loaded with new features support the operators in making their daily work with the line easy and effective providing excellent visibility, easy access and efficient cleaning of each robotic stainless-steel RPP cell, all designed the IP65 protection class to minimize the risk of contamination for both current and future hygiene requirements in the food industry.”
Booth #C2800 EVOLUTION becomes REVOLUTION when the new Series Packaging Machine debuts at Pack Expo in Las Vegas on September 27th, 2021.
PROVING THE DOMINO THEORY LIVE
Domino Printing Sciences plc will showcase the company’s new Cx350i high-resolution, large-character printer designed to support the customers’ business goals relating to productivity, environment and running cost by offering large-format direct box printing on secondary packaging without the hassle of traditional label printing for cardboard, corrugated, paperbox and carton applications.
According to Domino, the system uses superior DOD (dropon-demand) piezo inkjet technology in combination with a high-resolution stainless-steel printhead that delivers consistent high-contrast grade A, 1D and 2D barcodes, brand logos, traceability and product batch information onto secondary packaging boxes and cases.
The Cx350i is designed to minimize and simplify operator interaction with an intuitive user interface that makes adjusting settings and modifying layouts quick and easy. The printer also has a large-volume ink supply and improved print accuracy, which means less operator intervention.
Direct box coding with the Cx350i can significantly reduce an operation environmental footprint by requiring no factory air and generating no label waste—using only vegetable oil-based inks delivered in small drops to make great-looking codes.
Moreover, the system’s Industry 4.0 connectivity enables 24/7 device visibility in the Cloud, as well as integration to PLCs and MES/ERP systems for full automation—making Cx350i a great choice to support the users’ business goals today and into the future.
BOOTH #C-3825
A BEVERAGE FOR ANY OCCASION
The Blendtech unit of Italian machine-builder TMCI Padovan (represented in Canada by Storcan ) will display its extensive range of beverage processing machines for soft drinks, fruit juices and fruit puree, energy drinks, nectars, syrups, flavored and nonflavored waters, milk and derivatives, as well slightly alcoholic drinks such as hard seltzer, kombucha, fruit cocktails and pre-mixed cocktails.
JUST GO WITH THE FLOW
Emerson Automation Solutions will demonstrate the company’s AVANTICS Series AF2 flow sensor for effective monitoring of air consumption in pneumatic systems, thereby enabling actionable insight around air consumption and leakage.
The leakage rate can be monitored by looking at the used air volume, so leaks can be diagnosed early and addressed before they become major issues.
By giving end users actionable insights on machine data such as flow, pressure and temperature, the AF2 helps to optimize energy consumption, prevent machine downtime and reduce costs.
According to Emerson, the AF2 is a highly flexible flow sensor that can be directly interpreted by many controllers, and offers multiple communications options, including an IO-Link connection, Ethernet connectivity, OPC-UA server, MQTT communication and an on-board webserver.
The versatile sensor can be fitted on new installations and its seamless IoT (Internet of Things) integration makes it perfect for retrofitting existing machines.
BOOTH #SL-6307
Like otherTMCI Padovan divisions, Blendtech designs and creates customized solutions according to the customers’ unique needs, with its extensive syrup room equipment configured to follow the product through the entire process phases, including sugar dissolution (continuous or discontinuous), syrup clarification treatment,dosage of micro-components and aromas, preparation of the final syrup, and finished product preparation.
To complete the range of Blendtech products, the show display will also exhibit filters, tunnel and inline pasteurizers (plate or tubular), evaporators, desulfurizers, CIP (clean-inplace) systems, aseptic lines, and various other machinery for beverage blending and mixing.
BOOTH #N-24023
PRODUCT INSPECTION AT ITS BEST
METTLER TOLEDO Product Inspection Group is planning to unveil the company’s broad range of metal detectors, checkweighers, machine vision systems, X-ray inspection systems and track-and-trace solutions will be demonstrated in several show-floor areas separted for free-flowing and bulk products, packaged products, pharmaceutical products, rigid containers, pumped food products, and unwrapped and unpackaged products.
The exhibit will feature two new metal detectors for wet and dry environments, an X-ray system for high-speed confectionary lines, and a new FlashCell load cell—demonstrated on a model C35 checkweigher—capable of achieving industry-leading throughput rates at speeds of up to 800 ppm (products per minute).
In addition, the exhibit will show off the new T60 Integrated 360 Series vision system—designed specifically for the pharmaceutical sector to provide highly accurate serialization and aggregation of bottles and vials.
According to the company, the new T60 Integrated 360 Series solution provides a 360-degree picture of a large range of round containers—enabling it to read and verify small product or serialization codes printed directly onto the bottle or the applied labels.
In addition, the company will also demonstrate its connectivity and data management solutions, using product specialists at the show to explain the features and benefits of each solution in relation to the particular inspection challenges.
BOOTH #C-1814
MAKING CARTONING AN EASY TASK
Renowned German machine-builder Schubert Group will unveil its compact lightline Cartonpacker system—a pre-configured machine designed and built for fast and flexible erecting, filling and closing of cartons and cases. Already sold to a leading North American ice-cream contract manufacturer Hudsonville Creamery & Ice Cream, the Schubert’s lightline series Cartonpacker consists of pre-configured packaging machines standardized to execute all packaging tasks at high speed with unerring precision, according to the company, enabling customers to react quickly to market trends.
According to Schubert, the lightline Cartonpacker built for Hudsonville comprises four identical cartoners connected in series and two lightline Cartonpackers, whereby flow-wrapped ice-cream treats are first packed into four-packs in the cartoners, followed by the packing of eight four-packs each into a shipping carton on the two lightline Cartonpackers
“We were able to convince the customer of the machine’s exceptional flexibility,” explains Stefan Hoffmann, sales account manager at Schubert North America
“Because Hudsonville produces various brands of ice-cream bars and ice-cream sticks on behalf of third parties, flexibility is key to the versatile and profitable use of a new packaging machine.”
BOOTH #SU-7651
PURE AIR SUPERIORITY
Compressed air specialists Sullair will display the company’s comprehensive range of air compressors designed and built around the company’s enshrined pillars of reliability, durability and performance to give its customer priceless peace of mind.
According to the company, “Reliability means your compressor shows up every day, ready to work as hard as you do. “Durability means our compressors are bulletproof—built to last. Driven by the design of our legendary air end, you will find Sullair compressors all over the world standing the test of time and running just like they did on Day One.
“Performance means ease of operation, energy savings and all the innovations you need to optimize your compressed air system,” says Sullair, which supplies oil-free and oil-flooded compressors in a range of sizes to meet a broad range of air quality requirements. BOOTH #N-9812
READY TO FLY OFF THE SHELVES
Beckhoff Automation LLC plans to introduce contact-free flying motion technology with the revolutionary XPlanar motor system tht uses free-floating movers with six degrees of freedom for effective implementation of new motion control concepts in real-life applications.
In this innovative system for flying motion control, the planar movers float freely above planar tiles arranged in customizable layouts and enable extremely flexible, precise and highly dynamic positioning.
For machine-builders and manufacturers, this results in maximum flexibility and simplification in machine and plant designs.
As Beckhoff Automation explains, the XPlanar system combines the individual arrangement of planar tiles with multi-dimensional positioning capability of the planar movers floating above them.
The movers enable jerk-free and contact-free motion in two dimensions at up to 4 m/s with 2 g acceleration and 50 μm positioning repeatability— completing movements without any noise or abrasion.
The planar motor system is highly scalable to suit individual machine and plant requirements, according to Beckhoff.
Due to the maximum flexibility in mover positioning and very high motion dynamics, it is possible, for example, to divide product flows very simply and individually, so that previously necessary robots or inflexible mechanical devices can be efficiently replaced.
The contact-free mover travel also eliminates wear, emissions and carryover contamination from products being transported.
The basis of the XPlanar system is the planar tiles, which measure 240-mm x 240-mm and can be arranged in any desired geometries that are precisely adapted to the application at hand.
The tiles contain all power electronics and support Gigabit communication via EtherCAT G.
A freely selectable number of planar movers float above them, made possible by integrated permanent magnets. The movers can be used not only horizontally, but also vertically and even upside down, offering a choice of four different planar mover types.
Hailed by the company a real as game-changer for the widest range of possible automation applications acorss a multitude of industries, the , XPlanar is optimal for use as a highly flexible transport system in general machine building—especially to automate packaging, assembly, sorting and order picking processes—making it particularly well-suited to many industrial sectors, including food, pharmaceuticals and laboratory automation applications.
BOOTH #SL-6149
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TO SERVE AND PROTECT
HexcelPack will demonstrate the company’s broad range of paper-based protective cushioning solutions to replace bubble wrap and other plastic or foambased materials in a wide array of product shipping applications.
Said to be use by the top three U.S. retailers, the company’s HexcelWrap cushioning paper delivers unsurpassed product protection and packing simplicity for e-commerce, retail catalogue, pharmaceutical and nutraceutical products, as well as third-party logistics (3PL) and contract packaging applications.
Utilizing groundbreaking slit paper technology, HexcelPack converts extensible paper into a three-dimensional, internationally patented cushioning product by making precise cuts at specific angles to make the paper flex—expanding its volume while maximizing the strength and stiffness of its fibers.
The result is a superior cushioning product proven to outperform environmentally-harmful product protection alternatives—including plastic-based bubble wraps and pillows.
The HexcelPack protective cushioning is easily dispensed through the company’s compact machine options, including a stand-alone and completely recyclable tabletop dispensing station. The most popular of these, the Mini Packing Station, is an easy-to-use, human-powered dispenser requiring no electricity, zero maintenance, and a mere fraction of the tabletop space required for competing solutions, according to the company.
BOOTH #SU-8425
BLISTERING PACE
Pharmaworks, a ProMach division specializing in pharmaceutical packaging machinery, will introduce the company’s new TF1 Blister Machine, designed as a cost-effective, entrylevel blister machine for low-volume production requirements.
Requiring minimal training and maintenance, the user-friendly TF1 can produce 90-mm x 165-mm blister with a maximum draw depth of 25-mm, and it can thermoform many types of materials or, as an option, be set up to cold-form the processed materials. Capable of integrating the same feed systems and printers that are used across the entire Pharmaworks blister machinery range, the TF1 machine is designed for straightforward cleanability and quick changeover, while boasting impressive features such as intuitive HMI terminal, contact heating, motor-driven stations, and servo indexing with print registration—all normally found only on larger and more complex blister machines.
“We listened to our customer base, and we heard that some of our entry-level customers and customers with low volumes want to buy a Pharmaworks blister machine, but sometimes budget prevented it,” says Pharmaworks general manager Ben Brower. “So our design team went to work to deliver the same quality that our customers expect from Pharmaworks, but in a simple package that would be affordable.
BOOTH #SL-6501
CREMER MAKING SPEED AND FLEXIBILITY REALLY COUNT IN ITS NEW MACHINE DESIGN
Cremer, a leading supplier of product counting machines in the U.S. for a wide array of applications, will demostrate the many performance advantages and benefits of the company’s new CF-622 pharmaceuticals counter and bottle filling module. Designed to offer consistent output and maximum efficiency, the CF-622 counting and filling system is designed for highspeed filling of oral solid dose (OSD) pharma products, including tablets and capsules, at speeds of up to 400 bottles per minute, while its modular-based design enables it to be tailored to a broad range of production requirements.
Capable of counting nearly any type of tablet or capsule, as well of handling and filling a wide variety of glass and plastic bottles and containers, the machine delivers premium performance and flexibility necessary in today’s evolving pharma manufacturing environments, including ease of operation, low maintenance requirements and quick, tool-free changeover for seamless integration and hassle-free utilization.
The machine’s high-precision bottle handling guarantees stable and fully monitored bottle transport throughout the entire filling process, according to Cremer.
BOOTH #SL-6364
MAKING BETTER CONNECTIONS
Software designer Wintriss Controls Group plans to demonstrate the powerful new features of the company’s its ShopFloorConnect OEE and data collection software, developed to give packaging and processing professionals efficient and easyto-use software for increased efficiency and reduced downtime, including when remote monitoring is required.
The software can significantly increase manufacturing capacity and profitability by identifying and quantifying excessive production losses and bottlenecks, according to Wintriss Controls, while alco collecting all the critical downtime and production efficiency data from every machine in a variety of industries, including packaging, food, beverage, discrete manufacturing, metal forming and metal fabrication.
All the collected machine data is displayed in real time and used to generate detailed OEE (overall equipment effectiveness) reports in a variety of popular formats.
According to Wintriss, the PACK EXPO Las Vegas exhibition will also provide a fitting launching stage for introduction of the new ShopFloorConnect PM Tracker device, which enables users to track important machine preventative maintenance (PM) items by run-hours or machine cycles, issuing targeted alerts when an item requires PM, and tracking the maintenance work history for all machines.
The new ShopFloorConnect 6.0 version software also features a new Universal Interactive Application Program Interface (API) that enables users to quickly set up two-way data sharing with any ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) or MES (Manufacturing Execution System) software.
BOOTH #SU-8430
ALWAYS IN SEASON
Heat and Control will demonstrate the company’s FastBack Revolution Seasoning System, designed to deliversuperior seasoning performance using a combination of the patented dynamic AccuFlavor Tumble Drum , the efficiency of the Modular Dust Collection System, and the advanced FastBack 260E-G3 horizontal motion conveyor into one compact, cost-efficient, standalone unit designed to overcome seasoning challenges in the processing of products such as potato chips, snack foods, crackers, tortilla chips, nuts and trail mixes.
In addition to consistently uniform seasoning coverage, the onboard FastBack Revolution Seasoning System System helps food manufacturers to improve the bottom line in many ways by increasing production uptime; shipping more product per shift; reducing warehousing and product time-to-market; improving ability to meet customer needs; reducing sanitation and changeover times; and reducing product damage and coating loss.
The company also plans to demonstrate the full range of its FastBack horizontal motion conveyors, Mastermatic fryers; and Spray Dynamics coating and seasoning applicating systems, as well as cutting-edge technologies from its global partners, such as Ishida weighing systems and CEIA metal detection technologies.
BOOTH #C-1623
RADIO WAVES
WLS, a ProMach division specializing in labeling technologies, will introduce the full range of the company’s latest RFID(radio frequency identification) solutions developed to adapt the company’s highspeed, pressure sensitive label applicators and label printers to incorporate the latest RFID technology.
SMALLER & SMARTER AUTOMATION
Automation specialists Bosch Rexroth will demonstrate the powerful capabilities of the company’s ctrlX AUTOMATION range of software and hardware solutions that provides all the elements required for complete automation solutions with an exceptionally scalable system that covers the key requirements for practically all applications.
The system functions complement each other perfectly and can also be extended by apps, third-party hardware and software thanks to the absolute openness of the system.
Offering the best possible networking capability, the powerful automation system can also be connected with just about all relevant automation interfaces and protocols, and offers complete freedom in the choice of development environment and programming language.
The software’s systematically flexible platform also facilitates maximum scalability and extendability, perfectly harmonized system function, and support for virtually all common interfaces and programming languages.
By applying RFID labels to vials, bottles, tubes, syringes and medical devices, WLS delivers dynamic labels that can lock-in select variable data, while allowing other variable data to be updated through the life of the product. This simplifies inventory control for end-users, according to the company, while providing reliable product verification and authentication.
“At WLS, we build close collaborative partnerships with our customers while solving their most complex labeling challenges,” says WLS director of business development Peter Sarvey.
“Given our extensive experience integrating variable data printers, vision inspection systems and serialization with our high-speed labelers, RFID is a natural progression for us,” Sarvey states.
The RFID-enabled label application systems from WLS provide dual label heads feeding a single vacuum drum applicator. The first label head releases a standard pressure sensitive label onto the vacuum drum, while the second label head releases the wet RFID tag, synchronized and centered, onto the standard pressure sensitive label, enabling the vacuum drum to apply both the wet RFID tag with the standard pressure sensitive label onto the product.
According to WLS, this provides a simple way to enable highspeed RFID labeling, whereby the wet RFID label web path has been configured to preserve the integrity of the RFID chips and antennas during the entire label application process.
BOOTH #C-3518
According to Bosch Rexroth, this breakthrough technology enables for the development of more compact machines and systems with less hardware, faster installation, and significantly reduced software installations—all adding up to 50-percent space savings due to the smaller size of key automation components. Moreover, many individual components that were required to date are no longer necessary thanks to the dramatic reduction in component diversity and functional integration, while the systematic use of web technology reduces the software installations required, while enables maximum flexibility in terms of the hardware used for engineering, diagnostics and service.
All in all, the ctrlX AUTOMATION technology surmounts the classic boundaries between machine controls, the IT world and the Internet of Things (IoT) with a Linux real-time operating system, consistently open standards, app programming technology, and Web-based engineering to reduce components and engineering costs by 30 to 50 per cent.
BOOTH #C-1254
RETAIL-READY AT SUPER SOMIC SPEEDS
SOMIC America Inc. is planning to demonstrate its newest version of the SOMIC ReadyPack for retail-ready packaging applications. First unveiled at the last PACK EXPO Las Vegas two years ago, the compact, fully automated ReadyPack machine—available as a tray- or wraparound packer—collates, and closes like other SOMIC mechatronic units, but at a slower rate by design.
The latest ReadyPack version provides output of up to 160 products per minute, with a cartoning capacity of up to 18 units per minute as a tray-packer, and 12 per minute for a wraparound unit.
“As the leader in two-piece, retail-ready display packaging, we’ve made exceptional progress since the last live PACK Expo event to help our customers solve their secondary packaging needs,” says Somic America’s vice-president of sales Peter Fox.
“We’ve made strides with decision makers to understand there isn’t only one packaging machine for every situation,” Fox notes, “and ReadyPack is proving to be the right solution for some of our new customers who want to test the waters with an entry-level machine.”
BOOTH #SL-6460
Strict Measures
Mindful purchasing of product inspection equipment for increased productivity on production lines
By Davor Djukic
anaging successful packaged food production lines often requires manufacturers to be able to operate within tight financial margins. For this purpose, Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) has become a widely accepted and well-established metric in the industry.
TCO, focusing on all costs directly related to the piece of equipment itself, TCO takes into consideration the purchase price of a piece of equipment and the operational costs it incurs over time.
As such, it is often used in procurement analysis when preparing business cases to secure additional capital expenditure to update food production lines.
However, packaged foods manufacturers are increasingly considering another metric to measure the overall productivity and effectiveness of their production lines: Total Delivered Cost (TDC).
In simple terms, TDC looks into the total cost of manufacturing and delivering a product.
“A critical factor of successful and accurate metal detection on production lines is sensitivity.”
This includes the sum of TCO (all costs directly related to the piece of equipment) and all operational costs, such as the physical product, packaging, labour for production and quality checks, waste product, waste packaging and transport.
As TDC takes into account operational costs, the metric can easily be affected by common issues on production lines, such as product rejects, having to change product set-ups manually, contaminants, and downtime for maintenance purposes.
While TDC is a more comprehensive
metric for manufacturers to measure their overall productivity, it also means that their production lines need to be running at capacity and smoothly, with minimum hiccups and issues to keep their TDCs in check.
There are two main types of product inspection technology—namely X-Ray inspection and metal detection—that can help manufacturers reduce their TDC.
This is achieved by initiatives such as reducing unnecessary product waste and enabling the re-working of product and packaging.
One of X-Ray inspection’s key performance attributes is its ability to help line operators minimize their FRR (False Reject Rates).
In food production, the cost implica-
METTLER TOLEDO’s extensive range of X-Ray inspection systems (above) and metal detectors (below) is designed to help food manufacturers obtain optimal TDC (Total Delivered Cost) performance.
tions of high FRR can be daunting—increasing the overall TDC.
Every good product that is rejected inevitably leads to avoidable re-testing and production line re-working costs.
For example, a snack manufacturer using an old X-Ray machine, which executed a small set of inspection algorithms, reported that their system was generating at least four false rejects per hour, an equivalent of seven such occurrences for every 10,000 packs.
Fortunately, the more current versions of advanced X-Ray inspection software uses larger number of algorithms than older systems, which individually check for product anomalies over a smaller range.
This enables the X-Ray system to increase inspection accuracy and to allow for natural package variations without increasing FRR and, ultimately, the TDC. For its part, new-generation metal detection technology is very adept at helping line operators reduce frequent testing.
A critical factor of successful and accurate metal detection on production lines is sensitivity: the measure of a metal detector’s ability to identify a specific type and size of contaminant, be it either ferrous, non-ferrous or stainless steel.
To ensure the highest levels of food safety are maintained on production lines, food manufacturers need to carry out regular sensitivity checks for potential contaminant types, which can affect the availability of their production line and therefore, their productivity.
The latest metal detection equipment incorporating Reduced Test (RT) Mode technology can help reduce the frequency of tests as much as above 80 per cent.
The technology also ensures that the system is continuously operating at a higher sensitivity than required to detect contaminants.
If you would you like to learn more about TDC and other ways to further reduce it across your production lines, I strongly urge you to download the full e-guide on the subject, titled Reducing Total Delivered Cost: A Guide for Packaged Food Manufacturers . Available online (www.mt.com/pi-tdc), this highly timely and topical document provides invaluable real-life examples of manufacturers using their equipment to achieve optimal TDC results.
DAVOR DJUKIC is national sales manager for product inspection at METTLER TOLEDO Inc. in Mississauga, Ont.
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ASSOCIATIONS
AICC - THE INDEPENDENT PACKAGING ASSOCIATION
113 S West St Alexandria VA 22314 Tel: 703-836-2422 Fax: 703-836-2795 Web: www.aiccbox.org
AICC CANADA - THE INDEPENDENT PACKAGING ASSOCIATION
43 King St. W. PO Box 35 Caledon ON L7E 5T1 Tel: 833-200-8333 Fax: 833-2008333 Web: https://www.aiccbox.ca
30 Leek Cres Suite 102 Richmond Hill ON L4B 4N4 Tel: 905-886-8177 Web: www. balpex.ca
CANADIAN CORRUGATED & CONTAINERBOARD ASSOCIATION
3-1995 Clark Blvd Brampton ON L6T 4W1 Tel: 905-458-1247 Fax: 905-458-2052 Web: www.cccabox.org
CANADIAN MEAT COUNCIL
930-220 Laurier Ave W Ottawa ON K1P 5Z9 Tel: 613-729-3911 Fax: 613-4294997 Web: www.cmc-cvc.com
CANADIAN PALLET COUNCIL
239 Division St Cobourg ON K9A 3P9 Tel: 905-372-1871 Fax: 905-373-0230 Web: www.cpcpallet.com
CANADIAN PLASTICS INDUSTRY ASSOCIATION 125-5955 Airport Rd Mississauga ON L4V 1R9 Tel: 905-678-7748 Fax: 905-6780774 Web: www.plastics.ca
CANADIAN POULTRY AND EGG PROCESSORS COUNCIL 400-1545 Carling Ave Ottawa ON K1Z 8P9 Tel: 613-724-6605 Fax: 613-7244577 Web: www.cpepc.ca
CANADIAN PRODUCE MARKETING ASSOCIATION
162 Cleopatra Dr Ottawa ON K2G 5X2 Tel: 613-226-4187 Fax: 613-226-2984 Web: www.cpma.ca
CANADIAN STANDARD ASSOCIATION (CSA)
178 Rexdale Blvd Toronto ON M9W 1R3 Tel: 416-747-4000 Web: www.csa.ca
CONTRACT PACKAGING ASSOCIATION One Parkview Plaza Suite 800 Oakbrook Terrace IL 60181 Tel: 630-544-5053 Fax: 630-544-5055 Web: www. contractpackaging.org
FCC 1800 Hamilton St Regina SK S4P 4L3 Tel: 800-387-3232 Web: www.fcc-fac.ca
FOOD MARKETING INSTITUTE
800-2345 Crystal Dr Arlington VA 22202 Tel: 202-452-8444 Fax: 202-429-4519 Web: www.fmi.org
FOOD PROCESSING
SUPPLIERS ASSOCIATION (FPSA)
101-1451 Dolley Madison Blvd McLean VA 22101-3850 Tel: 703-761-2600 Fax: 703-761-4334 Web: www.fpsa.org
FOOD PROCESSORS OF CANADA
900-350 Sparks St Ottawa ON K1R 7S8 Tel: 613-722-1000 Web: www. foodprocessors.ca
PAPER & PAPERBOARD PACKAGING ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL (PPEC) 3-1995 Clark Blvd Brampton ON L6T 4W1 Tel: 905-458-0087 Fax: 905-458-2052 Web: www.ppec-paper.com
PAPERBOARD PACKAGING COUNCIL
1350 Main St Suite 1508 Springfield MA 01103-1670 Tel: 413-686-9191
PLASTICS INSTITUTE OF AMERICA
One University Ave Ball Hall Room 204 Lowell MA 01854 Tel: 978-934-2575 Fax: 978-934-3089
PMMI - THE ASSOCIATION FOR PACKAGING AND PROCESSING TECHNOLOGIES
12930 Worldgate Dr Suite 200 Herndon VA 20170 Tel: 571-612-3200 Fax: 703243-8556 Web: www.pmmi.org
RECYCLING COUNCIL OF ONTARIO PO Box 83 Orangeville ON L9W 2Z5 Tel: 416-657-2797 888-501-9637 Web: www.rco.on.ca
ROBOTIC INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION 900 Victors Way Suite 140 Ann Arbor MI 48108 Tel: 734-994-6088 Fax: 734-9943338 Web: www.robotics.org
SEPTIMATECH GROUP INC. 106 Randall Dr Waterloo ON N2V 1K5 Tel: 519-746-7463 888-777-6775 Fax: 519746-3464 Web: www.septimatech.com
SPI: THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY TRADE ASSOCIATION 1425 K Street NW Suite 500 Washington DC 20005 Tel: 202-974-5200 Web: www. plasticsindustry.org
U.S. POULTRY & EGG ASSOCIATION 1530 Cooledge Rd Tucker GA 300847303 Tel: 770-493-9401 Fax: 770-4939257 Web: www.uspoultry.org
MATERIALS & COMPONENTS
• This section includes any item that forms part of the finished package. Examples: closures, coatings, films, foils, inks, labels, papers, tags and tapes.
• Advertisers are shown in red type
• For full addresses of companies listed on the following pages, turn to the Address Section of this Buyers’ Guide.
ADDITIVE MASTER BATCHES
Henkel Corporation
Plastiques Lausa Int,l inc.
Singular Solutions Inc.
1
4
5
6
7 Rubber-Based Resins & Solvent
8 UV-Cured
9 Vinyl Emulsion
3M Canada Company 3,7,9
Canpaco Inc. 2-3
Capmatic Ltd. 3
Celplast, a Division of Crawford Packaging
2 CRAWFORD PACKAGING 3
Glue Dots International 2-3,7
Gluefast Company Inc. 1-3,9
GlueGuard, Inc. 1-9
Goldrich Printpak Inc. 2-3,5,8
H B Fuller Canada 2-4,6-7,9
Habasit Canada Limited 2-3
Henkel Corporation 2-9
HMA Systems 3
Jowat Canada 2-3,7-9
OBX Works Inc. 2-3
Pineberry Manufacturing Inc. 3
Robatech Canada 3
Singular Solutions Inc. 5
Technical Adhesives Limited 1-3,6,9
Valco Melton 2-3
VisuaScan Inc. 2
WestRock 3 ALUMINUM FOIL
Capmatic Ltd.
FPC Flexible Packaging Corporation
Heat Sealing Packaging
Taisei Lamick - Dangan
TC Transcontinental Packaging
Winpak Ltd.
Canadian Paper & Packaging Co.
Canpaco Inc.
Omega Design Corp.
Plan Automation Inc.
BARCODE MASTERS
1 Barcode
2 EPS
Barcode Graphics Inc. 1-2
Goldrich Printpak Inc. 1
Pineberry Manufacturing Inc. 1-2
Turck Canada Inc. 1
BARRIER MATERIALS
1 Coating 2 Films 3 Others
4 Resins
Alte-Rego Corporation 2
Bericap North America Inc. 3
Canpaco Inc. 2
Cartier 2
Cascades Containerboard Packaging 1
Celplast, a Division of Crawford Packaging 2
Chantler Packaging Inc. 2
CiMa-Pak Corporation 3
Farnell Packaging Limited 2
General Magnaplate Corp. 1
Goldrich Printpak Inc. 1
Harlund Industries Ltd. 2
Heat Sealing Packaging 2
Hexion Inc. 4
Inteplast Bags and Films Corporation - Ha -
remar Plastic Manufacturing Division 2
Klöckner Pentaplast of Canada, Inc. 2-3
Moore Packaging Corporation 1
PACKPRO Systems 2
Peel Plastic Products Ltd. 1-2
Richards Packaging Inc. 4
Sealed Air Corporation 2
Singular Solutions Inc. 1,4
Spicers Canada 1
TC Transcontinental Packaging 1-4
Winpak Ltd. 2-4
Winpak Portion Packaging Ltd. 3
BLISTERS
Atlantic Packaging Products Ltd.
Canpaco Inc.
Celplast, a Division of Crawford Packaging
Goldrich Printpak Inc.
Spicers Canada BOARD
1 All Grades Folding Set-Up
2 Clay-Coated
3 Coated For Skin Blister
4 Corrugated
5 Corrugated Plastic
6 Metalized
7 Moisture-Proof Grease Proof
8 Non-Slip Coated
9 Plastic-Coated
10 Wax-Coated
Canadian Paper & Packaging Co. 1-2,4
Canpaco Inc. 2-5,7-10
Cartier 4
Cascades Containerboard Packaging 2,4-5,7-9
CRAWFORD PACKAGING 2,8
Diversco Global Packaging Inc. 4-5
Donway Packaging Corp. Ltd. 2,7
Elopak Canada Inc. 9
Federal Plastics 8
Goldrich Printpak Inc. 1-4,6-9
Graphic Packaging International Canada 1-4,6-10
Kallima (produced by Rayonier Advanced Materials) 1
Kruger Inc. 4
Moore Packaging Corporation 4,10
Packaging Technologies Inc. 2,4,7-8
PAPERLAND CANADA INC. 2
Spicers Canada 1-4,6-10
Uline Canada Corp. 4
Veritiv 2,4,7-8,10
WestRock 2,4,10
CAN/BOTTLE HANDLES
Buzz Equipment
PakTech
CLOSURES
1 Aerosol Cover Caps
2 Applicator
3 Atomizer Spray
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Canadian Paper & Packaging Co. 6,14,16-19,24,26-28
Canpaco Inc. 1-2,6-7,9,12-21,24,26-28
CAPS/PhoenixWrappers 28
Cartier 1,7,14-18,26,28
Celplast Metallized Products Limited 9 Celplast, a Division of Crawford Packaging 6,12,14-21,24-28
Chantler Packaging Inc. 6,9-10,12,1419,23,26,30
CiMa-Pak Corporation 26-27
Covertech Flexible Packaging 9,14-17,2628
CRAWFORD PACKAGING 1-2,14,1617,19,28
DIGI CANADA Inc. 28
Donway Packaging Corp. Ltd. 1,7,15
Farnell Packaging Limited 6,9,15-18,26 Federal Plastics 14,16-17,20
Glenmore Custom Print & Packaging 26
Goldrich Printpak Inc. 3-4,6,12,1820,24,27
Harlund Industries Ltd. 26
Heat Sealing Packaging 2,6,12,15,18,24,26-28
Hood Packaging Corporation 6,14,1617,26-27
Inteplast Bags and Films Corporation - Haremar Plastic Manufacturing Division 1,15-19
ITW Muller Canada 28
Klöckner Pentaplast of Canada, Inc. 1,12,18,20,24-28
PACKPRO Systems 26-28
PakSolve Solutions Inc. 15-16,26,28
Peel Plastic Products Ltd. 6
Plan Automation Inc. 9,12,16,20
Plastiques Lausa Int,l inc. 2,11
PPI - Packaging Products Inc. 26,28
Prodo-Pak Corp 9,13,19,21,23,30
R-J Machinery Inc. 26
Samuel Packaging Systems Group 28
Sealed Air Corporation 6,26-27
Singular Solutions Inc. 2-3,6,18,2325,28,30
Spicers Canada 26,28
Taisei Lamick - Dangan 6,9-10,12-15,1719,21-22,25
Tapp Label Company 12,16-21
TC Transcontinental Packaging
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MATERIALS...
2,6,10,14,18
VC999 Canada Ltd. 6,9-10,13-15,1720,26,28
Veritiv 14-17,26-29
Vibac Canada Inc. 18-19
Winpak Ltd. 6,9-10,12-20,23-27
FOIL
1 Coated Laminated
2 Embossed Printed
3 Hot-Stamping
4 Unsupported
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd. 2-3
ASL Print FX Ltd. 1-3
Cascades Containerboard Packaging 1-3
Covertech Flexible Packaging 1
Dependable Marking Systems Ltd. 3
FPC Flexible Packaging Corporation 1-2,4
Goldrich Printpak Inc. 1
Hood Packaging Corporation 1
MapleJet Co. 3
PAPERLAND CANADA INC. 3
Plan Automation Inc. 1
PMR Packaging Inc. 3
Prodo-Pak Corp 1
Spicers Canada 1,3
Taisei Lamick - Dangan 1-2,4
TC Transcontinental Packaging 1-3
VisuaScan Inc. 3
Winpak Ltd. 1-2,4
GASES (MAP)
1 Carbon Dioxide
2 Nitrogen
3 Oxygen
Air Liquide Canada Inc. 1-3
MESSER Canada Inc. 1-3
Praxair Canada Inc. 1-3
HANG TABS
3M Canada Company
Canadian Paper & Packaging Co.
Canpaco Inc.
LABELS BANDS WRAPS
1 Decalcomania
2 Foil
3 Heat-Shrinkable
4 Paper
5 Pressure-Sensitive
6 Roll Type For Shipping Marking
7 Tamper-Evident (Security)
8 Water-Resistant
3M Canada Company 2,5-8
Ahearn & Soper Inc. 4-8
Alte-Rego Corporation 6
ASL Print FX Ltd. 2,4-5,7
AstroNova 2,4-8
Barcode Graphics Inc. 4-8
Berlin Packaging 3,7
Bizerba Canada Inc. 5
Canpaco Inc. 3,5-7
Capmatic Ltd. 2-5,7-8
Celplast, a Division of Crawford Packaging 1,3,5,7
Columbia Coding & Marking 5-6,8
Deco Labels & Tags 1-4,6-8
Dependable Marking Systems Ltd. 6-7
DIGI CANADA Inc. 5-6
Donway Packaging Corp. Ltd. 5,8
Forte Labels and Shrink Sleeves Inc. 2-3,5
FPC Flexible Packaging Corporation 2,4
Glenmore Custom Print & Packaging 1-8
Glue Dots International 5
Goldrich Printpak Inc. 2,4-5
Harlund Industries Ltd. 5-6,8
ID Technology Canada 5,7
Industrial Marking Systems Inc. 4-6,8
Jones Healthcare Group 4-6
Matthews Marking Systems 5-6
Moore Packaging Corporation 4
Pineberry Manufacturing Inc. 2,4-8
Plan Automation Inc. 2,4-6,8
Primera Technology 5
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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.
INKS
1 Flexographic
2 Fluorescent
3 I.R.
4 Letterpress
5 Lithographic
6 Marking & Stencil
7 Non-Toxic
8 Rotogravure
9 Screen Printing
10 U.V.
3M Canada Company 9
ASL Print FX Ltd. 1,9
Automated Packaging Systems Inc. 10
Bemis Packaging 1-3,10
Cascades Containerboard Packaging 1,5,10
Columbia Coding & Marking 2-4,6-7,9-10
Deco Labels & Tags 10
PRX Print 2,4-5,7-8
RFID Canada 5
Richards Packaging Inc. 3,7
Salbro Bottle Inc. 3,7
Samuel Packaging Systems Group 4-8
SATO America, Inc. 5
Spicers Canada 3-8
Sterling Marking Products Inc. 2,4-5
Tapp Label Company 1-5,7-8
Techno Pak Packaging Systems Inc. 5-7
Uline Canada Corp. 3,7-8
Veritiv 3,7
Videojet Canada 4-5,7-8
Videojet Technologies Inc. 5-6
Weber Marking Systems of Canada 4-8
LAMINATES
3M Canada Company
Celplast, a Division of Crawford Packaging
Covertech Flexible Packaging
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.
With Kallima®, the possibilities are endless
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.
Celplast, a Division of Crawford Packaging 1-2,5-6
Chantler Packaging Inc. 1
CiMa-Pak Corporation 6
Diversco Global Packaging Inc. 6-7
E. Hofmann Plastics 6
Evolupak Plasctics Inc. 7
Glenmore Custom Print & Packaging 5
Goldrich Printpak Inc. 1,5-7
Heat Sealing Packaging 1-2,5-6
IPL Inc. 7
Jones Healthcare Group 5 Kruger Inc. 1
Pineberry Manufacturing Inc. 2
PRX Print 6
RADA Industries 6
ROBOPLAST PACKAGING CANADA INC 6
Stock Packaging Canada 2,5,8
Uline Canada Corp. 6
WestRock 5
Winpak Ltd. 6,8
Winpak Portion Packaging Ltd. 6
TUBES, PAPER FIBRE
Ariva
Canfab Packaging Inc.
Emballages Roda Packaging Inc.
R-J Machinery Inc.
TricorBraun
Uline Canada Corp.
TUBES,
SQUEEZE DISPENSING
1 Laminated Composite
2 Metal
3 Plastic
Berlin Packaging 3
Buckhorn Canada Inc. 3
Canfab Packaging Inc. 1
Capmatic Ltd. 1-3
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd. 1-2
Consolidated Bottle Corporation 1,3
Emballages Roda Packaging Inc. 2-3
Oystar North America (formerly known as Oystar USA, Inc. & IWKA PacSystems, Inc.) 1-3
Richards Packaging Inc. 1-3
Salbro Bottle Inc. 3
TricorBraun 1-3
TUMBLERS
1 Glass
2 Plastic
Richards Packaging Inc. 1
Uline Canada Corp. 2
Veritiv 1-2
VIALS
1 Glass
2 Metal
3 Plastic
Berlin Packaging 1-3
Capmatic Ltd. 1-3
Consolidated Bottle Corporation 1,3
Jones Healthcare Group 3
Oystar North America (formerly known as
Oystar USA, Inc. & IWKA PacSystems, Inc.) 1
Richards Packaging Inc. 1,3
Silgan Plastics Canada 3
TricorBraun 1,3
Uline Canada Corp. 1,3
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AUTOMATION DEVICES
ACTUATORS
1 Digital
2 Electric
3 Hydraulic
4 Linear
5 Mechanical
6 Pneumatic
Automationdirect 4,6
Balluff Canada Inc. 4
BDI Canada Inc 1-6
Bosch Rexroth Canada Corp. 1-5
Capmatic Ltd. 1,4,6
Davis Controls Ltd. 2,4,6
Emerson 2-4,6
Festo Inc. 2,4,6
FlexLink Systems, Inc. 1-6
Lyne Systems 1-2,4-6
Motion Canada 1-6
Pilz Automation Safety Canada L.P. 1-2
PLAN Automation LP Inc. 1-6
Rockwell Automation Canada/Allen-Bradley
+ Rockwell Software Brands 2-6
Siemens Canada Limited 2,4-6
BARCODE SCANNERS
Ahearn & Soper Inc.
Automationdirect
Balluff Canada Inc
Capmatic Ltd.
Cognex Corp.
Columbia Coding & Marking
Dependable Marking Systems Ltd.
Industrial Marking Systems Inc.
KEYENCE CANADA INC.
Lyne Systems
Matthews Marking Systems
Omron Canada Inc.
Pineberry Manufacturing Inc.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
PMR Packaging Inc.
RFID Canada
SICK Ltd. (Canada)
Techno Pak Packaging Systems Inc.
Turck Canada Inc.
Uline Canada Corp.
Videojet Canada
VisuaScan Inc.
BEARINGS
1 Ball
2 Cam-Follower
3 Linear
4 Mounted
5 Needle
6 Precision-Grade
7 Precision-Machined
8 Race Rings
9 Rod Ends
10 Roller
11 Sleeve, Plastic
Baldor Electric Company 4,10
BDI Canada Inc 1-11
Bosch Rexroth Canada Corp. 3,10
Motion Canada 1-11
PLAN Automation LP Inc. 1-11
Regal Beloit Canada ULC 1-2,4-5,10
Rexnord Canada Ltd. 1,4
BUS SYSTEMS
Balluff Canada Inc
Banner Engineering Corp.
Beckhoff Automation Canada
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
Schneider Electric Canada Inc.
Turck Canada Inc.
CABLES
Balluff Canada Inc
BDI Canada Inc
Beckhoff Automation Canada
Carlo Gavazzi (Canada) Inc.
Lapp Canada Inc.
Omron Canada Inc.
Pilz Automation Safety Canada L.P.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
Tri-Tronics Company Inc.
COMPRESSORS
1 Centrifugal
2 Reciprocating
3 Screw
BDI Canada Inc 1-3
Motion Canada 1-3
Oystar North America (formerly known as Oystar USA, Inc. & IWKA PacSystems, Inc.) 1
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Optimize your entire plant, avoid downtime and realize shorter production runs. Our easy-to-use digital position guide increases efficiency and eliminates the errors seen in fully manual format changes. And with its Ecolab certification and IP68 and IP69K ratings, it is ideal for packaging, food and beverage applications.
HayssenSandiacre - Div. of Barry-Wehmiller Companies, Inc. 5-6
Heat and Control, Inc. 5-6
Heat Sealing Packaging 3-4
Hood Packaging Corporation 5
Ilapak Inc. 1-7
JBX Systems Inc. 2
JG Packaging 3-6
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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.
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WHAT TYPE OF CARTON SHOULD IT BE?
PACKAGING MACHINERY
Kaps-All Packaging Systems Inc. 5
Link Pack Group 1,3,5
M.D. Packaging Inc. 1-9
MapleJet Co. 5
MultiFeeder Technology, Inc. 5
NJM 5
Nordson Canada Limited 2
nVenia 3,5-8
Ohlson Packaging 5-6
Optima Machinery Corporation 1-3,5-7
Pacific Packaging Machinery 5
Pack-Rite - Div.of Mettler Toledo, LLC 2-3
Packaging Machinery Concepts Ltd. 3-5,7
Paxiom Group, Inc. 1-7
Pemberton & Associates Inc. 1,3,5,9
Plan Automation Inc. 1-9
PLAN Automation LP Inc. 1-9
Plexpack Corp. 2-3,6
PMR Packaging Inc. 1-9
Premier Tech Chronos 3,5
Prodo-Pak Corp 2-3,5-6
R-J Machinery Inc. 1,3,5-7
Reiser (Canada) Co. 3
Rennco LLC 3,6
ROBOVIC Inc 5
Saturn Packaging Equipment 3
Sealed Air Corporation 1,3
Shawpak Systems Ltd. 2
SleekWrapper 1-5
Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery Inc. 5
Speedway Packaging Machinery 5
SteelNor/Inventure Engineering & Machinery Inc. 1-7
Stock Packaging Canada
Storcan Production Line Solutions
TC Transcontinental Packaging
Techno Pak Packaging Systems Inc. 1-7
TNA North America Inc. 5
Triangle Package Machinery Co. 5-6
Valco Melton 4
VC999 Canada Ltd. 2,5-6
WeighPack Systems Inc. 1-7
BAG PACKAGING, VALVE TYPE
1 Air Pressure Filling
2 Auger Filling
3 Belt Packers
4 Filling Gross Weighing
5 Filling Net Weighing
6 Gravity
7 Impellor Filling
Abbey Equipment Solutions 1-7
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd. 2,4-7
All-Fill Inc. 2,4-5
Artypac Automation Inc. 2,4-5,7
Beumer Corporation 1-2,4-7
Bizerba Canada Inc. 4
Buzz Equipment 2-3
Capmatic Ltd. 1-2,6
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd. 1-7
Columbia Coding & Marking 4
CRAWFORD PACKAGING 1,5
Habasit Canada Limited 3,6
HayssenSandiacre - Div. of Barry-Wehmiller Companies, Inc. 2,5
Heat and Control, Inc. 4-5
Ilapak Inc. 2-6
Premier Tech Chronos 1-2,4-7
Prodo-Pak Corp 2,5,7
R-J Machinery Inc. 2,4-5
Shawpak Systems Ltd. 2,4-6
Sipromac ll Inc. 3
Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery Inc. 2,5
SteelNor/Inventure Engineering & Machinery Inc. 1-2,4-5,7
SteelNor/Inventure Engineering & Machinery Inc. 1,3
Stock Packaging Canada 1
StrongPoint Automation Inc. 1,3
Techno Pak Packaging Systems Inc. 1-3
Turck Canada Inc. 1-3
Uline Canada Corp. 2
Valco Melton 1
Videojet Canada 1-3
Videojet Technologies Inc. 1
VisuaScan Inc. 1-3
Weber Marking Systems of Canada 1-3
BLISTER FORMING
Artypac Automation Inc.
Buzz Equipment
Canadian Paper & Packaging Co.
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
Goldrich Printpak Inc.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
R-J Machinery Inc.
BLISTER SEALING
Artypac Automation Inc.
Buzz Equipment
Celplast, a Division of Crawford Packaging
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
Goldrich Printpak Inc.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
R-J Machinery Inc.
BLOWMOLDING
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd.
Ampak Inc
Buzz Equipment
Cube Automation
KHS USA, Inc
Krones - North America
M.D. Packaging Inc.
Newmapak Ltd.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
Plastics Institute of America
BOTTLING
1 Capping
2 Cleaning Air
3 Cleaning Steam
4 Cleaning Washing
5 Filling
6 Sorting Equipment
Abbey Equipment Solutions 5
Aesus Packing Systems Inc. 1-2,5-6
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd. 1-2,4-6
All-Fill Inc. 5
Alpha Checkweighers 5
Ampak Inc 1
Artypac Automation Inc. 1-6
Bericap North America Inc. 1
Buzz Equipment 1-6
Capmatic Ltd. 1-2,4-6
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd. 1,5-6
Chisholm Machinery Solutions 1-3,5-6
Columbia Coding & Marking 1-2,5
Cube Automation 1-6
Descon Integrated Conveyor Solutions 4
Eckert Machines 2
ESS Technologies 1,5
Galick Process and Packaging Solutions
1,3,5
Hibar Systems Ltd. 5-6
IMA North America Inc. 1,4-6
Kaps-All Packaging Systems Inc. 1-2,5-6
KHS USA, Inc 4-5
Krones - North America 4-5
Lyne Systems 6
M.D. Packaging Inc. 1-6
McBrady Engineering Inc. 2-4
Nalbach Engineering Company, Inc. 4-6
New England Machinery Inc. 1-2,6
Newmapak Ltd. 1-6
nVenia 1,5
Ohlson Packaging 5
Omega Design Corp. 2,6
Optima Machinery Corporation 1-6
Pacific Packaging Machinery 5
Packaging Machinery Concepts Ltd. 1
Paxiom Group, Inc. 5
Plan Automation Inc. 1-6
PLAN Automation LP Inc. 1-6
PMC Industries 1
PMR Packaging Inc. 1-6
Prodo-Pak Corp 3,6
R E Morrison Equipment Inc. 2,4
R-J Machinery Inc. 1,5
Schubert Packaging Automation Inc. 1,5-6
Septimatech Group Inc. 1-2,4-6
Shawpak Systems Ltd. 1,5
Singular Solutions Inc. 2,6
STANMECH Technologies Inc. 2
Storcan Production Line Solutions 1,5
StrongPoint Automation Inc. 1,6
Techno Pak Packaging Systems Inc. 1-2,4-6
Valtara 1
Zalkin Americas, LLC 1,6
BUNDLE-TYING
EAM-Mosca (Canada) Ltd.
M.D. Packaging Inc.
Plan Automation Inc.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
BUNDLING ACCUMULATING
PARCELING: CORRUGATED
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd.
Bandall America
Canpaco Inc.
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
Douglas Machine Inc.
M.D. Packaging Inc.
MultiFeeder Technology, Inc.
nVenia
Plan Automation Inc.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
PMR Packaging Inc.
Septimatech Group Inc.
StrongPoint Automation Inc.
Veritiv
BUNDLING ACCUMULATING
PARCELING: KRAFT
Canpaco Inc.
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
Descon Integrated Conveyor Solutions
M.D. Packaging Inc.
MultiFeeder Technology, Inc.
nVenia
Plan Automation Inc.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
PMR Packaging Inc.
StrongPoint Automation Inc.
Veritiv
BUNDLING ACCUMULATING
PARCELING: SHRINKFILM
3G Packaging Corp.
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd.
Ariva
Buzz Equipment
Canpaco Inc.
Celplast, a Division of Crawford Packaging
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
Damark Shrink Packaging Systems - Div. of
Plexpack Corp.
Douglas Machine Inc.
Eastey
Longford International Ltd.
M.D. Packaging Inc.
nVenia
Omega Design Corp.
Optima Machinery Corporation
Plan Automation Inc.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
PMR Packaging Inc.
Rennco LLC
Sealed Air Corporation
StrongPoint Automation Inc.
Techno Pak Packaging Systems Inc.
Veritiv
BUNDLING ACCUMULATING
PARCELING: STRETCHFILM
3G Packaging Corp.
Canpaco Inc.
CAPS/PhoenixWrappers
Celplast, a Division of Crawford Packaging
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
Descon Integrated Conveyor Solutions
Eastey
Galick Process and Packaging Solutions
IMA North America Inc.
M.D. Packaging Inc.
nVenia
Omega Design Corp.
Plan Automation Inc.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
PMR Packaging Inc.
Samuel Packaging Systems Group
Techno Pak Packaging Systems Inc.
Veritiv
CANNING
1 Capping
2 Filling
3 Making
4 Milk Can Washing, Drying
5 Sealing
Abbey Equipment Solutions 2
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd. 2
All-Fill Inc. 2
Alpha Checkweighers 2
Artypac Automation Inc. 2
Buzz Equipment 1-2
Capmatic Ltd. 2
Chisholm Machinery Solutions 1-3,5
Columbia Coding & Marking 1-2,5
EDGME Inc. 2,5
Galick Process and Packaging Solutions 1,5
Hibar Systems Ltd. 2
Kaps-All Packaging Systems Inc. 1-2,5
KHS USA, Inc 2,5
Krones - North America 2,5
M.D. Packaging Inc. 1-2,4-5
MapleJet Co. 2-3
Nalbach Engineering Company, Inc. 2
Newmapak Ltd. 1-2,5
Optima Machinery Corporation 1-2,5
Pacific Packaging Machinery 2
Pemberton & Associates Inc. 2
Plan Automation Inc. 1-5
PLAN Automation LP Inc. 1-5
PMC Industries 1
PMR Packaging Inc. 2
R E Morrison Equipment Inc. 4
R-J Machinery Inc. 2
Singular Solutions Inc. 2
Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery Inc. 2
Speedway Packaging Machinery 2
StrongPoint Automation Inc. 2
Techno Pak Packaging Systems Inc. 1-2,5
Triangle Package Machinery Co. 2
VC999 Canada Ltd. 1-2,5
CAP & COVER LINING
Capmatic Ltd.
Columbia Coding & Marking
EDGME Inc.
M.D. Packaging Inc.
Nordson Canada Limited
Plan Automation Inc.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
Singular Solutions Inc.
CAP SEALERS
Aesus Packing Systems Inc.
Artypac Automation Inc.
Buzz Equipment
Capmatic Ltd.
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
Cube Automation
Enercon Industries Corp.
Galick Process and Packaging Solutions
Habasit Canada Limited
Kaps-All Packaging Systems Inc.
Lepel Corp Capsealing Div.
M.D. Packaging Inc.
Newmapak Ltd.
Optima Machinery Corporation
Packaging Machinery Concepts Ltd.
PDC International Corp
Plan Automation Inc.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
PMR Packaging Inc.
Speedway Packaging Machinery
Storcan Production Line Solutions
Techno Pak Packaging Systems Inc.
CAPSULE FILLING
All-Fill Inc.
Buzz Equipment
Capmatic Ltd.
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
Hibar Systems Ltd.
IMA North America Inc.
M.D. Packaging Inc.
Newmapak Ltd.
Plan Automation Inc.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
Sarong North America Inc.
Septimatech Group Inc.
CARTON UNLOADER
Abbey Equipment Solutions
Blueprint Automation (BPA)
Buzz Equipment
Canpaco Inc.
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
Honeywell Intelligrated
Ilapak Inc.
M.D. Packaging Inc.
Plan Automation Inc.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
Techno Pak Packaging Systems Inc.
Yaskawa America Inc., Motoman Robotics Div.
CARTONING
1 Filling
2 Forming
3 Forming Filling Closing
4 Forming Lining Filling Closing
5 Lining
6 Opening Filling Closing
7 Wraparound For Can Bottle Carriers
3M Canada Company 3
Abbey Equipment Solutions 1-7
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd. 1-4,6-7
All-Fill Inc. 1
Alpha Checkweighers 1
Artypac Automation Inc. 1-4,6-7
Blueprint Automation (BPA) 1,3
Bossar USA, Inc. 3
Bradman Lake Inc. 1-4,6-7
Britman Packaging Services 1,3
Buzz Equipment 1-3,6
CAM Packaging Systems 1,4
Canpaco Inc. 1-7
Capmatic Ltd. 2-7
Celplast, a Division of Crawford Packaging 1-3,5-6
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd. 1-7
Chisholm Machinery Solutions 1,6-7
Consolidated Technologies 1-7
CRAWFORD PACKAGING 1-5
Cube Automation 1-3,5-7
Delkor Systems Inc. 2-3
Descon Integrated Conveyor Solutions 4 Douglas Machine Inc. 1-7
Econocorp Inc. 1-3,6-7
Edson Packaging Machinery Ltd. 1-7
EndFlex LLC 1-4,6-7
ESS Technologies 1-4,6-7
Flexi-Pack Machinery Solutions Inc. 2-4,6-7
Galick Process and Packaging Solutions 3
Geosaf Inc. 1-3
Harlund Industries Ltd. 3,6
Harpak-Ulma Packaging, LLC 1-3
Hartness International 2-3,6-7
Heat and Control, Inc. 1
Ilapak Inc. 1-7
IMA North America Inc. 1-4
JBX Systems Inc. 2-4
JG Packaging 1-7
Jowat Canada 2-4
Kaps-All Packaging Systems Inc. 1
Kliklok LLC - A Syntegon Company 2-3,6-7
Langen Packaging Inc. 1-3,6-7
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PACKAGING MACHINERY
Loveshaw, an ITW Company, Little David Products Div. 2
M.D. Packaging Inc. 1-7
Massman Automation Design 1,3,7
MultiFeeder Technology, Inc. 1,5
Newmapak Ltd. 3,7
Nordson Canada Limited 7
Nuspark Inc. 1-4,6-7
Optima Machinery Corporation 1-3,6
Oystar North America (formerly known as Oystar USA, Inc. & IWKA PacSystems, Inc.) 1-6
PACKPRO Systems 7
Plan Automation Inc. 1-7
PLAN Automation LP Inc. 1-7
PMR Packaging Inc. 1-7
Propack Processing & Packaging Systems Inc. 1-4,6
R-J Machinery Inc. 1-3
Schneider Packaging Equipment Co. Inc. 3,6
Schubert Packaging Automation Inc. 1-7
Shawpak Systems Ltd. 1
Singular Solutions Inc. 4
Somic America, Inc. 1-2
Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery Inc. 1
Storcan Production Line Solutions 1
StrongPoint Automation Inc. 1-3
Syntegon 4
Techno Pak Packaging Systems Inc. 1-7
Tetra Pak Canada Inc. 3
Triangle Package Machinery Co. 1-3,6
Valco Melton 2
Veritiv 2-3
WeighPack Systems Inc. 1-3,6-7
WestRock 2-3,7
Yaskawa Motoman Canada Ltd. (Motoman Robotics) 1
CASE PACKING
1 Case Erectors
2 Case Sealers
3 Filling Loading
4 Forming
5 Opening
6 Printing Coding
7 Sealing Glue
8 Sealing Gummed Tape
9 Sealing Hotmelt
10 Stitching Stapling
11 Tray Forming
12 Uncasing
3G Packaging Corp. 1-2,4,6-8,11
3M Canada Company 2-3,9
ABB Inc. 3,12
Abbey Equipment Solutions 1-12
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd. 1-5,7,9,1112
AlliedFlex Technologies 3 Ariva 1-2,8-9
Artypac Automation Inc. 3-7,9,12
Baumer hhs Corp. 2,7,9
Best Packaging Systems 1-2,5,7-9,11
Bizerba Canada Inc. 6-7
Blueprint Automation (BPA) 1,3-5,9,12
Bobst North America Inc. 3
Bradman Lake Inc. 1-4,7-9,11
Britman Packaging Services 3 Buzz Equipment 1-12
CAM Packaging Systems 1,4-5,8,12
Canadian Paper & Packaging Co. 1-2,8
Canpaco Inc. 1-4,6-9,11
Capmatic Ltd. 3-4,6-9,12
Cartier 1-4,8-9
Celplast, a Division of Crawford Packaging 1-11
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd. 1-12
Chisholm Machinery Solutions 1-3,5,79,11-12
Columbia Coding & Marking 3,6-8
Combi Packaging Systems 1-5,7,9,11-12
Compacker Systems, LLC 1-7,9
Consolidated Technologies 1-5,7-9,12
CRAWFORD PACKAGING 1-2,4-6,8,11
Cube Automation 1-7,11
Delkor Systems Inc. 1-4,11
Dependable Marking Systems Ltd. 1-2,4,6
Descon Integrated Conveyor Solutions 3,12
Douglas Machine Inc. 3-5,7,9,11
EAM-Mosca (Canada) Ltd. 2
Eastey 1-2,4
Econocorp Inc. 7,9,11
Edson Packaging Machinery Ltd. 1-12
EndFlex LLC 1-5,7-9,11-12
ESS Technologies 1-5,9,11-12
Flexi-Pack Machinery Solutions Inc. 1-2,4-5,11
Galick Process and Packaging Solutions 1,3,5,7,9,11
Gebo Cermex USA Inc. 1,9,11
General Conveyor Inc. 12
Geosaf Inc. 1-4,11
GMSvanSco 9
Habasit Canada Limited 1-2
Harlund Industries Ltd. 1-8,11
Harpak-Ulma Packaging, LLC 1-4,9,11
Hartness International 1-5,7-9,11-12
Heat and Control, Inc. 3
HMA Systems 9
IMA North America Inc. 1-3,6,11
ITW Dynatec 9
JBX Systems Inc. 1-2,4,7,9,11
JG Packaging 1-9,11
KHS USA, Inc 11
Kliklok LLC - A Syntegon Company 1-3,11
Krones - North America 3
Langen Packaging Inc. 1-9,11
Lantech.com, LLC 1-2
Loveshaw, an ITW Company, Little David
Products Div. 4-6
Lyne Systems 2-3,5-6
M.D. Packaging Inc. 1-11
MapleJet Co. 2,6
Markem-Imaje Inc. 6
MARQ Packaging Systems Inc. 1-5,7-10
Massman Automation Design 1-4,7-9,1112
Newmapak Ltd. 1-9,11-12
Nordson Canada Limited 2,7,9,11
Nuspark Inc. 1-4,7-9,11-12
nVenia 1-7,11-12
OMORI North America 1
Packaging Machinery Concepts Ltd. 1-6,9,11
PACKPRO Systems 1-2,4,8-9,11
Paxiom Group, Inc. 1-5,7,11
Pearson Packaging Systems 1-4,7,11-12
Pineberry Manufacturing Inc. 6
Plan Automation Inc. 1-12
PLAN Automation LP Inc. 1-12
PMR Packaging Inc. 1-12
PPI - Packaging Products Inc. 2,10
Propack Processing & Packaging Systems Inc. 1-5,11
Oystar North America (formerly known as Oystar USA, Inc. & IWKA PacSystems, Inc.)
PACKPRO Systems
Pemberton & Associates Inc.
Plan Automation Inc.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
PMR Packaging Inc.
Propack Processing & Packaging Systems Inc.
Septimatech Group Inc.
StrongPoint Automation Inc.
CHECKWEIGHING
Abbey Equipment Solutions
Ahearn & Soper Inc.
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd.
Anritsu - Product Inspection & Detection
Artypac Automation Inc.
Automationdirect
Bizerba Canada Inc.
Buzz Equipment
CAM Packaging Systems
Canpaco Inc.
Capmatic Ltd.
Celplast, a Division of Crawford Packaging
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
Cube Automation
Heat and Control, Inc.
Link Pack Group
Loma Systems, an ITW Company
Lyne Systems
M&L Testing Equipment (1995) Inc.
M.D. Packaging Inc.
MapleJet Co.
Mettler-Toledo Canada
Newmapak Ltd.
nVenia
Ohlson Packaging
Pemberton & Associates Inc.
Plan Automation Inc.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
PMR Packaging Inc.
Reiser (Canada) Co.
Rockwell Automation Canada/Allen-Bradley
+ Rockwell Software Brands
Sesotec Canada Ltd
Shawpak Systems Ltd.
Siemens Canada Limited
Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery Inc.
StrongPoint Automation Inc.
Techno Pak Packaging Systems Inc.
Thermo Fisher Scientific
TNA North America Inc.
VC999 Canada Ltd.
Yamato Corporation
CODING
1 Coding Imprinters
2 Embossing Imprinters
3 Hot-Stamping Imprinters
4 Ink-Jet Imprinters
5 Laser Imprinters
6 Marking Imprinters
7 Numbering Imprinters
3G Packaging Corp. 1-2,4-6
Aesus Packing Systems Inc. 3,7
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd. 1-7
Artypac Automation Inc. 2-3
Automationdirect 1,6
Bemis Packaging 1-7
Best Packaging Systems 4
Buzz Equipment 1-7
Canpaco Inc. 1,3-7
Capmatic Ltd. 1,3-7
Celplast, a Division of Crawford Packaging 1-7
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd. 1-2,4-6
Coding Products of Canada Ltd. 1,4-7
Columbia Coding & Marking 1-7
Consolidated Technologies 2,4-5
CRAWFORD PACKAGING 4
Dependable Marking Systems Ltd. 1-4,6-7
Domino Printing Solutions Inc. 1,4-7
Galick Process and Packaging Solutions 4-5
Harlund Industries Ltd. 1,4-5
Iconotech 1,6
ID Technology Canada 1,4-6
Industrial Marking Systems Inc. 1,3,7
JG Packaging 1,3-4,6-7
Leibinger 4
Loveshaw, an ITW Company, Little David Products Div. 1,4,6-7
Lyne Systems 1-2,4-5,7
M.D. Packaging Inc. 1-7
MapleJet Co. 1-6
Markem-Imaje Inc. 1,4,6-7
Matthews Marking Systems 1-2,4-7
Multivac Canada Inc. 3
Newmapak Ltd. 1,4-7
NJM 1,3-4,6
OMORI North America 4
Packaging Machinery Concepts Ltd. 1-2,4
Pineberry Manufacturing Inc. 1-2,4-6
Plan Automation Inc. 1-7
PLAN Automation LP Inc. 1-7
Plexpack Corp. 1-2
PMR Packaging Inc. 1-7
REDEMAC INC 1-7
Samuel Packaging Systems Group 1,4-6
Shawpak Systems Ltd. 4
Speedway Packaging Machinery 3-4
Squid Ink Manufacturing 1,4-6
SteelNor/Inventure Engineering & Machinery Inc. 1-7
Sterling Marking Products Inc. 1-4,6-7
Stock Packaging Canada 6
Storcan Production Line Solutions 4
StrongPoint Automation Inc. 1,4-7
Techno Pak Packaging Systems Inc. 1-4,6-7
TIGERPAK INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES 1,4-7
TNA North America Inc. 3-4
VC999 Canada Ltd. 1,4
Videojet Canada 1,4-7
Videojet Technologies Inc. 1,4-7
VisuaScan Inc. 1-7
Weber Marking Systems of Canada 1,4,6 COMPUTER SYSTEMS 1 Hardware 2 Software
Ahearn & Soper Inc. 1-2
B&R Industrial Automation Inc. 1-2
Beckhoff Automation Canada 1-2
Bizerba Canada Inc. 2
Capmatic Ltd. 2
Dependable Marking Systems Ltd. 1-2
Edson Packaging Machinery Ltd. 1-2
FlexLink Systems, Inc. 2
HYBRID Software 2
Lyne Systems 1-2
M.D. Packaging Inc. 1-2
Markem-Imaje Inc. 2
Matthews Marking Systems 2
Mettler-Toledo Canada 2
Pineberry Manufacturing Inc. 2
PLAN Automation LP Inc. 1-2
Rockwell Automation Canada/Allen-Bradley
+ Rockwell Software Brands 1-2
Siemens Canada Limited 1-2
Stock Packaging Canada 2
StrongPoint Automation Inc. 2
Techno Pak Packaging Systems Inc. 1-2
Videojet Canada 1-2
VisuaScan Inc. 1-2
Weber Marking Systems of Canada 2
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PACKAGING MACHINERY
CONDUCTION SEALERS
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd.
Buzz Equipment
Capmatic Ltd.
Enercon Industries Corp.
Plan Automation Inc.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
Techno Pak Packaging Systems Inc.
CONTAINER CHANGE PARTS
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd.
Capmatic Ltd.
IMA North America Inc.
New England Machinery Inc.
Plan Automation Inc.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
PMR Packaging Inc.
Septimatech Group Inc.
Techno Pak Packaging Systems Inc.
CONTAINER
HANDLING
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd.
Bosch Rexroth Canada Corp.
Capmatic Ltd.
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
Chisholm Machinery Solutions
Control GMC
Descon Integrated Conveyor Solutions
EDGME Inc.
Flexi-Pack Machinery Solutions Inc.
Garvey Corp.
Honeywell Intelligrated
IMA North America Inc.
Krones - North America
Lyne Systems
M.D. Packaging Inc.
New England Machinery Inc.
Newmapak Ltd.
Omega Design Corp.
Plan Automation Inc.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
PMR Packaging Inc.
Septimatech Group Inc.
StrongPoint Automation Inc.
Techno Pak Packaging Systems Inc.
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CONVEYORS
3G Packaging Corp. 7
Aesus Packing Systems Inc. 9,11
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd. 1-15
Artypac Automation Inc. 2,10,12-13
Automationdirect 2,11
Best Packaging Systems 4,6-7,12
Bosch Rexroth Canada Corp. 5-11,13-14
Buzz Equipment 2,4,6-7,9,11-13
CAM Packaging Systems 9,13
Canadian Paper & Packaging Co. 7
Canpaco Inc. 4,6-7,9-13
Capmatic Ltd. 5,7,11,13
Celplast, a Division of Crawford Packaging
4-9,11-14
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd. 2,4,9-15
Chisholm Machinery Solutions 2-6,11,15
Columbia Coding & Marking 4,6-8,11-12
Cousins Packaging Inc. 13
CRAWFORD PACKAGING 6-7,13
Cube Automation 2-11,13-15
Davis Controls Ltd. 11
Dependable Marking Systems Ltd. 4,6-7
Descon Integrated Conveyor Solutions 1,3-4,6-14
Dorner 2-14
Dynamic Conveyor Corporation 9-11 Eastey 7,12
Eckert Machines 3,5-6,9,11,14-15
EDGME Inc. 3-4
Eriez 15
FlexLink Systems, Inc. 5-6,8-14
Galick Process and Packaging Solutions 1-15
Garvey Corp. 4,6-7,9-13
General Conveyor Inc. 1-2,4,7,9-13,15
George A. Wright & Son Toronto Ltd. 1-7,9-15
Geosaf Inc. 1,4
Habasit Canada Limited 2,4,7,9-13,15
Harlund Industries Ltd. 6-7
Hartness International 4,9-11,13
Heat and Control, Inc. 2,9,11,13,15
Honeywell Intelligrated 2-5,7,9,11,13
IMA North America Inc. 11
ITW Muller Canada 7,9
JG Packaging 1,7,10-12
Kaps-All Packaging Systems Inc. 2,7,12-13
Langen Packaging Inc. 2,4,9-13
Lantech.com, LLC 7,9,13
Link Pack Group 11
Loma Systems, an ITW Company 4,11-12
Lyne Systems 2-6,9-11,13-15
M.D. Packaging Inc. 1-15
Matrix Packaging Machinery 2
Mettler-Toledo Canada 3,7,10-11
mk North America, Inc. 5-9,11-13
Modulex Solutions Inc. 9
MultiFeeder Technology, Inc. 9
Nalbach Engineering Company, Inc.
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Newmapak Ltd. 1,4-15
NJM 5
nVenia 2
Pack-Rite - Div.of Mettler Toledo, LLC 13
Packaging Machinery Concepts Ltd. 4-7,9,11-13
Paxiom Group, Inc. 2,4,13
Plan Automation Inc. 1-15
PLAN Automation LP Inc. 1-15
PMR Packaging Inc. 1-2,4-7,9-13,15
Propack Processing & Packaging Systems Inc. 3-4,6
R-J Machinery Inc. 13
Ryson International 2-4,9-14
Saturn Packaging Equipment 7,9,11,13
Schneider Packaging Equipment Co. Inc. 4,11
Septimatech Group Inc. 1-2,4-6,9-11
Shawpak Systems Ltd. 3-5,7-8,10-13,15
Speedway Packaging Machinery 6,9,11
SteelNor/Inventure Engineering & Machinery Inc. 5,9,11-13,15
Stock Packaging Canada 5
Storcan Production Line Solutions 1-2,4-7,9-15
StrongPoint Automation Inc. 1,3-7,9-14
Syntegon 5
Techno Pak Packaging Systems Inc. 2,4,7,10-13,15
Thermo Fisher Scientific 3,5,7
TNA North America Inc. 15
Tri-Mach Group Inc. 2-14
Tsubaki 5,8
Uline Canada Corp. 7
UniTrak Corporation Limited 1-3,5-6,9,1112,14-15
VC999 Canada Ltd. 2-3,11,15
Videojet Canada 11-12
VisuaScan Inc. 4,7,9,11-13
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Weber Marking Systems of Canada 5,11,13
Wecon Services Ltd. 4,6-7,9-13
WeighPack Systems Inc. 2-4,7,10-13,15
Wulftec International Inc. 5,7
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Cube Automation
Descon Integrated Conveyor Solutions
Geosaf Inc.
MESSER Canada Inc.
Newmapak Ltd.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
Propack Processing & Packaging Systems Inc.
Storcan Production Line Solutions
VC999 Canada Ltd.
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SYSTEMS, PROCESS
Cube Automation
Descon Integrated Conveyor Solutions
George A. Wright & Son Toronto Ltd.
MESSER Canada Inc.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
Propack Processing & Packaging Systems Inc.
Storcan Production Line Solutions
Wulftec International Inc.
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Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd.
Cube Automation
MESSER Canada Inc.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
CORKING MACHINES
Capmatic Ltd.
Chisholm Machinery Solutions
Cube Automation
Galick Process and Packaging Solutions
Newmapak Ltd.
Plan Automation Inc.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
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Ariva
Canpaco Inc.
Plan Automation Inc.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
COTTON INSERTING
Buzz Equipment
Capmatic Ltd.
IMA North America Inc.
M.D. Packaging Inc.
NJM
Optima Machinery Corporation
Plan Automation Inc.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
PMR Packaging Inc.
COUNTING
Abbey Equipment Solutions
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd.
Artypac Automation Inc.
Automationdirect
Buzz Equipment
Capmatic Ltd.
IMA North America Inc.
Kaps-All Packaging Systems Inc.
Longford International Ltd.
Lyne Systems
M.D. Packaging Inc.
MultiFeeder Technology, Inc.
Newmapak Ltd.
NJM
Omron Canada Inc.
Pineberry Manufacturing Inc.
Plan Automation Inc.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
PMR Packaging Inc.
StrongPoint Automation Inc.
Techno Pak Packaging Systems Inc.
Turck Canada Inc.
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Buzz Equipment
Cube Automation
Plan Automation Inc.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
CUP FILLING
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd.
All-Fill Inc.
Alpha Checkweighers
Artypac Automation Inc.
Buzz Equipment
Capmatic Ltd.
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
Chisholm Machinery Solutions
Control GMC
Cube Automation
Galick Process and Packaging Solutions
Heat and Control, Inc.
Kaps-All Packaging Systems Inc.
Link Pack Group
M.D. Packaging Inc.
Multivac Canada Inc.
nVenia
Ohlson Packaging
Optima Machinery Corporation
Plan Automation Inc.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
Plastics Institute of America
PMR Packaging Inc.
R-J Machinery Inc.
Reiser (Canada) Co.
Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery Inc.
Stock Packaging Canada
Techno Pak Packaging Systems Inc.
VC999 Canada Ltd.
WeighPack Systems Inc.
Winpak Portion Packaging Ltd.
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Plan Automation Inc.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
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Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd.
Artypac Automation Inc.
Buzz Equipment
Capmatic Ltd.
Celplast, a Division of Crawford Packaging
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
Chisholm Machinery Solutions
Control GMC
Descon Integrated Conveyor Solutions
Heat Sealing Packaging
Link Pack Group
M.D. Packaging Inc.
Multivac Canada Inc.
Optima Machinery Corporation
Pineberry Manufacturing Inc.
Plan Automation Inc.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
PMR Packaging Inc.
R-J Machinery Inc.
Stock Packaging Canada
StrongPoint Automation Inc.
Techno Pak Packaging Systems Inc.
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Heat and Control, Inc. 1-2,5
Hibar Systems Ltd. 4-6
Ilapak Inc. 1-6
IMA North America Inc. 1,4-6
JG Packaging 1-6
Kaps-All Packaging Systems Inc. 1,4-6
KHS USA, Inc 4
Kliklok LLC - A Syntegon Company 2-3
Krones - North America 4
Link Pack Group 2-6
Lyne Systems 2-3,5
M&L Testing Equipment (1995) Inc. 1
M.D. Packaging Inc. 1-6
Massman Automation Design 4
MultiFeeder Technology, Inc. 1
Nalbach Engineering Company, Inc. 3,5
Newmapak Ltd. 4,6
NJM 1,4,6 nVenia 1-3
Ohlson Packaging 1-5
Optima Machinery Corporation 1-6
Oystar North America (formerly known as Oystar USA, Inc. & IWKA PacSystems, Inc.) 4,6
Pacific Packaging Machinery 4-6
Packaging Machinery Concepts Ltd. 1-4,6
Paxiom Group, Inc. 1-3,5
Pemberton & Associates Inc. 5-6
PFM Packaging Machinery Corporation 1-2 Plan Automation Inc. 1-6
Prodo-Pak Corp 1-6 R-J Machinery Inc. 1-6
Reiser (Canada) Co. 4-6
Sarong North America Inc. 4
Septimatech Group Inc. 2-4,6
Shawpak Systems Ltd. 3-6
Singular Solutions Inc. 2,6
Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery Inc. 2-3,5
Speedway Packaging Machinery 2-6
SteelNor/Inventure Engineering
4
VC999 Canada Ltd. 1-6
WeighPack Systems Inc. 2-6
Winpak Portion Packaging Ltd. 1,3-4,6
Yamato Corporation 1-2,5
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Canadian Paper & Packaging Co.
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
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Artypac Automation Inc. 1-2
Automationdirect 1-2
Bossar USA, Inc. 1
Britman Packaging Services 1-2
Buzz Equipment 1-3
BW Flexible Systems 1-3
CAM Packaging Systems 1-3
Canpaco Inc. 1-2
Capmatic Ltd. 1
Celplast, a Division of Crawford Packaging 1-3
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd. 1-3
Chisholm Machinery Solutions 1-2
Confab Laboratories Inc. 3
CRAWFORD PACKAGING 1-2
Eckert Machines 3
Formost Fuji Corporation 1-2
Galick Process and Packaging Solutions 1-3
Harpak-Ulma Packaging, LLC 1-3
HayssenSandiacre - Div. of Barry-Wehmiller Companies, Inc. 1-2
Heat and Control, Inc. 2
Heat Sealing Packaging 1-3
Hood Packaging Corporation 1
Ilapak Inc. 1-2
JG Packaging 1-2
Kliklok LLC - A Syntegon Company 2
Link Pack Group 1-3
M.D. Packaging Inc. 1-3
Massman Automation Design 1
Matrix Packaging Machinery 1-2
Multivac Canada Inc. 1-3
nVenia 1-2
Ohlson Packaging 2
OMORI North America 1
Optima Machinery Corporation 1-2
Packaging Machinery Concepts Ltd. 2
Paxiom Group, Inc. 1-3
Pemberton & Associates Inc. 1
PFM Packaging Machinery Corporation 1-2
Plan Automation Inc. 1-3
PLAN Automation LP Inc. 1-3
PMR Packaging Inc. 1-3
Premier Tech Chronos 1-2
Prodo-Pak Corp 1-2
Reiser (Canada) Co. 1-3
Rennco LLC 2-3
Saturn Packaging Equipment 2
Sealed Air Corporation 2
Shawpak Systems Ltd. 1-3
SleekWrapper 1
Speedway Packaging Machinery 1
SteelNor/Inventure Engineering & Machinery Inc. 1-2
Stock Packaging Canada 1,3
TC Transcontinental Packaging 1-2
Techno Pak Packaging Systems Inc. 1-3
TNA North America Inc. 2
Triangle Package Machinery Co. 2
VC999 Canada Ltd. 1-3
WeighPack Systems Inc. 1-2
Windmoeller & Hoelscher Corp. 1
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Gluefast Company Inc.
HMA Systems
OBX Works Inc.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
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Canpaco Inc.
Gluefast Company Inc.
GMSvanSco
HMA Systems
ITW Dynatec
Nordson Canada Limited
OBX Works Inc.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
PMR Packaging Inc.
Valco Melton
VisuaScan Inc.
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3G Packaging Corp.
Ariva
Best Packaging Systems
Canadian Paper & Packaging Co.
Canpaco Inc.
Cartier
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PACKPRO Systems
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
PMR Packaging Inc.
Sterling Marking Products Inc.
Uline Canada Corp.
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Bradman Lake Inc. 1
Buzz Equipment 1-2
Canadian Paper & Packaging Co. 1
Canpaco Inc. 2
Cartier 1
Celplast, a Division of Crawford Packaging 1
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd. 1-2
CiMa-Pak Corporation 1-2
Formost Fuji Corporation 1-2
Goldrich Printpak Inc. 2
Heat Sealing Packaging 1
Ilapak Inc. 2
JG Packaging 1-2
Lepel Corp Capsealing Div. 2
OMORI North America 1
Pack-Rite - Div.of Mettler Toledo, LLC 1-2
Packaging Machinery Concepts Ltd. 1-2
Plan Automation Inc. 1-2
PLAN Automation LP Inc. 1-2
Plexpack Corp. 2
PMR Packaging Inc. 1-2
R-J Machinery Inc. 1-2
SteelNor/Inventure Engineering & Machinery Inc. 1-2
Stock Packaging Canada 2
Techno Pak Packaging Systems Inc. 1
TNA North America Inc. 1-2
WeighPack Systems Inc. 1-2
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Baumer hhs Corp.
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
Galick Process and Packaging Solutions
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
PMR Packaging Inc.
STANMECH Technologies Inc.
Valco Melton
HOTMELT GUNS
3M Canada Company
Baumer hhs Corp.
Buzz Equipment
Gluefast Company Inc.
ITW Dynatec
JBX Systems Inc.
Nordson Canada Limited
OBX Works Inc.
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PLAN Automation LP Inc.
Valco Melton
HOTMELT HOSES
Baumer hhs Corp.
Buzz Equipment
ITW Dynatec
Nordson Canada Limited
OBX Works Inc.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
Techno Pak Packaging Systems Inc.
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PLAN Automation LP Inc. 1-3
Shawpak Systems Ltd. 1-3
3G Packaging Corp. 4
Aesus Packing Systems Inc. 5
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd. 1-7
Artypac Automation Inc. 1-3
Automated Packaging Systems Inc. 5
Automationdirect 1,6
Bemis Packaging 1-4,6-7
Buzz Equipment 2-3,5
Capmatic Ltd. 1,3
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd. 1-2,4-6
Columbia Coding & Marking 1-7
Dependable Marking Systems Ltd. 1-7
Domino Printing Solutions Inc. 1,4-7
FlexLink Systems, Inc. 4-6
Galick Process and Packaging Solutions 4
Harlund Industries Ltd. 4-7
Iconotech 1,6
Industrial Marking Systems Inc. 1,3,7
JG Packaging 1,7
Label-Aire Inc. 3
Leibinger 4
Loveshaw, an ITW Company, Little David Products Div. 1,4,6-7
Lyne Systems 1-2,4-7
MapleJet Co. 1,4,6-7
Markem-Imaje Inc. 1,3-7
Matthews Marking Systems 1-7
MultiFeeder Technology, Inc. 3-5
Newmapak Ltd. 4-5
NJM 1,5-6
Packaging Machinery Concepts Ltd. 1,4,6
Pineberry Manufacturing Inc. 1-2,4-7
Plan Automation Inc. 1-7
PLAN Automation LP Inc. 1-7
Plexpack Corp. 1-2
PMR Packaging Inc. 1-7
R-J Machinery Inc. 2-3
REDEMAC INC 1-5,7
Samuel Packaging Systems Group 1,4,6
Shawpak Systems Ltd. 1,5
Speedway Packaging Machinery 1,3-6
Squid Ink Manufacturing 4,6
SteelNor/Inventure Engineering & Machinery Inc. 1-7
Sterling Marking Products Inc. 1-4,6-7
Stock Packaging Canada 4
Techno Pak Packaging Systems Inc. 1-7
Thermo Fisher Scientific 6
TIGERPAK INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES 1,4-7
TNA North America Inc. 1,4
VC999 Canada Ltd. 1,3-4,7
Videojet Canada 4-7
Videojet Technologies Inc. 1,4-7
VisuaScan Inc. 1-7
Weber Marking Systems of Canada 6
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Aesus Packing Systems Inc.
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd.
Artypac Automation Inc.
Buzz Equipment
Capmatic Ltd.
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
Enercon Industries Corp.
Kaps-All Packaging Systems Inc.
Lepel Corp Capsealing Div.
M.D. Packaging Inc.
Newmapak Ltd.
NJM
Packaging Machinery Concepts Ltd.
Plan Automation Inc.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
PMR Packaging Inc.
Speedway Packaging Machinery
Techno Pak Packaging Systems Inc.
INDUSTRIAL REFRIGERATION
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
INJECTION BLOWMOLDING
Ampak Inc
Buckhorn Canada Inc.
Plan Automation Inc.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
Richards Packaging Inc.
Sesotec Canada Ltd
Silgan Plastics Canada INJECTION MOLDING
Ampak Inc
JL Plastics Inc
Plan Automation Inc.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
Polytainers Inc.
Sesotec Canada Ltd
Silgan Plastics Canada
INSERTING & PLACING MACHINES
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd.
Artypac Automation Inc.
Buzz Equipment
Capmatic Ltd.
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
Columbia Coding & Marking
Descon Integrated Conveyor Solutions
Longford International Ltd.
Lyne Systems
M.D. Packaging Inc.
MultiFeeder Technology, Inc.
New England Machinery Inc.
Omega Design Corp.
Pineberry Manufacturing Inc.
Plan Automation Inc.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
PMC Industries
PMR Packaging Inc.
Propack Processing & Packaging Systems Inc.
Stock Packaging Canada
StrongPoint Automation Inc.
Techno Pak Packaging Systems Inc.
LABEL DISPENSERS
3M Canada Company
Aesus Packing Systems Inc.
Ahearn & Soper Inc.
Artypac Automation Inc.
AstroNova
Best Packaging Systems
Bizerba Canada Inc.
Buzz Equipment
Capmatic Ltd.
Columbia Coding & Marking
CRAWFORD PACKAGING
Dependable Marking Systems Ltd.
General Conveyor Inc.
Harlund Industries Ltd
Industrial Marking Systems Inc.
Lyne Systems
M.D. Packaging Inc.
Newmapak Ltd.
NJM
PDC International Corp
Pemberton & Associates Inc.
Pineberry Manufacturing Inc.
Plan Automation Inc.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
PMR Packaging Inc.
PRX Print
R-J Machinery Inc.
REDEMAC INC
RFID Canada
Samuel Packaging Systems Group
Speedway Packaging Machinery
Sterling Marking Products Inc.
StrongPoint Automation Inc.
Techno Pak Packaging Systems Inc.
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VC999 Canada Ltd.
VisuaScan Inc.
Weber Marking Systems of Canada
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3G Packaging Corp. 1-2
Aesus Packing Systems Inc. 1
Ahearn & Soper Inc. 1-3
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd. 1-3
Artypac Automation Inc. 2-3
AstroNova 1-3
Automationdirect 1-3
Barcode Graphics Inc. 2
Bizerba Canada Inc. 1-3
Buzz Equipment 2
Capmatic Ltd. 1-3
CAPS/PhoenixWrappers 2
Celplast, a Division of Crawford Packaging 1-3
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd. 1-3
Coding Products of Canada Ltd. 1-3
Columbia Coding & Marking 1-3
CRAWFORD PACKAGING 1,3 Cube Automation 1-3
Dependable Marking Systems Ltd. 1-3
DIGI CANADA Inc. 1
Domino Printing Solutions Inc. 1-3
Harlund Industries Ltd. 1-3
Heat Sealing Packaging 1
ID Technology Canada 1-3
Industrial Marking Systems Inc. 1-3
Label-Aire Inc. 1-2
Link Pack Group 1
Lyne Systems 1-3
M.D. Packaging Inc. 1-3
MapleJet Co. 2-3
Markem-Imaje Inc. 1-3
Matthews Marking Systems 2-3
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Newmapak Ltd. 1-3
NJM 1-2
Omron Canada Inc. 2
Packaging Machinery Concepts Ltd. 1-2
Pineberry Manufacturing Inc. 1-3
Plan Automation Inc. 1-3
PLAN Automation LP Inc. 1-3
PMR Packaging Inc. 1-3
Primera Technology 1-3
PRX Print 1-3
REDEMAC INC 1-3
RFID Canada 2-3
Samuel Packaging Systems Group 1-3
SATO America, Inc. 1-3
Shawpak Systems Ltd. 1-3
Speedway Packaging Machinery 1
Spicers Canada 3
Stock Packaging Canada 2
StrongPoint Automation Inc. 1
Techno Pak Packaging Systems Inc. 2-3
TIGERPAK INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES 1-3
TNA North America Inc. 1-2
Uline Canada Corp. 2
3M Canada Company 5
Aesus Packing Systems Inc. 2,4-5
Ahearn & Soper Inc. 2,5
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd. 1-6
Ampak Inc 3-4
AROL North America Inc. 5
Artypac Automation Inc. 4-5
AstroNova 5
Barcode Graphics Inc. 5
Bemis Packaging 5
Best Packaging Systems 2
Bizerba Canada Inc. 2,5
Buzz Equipment 1,3-6
CAM Packaging Systems 2-3,5
Canpaco Inc. 1,3-5
Capmatic Ltd. 1,3-6
Celplast, a Division of Crawford Packaging 1-5
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd. 2,4,6
Chisholm Machinery Solutions 1-5
Columbia Coding & Marking 2-3,5-6
Confab Laboratories Inc. 1,4-5
Dependable Marking Systems Ltd. 5
ID Technology Canada 5
IMA North America Inc. 5
Industrial Marking Systems Inc. 5
JG Packaging 4-5
Kaps-All Packaging Systems Inc. 5
KHS USA, Inc 1,3,5
Krones - North America 1-6
Langguth America Ltd. 1-3,5
Link Pack Group 1,3,5-6
M.D. Packaging Inc. 1-6
Markem-Imaje Inc. 5
Matthews Marking Systems 5
Newmapak Ltd. 1-6
NJM 5
Nordson Canada Limited 3
OBX Works Inc. 1,3-5
OMORI North America 5
Oystar North America (formerly known as Oystar USA, Inc. & IWKA PacSystems, Inc.) 6
Packaging Machinery Concepts Ltd. 4-5
PDC International Corp 4
Pemberton & Associates Inc. 5
Septimatech Group Inc. 1-3
Shawpak Systems Ltd. 2,5
Silgan Plastics Canada 4-5
Speedway Packaging Machinery 5
SPS/PHIN Limited 1,3-6
TC Transcontinental Packaging 4-5
Techno Pak Packaging Systems Inc. 1,3-6
TIGERPAK INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES 5
Tri-Tronics Company Inc. 2,4-5
Valco Melton 3
VC999 Canada Ltd. 1-2
Veritiv 1,3-5
Videojet Canada 5
Videojet Technologies Inc. 5
VisuaScan Inc. 1,4-6
Weber Marking Systems of Canada 2,5
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Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
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Plan Automation Inc.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
Prodo-Pak Corp
SteelNor/Inventure Engineering & Machinery Inc.
Techno Pak Packaging Systems Inc. MILK POUCH PACKAGING
Link Pack Group
M.D. Packaging Inc.
Plan Automation Inc.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
Prodo-Pak Corp
SteelNor/Inventure Engineering & Machinery Inc.
TC Transcontinental Packaging
Techno Pak Packaging Systems Inc.
MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGING
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd.
Celplast, a Division of Crawford Packaging
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
CiMa-Pak Corporation
Harpak-Ulma Packaging, LLC
Heat Sealing Packaging
MESSER Canada Inc.
Multivac Canada Inc.
Nalbach Engineering Company, Inc.
OMORI North America
PACKPRO Systems
Paxiom Group, Inc.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
PMR Packaging Inc.
Reiser (Canada) Co.
Sipromac ll Inc.
SteelNor/Inventure Engineering & Machinery Inc.
Stock Packaging Canada
TC Transcontinental Packaging
VC999 Canada Ltd.
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Aesus Packing Systems Inc.
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd.
Bradman Lake Inc.
CAM Packaging Systems
Capmatic Ltd.
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
Chisholm Machinery Solutions
Descon Integrated Conveyor Solutions
General Conveyor Inc.
Heat and Control, Inc.
Kaps-All Packaging Systems Inc.
M.D. Packaging Inc.
Nalbach Engineering Company, Inc.
New England Machinery Inc.
Newmapak Ltd.
NJM
Nuspark Inc.
Omega Design Corp.
Plan Automation Inc.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
PMC Industries
PMR Packaging Inc.
Septimatech Group Inc.
StrongPoint Automation Inc.
Techno Pak Packaging Systems Inc.
OVERWRAPPING MACHINES
3G Packaging Corp.
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd.
Ariva
Beumer Corporation
Bizerba Canada Inc.
Bradman Lake Inc.
Buzz Equipment
Canadian Paper & Packaging Co.
Canpaco Inc.
Celplast, a Division of Crawford Packaging
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
Chisholm Machinery Solutions
CRAWFORD PACKAGING
Eastey
Flexi-Pack Machinery Solutions Inc.
Galick Process and Packaging Solutions
Harpak-Ulma Packaging, LLC
Heat Sealing Packaging
Ilapak Inc.
IMA North America Inc.
M.D. Packaging Inc.
Newmapak Ltd.
nVenia
Optima Machinery Corporation
PACKPRO Systems
PFM Packaging Machinery Corporation
Plan Automation Inc.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
PMR Packaging Inc.
Saturn Packaging Equipment
Singular Solutions Inc.
Syntegon
PALLET RACKS
CHEP Canada Inc.
Cube Automation
Plan Automation Inc.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
PALLETIZING
Machinery Solutions 1-4
Compacker Systems, LLC 3-4
CRAWFORD PACKAGING 2-4 Cube Automation 1-4
Delkor Systems Inc. 3
Descon Integrated Conveyor Solutions 1,3-4
Douglas Machine Inc. 3-4 EndFlex LLC 3-4
ESS Technologies 1,3-4
FANUC Canada Ltd. 1,3-4
Flexi-Pack Machinery Solutions Inc. 4 FlexLink Systems, Inc. 1-4 Gebo Cermex USA Inc. 3-4 General Conveyor Inc. 1-3 George A. Wright & Son Toronto Ltd. 1,3
Pemberton & Associates Inc. 4-5 PLAN Automation LP Inc. 1-5
R E Morrison Equipment Inc. 2
Stock Packaging Canada 2
RACKS, STORAGE
Bosch Rexroth Canada Corp.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
Uline Canada Corp.
REVENUE STAMP APPLICATORS
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
ROLL HANDLING
Bradman Lake Inc.
Celplast, a Division of Crawford Packaging
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
EDGME Inc.
OBX Works Inc.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
VC999 Canada Ltd.
Zund America, Inc.
ROLL-LEAF STAMPING
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd.
Bemis Packaging
Dependable Marking Systems Ltd.
M.D. Packaging Inc.
PLAN Automation LP Inc.
SCALES & WEIGHING
1 Batch Weighing
2 Checkweighers
3 Combination Scales
4 Conveyor Scales
5 Dynamic (in-motion) Weighing
6 Freight Express Computing Scales & Weighing
7 Over & Under Weight
8 Weight/Price Labeling
Abbey Equipment Solutions 2-3,5,7
Ahearn & Soper Inc. 2
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd. 1-5,7-8
All-Fill Inc. 2
AlliedFlex Technologies 1
Alpha Checkweighers 2
Anritsu - Product Inspection & Detection 2-3
Artypac Automation Inc. 2,5,7
Automationdirect 1-2,4
Beumer Corporation 2,4,7
Bizerba Canada Inc. 1-8
Buzz Equipment 1-2,4
CAM Packaging Systems 1-3,7
Canpaco Inc. 1-2,4
Celplast, a Division of Crawford Packaging 2
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd. 2-5,7
CombiScale Inc. 1-5
Cousins Packaging Inc. 4,6
Cube Automation 1-3,5-8
DIGI CANADA Inc. 1-5,7-8
Galick Process and Packaging Solutions 1-8
Habasit Canada Limited 2,4,7
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HayssenSandiacre - Div. of Barry-Wehmiller Companies, Inc. 7
Alpha Marathon Film Extrusion Technologies Inc. 1-2
Bemis Packaging 1
Bobst North America Inc. 1-2
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Dependable Marking Systems Ltd. 1-2
Macro Engineering & Technology Inc. 1
Plastiques Lausa Int,l inc. 1
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PACKAGE MAKERS/SERVICES
AEROSOL FILLERS
CAPMATIC LTD.
12180 boul Albert Hudon Montreal-North QC H1G 3K7 Tel: 514-322-0062 833-322-0062 Fax: 514322-0063 Email: sales@capmatic.com Web: www. capmatic.com Pres: Alioscia Bassani Types of products packaged: Pharmaceuticals, Hair Sprays, Shaving Lathers. Toiletries. Perfumes. Insect Sprays, Room Deodorizers, Paints, Coatings, Veterinarian and Pet Products, Automotive Waxes, De-Icers, Tire Inflaters, Cleaners, Household Polishes, Laundry Products, Show Dyes, etc. PACIFIC PACKAGING MACHINERY
1284 Puerta Del Sol San Clemente CA 92673 Tel: 949-369-2425 Fax: 949-369-2429 Email: information@pacificpak.com Web: www. pacificpak.com Pres: Pete Carpino Types of products packaged: Hairspray, household cleaners, pharmaceutical, room deodorizers.
BARCODE CERTIFICATION
BARCODE GRAPHICS INC.
5-25 Brodie Drive Richmond Hill ON L4B 3K7 Tel: 905-770-1154 Fax: 905-787-1575 Email: info@ barcodegraphics.com Web: www.barcodegraphics. com Pres: John Herzig Sales Mgr: Connie Furtado Certification and testing services: Instant Barcode EPS/PDF Masters And Nutrition Facts Graphics Online 24/7. Barcode Labels And Tags (QR, Data Matrix, UPC, EAN, SCC, B3, Cargo, Pars, Paps, Etc), Barcode Labeling Software, Printers, Blank Labels (Thermal Transfer, Laser). Thermal Transfer Ribbons And ANSI/ISO Verifiers. ScanRight(TM) Certification, QC Seminars And Training. CAPMATIC LTD.
100 Industry St Toronto ON M6M 4L8 Tel: 416769-9000 Fax: 416-769-5454 Email: info@ goldpak.com Web: www.goldpak.com Pres: Leslie Goldberg Certification and testing services: Barcode scanning.
OMRON CANADA INC.
802-100 Consilium Pl Toronto ON M1H 3E3 Tel: 416-286-6465 866-986-6766 Fax: 416-286-6648 Email: diego.mayorga@omron.com Web: www. omron247.com
BOXMAKERS
ASTRO BOX CORP.
1-117 Basaltic Rd Concord ON L4K 1G4 Tel: 905695-8788 866-255-5328 Fax: 905-695-8791 Email: info@astroboxcorp.com Web: www. astroboxcorp.com Pres: Charles Parlagreco Box types: Folding Cartons / Beverage Carriers Facilities: Die Cutting, Creasing, Scoring, Perforating, Litho, Coating, Hot Stamping, Embossing.
BENECO CUSTOM
PACKAGING|SOOPAK.COM
3640 McNicol Ave., Scarborough ON M1X 1G5 Tel: 905-677-2888 855-755-7225 Email: info@ benecopackaging.com Web: benecopackaging. com/ Pres: YJ Jiang Plant Mgr: Roy Amm Sales Mgr: Tony Li Box types: Custom Printed Folding Cartons Facilities: Printing, Coating, Creasing, Diecutting, Embossing, Llgtho, Perforating, Scoring, Window Patching BENECO PACKAGING|SOOPAK. COM
Unit B 3640 McNicoll Ave Scarborough ON M1X 1G5 Tel: 905-677-2888 Fax: 905-677-8858 Email: sales@soopak.com Web: www.soopak.com Pres: Yajun Jiang Plant Mgr: Roy Amm Sales Mgr: Richard Martin Box types: Folding Cartons, Custom Printed Boxes Facilities: Coating, Creasing, Diecutting, Embossing, Litho, Perforating, Scoring, Printing, Gluing Making window, Window Patching CENTRAL GRAPHICS & CONTAINER GROUP
5526 Timberlea Blvd Mississauga ON L4W 2T7 Tel: 905-238-8400 Fax: 905-238-8127 Email: askus@ centralgrp.com Web: www.centralgrp.com Sales Mgr: Rick Eastwood Facilities: Diecutting, Scoring, Perforating, Flexo Direct Print, Specialty Gluing CHINA BAVORA PRINTED PACKAGING CO., LTD.
4/F., 42 Yi Ai Road Xiamen Fujian 361005 Tel: 592555-8280 Email: bavora@jeawin.com Web: https://www.bavora-printing.com CORRUPAL
225 av Liberte Candiac QC J5R 3X8 Tel: 450-6384222 Fax: 450-638-3839 Web: www.corrupal.com Pres: Martin Terrault Plant Mgr: Claude Boyer Sales Mgr: Laurie Du Temple Quirion DIVERSCO GLOBAL PACKAGING INC.
13751 Mayfield Place Richmond BC V6V 2G9 Tel: 604-273-6323 866-333-6323 Web: glenmorecustomprint.com
GOLDRICH PRINTPAK INC.
100 Industry St Toronto ON M6M 4L8 Tel: 416769-9000 Fax: 416-769-5454 Email: info@ goldpak.com Web: www.goldpak.com Pres: Leslie Goldberg Box types: Folding cartons Facilities: Diecutting, Creasing, Scoring, Perforating, Litho, Coating, Hotstamping, Embossing, Gravure GRAPHIC PACKAGING
INTERNATIONAL CANADA
7830 Tranmere Dr Mississauga ON L5S 1L9 Tel: 905-678-8211 Fax: 905-678-7233 Web: www. cascades.com Sales Mgr: Mike Sharpe Box types: Cartons Facilities: Coating, Creasing, Diecutting, Embossing, Flexo, Hot-Stamping, Litho, Perforating, Scoring JONES HEALTHCARE GROUP
3000 Page St London ON N5V 5H3 Tel: 519-4512100 800-265-9093 Fax: 519-451-2107 Email: info@joneshealthcaregroup.com Web: www. joneshealthcaregroup.com Pres: Ron Harris Sr VP: David Dembski Box types: Folding Cartons Facilities: Coating, Creasing, Diecutting, Embossing, Flexo, Hot-Stamping, Litho, Perforating, Scoring MENASHA PACKAGING CANADA
LP 35 Precidio Court Brampton ON L6S 6B7 Tel: 905792-7092
NETPAK
9055 Impasse de l’Invention Anjou Québec H1J 3A7 Tel: 514-645-8412 866-399-8544 Email: sales@netpak.com Web: www.netpak.com Box types: folding cartons, no glue boxes, straight line boxes, auto bottom boxes, four corner boxes, six corner boxes, specialty boxes, two piece boxes Facilities: coating, creasing, diecutting, embossing, hot-stamping, offset printing, lithography, perforating, scoring, manufacturing, debossing, pre-press, graphic design, cellophane window patching, stripping and cutting, logistics management, distribution, warehousing, co-packing, customer service PACKAGING TECHNOLOGIES INC. 310 Courtland Ave Concord ON L4K 4Y6 Tel: 905738-8226 800-303-5883 Fax: 905-738-6182 Email: tim.boissinot@ptibox.com Web: www. ptibox.com Pres: Tim Boissinot Plant Mgr: Clarence Brown Box types: Corrugated Boxes, Point of Purchase Displays, Folding Cartons, Retail Ready Packaging, Other plants: The Central Group Independant Corrugator Inc. Facilities: Special Coatings, Diecutting, Flexo Preprint, Litho, Digital Print, Perforating and Scoring WESTROCK
1000 Abernathy Rd NE Atlanta GA 30328 Tel: 770448-2193 Web: www.westrock.com Box types: Cartons, cases, HSC, RSC, CONTAINER DECORATING
BERLIN PACKAGING
525 W. Monroe St Chicago IL 60661 Tel: 514-6339247 800-723-7546 Email: andre.lt@ berlinpackaging.com Web: https://www. berlinpackaging.com/ Services: Structural package and closure design, brand strategy, product design, visual branding and packaging graphics Industries: wine, spirits, beer, cannabis&cbd, beverage, food, home care, industrial chemical, pet/vet,personal health and beauty, pharma/nutra, CHINA BAVORA PRINTED PACKAGING CO., LTD. 4/F., 42 Yi Ai Road Xiamen Fujian 361005 Tel: 592555-8280 Email: bavora@jeawin.com Web:
https://www.bavora-printing.com
LANGGUTH AMERICA LTD.
109 Randall Dr Waterloo ON N2V 1C5 Tel: 519888-0099 Fax: 519-888-0029 Email: info@ langguth-america.com Web: www.langguthamerica.com Services: Labeling Industries: Beer/ Cider, Beverage, Cosmetics, Food, Spirits, Wine, Paint and Chemicals, Caulking tubes to 5 gal. pails. PACKAGING TECHNOLOGIES INC.
310 Courtland Ave Concord ON L4K 4Y6 Tel: 905738-8226 800-303-5883 Fax: 905-738-6182 Email: tim.boissinot@ptibox.com Web: www. ptibox.com Pres: Tim Boissinot Plant Mgr: Clarence Brown
POLYTAINERS INC.
197 Norseman St Toronto ON M8Z 2R5 Tel: 416239-7311 800-268-2424 Fax: 416-239-0596
Email: info@polytainersinc.com Web: www. polytainersinc.com Pres: R K Barrett VP-Sales Craig Mills; Dir-Sales: Kevin Cinel; Bus Dev Mgr: Micheil Jennings Industries: Food SERIGRAPHIE RICHFORD
815A Tecumseh Pointe-Claire QC H9R 4B1 Tel: 514-426-1266 844-426-1266 Fax: 514-426-1200 Email: info@stockcanada.ca Web: www. stockcanada.ca Pres: Eric Williamson Dir: Eric Williamson; Sales: Jason Miller Services: IML Labeling
WESTROCK
1000 Abernathy Rd NE Atlanta GA 30328 Tel: 770448-2193 Web: www.westrock.com Industries: Beverage, Cosmetics, Pharmaceuticals, food, Wine, Spirits, Beer, eCommerce, online retailers, brick and mortar retailers, fulfillment centers CONTRACT PACKAGING
BIEDERMAN PACKAGING INC.
36 Head St Dundas ON L9H 3H3 Tel: 905-6285298 Fax: 905-628-6988 Email: info@biederman. ca Web: www.biederman.ca Pres: Fred Sutcliffe VP-Ops/Sales: Elizabeth Wagg Type of products packaged: Dry, Powders, Granulars - Plaster Products, Fertilizers, Rodenticides, Insecticides, Composts, Seed Treatment Products, Ice Melters, Novelty Items Type of packages: Bags, Blister, Bottles, Cartons, Form/Fill/Seal, Jars, Shrink, Sleeving BO BRANDING & DESIGN AGENCY LTD.
1600, rue Notre-Dame O bureau 203 Montreal QC H3J 1M1 Tel: 514-938-4646 Email: contact@ bobranding.com Web: www.bobranding.com Pres: Marc Beauregard
BRITMAN PACKAGING SERVICES
655 Finley Ave Ajax ON L1S 3V3 Tel: 905-6191477 Fax: 905-619-1478 Email: peterg@britman. com Web: www.britmanpackagingservices.ca Pres: Peter Gabriel Type of products packaged: Dry, Foods, Powders Type of packages: Blisters, Cartons, Form/Fill/Seal, Shrink.
BUCKHORN CANADA INC.
8032 Torbram Rd Brampton ON L6T 3T2 Tel: 905791-6500 800-461-7579 Fax: 905-791-9942 Web: www.buckhorncanada.com Sales Mgr: Tim Walsh Natl VP&Gen Mgr: Jim Morrison Type of products packaged: Food, Meat, Poultry, Retail Products, etc. Type of packages: Pallets, Bins, Trays, Broad Trays CANADIAN MATERIAL REPACK INC.
1-4355 County Rd 42 Windsor Ontario N8V 0A5 Tel: 226-777-8288 Email: info@cmrepack.com Web: www.cmrepack.com Pres: Andrew Hatfield Type of products packaged: We specialize in repacking, material handling, and order fulfillment services for everything from small-scale prototypes to established product lines. Type of packages: We specialize in repacking, material handling, and order fulfillment services for everything from smallscale prototypes to established product lines.
CAPMATIC LTD.
12180 boul Albert Hudon Montreal-North QC H1G 3K7 Tel: 514-322-0062 833-322-0062 Fax: 514322-0063 Email: sales@capmatic.com Web: www. capmatic.com Pres: Alioscia Bassani Type of products packaged: Liquid, Powder, Tablet, Capsule Gel, Pharmaceuticals, Tablets & Capsules, Nutraceutical Type of packages: Bottles,Vials, Jars, Form/Fill/Seal, Shrink, Neck/ Body Sleeve CAPO INDUSTRIES LTD. 1200 Corporate Drive Burlington ON L7L 5V5 Tel: 800-263-8250 Web: www.capoindustries.com Pres: D. Ridpath Sales Mgr: Nick Ridpath Type of products packaged: Specializing in liquid and powder formulations, white label, and contract
packaging. Private labels available. 100% fill rate for major consumer goods. Type of packages: Fill / Seal, Spray, Bottles, Misters, Plastics, Cartons CHINA BAVORA PRINTED
PACKAGING CO., LTD. 4/F., 42 Yi Ai Road Xiamen Fujian 361005 Tel: 592555-8280 Email: bavora@jeawin.com Web: https://www.bavora-printing.com CONFAB LABORATORIES INC.
4355 boul Sir Wilfred Laurier Saint-Hubert QC J3Y 3X3 Tel: 450-443-6666 888-826-6322 Fax: 450443-4466 Sr Dir-Sls/Mktg: Raymond Baribeau Type of products packaged: Pharmaceuticals Type of packages: Blister, Bottles, Cartons, Shrink, Tubes. Confab offers packaging services such as bottling liquids and tablets, blisters both thermo and cold form, drinkable ampule filling, tube filling, plastic unit dose form/fill/seal
CONTRACT PRE-ROLL INC
243 Broadway Ave Orangeville ON L9W1K6 Tel: 519-939-6345 Email: Info@planlp.com Web: Contractpre-roll.ca Pres: JP Perreault Sales Mgr: Adam Toomey Mat Bedard Type of products packaged: Cannabis Pre Roll Joints Dry Cannabis Bud Flower Type of packages: PreRolled Cones, Doob Tubes, Multi-Packs, Pre Made Pouches, Bulk Packaging
DIMACHEM INC.
3258 Marentette Ave Windsor ON N8X 4G4 Tel: 519-969-5570 Fax: 519-969-8512 Email: info@ dimacheminc.com Web: dimacheminc.com Pres: Steve Cox Sales Mgr: Andrew Conway purchasing@dimacheminc.com Type of products packaged: Liquid chemicals, Pastes, and/or Dry Powders Type of packages: Bottles, Cartons, Jars, Shrink, Pails, Drums, Totes, Supersacs and Bulk. Chemical Toll Manufacturing and Packaging Services.
ECONOPAC
490 Midwest Rd Scarborough ON M1P 3A9 Tel: 416-750-7200 Web: www.econopac.com Sr Sales/ Mktg Mgr: Jaime Carney Type of products packaged: Food, Liquid, Paper, Samples, Pharmaceuticals Type of packages: Shrink Sleeves, Flow/Overwrapping, Micro Couponing,Tipping and Fugitive Gluing, Labeling, POP & Display Assembly, Form/Fill/Seal Single Dosage, Other: Kitting and Hand Assembly, Blister Packaging, Door and Bottle Hangers, Shrink Wrapping, Carton Folding and Insertion. SQF2 Approved, Clean Room ELOPAK CANADA INC.
3720 ave des Grandes Tourelles Boisbriand QC J7H 0A1 Tel: 450-970-2846 Fax: 514-326-3307 Web: www.elopak.com Plant Mgr: Patricia Rothos Sales Mgr: Evelyn Rasmussen Type of products packaged: Powders, granulars and small pieces (food and non-food), liquid, Contract Packaging Type of packages: Juice, eggs, milk cartons, liquid & dry filled gable top cartons FILLAB INC.
11750 4th Av RDP Montreal QC H1E 5Y2 Tel: 514494-8286 Fax: 514-643-1518 Email: info@fillab. com Web: www.fillab.com Ops Mgr: Jean-Francois Paquin Type of products packaged: Dry, Liquid, Powders, Pharmaceuticals; Contract Packaging Services CGMP - Tablets, Capsules, SoftGels, Creams, Liquids, Powders, Licences Health Canada HPFB/DGPSA and Controlled Substances Pharmaceuticals, Cosmetics, Nutritional Supplements, Natural Health Products. Type of packages: Blister, Bottles, Cartons, Form/Fill/Seal, Jars, Shrink; Blister Pack Machine: PVC-PVDCAclar-Foil/Foil, Bottles Filling Machine: Tablets/ Capsules, Liquid/Cream Pouches, FFS-Filling Machine: Cream, Powder, Tubes Filling Machines: Plastic & Metal Tubes, Ampoules/Vials Filling Machines: Plastic & Glass, 3D-Blistel FFS: Cream, Liquid
GH MANUFACTURING INC.
101 Petrie Place Belleville ON K8N5T3 Tel: 613961-8860 Email: inquiries@ghmanufacturing.com Web: www.ghmanufacturing.com Pres: Guenther Huettlin Sales Mgr: Guenther Huettlin Kim Egan Type of products packaged: Dry products, products for the hygienic markets, Club pallets Type of packages: Shrinkwrap, semi-automatic cartoning, semi-automatic bag packing, flow wrap, displayready pallets, repacks, inspections, container changes
GOLDRICH PRINTPAK INC.
100 Industry St Toronto ON M6M 4L8 Tel: 416769-9000 Fax: 416-769-5454 Email: info@ goldpak.com Web: www.goldpak.com Pres: Leslie Goldberg Type of products packaged: Blister, Plastic to Plastic Sealing, Skin, Shrimk Wrap, Display Builds and Filling, Light Assembly, Boxing, Bagging Type of packages: Blister Packs, Skin Packs, Folding Cartons, Displays Corrugated or Fibre Boxboard, Shrinkwrapping, Conveyor Assembly, Light Manufacturing JONES HEALTHCARE GROUP
PACKAGE MAKERS/SERVICES
3000 Page St London ON N5V 5H3 Tel: 519-4512100 800-265-9093 Fax: 519-451-2107 Email: info@joneshealthcaregroup.com Web: www. joneshealthcaregroup.com Pres: Ron Harris Sr VP: David Dembski Type of products packaged: Dry, Liquid, Pastes, Powders, Capsules, Tablets, Pharmaceuticals, Nutraceuticals, Cosmetics, Medical Devices. Type of packages: Folding Cartons, Blisters, Bottles, Pouches, Travel Vials, Form/Fill/Seal, Serialized Packaging. LES EMBALLAGES KNOWLTON / KNOWLTON PACKAGING
315 ch Knowlton Knowlton QC J0E 1V0 Tel: 450243-6161 Fax: 450-243-0559 Pres: Nick Whitley VP-Finance: Pierre Prudhomme. VP-Sls/Mktg: Mario Allaire Type of products packaged: Health & Beauty, A/P-DEO, Facial Care, Sun Care, Nail Care, Hair Colour Type of packages: Tubes, Bottles, Jars, Canister, Cartons, Shrink
145 Industrial Parkway South Aurora Ontario L4G 3V5 Tel: 844-356-9426 Email: hello@ planetacopacking.com Web: https:// planetacopacking.com/ Pres: Nicholas Reichenbach Plant Mgr: Camelia Rotarita Sales Mgr: Paul Burleson Type of products packaged: Liquid Type of packages: Aeseptic, Mostly Plant Based, Tetra Pak, Sustainable, B Corp REPACK CANADA & THE FREELANCE PORTFOLIO
130 Claireville Dr Toronto ON M9W 5Y3 Tel: 416656-6227 877-804-4841 Fax: 416-736-4442 Email: info@repackcanada.com Web: www. repackcanada.com Pres: Carol Levy Plant Mgr: Kate Stephen Sales Mgr: Eira Braun-Labossiere Jennifer Stephen Type of products packaged: Foods, pharmaceuticals, natural health care, first aid kit supplies, secondary packaging of prepackaged foods, pharmaceuticals, liquor, personal care products, household goods and more. Type of packages: Shrinkfilm, secondary packaging, design, build, pack in-store displays, flowwrapping, bundle wrapping, auto bagging system, auto cartoning.
ROOTREE
1-5295 John Lucas Dr Burlington ON L7L 6A8 Tel: 905-336-7875 1-833-ROOTREE (766-8733) Email: sales@rootree.ca Web: https://rootree.ca/ Pres: Phil St-Cyr Plant Mgr: Soek A’walia Sales Mgr: Pia Simran Dan Koz Type of products packaged: Dry, foods, liquid, powders, pharmaceuticals Type of packages: Flexible pouches, bottles, cartons, form/fill/seal, jars, tubes
SARONG NORTH AMERICA INC.
2465 Cawthra Rd, Unit 121-122 Mississauga ON L5A 3P2 Tel: 905-272-3699 Web: www. sarongnorthamerica.ca Sales Mgr: Michael Radlo Type of products packaged: Food & Beverage, Household, Personal Care, Pharmaceuticals Type of packages: Single Severe Form/Fill/Seal Containers, Capsules, Blisters, Other
STURGEON VALLEY FERTILIZERS
Box 278 57402 RR 252A Legal AB T0G 1L0 Tel: 780-961-3088 Fax: 780-961-3084 Web: www. svfltd.ca Plant Mgr: Eric Cyr Sales Mgr: Louis Cyr Type of products packaged: Dry, Ice melts, Fertilizers Type of packages: Open mouth, paper,Plastic
CONVERTERS OF PAPERS, FILMS, FOILS
ACORN PACKAGING INC.
563 Queensway E Mississauga ON L5A 3X6 Tel: 800-461-1361 Fax: 905-279-3234 Email: sales@ acornpkg.com Web: www.acornpkg.com Materials Converted: Films, Foils, Papers Facilities: Bagmaking, Coating, Flexo, Laminating AHEARN & SOPER INC.
100 Woodbine Downs Blvd Toronto ON M9W 5S6 Tel: 416-675-3999 800-263-4258 Fax: 416-6753457 Email: salesdept@ahearn.com Web: www. ahearn.com Materials Converted: Papers, Films, Tags Facilities: Diecutting, Flexo ALL-FILL INC.
418 Creamery Way Exton PA 19341-2500 Tel: 610524-7350 866-455-3455 Fax: 610-524-7346 Email: info@all-fill.com Web: www.all-fill.com
111 Progress Ave Toronto ON M1P 2Y9 Tel: 416298-8101 800-268-5620 Fax: 416-297-2218
Email: marketing@atlantic.ca Web: www.atlantic. ca Pres: David Boles Sales Mgr: Vito Mangialardi Luis Prior, Director of Marketing Other plants: Brampton, Scarborough, Mississauga, Whitby, Ingersoll Materials Converted: Recycled Linerboard Facilities: Box converting plants and recycled paper mills.
CANFAB PACKAGING INC.
2740 rue St Patrick Montreal QC H3K 1B8 Tel: 514935-5265 888-522-6322 Fax: 514-935-1074
Email: info@canfabpkg.com Web: www.canfabpkg. com Pres: T. Klein Materials Converted: Papers, Foils
CHANTLER PACKAGING INC.
880 Lakeshore Rd E Mississauga ON L5E 1E1 Tel: 905-274-2533 800-565-5245 Fax: 905-274-9522
Email: info@chantlerpackaging.com Web: www. chantlerpackaging.com Plant Mgr: Ray Jacques CEO: Roy Ferguson. VP: Ian Ferguson Materials Converted: Films Facilities: Bagmaking, Flexo, Diecutting, Film Extrusion, Laminating, Slitting, Sheeting, Rewind.
CIMA-PAK CORPORATION
50 av Lindsay Dorval QC H9P 2T8 Tel: 514-6316222 877-631-2462 Email: info@cima-pak.com Web: www.cima-pak.com Pres: Tim Dawson Sales Mgr: Mike Watters Gen Mgr: Sonja Berg Materials Converted: Laminated foils Facilities: Bagmaking, Military Specified Packaging COVERTECH FLEXIBLE PACKAGING
PO Box 94188 Richmond BC V6Y 2A4 Tel: 604277-7111 Pres: Joe Knoll Plant Mgr: Larry Davis, Dave Konarski Sales Mgr: Brent Giles, Bob McQueen Materials Converted: Papers Facilities: Coating, Bagmaking, Tissue Winding, Napkins, Counter Rolls, Roll Heads, Packing Sheets
DECO LABELS & TAGS
28 Greensboro Dr Toronto ON M9W 1E1 Tel: 416247-7878 Fax: 416-247-9030 Email: sales@ decolabels.com Web: www.decolabels.com
Materials Converted: Papers, Films and Foils Facilities: Diecutting, Laminating and Flexo, Basewraps, Can wraps, Cold foil, de-lam re-lam print-on adhesive, Instant redeemable coupons, Multipanel extended content labels, Re-sealable hinged labels, Re-sealable packaging for meat, produce and personal care, Rotary silkscreen, Shrink sleeves, Tags
DONWAY PACKAGING CORP. LTD.
12 Principal Rd Scarborough ON M1R 4Z3 Tel: 416494-5400 877-504-7041 Fax: 416-494-5409 Email: info@donwaypackaging.com Web: www. donwaypackaging.com Pres: James Molloy Plant Mgr: Lambert Grant Sales Mgr: Margarita Molloy Materials Converted: Papers Facilities: Diecutting, Slitting, Rewinding, Sheeting and Guillotining DURAFAST LABEL COMPANY
3720 ave des Grandes Tourelles Boisbriand QC J7H 0A1 Tel: 450-970-2846 Fax: 514-326-3307 Web: www.elopak.com Plant Mgr: Patricia Rothos Sales Mgr: Evelyn Rasmussen Materials Converted: Papers, Foils Facilities: Converted Polyethylene Board and Foil Laminated Board. Diecutting and Creasing, Flexo and Litho Printing
EMMERSON PACKAGING
12 Tupper Blvd Amherst Nova Scotia B4H 4S7 Tel: 902-661-7286 Email: ngreen@ emmersonpackaging.com Web: www. emmersonpackaging.com Pres: Stephen Emmerson Plant Mgr: Jonathan White Sales Mgr: Aaron McLean Other plants: Belleville, Ontario Materials Converted: films, plastic Facilities: Bag making, lamination, product innovation, pre-press design, extrusion, flexographic printing, converting FARNELL PACKAGING LIMITED
30 Isley Ave Dartmouth NS B3B 1L3 Tel: 902-468-
9378 800-565-9378 Fax: 902-468-3192 Web: www.farnell.ns.ca Pres: B. Morash Plant Mgr: A. O’Leary Sales Mgr: N. MacMillan V.P. Operations: D. Christianson Materials Converted: Films, Foils Facilities: PE Film Extruder, Flexographic Printer, Rollstock/Bag/Sheet Converter. Manufacturer with 60 year history providing flexible packaging solutions.
FORTE LABELS AND SHRINK SLEEVES INC.
2-77 Courtland Ave Richmond Hill ON L4S 3S9 Tel: 905-669-7426 Fax: 905-669-7602 Email: adnan@ fortelabels.com Web: www.fortelabels.com Pres: Khald Shah Plant Mgr: James McLean Sales Mgr: Denis Cancellara VP-Operations: Adnan Shah Systems: UV Flexo /10 Colors / Rotary Screen / 2 x Cold Filing Digital / 8 Colors. Categories Served: Food, Beverage, Personal Care/Cosmetics, Household, Pharmaceutical / Nutraceutical. FPC FLEXIBLE PACKAGING CORPORATION
1891 Eglinton Ave E Toronto ON M1L 2L7 Tel: 416288-3060 888-288-7386 Fax: 416-288-0808 Web: www.fpcflexible.com Pres: Raj Thangavelu Plant Mgr: Nila Chua Materials Converted: Papers, Films, Foils Facilities: Coating, Embossing, Flexo, Gravure, Laminating, Pouch Making GH MANUFACTURING INC.
101 Petrie Place Belleville ON K8N5T3 Tel: 613961-8860 Email: inquiries@ghmanufacturing.com Web: www.ghmanufacturing.com Pres: Guenther Huettlin Sales Mgr: Guenther Huettlin Kim Egan Materials Converted: Polyethylene film Facilities: Bagmaking on high-tech, high-speed lines, a wide range of sizes, including small PE bags, zipper, drawstring closures GOLDRICH PRINTPAK INC.
100 Industry St Toronto ON M6M 4L8 Tel: 416769-9000 Fax: 416-769-5454 Email: info@ goldpak.com Web: www.goldpak.com Pres: Leslie Goldberg Materials Converted: Papers. Facilities: Litho, Hot Stamping, Embossing, Diecutting, Creasing, Scoring, Folding, Coating, UV Coating INDUSTRIAL MARKING SYSTEMS INC.
9000 Henri Bourassa O St Laurent QC H4S 1L5 Tel: 514-336-3213 888-336-3213 Fax: 514-745-2923
Email: info@imsinc.ca Web: www.imsinc.ca Pres: Jean Ethier Plant Mgr: Jean Ethier Sales Mgr: Michel Sirois Materials Converted: Papers, Films, Foils Facilities: Diecutting, Flexoprinting, Laminating, Coating, Creasing, Scoring INTEPLAST BAGS AND FILMS CORPORATION - HAREMAR PLASTIC MANUFACTURING DIVISION
200 Great Gulf Dr Vaughan ON L4K 4W1 Tel: 905761-7552 Fax: 905-761-2808 Web: www.haremar. com Pres: Mark Lichtblau Materials Converted: Papers, Films, Foils. Manufacturer of consumer retail trash bags and converter/laminating grade polyethylene films JONES HEALTHCARE GROUP
3000 Page St London ON N5V 5H3 Tel: 519-4512100 800-265-9093 Fax: 519-451-2107 Email: info@joneshealthcaregroup.com Web: www. joneshealthcaregroup.com Pres: Ron Harris Sr VP: David Dembski Materials Converted: Paper, Film, Foils Facilities: Bagmaking, Coating, Flexo, Laminating, Litho, Pressure Sensitive Labels, Intelligent Packaging, Laser Labels, Paper Bags. MENASHA PACKAGING CANADA
LP
35 Precidio Court Brampton ON L6S 6B7 Tel: 905792-7092 NETPAK
1-5295 John Lucas Dr Burlington ON L7L 6A8 Tel: 905-336-7875 1-833-ROOTREE (766-8733) Email: sales@rootree.ca Web: https://rootree.ca/ Pres: Phil St-Cyr Plant Mgr: Soek A’walia Sales Mgr: Pia Simran Dan Koz Materials Converted: Conventional, recyclable, and compostable films Facilities: Digital printing, laminating, and converting, SPICERS CANADA 200 Galcat Drive Vaughan ON L4L 0B9 Tel: 905-
265-5000 877-790-2335 Email: contactus@ spicers.ca Web: www.spicers.ca Pres: Cory Turner Plant Mgr: James Tovell Sales Mgr: Matthew Serwin Materials Converted: Roll to sheet custom size paper converting onto press ready skids Facilities: Toronto: Paper Converting Winnipeg: Paper Converting Montreal: Rewinding & Slitting TAPP LABEL COMPANY
8600 W Bryn Mawr Ave Suite 800N Chicago IL 60631 Tel: 866-439-6050 Email: packaging@tc.tc Web: www.tc.tc/packaging Pres: Thomas Morin VP-Sales/Mktg: Roop Nangia Other plants: TC Transcontinental Packaging has a network of 25 plants. Complete list with addresses can be found here: http://tctranscontinental.com/packaging/ resources/general-info....Head Office: TC Transcontinental 1 place Ville-Marie, Montreal QC H3B 0G1 514-954-4000, Fax 514-954-4016. Materials Converted: Films, Foils, Extrusion,Converting, Laser Scoring, De-metalizing, Metalizing Facilities: Bagmaking, Coating, Embossing, Flexo, Gravure, Laminating. TEMPO FLEXIBLE PACKAGING
2237 Industrial Park Road Innisfil Ontario L3Y3Y8 Tel: 705-436-4442 888-436-4444 Web: www. tempoflexiblepackaging.com Materials Converted: Films Facilities: flexo, laminating, prepress, bagmaking, extrusion WEDLOCK PAPER CONVERTERS LTD.
13751 Mayfield Place Richmond BC V6V 2G9 Tel: 604-273-6323 866-333-6323 Web: glenmorecustomprint.com
GOLDRICH PRINTPAK INC.
100 Industry St Toronto ON M6M 4L8 Tel: 416769-9000 Fax: 416-769-5454 Email: info@ goldpak.com Web: www.goldpak.com Pres: Leslie Goldberg Services: Creative Art Services, Wide Format Printing, Computer-to-plate, Prototyping, CAD/CAM Structural Design, Creative Art Design GRAPHIC PACKAGING
INTERNATIONAL CANADA
7830 Tranmere Dr Mississauga ON L5S 1L9 Tel: 905-678-8211 Fax: 905-678-7233 Web: www. cascades.com Sales Mgr: Mike Sharpe
JONES HEALTHCARE GROUP
3000 Page St London ON N5V 5H3 Tel: 519-4512100 800-265-9093 Fax: 519-451-2107 Email: info@joneshealthcaregroup.com Web: www. joneshealthcaregroup.com Pres: Ron Harris Sr VP:
PACKAGE MAKERS/SERVICES
David Dembski Services: Prepress MENASHA PACKAGING CANADA
LP 35 Precidio Court Brampton ON L6S 6B7 Tel: 905792-7092
Services: computer to plate, multi-line screen management, digital press, color samples and prototypes, graphic design, box conception PACKAGING TECHNOLOGIES INC.
310 Courtland Ave Concord ON L4K 4Y6 Tel: 905738-8226 800-303-5883 Fax: 905-738-6182 Email: tim.boissinot@ptibox.com Web: www. ptibox.com Pres: Tim Boissinot Plant Mgr: Clarence Brown
POLYTAINERS INC.
197 Norseman St Toronto ON M8Z 2R5 Tel: 416239-7311 800-268-2424 Fax: 416-239-0596 Email: info@polytainersinc.com Web: www. polytainersinc.com Pres: R K Barrett VP-Sales Craig Mills; Dir-Sales: Kevin Cinel; Bus Dev Mgr: Micheil Jennings ROOTREE
1-5295 John Lucas Dr Burlington ON L7L 6A8 Tel: 905-336-7875 1-833-ROOTREE (766-8733) Email: sales@rootree.ca Web: https://rootree.ca/ Pres: Phil St-Cyr Plant Mgr: Soek A’walia Sales Mgr: Pia Simran Dan Koz Services: Boutique creative agency, branding, package design, social media marketing, online marketing, website development, animation and photography. SPICERS CANADA
7-52 West Beaver Creek Rd Richmond Hill ON L4B 1L9 Tel: 905-882-2222 Fax: 905-882-0437 Email: info@cdowner.com Web: www.cdowner.com Pres: Jeff Downer Charles Downer, John MacArthur EDSON PACKAGING MACHINERY LTD.
215 Hempstead Dr Hamilton ON L8W 2E6 Tel: 905385-3201 800-493-3766 Fax: 905-385-8775 Email: value@edson.com Web: www.edson.com Pres: Gray Evans FlexLink Systems, Inc.
21 State Crown Blvd Toronto ON M1V 4B1 Tel: 416261-6499 Fax: 416-261-8572 Email: sales@ gawto.com Web: www.gawto.com VP: Tom Meikle GEOSAF INC.
803-5605 av de Gaspe Montreal QC H2T 2A4 Tel: 514-331-4147 Fax: 514-331-4226 Email: sales@ geosaf.com Web: www.geosaf.com IMA NORTH AMERICA INC.
7 New Lancaster Rd Leominster MA 01453 Tel: 978-537-8534 800-851-1518 Fax: 978-840-0730 Email: sales@imausa.net Web: www.ima.it
JONES HEALTHCARE GROUP
3000 Page St London ON N5V 5H3 Tel: 519-4512100 800-265-9093 Fax: 519-451-2107 Email: info@joneshealthcaregroup.com Web: www. joneshealthcaregroup.com Pres: Ron Harris Sr VP: David Dembski
LYNE SYSTEMS
1651 Welch St North Vancouver British Columbia V7P 3G9 Tel: 604-639-7639 Email: info@ lynesystems.com Web: www.lynesystems.com Pres: Mike Gardiner Sales Mgr: Kyle Gardiner MCRAE INTEGRATION LTD. 34 Meridian Rd Etobicoke ON M9W 4Z7 Tel: 416-
252-8833 Fax: 416-252-0053 Email: marcus. mielke@mcraeintegration.com Web: www. mcraeintegration.com Pres: Andrew Bentley VP-Sales & Marketing Marcus Mielke Industrial Controls and Automation for process and packaging. Project Management services. Machine Safety Upgrades. Vision based inspection systems. Software solutions for process controls including MES. Rockwell (Allen Bradley) Certified Systems Integrator.
5600 rue Kieran Saint-Laurent QC H4S 2B5 Tel: 514-337-6990 Fax: 514-335-0801 Email: info@ NJMPackaging.com Web: www.njmpackaging.com Pres: Michel Lapierre Plant Mgr: Steve LeDuc Sales Mgr: Mark Laroche
NUSPARK INC.
400 Steeprock Dr Toronto ON M3J 2X1 Tel: 416663-7071 Fax: 416-663-0233 Email: sales@ nuspark.com Web: www.nuspark.com
PLAN AUTOMATION INC.
289 Broadway Ave Orangeville ON L9W 1L2 Tel: 416-479-0777 Fax: 416-479-0787 Email: info@ planautomation.com Web: www.planautomation. com Pres: J.P. Perreault Plant Mgr: Mat Bédard Mat Bédard, VP, COO PROPACK PROCESSING & PACKAGING SYSTEMS INC.
4902 Union Rd Beamsville ON L0R 1B4 Tel: 905563-9400 877-924-3337 Fax: 905-563-7224 Email: info@propack.ca Web: www.propack.ca Pres: Chris Follows Sales Mgr: Daibidh Millman
SCHAWK CANADA INC. 1620 Tech Ave Mississauga ON L4W 5P4 Tel: 905219-1620 Fax: 905-219-1677 Web: www.schawk. com Plant Mgr: Neil Davidson Sales Mgr: Robert Cockerill SPEEDWAY PACKAGING
10 Gormley Industrial Ave Unit 2-3 Gormley ON L0H 1G0 Tel: 905-888-5344 Fax: 905-888-5374 Email: contactus@spmi.ca Web: www.spmi.ca Plant Mgr: Kent Edmunds SPS/PHIN LIMITED
631-420 Main St E Milton ON L9T 5G3 Tel: 416298-2151 Fax: 416-298-2170 Email: inquiry@ spsphin.com Web: www.spsphin.com Original equipment manufacturer (Phin labellers) and designer of complementary packaging machinery. Project Management, line integration, commissioning and training. Food, beverage, pharmaceutical, personal care, household chemical.
STEELNOR/INVENTURE
ENGINEERING & MACHINERY INC.
511 Welham Rd Barrie ON L4N 8Z6 Tel: 705-7259750 Fax: 705-725-8086 Email: pack@steelnor. com Web: www.steelnor.com Pres: Gary Nychka Plant Mgr: Ron McCutcheon Sales Mgr: Paul Wagner David Steele
STOCK PACKAGING CANADA
815A Tecumseh Pointe-Claire QC H9R 4B1 Tel: 514-426-1266 844-426-1266 Fax: 514-426-1200 Email: info@stockcanada.ca Web: www. stockcanada.ca Pres: Eric Williamson Dir: Eric Williamson; Sales: Jason Miller STORCAN PRODUCTION LINE SOLUTIONS
215 Industriel Blvd. Chateauguay QC J6J 4Z2 Tel: 450-698-2158 800-361-9073 Email: info@ storcan.com Web: https://www.storcan.com Pres: Jean Martin Savoie Sales Mgr: Isidoro Coppola, Samuel Lamothe, TORONTO: Jean St-Martin, Anthony Dirracolo TRI-MACH GROUP INC. 23 Donway Ct Elmira ON N3B 0B1 Tel: 519-7446565 877-874-6224 Fax: 519-744-6829 Email: info@tri-mach.com Web: www.tri-mach.com Plant Mgr: Michael Hann Sales Mgr: Krystal Darling WESTROCK 1000 Abernathy Rd NE Atlanta GA 30328 Tel: 770448-2193 Web: www.westrock.com MANUFACTURERS OF CORRUGATED BOXES, ETC.
O ering you the highest quality, sustainable co-packing service, on-time and at a competitive cost. Whether you’re a national brand in search of the perfect contract manufacturing partner, a retailer looking to launch a private brand, or a foodservice operator looking for on-trend solutions, Planet A has the experience to move your brand forward, support your growth and help you achieve your sustainability goals. PlanetAcopacking.com
PACKAGE MAKERS/SERVICES
ATLANTIC PACKAGING PRODUCTS LTD.
111 Progress Ave Toronto ON M1P 2Y9 Tel: 416298-8101 800-268-5620 Fax: 416-297-2218
Email: marketing@atlantic.ca Web: www.atlantic.
ca Pres: David Boles Sales Mgr: Vito Mangialardi Luis Prior, Director of Marketing Type of containers and materials produced: All Types of Corrugated Cartons Production facilities: Complete Corrugated Including Die Presses CASCADES CONTAINERBOARD
PACKAGING
1061 rue Parent Saint-Bruno QC J3V 6R7 Tel: 450461-8600 866-735-2635 Fax: 450-461-8636 Web: www.cascades.com Pres: Charles Malo Type of containers and materials produced: Corrugated products
CENTRAL GRAPHICS & CONTAINER GROUP
5526 Timberlea Blvd Mississauga ON L4W 2T7 Tel: 905-238-8400 Fax: 905-238-8127 Email: askus@ centralgrp.com Web: www.centralgrp.com Sales Mgr: Rick Eastwood Type of containers and materials produced: Specialists in direct print of quality graphics on corrugated, for retail packaging & display in addition to traditional corrugated packaging. Production facilities: 1 to 5 colour printing, flat diecutting, rotary diecutting, specialty folding & gluing, slotting CORRUPAL
225 av Liberte Candiac QC J5R 3X8 Tel: 450-6384222 Fax: 450-638-3839 Web: www.corrupal.com Pres: Martin Terrault Plant Mgr: Claude Boyer Sales Mgr: Laurie Du Temple Quirion Type of containers and materials produced: Corrugated Pallets, Boxes and Bracing
CROWN PACKAGING
PO Box 94188 Richmond BC V6Y 2A4 Tel: 604277-7111 Pres: Joe Knoll Plant Mgr: Larry Davis, Dave Konarski Sales Mgr: Brent Giles, Bob McQueen Type of containers and materials produced: Corrugated sheets & containers. DIVERSCO GLOBAL PACKAGING INC.
495 Conestoga Boulevard Cambridge Ontario N1R 7P4 Tel: 519-740-1210 800-661-9955 Fax: 519740-7303 Email: jmartin@diversco.com Web: www.diverscoglobalpackaging.com Pres: Jean Martin Plant Mgr: Chris Connor Sales Mgr: Doug Gibson Type of containers and materials produced: Setup Triplewall Pallet Boxes, Stock and Release Corrugated Boxes, Partitions and Custom Dunnage Solutions
GLENMORE CUSTOM PRINT & PACKAGING
13751 Mayfield Place Richmond BC V6V 2G9 Tel: 604-273-6323 866-333-6323 Web: glenmorecustomprint.com
GOLDRICH PRINTPAK INC.
100 Industry St Toronto ON M6M 4L8 Tel: 416769-9000 Fax: 416-769-5454 Email: info@ goldpak.com Web: www.goldpak.com Pres: Leslie Goldberg Type of containers and materials produced: E, F, G, N fine flute corrugated for retail and display packaging. Production facilities: Litho Print, Die Cutting, Coating, Windowing and Gluing KRUGER INC.
3285 Bedford Rd Montreal QC H3S 1G5 Tel: 514366-8050 800-361-2845 Fax: 514-366-6489 Email: michael.lafave@kruger.com Web: www. kruger.com Sales Mgr: Mr. Dany Légaré General Manager: Mr. Martin Gingras. Production Manager: Mr. Martin Sauvageau. Technical Service & Quality Manager: Mr. Stéphane Tailly. Type of containers and materials produced: Corrugated boxes, Display boxes
3737 boul Thimens Ville St Laurent QC H4R 1V1 Tel: 514-332-3480 800-361-5727 Fax: 514-3322039 Email: ml@mitchellincoln.ca Web: www. mitchellincoln.ca Pres: James Garfinkle Plant Mgr: Pierre Aubry Sales Mgr: Mike Goriani Type of containers and materials produced: all Types of Corrugated Boxes. Production facilities: Corrugating, Flexo-Folder-Gluing, Diecutting, Stitching, Taping MOORE PACKAGING CORPORATION
191 John St Barrie ON L4N 2L4 Tel: 705-737-1023 Fax: 705-737-5579 Web: www.moorepackaging. com Pres: Dan Fraber CEO: Peter B Moore. Dir Sls: Jeff Abbott Type of containers and materials produced: Corrugated packaging, POP displays, label laminating, pre-print.
PACKAGING TECHNOLOGIES INC.
310 Courtland Ave Concord ON L4K 4Y6 Tel: 905738-8226 800-303-5883 Fax: 905-738-6182 Email: tim.boissinot@ptibox.com Web: www. ptibox.com Pres: Tim Boissinot Plant Mgr: Clarence Brown Type of containers and materials produced: Corrugated Boxes, Point of Purchase Displays, Folding Cartons, Retail Ready Packaging PLANET A
145 Industrial Parkway South Aurora Ontario L4G 3V5 Tel: 844-356-9426 Email: hello@ planetacopacking.com Web: https:// planetacopacking.com/ Pres: Nicholas Reichenbach Plant Mgr: Camelia Rotarita Sales Mgr: Paul Burleson PRINTINGBLUE
5837 De Zavala Rd, Ste 690325 SAN ANTONIO TX 78269-0638 Tel: 416-907-6181 Email: support@ printingblue.com Web: https://www.printingblue. ca/ Sales Mgr: James Scott WESTROCK
1000 Abernathy Rd NE Atlanta GA 30328 Tel: 770448-2193 Web: www.westrock.com
MATERIAL RECOVERY
CASCADES RECOVERY INC.
66 Shorncliffe Rd Etobicoke ON M8Z 5K1 Tel: 416232-8808 866-751-1004 Fax: 416-232-6061 Email: contact@recoverycascades.com Web: www.cascadesrecovery.ca CEO: Albino Metauro. COO: Anthony Metauro. VP: Gary Sexton. Paper Recovery/Recycling (Office Paper/OCC, etc); Wood Pallets; Secure Destruction; Organic Waste; Hazardous Materials; Waste Audits/Assessments (BOMA, LEED compliant) Mixed Plastics; Metal Recovery; E-waste; Grease/Food Oil; General Refuse; Marketing/Communications; Tenant/Staff/ Housekeeping Awareness & Education; Environmental Certificates and Diversion Reports; Compactor/Baler Installation and Servicing; Equipment Supply.
ECOBIOPLAS INC
29 Urquhart Court Aurora Ontario L4G 0K5 Tel: 416-807-3316 Web: www.ecobioplas.com Pres: Susan George Plant Mgr: Zubin George Sales Mgr: Mohan George
NUTRITION FACTS GRAPHICS
BARCODE GRAPHICS INC.
5-25 Brodie Drive Richmond Hill ON L4B 3K7 Tel: 905-770-1154 Fax: 905-787-1575 Email: info@ barcodegraphics.com Web: www.barcodegraphics. com Pres: John Herzig Sales Mgr: Connie Furtado
GOLDRICH PRINTPAK INC.
100 Industry St Toronto ON M6M 4L8 Tel: 416769-9000 Fax: 416-769-5454 Email: info@ goldpak.com Web: www.goldpak.com Pres: Leslie Goldberg
MENASHA PACKAGING CANADA
LP
35 Precidio Court Brampton ON L6S 6B7 Tel: 905792-7092
REPACK CANADA & THE FREELANCE PORTFOLIO
130 Claireville Dr Toronto ON M9W 5Y3 Tel: 416656-6227 877-804-4841 Fax: 416-736-4442 Email: info@repackcanada.com Web: www. repackcanada.com Pres: Carol Levy Plant Mgr: Kate Stephen Sales Mgr: Eira Braun-Labossiere Jennifer Stephen
PACKAGE DESIGNERS & CONSULTANTS
ANTHEM WORLDWIDE
1620 Tech Ave Mississauga ON L4W 5P4 Tel: 905219-1700 Fax: 905-219-166 Web: VP-Client Integration: Anne Dean ASTRO BOX CORP. 1-117 Basaltic Rd Concord ON L4K 1G4 Tel: 905695-8788 866-255-5328 Fax: 905-695-8791 Email: info@astroboxcorp.com Web: www. astroboxcorp.com Pres: Charles Parlagreco ATLANTIC PACKAGING PRODUCTS LTD.
111 Progress Ave Toronto ON M1P 2Y9 Tel: 416298-8101 800-268-5620 Fax: 416-297-2218 Email: marketing@atlantic.ca Web: www.atlantic. ca Pres: David Boles Sales Mgr: Vito Mangialardi Luis Prior, Director of Marketing
BENECO CUSTOM PACKAGING|SOOPAK.COM
3640 McNicol Ave., Scarborough ON M1X 1G5 Tel: 905-677-2888 855-755-7225 Email: info@ benecopackaging.com Web: benecopackaging. com/ Pres: YJ Jiang Plant Mgr: Roy Amm Sales Mgr: Tony Li BENECO PACKAGING|SOOPAK. COM
Unit B 3640 McNicoll Ave Scarborough ON M1X 1G5 Tel: 905-677-2888 Fax: 905-677-8858 Email: sales@soopak.com Web: www.soopak.com Pres: Yajun Jiang Plant Mgr: Roy Amm Sales Mgr:
Richard Martin
BERICAP NORTH AMERICA INC. 835 Syscon Crt Burlington ON L7L 6C5 Tel: 905634-2248 Fax: 905-634-7780 Web: www.bericap. com Pres: Scott Ambrose Plant Mgr: Michael Lubrick Sales Mgr: David Watson BERLIN PACKAGING
525 W. Monroe St Chicago IL 60661 Tel: 514-6339247 800-723-7546 Email: andre.lt@ berlinpackaging.com Web: https://www. berlinpackaging.com/ BRIDGEMARK
77 City Centre Dr, East Tower, 2nd Floor Mississauga ON L5B 1M5 Tel: 905-281-7240 866335-9457 Fax: 905-270-3601 Email: info@ bridgemark.agency Web: www.bridgemark.agency Pres: Steve Davis
BUCKHORN CANADA INC. 8032 Torbram Rd Brampton ON L6T 3T2 Tel: 905791-6500 800-461-7579 Fax: 905-791-9942 Web: www.buckhorncanada.com Sales Mgr: Tim Walsh Natl VP&Gen Mgr: Jim Morrison CENTRAL GRAPHICS & CONTAINER GROUP
5526 Timberlea Blvd Mississauga ON L4W 2T7 Tel: 905-238-8400 Fax: 905-238-8127 Email: askus@ centralgrp.com Web: www.centralgrp.com Sales Mgr: Rick Eastwood
CHINA BAVORA PRINTED PACKAGING CO., LTD.
4/F., 42 Yi Ai Road Xiamen Fujian 361005 Tel: 592555-8280 Email: bavora@jeawin.com Web: https://www.bavora-printing.com
DAVIS DESIGN
77 City Centre Dr West Tower, 2nd Floor Mississauga ON L5B 1M5 Tel: 905-270-2501 Fax: 905-270-3969 Email: info@davisdesign.ca Web: www.davisdesign.ca
DIVERSCO GLOBAL PACKAGING INC.
495 Conestoga Boulevard Cambridge Ontario N1R 7P4 Tel: 519-740-1210 800-661-9955 Fax: 519740-7303 Email: jmartin@diversco.com Web: www.diverscoglobalpackaging.com Pres: Jean Martin Plant Mgr: Chris Connor Sales Mgr: Doug Gibson
EMMERSON PACKAGING
12 Tupper Blvd Amherst Nova Scotia B4H 4S7 Tel: 902-661-7286 Email: ngreen@ emmersonpackaging.com Web: www. emmersonpackaging.com Pres: Stephen Emmerson Plant Mgr: Jonathan White Sales Mgr: Aaron McLean
GENERAL CONVEYOR INC.
155 Engelhard Dr Aurora ON L4G 3V1 Tel: 905727-7922 Fax: 905-841-1056 Web: www.gccl.com W A Rickard
GENPAK - DIV.OF GREAT PACIFIC ENTERPRISES
25 Aylmer St Peterborough ON K9J 6Y8
GLENMORE CUSTOM PRINT & PACKAGING
13751 Mayfield Place Richmond BC V6V 2G9 Tel: 604-273-6323 866-333-6323 Web: glenmorecustomprint.com
GOLDRICH PRINTPAK INC.
100 Industry St Toronto ON M6M 4L8 Tel: 416769-9000 Fax: 416-769-5454 Email: info@ goldpak.com Web: www.goldpak.com Pres: Leslie Goldberg
JONES HEALTHCARE GROUP
3000 Page St London ON N5V 5H3 Tel: 519-4512100 800-265-9093 Fax: 519-451-2107 Email: info@joneshealthcaregroup.com Web: www. joneshealthcaregroup.com Pres: Ron Harris Sr VP: David Dembski
9055 Impasse de l’Invention Anjou Québec H1J 3A7 Tel: 514-645-8412 866-399-8544 Email: sales@netpak.com Web: www.netpak.com PACKAGING TECHNOLOGIES INC. 310 Courtland Ave Concord ON L4K 4Y6 Tel: 905738-8226 800-303-5883 Fax: 905-738-6182 Email: tim.boissinot@ptibox.com Web: www. ptibox.com Pres: Tim Boissinot Plant Mgr: Clarence Brown PLANET A 145 Industrial Parkway South Aurora Ontario L4G 3V5 Tel: 844-356-9426 Email: hello@ planetacopacking.com Web: https:// planetacopacking.com/ Pres: Nicholas Reichenbach Plant Mgr: Camelia Rotarita Sales Mgr: Paul Burleson PRINTINGBLUE 5837 De Zavala Rd, Ste 690325 SAN ANTONIO TX
78269-0638 Tel: 416-907-6181 Email: support@ printingblue.com Web: https://www.printingblue. ca/ Sales Mgr: James Scott PRX PRINT
6110 Ordan Dr Unit 1 Mississauga ON L5T 2B4 Tel: 905-670-2014 Fax: 905-495-1599 Email: info@ prxprint.com Web: www.prxprint.com Pres: Debbie Gilbert
REPACK CANADA & THE FREELANCE PORTFOLIO
130 Claireville Dr Toronto ON M9W 5Y3 Tel: 416656-6227 877-804-4841 Fax: 416-736-4442 Email: info@repackcanada.com Web: www. repackcanada.com Pres: Carol Levy Plant Mgr: Kate Stephen Sales Mgr: Eira Braun-Labossiere Jennifer Stephen ROOTREE
1-5295 John Lucas Dr Burlington ON L7L 6A8 Tel: 905-336-7875 1-833-ROOTREE (766-8733) Email: sales@rootree.ca Web: https://rootree.ca/ Pres: Phil St-Cyr Plant Mgr: Soek A’walia Sales Mgr: Pia Simran Dan Koz
SEALED AIR CORPORATION
3755 Laird Rd Mississauga ON L5L 0B3 Tel: 905829-1200 Web: www.sealedair.com Company Head: J E Brown, Graphic Serv Mgr. R W Anderson, Graphic Art Dir STOCK PACKAGING CANADA 815A Tecumseh Pointe-Claire QC H9R 4B1 Tel: 514-426-1266 844-426-1266 Fax: 514-426-1200 Email: info@stockcanada.ca Web: www. stockcanada.ca Pres: Eric Williamson Dir: Eric Williamson; Sales: Jason Miller TRICORBRAUN
1000-6 CityPlace Dr St. Louis MO 63146 Tel: 314569-3633 800-325-7782 Email: marketing@ tricorbraun.com Web: www.tricorbraun.com Sales Mgr: Sean McNabney
WESTROCK 1000 Abernathy Rd NE Atlanta GA 30328 Tel: 770448-2193 Web: www.westrock.com
PLASTIC MOLDERS & FABRICATORS
BERICAP NORTH AMERICA INC. 835 Syscon Crt Burlington ON L7L 6C5 Tel: 905634-2248 Fax: 905-634-7780 Web: www.bericap. com Pres: Scott Ambrose Plant Mgr: Michael Lubrick Sales Mgr: David Watson Production facilities: Injection molding
BERRY PLASTICS CANADA INC. 33 Taylor St Waterloo QC J0E 2N0 Tel: 450-5392772 888-539-2772 Fax: 450-539-0585 Email: waterlooinfo@berryplastics.com Web: www. berryplasticscanada.ca Pres: Stephane Binette Plant Mgr: Daniel Desjardins Sales Mgr: Joe Franckowiak Type of containers and materials produced: Closures of all types and sizes from 13 to 120 mm, child resistant, also specialized products (Syringes, specimen cups, contact lens cases). Production facilities: Injection molding BIEDERMAN ENTERPRISES LTD. 312 Campbell Ave E PO Box 99 Campbellville ON L0P 1B0 Tel: 905-854-9978 Email: info@ biederman.ca Web: www.biederman.ca
VP-Operations: Elizabeth Wagg Type of containers and materials produced: Plastic grease cartridge tubes Production facilities: 50,000 sq. feet production facility
BUCKHORN CANADA INC.
8032 Torbram Rd Brampton ON L6T 3T2 Tel: 905791-6500 800-461-7579 Fax: 905-791-9942 Web: www.buckhorncanada.com Sales Mgr: Tim Walsh Natl VP&Gen Mgr: Jim Morrison
CANFAB PACKAGING INC.
2740 rue St Patrick Montreal QC H3K 1B8 Tel: 514935-5265 888-522-6322 Fax: 514-935-1074 Email: info@canfabpkg.com Web: www.canfabpkg. com Pres: T. Klein Type of containers and materials produced: Caps Production facilities: Injection molding
CONSOLIDATED BOTTLE
CORPORATION
77 Union St Toronto ON M6N 3N2 Tel: 416-6567777 800-561-1354 Fax: 416-656-6394 Email: info@consolidatedbottle.com Web: www. consolidatedbottle.com Pres: Sam Susswein Sales Mgr: Liesel Franklin COO: Stephen Bubnich Type of containers and materials produced: Assembly, labeling, silkscreening and ceramic decorating. Production facilities: Injection molding
ECOBIOPLAS INC
29 Urquhart Court Aurora Ontario L4G 0K5 Tel: 416-807-3316 Web: www.ecobioplas.com Pres: Susan George Plant Mgr: Zubin George Sales Mgr: Mohan George Type of containers and materials produced: Plastic Injection Moulded products for food packaging Horticultural products for Greenhouses Construction products EVOLUPAK PLASCTICS INC.
PACKAGE MAKERS/SERVICES
800 Pierre-Caisse Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Québec J3B 7Y5 Tel: 450-348-6031 Email: info@ evolupak.ca Web: www.evolupak.ca Pres: Michel Berger Plant Mgr: Marco Mercier Sales Mgr: François Durocher Christine Rousselle Type of containers and materials produced: Recyclable thermoformed packaging: mushrooms tills, cookies tray, bakery containers, etc. Production facilities: Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC GENPAK - DIV.OF GREAT PACIFIC ENTERPRISES
25 Aylmer St Peterborough ON K9J 6Y8 GOLDRICH PRINTPAK INC.
100 Industry St Toronto ON M6M 4L8 Tel: 416769-9000 Fax: 416-769-5454 Email: info@ goldpak.com Web: www.goldpak.com Pres: Leslie Goldberg Type of containers and materials produced: Folding cartons, print, blister and skin cords, vaccuum formed blisters, clamshells and trays IPL INC.
1000 Sherbrook W Levis QC H3A 3GU Tel: 438320-6188 800-463-0270 Fax: 418-833-3305 Web: www.iplglobal.com Pres: John Nyhan Sales Mgr: Paul Palazzo Type of containers and materials produced: Packaging Pails & Containers (Rigid), Beverage Cases, Tote Boxes, Fish Boxes Production facilities: Injection Molding, Extrusion Molding JOKEY PLASTICS NORTH AMERICA INC.
150 Mitchell St Goderich ON N7A 3X8 Tel: 519524-9890 Fax: 519-524-6114 Email: info@jokey. com Web: www.jokey.com Sales Mgr: Shashank Shah Type of containers and materials produced:
35 Precidio Court Brampton ON L6S 6B7 Tel: 905792-7092
PANO CAP CANADA LTD.
55 Webster Rd Kitchener ON N2C 2E7 Tel: 519893-6055 Fax: 519-893-6273 Email: info@ panocap.on.ca Web: www.panocap.com Plant Mgr: Jim Sinclair Sales Mgr: Alan Laderoute Sales Rep: A Laderoute Type of containers and materials produced: Caps & closures Production facilities: Injection molding POLYTAINERS INC.
197 Norseman St Toronto ON M8Z 2R5 Tel: 416239-7311 800-268-2424 Fax: 416-239-0596 Email: info@polytainersinc.com Web: www. polytainersinc.com Pres: R K Barrett VP-Sales Craig Mills; Dir-Sales: Kevin Cinel; Bus Dev Mgr: Micheil Jennings Type of containers and materials produced: High quality process style graphicsprinting up to 8 colours on both containers and lids. In mold Labelling (IML), Off mold Labelling (OML), Shrink Sleeve Labelling Production facilities: Polytainers High Definition (PTHD) -Injection molding, thermoforming RICHARDS PACKAGING INC.
6095 Ordan Dr Mississauga ON L5T 2M7 Tel: 905670-7760 Fax: 905-670-1961 Email: tosales@ richardspackaging.com Web: www. richardspackaging.com Pres: David Prupas Plant Mgr: Steve Schacther Sales Mgr: David McKay
ADDRESSES
3G PACKAGING CORP.
4610 Eastgate Parkway, Unit 4 Mississauga ON L4W 3W6 Tel: 905-3614929 855-361-4929 Fax: 905-361-4922 Web: www.3gpackaging.com
3M CANADA COMPANY
300 Tartan Dr London ON N5V 4M9 Tel: 800-364-3577 Fax: 800-479-4453 Web: www.3m.ca/iatd
Representatives:RossPackaging(British Columbia, Alberta);PMR Packaging (Toronto East and Surroundings; AFC ECOPLASTICS LLC 10701 Corporate Drive Suite 268 Stafford TX 77477 Tel: 647-323-1369 Web: www. afcecoplastics.com Branches: AFC ECOPLASTICS INC; AGFA Inc.
5975 Falbourne St., Unit 2, Mississauga, ON L5R 3V8 Tel: 845820-1422 Web: www.agfa.com Jessica Guilfoyle, Media Planning and Marketing, e-mail: jguilfoyle@gmail. com
AHEARN & SOPER INC.
100 Woodbine Downs Blvd Toronto ON M9W 5S6 Tel: 416-675-3999 800-2634258 Fax: 416-675-3457 Web: www. ahearn.com
AICC - THE INDEPENDENT PACKAGING ASSOCIATION
113 S West St Alexandria VA 22314 Tel: 703-836-2422 Fax: 703-836-2795 Web:
www.aiccbox.org
AICC CANADA - THE INDEPENDENT PACKAGING ASSOCIATION
43 King St. W. PO Box 35 Caledon ON L7E 5T1 Tel: 833-200-8333 Fax: 833-2008333 Web: https://www.aiccbox.ca AIR LIQUIDE CANADA INC. 1700-1250 boul Rene-Levesque O Montreal QC H3B 5E6 Tel: 514-933-0303 Fax: 514-846-7700 Web: www.airliquide. ca Branches: Montreal, QC 450-641-6230;Edmonton, AB 780-431-4663;Burlington, ON 905-4314663; ALEX E. JONES & ASSOCIATES LTD.
8-785 Pacific Rd Oakville ON L6L 6M3 Tel: 905-847-0166 Fax: 905-847-0123 Web: www.alexejones.ca Branches: Alex E Jones Packaging Machinery (Quebec) Mont-Royal Quebec H3P 1R8 (514) 7317747; ALL-FILL INC.
418 Creamery Way Exton PA 19341-2500 Tel: 610-524-7350 866-455-3455 Fax: 610-524-7346 Web: www.all-fill.com
1330 Courtneypark Dr E Mississauga ON L5T 1K5 Tel: 905-670-1351 Web: ariva.ca
Branches: Ariva Ottawa, 2730 Lancaster Road, Ottawa, ON K1B 4S4, 888-6715007;Ariva Montreal, 2125, 23e Avenue, Lachine, QC H8T1X5, 888-6715007;Ariva Quebec City, 2755, av. du Colisée, Quebec, QC G1L 4A3, 866-8713300;Ariva Halifax, 105 Akerley Blvd., Dartmouth, NS B3B1R7, 902-4685520;Ariva Mount Pearl, 14 Clyde Avenue, Mount Pearl, NL A1N 4S2, 800-5639229;
GOLDRICH PRINTPAK INC.
100 Industry St Toronto ON M6M 4L8 Tel: 416769-9000 Fax: 416-769-5454 Email: info@ goldpak.com Web: www.goldpak.com Pres: Leslie Goldberg
JONES HEALTHCARE GROUP
3000 Page St London ON N5V 5H3 Tel: 519-4512100 800-265-9093 Fax: 519-451-2107 Email: info@joneshealthcaregroup.com Web: www. joneshealthcaregroup.com Pres: Ron Harris Sr VP: David Dembski
MENASHA PACKAGING CANADA LP
35 Precidio Court Brampton ON L6S 6B7 Tel: 905792-7092
PACKAGING TECHNOLOGIES INC.
310 Courtland Ave Concord ON L4K 4Y6 Tel: 905738-8226 800-303-5883 Fax: 905-738-6182 Email: tim.boissinot@ptibox.com Web: www. ptibox.com Pres: Tim Boissinot Plant Mgr: Clarence Brown
REPACK CANADA & THE FREELANCE PORTFOLIO
130 Claireville Dr Toronto ON M9W 5Y3 Tel: 416656-6227 877-804-4841 Fax: 416-736-4442 Email: info@repackcanada.com Web: www. repackcanada.com Pres: Carol Levy Plant Mgr: Kate Stephen Sales Mgr: Eira Braun-Labossiere Jennifer Stephen WESTROCK 1000 Abernathy Rd NE Atlanta GA 30328 Tel: 770448-2193 Web: www.westrock.com
AROL NORTH AMERICA
INC.
2390 Satellite Blvd, Suite D Buford GA 30518 Tel: 678-318-1290 Fax: 678-3181296 Web: www.arol.com
ARTYPAC AUTOMATION INC.
3315 boul Industriel Laval QC H7L 4S3 Tel: 450-668-6600 Fax: 450-668-6633 Web: www.artypac.com Branches: Montreal, QC; ASL PRINT FX LTD. A-1 Royal Gate Blvd Vaughan ON L4L 8Z7 Tel: 416-798-7310 800-263-2368 Fax: 905-264-1529 Web: www.aslprintfx.com ASTRO BOX CORP.
1-117 Basaltic Rd Concord ON L4K 1G4 Tel: 905-695-8788 866-255-5328 Fax: 905-695-8791 Web: www.astroboxcorp. com
ASTRONOVA
O-3505 rue Isabelle Brossard QC J4Y 2R2 Tel: 800-565-2216 Fax: 450-619-9976 Web: www.quicklabel.ca ATI INDUSTRIAL
Unit B 3640 McNicoll Ave Scarborough ON M1X 1G5 Tel: 905-677-2888 Fax: 905-677-8858 Web: www.soopak.com Branches: SoOPAK.com 2280 Drew Road, Mississauga, ON L5S 1B8; BERICAP NORTH AMERICA
33 Taylor St Waterloo QC J0E 2N0 Tel: 450-539-2772 888-539-2772 Fax: 450539-0585 Web: www. berryplasticscanada.ca
BEST PACKAGING SYSTEMS
8699 Escarpment Way Unit 1 Milton Ontario L9T 0J5 Tel: 905-864-3005 877484-4440 Web: www. bestpackagingsystems.com
BEUMER CORPORATION
800 Apgar Dr Somerset NJ 08873 Tel: 732-893-2895 Fax: 732-805-0475 Web: www.beumergroup.com Branches: Saint John, NB; Representatives: Beumer de Mexico, S de R.L. de C.V., Mexico +52 55 5292 7940;Beumer Kansas City, LLC, Kansas City, MO 816-245-7262; BIEDERMAN ENTERPRISES LTD.
312 Campbell Ave E PO Box 99 Campbellville ON L0P 1B0 Tel: 905-8549978 Web: www.biederman.ca
BIEDERMAN PACKAGING INC.
36 Head St Dundas ON L9H 3H3 Tel: 905628-5298 Fax: 905-628-6988 Web: www.biederman.ca
BIZERBA CANADA INC. 6411 Edwards Blvd Mississauga ON L5T 2P7 Tel: 905-816-0498 888-240-3722 Fax: 905-816-0497 Web: www.bizerba. ca Branches: Bizerba Canada Inc, 333A Chemin du Tremblay, Boucherville, Quebec, J4B 7M1 450-641-2751;Bizerba Canada Inc. 3771 #2 North Fraser Way, Burnaby, British Columbia, V5J 5G4 1-888-240-3722; BLUEPRINT AUTOMATION
(BPA)
16037 Innovation Dr South Chesterfield VA 23834 Tel: 804-520-5400 Fax: 804526-8164 Web: www.bpa-flexolutions. com Representatives: Flexi-Pack Machinery Solutions, Woodbridge, ON 416-577-0722;Techno Pak, St. Julie, QC 450-922-3122; BO BRANDING & DESIGN AGENCY LTD.
1600, rue Notre-Dame O bureau 203 Montreal QC H3J 1M1 Tel: 514-938-4646 Web: www.bobranding.com BOB FAULDS AND ASSOCIATES LTD.
1209-90 Cordova Ave. Etobicoke ON M9A 2H8 Tel: 416-236-3363 Fax: 416-2369538 BOBST NORTH AMERICA INC.
146 Harrison Ave Roseland NJ 070681294 Tel: 973-226-8000 Fax: 973-2268625 Web: www.bobst.com Representatives: Canflexographics Limited, Burlington, ON 905-335-1501; BOEHMER BOX LP 120 Trillium Dr Kitchener ON N2E 2C4 Tel: 519-576-2480 Fax: 519-576-2489 Web: www.boehmerbox.com BOSCH REXROTH CANADA CORP.
3426 Mainway Dr Burlington ON L7M 1A8 Tel: 905-335-5511 855-REXROTH Fax: 905-335-4184 Web: www.boschrexroth. ca Branches: Bosch Rexroth Canada, 3426 Mainway Drive Burlington, ON L7M 1A8, (905) 335-5511;Bosch Rexroth Canada, 725 rue Delage Longueuil, QC J4G 2P8, (450) 928-1111;Bosch Rexroth Canada, 94 Trider Crescent Dartmouth, NS B3B 1R6, (902) 468-4500;Bosch Rexroth Canada, 8035 Coronet Road Edmonton, AB T6E 4N7, (780) 4665466;Bosch Rexroth Canada, 1533 Broadway St. Unit 124, Port Coquitlam, BC V3C 6P3, 604-461-5777; BOSSAR USA, INC. 1144 Tallevast Rd Unit 104 Sarasota FL 34243 Tel: 941-351-3023 Fax: 941-3512690 Web: www.bossar.com Representatives: Abbey Packaging Equipment, Burlington, ON 905-6813010;
BRADMAN LAKE INC.
3050 Southcross Blvd Rock Hill SC 29730 Tel: 704-588-3301 Web: www. bradmanlake.com
77 City Centre Dr, East Tower, 2nd Floor Mississauga ON L5B 1M5 Tel: 905-2817240 866-335-9457 Fax: 905-270-3601 Web: www.bridgemark.agency BRITMAN PACKAGING SERVICES
655 Finley Ave Ajax ON L1S 3V3 Tel: 905619-1477 Fax: 905-619-1478 Web: www. britmanpackagingservices.ca BUCKHORN CANADA INC.
8032 Torbram Rd Brampton ON L6T 3T2 Tel: 905-791-6500 800-461-7579 Fax: 905-791-9942 Web: www. buckhorncanada.com Branches: Calgary, AB 403-278-9303;Montreal, QC 514336-1991; BULLFROG POWER INC.
701-366 Adelaide St W Toronto ON M5V 1R9 Tel: 416-360-3464 Fax: 416-3608385 Web: www.bullfrogpower.com Branches: Calgary, AB;Vancouver, BC;Halifax, NS; BUSCH VACUUM TECHNICS INC.
1740 Lionel-Bertrand Blvd Boisbriand Qc J7H 1N7 Tel: 800-363-6360 800-3636360 Web: www.busch.ca Branches: ONTARIO location: 7385, East Danbro Crescent Mississauga, Ontario L5N 6P8 / B.C. Location: Units 104 & 105 - 7562 Progress Way Delta, British Columbia V4G 1E9; BUZZ EQUIPMENT
6-2700 14th Ave Markham ON L3R 0J1 Tel: 905-475-7644 Fax: 905-475-7645 Web: www.buzzequipment.com BW FLEXIBLE SYSTEMS
225 Spartangreen Blvd Duncan SC 29334 Tel: 864-486-4000 Web: www. bwflexiblesystems.com Branches: Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd, 785 Pacific Road Unit 8, Oaklville, Ont L6L 6M3, 905-8470166; Representatives: Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd, 785 Pacific Road Unit 8, Oaklville, Ont L6L 6M3, 905-847-0166; C&B DISPLAY / ROYAL CONTAINERS
4-67 Commander Blvd Toronto ON M1S 3M7 Tel: 416-293-4330 800-866-0059 Fax: 416-293-9198 Web: www.celplast. com
CELPLAST, A DIVISION OF CRAWFORD PACKAGING 3036 Page Street London ON N5V 4P2 Tel: 519-659-0909 877-644-6445 Web: www.celplast.ca Branches: Crawford Packaging, 115A Walker Drive, Brampton, ON L6T 5P5 (905)670-7928; CENTRAL GRAPHICS & CONTAINER GROUP 5526 Timberlea Blvd Mississauga ON L4W 2T7 Tel: 905-238-8400 Fax: 905238-8127 Web: www.centralgrp.com CHANTLER PACKAGING INC.
880 Lakeshore Rd E Mississauga ON L5E 1E1 Tel: 905-274-2533 800-565-5245 Fax: 905-274-9522 Web: www. chantlerpackaging.com
CHARLES DOWNER & CO.
LTD.
7-52 West Beaver Creek Rd Richmond Hill ON L4B 1L9 Tel: 905-882-2222 Fax: 905-882-0437 Web: www.cdowner.com
CHEP CANADA INC.
7400 Danbro Cres E Mississauga ON L5N 8C6 Tel: 905-790-2437 Fax: 905-7894279 Web: www.chep.com Branches: Calgary, AB 403-236-1633;Edmonton, AB 780-486-0237;Vancouver, BC 604-520-2583;Winnipeg, MB 204-633-2456;Moncton, NB
506-858-8393;Brampton, ON 905-790-2437;Montreal, QC 514-7452437;
CHINA BAVORA PRINTED PACKAGING CO., LTD. 4/F., 42 Yi Ai Road Xiamen Fujian 361005 Tel: 592-555-8280 Web: https://www. bavora-printing.com
CHINA DNW DIAPER PRODUCTION LINE MANUFACTURER CO LTD No.19, Quanyuan Road, Jinjiang, Quanzhou, Fujian, China 362261 Quanzhou Fujian 362261 Tel: 381-3312209 Web: https://www.dnwmachinery. com
CHINA UNIQUE VALVE SUPPLIER CO LTD Fallsview Blvd. Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada L2G 3W7 Niagara Falls Ontario L2G 3W7 Tel: 776-730-0699 Web: https://www.uvalve.cn CHISHOLM MACHINERY SOLUTIONS
5760 Valley Way Niagara Falls ON L2E 6T3 Tel: 905-356-1119 888-356-1285 Fax: 905-356-9170 Web: www. chisholmmachinery.com
Branches: CRAWFORD PACKAGING PAGE STREET LONDON ONTARIO;CRAWFORD PACKAGING ESSEX LONDON;CELPLAST PACKAGING A DIVISION OF CRAWFORD PACKAGING BRAMPTON ONTARIO; CROWN PACKAGING
PO Box 94188 Richmond BC V6Y 2A4 Tel: 604-277-7111
CUBE AUTOMATION
2704-A Principale Tracadie-Sheila NB E1X 1A1 Tel: 506-393-6000 Web: www. cubefoodprocessing.com Branches: Cube Automation, 125, rue du Parc Industriel, Shippagan, NB E8S 1X9;Oceatec, 495, Road 132, LaPocatiere, QC G0R 1Z0;Cube Automation, Suite A1, 270 Baig Blvd, Moncton, NB E1E 1C8; DAMARK SHRINK
PACKAGING SYSTEMSDIV. OF PLEXPACK CORP.
2-1160 Birchmount Rd Toronto ON M1P 2B8 Tel: 416-609-8011 Fax: 416-2984328 Web: www.plexpack.com
18766 Communication Rd Blenheim ON N0P 1A0 Tel: 877-676-1914 Web: www. dominiongrimm.ca Branches: Anjou, QC; Representatives: D & G Ont. Maple Syrup Equipment, Durham, ON 877-676-1914; DOMINO PRINTING
SOLUTIONS INC.
1-200 North Service Rd W Suite 317 Oakville ON L6H 2Y1 Tel: 800-387-7972 Fax: 847-244-1421 Web: www.dominoprinting.com
DONWAY PACKAGING CORP. LTD.
12 Principal Rd Scarborough ON M1R 4Z3 Tel: 416-494-5400 877-504-7041 Fax: 416-494-5409 Web: www. donwaypackaging.com
2-53 Queens Plate Dr Etobicoke ON M9W 6P1 Fax: 416-981-3071 Web: www. durafastlabel.ca
DYNAMIC CONVEYOR
CORPORATION
5980 Grand Haven Rd Muskegon MI 49441 Tel: 231-798-1483 Fax: 231-7989583 Web: www.dynamicconveyor.com Representatives: Frontline Process Solutions, Oakville, ON 905-827-5800;Trugrit Agency Inc. 503625-1609; E. HOFMANN PLASTICS
51 Centennial Rd Orangeville ON L9W 3R1 Tel: 519-943-5050
EAM-MOSCA (CANADA)
LTD.
170 William Smith Drive Whitby ON L1N 9N3 Tel: 905-665-8225 800-663-6392 Fax: 905-665-8188 Web: www. eammosca.com
Representatives:AlexE.JonesPackaging Machinery Ltd., Ville Mont Royal, QC 514731-7747;Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd., Oakville, ON 905-847-0166; HAYSSENSANDIACRE - DIV. OF BARRY-WEHMILLER
Representatives: HMA Systems, Brampton, ON 905-458-8182;ServiCenter, St Leonard, QC 514-326-5462;Timeco-Marten Company Ltd., Coquitlam, BC 604-525-8499; ITW MULLER CANADA
3456 N Ridge Ave Suite 400 Arlington Heights IL 60004 Tel: 800-628-6787 Fax: 847-483-1500 Web: www.itwmuller.com
Branches: Cornwall, ON 613-938-7900; JBX SYSTEMS INC.
48 Woodrow Ave Toronto ON M4C5S2 Tel: 416-580-1588
JG PACKAGING
900 Wilson Road, North Suite # 1104 Oshawa ON L1G 7T2 Tel: 416-352-8808
KEYENCE CANADA INC. 6775 Financial Drive Suite 202 Mississauga ON L5N 0A4 Tel: 905-3667655 888-539-8952 Web: www. keyence.ca Branches: KEYENCE CANADA - Windsor Office;KEYENCE CANDADA - Pointe Claire Office; KHK USA INC.
259 Elm Pl Mineola NY 11501 Tel: 516248-3850 Fax: 516-248-4385 Web: https://www.khkgears.us
KHS USA, INC
880 Bahcall Court Waukesha WI 53186 Tel: 262-797-7200 Web: www.khs.com
KLIKLOK LLC - A SYNTEGON COMPANY
5224 Snapfinger Woods Dr Decatur GA 30035 Tel: 770-981-5200 Fax: 770987-7160 Web: www.syntegon.com/2p Representatives: Charles Downer & Co., LTD;
KLöCKNER PENTAPLAST OF CANADA, INC.
12420 Métropolitain Est, Montréal Québec H1B 0B6 Tel: 514-352-2200 Fax: 514-352-5200 Web: www.kpfilms. com
KRONES - NORTH AMERICA
9600 S. 58th Street Franklin Wisconsin 53132 Tel: 414-409-4000 Web: www. kronesusa.com Branches: Krones Machinery Co. Ltd., 6285 Northam Drive Suite 108. Mississauga, ON L4V 1X5, 905-364-4900; KRUGER INC.
LINK PACK GROUP 940 Boulevard Industriel Terrebonne Qc J6Y 1X1 Tel: 438-686-7312 Web: https:// www.link-pack.com LOMA SYSTEMS, AN ITW
COMPANY
550 Kehoe Blvd Carol Stream IL 60188 Tel: 630-588-0900 800-872-5662 Fax: 630-588-1396 Web: www.loma.com LONGFORD
INTERNATIONAL LTD.
41 Lamont Ave Scarborough ON M1S 1A8 Tel: 416-298-6622 Fax: 416-298-6627 Web: www.longfordint.com LOVESHAW, AN ITW COMPANY, LITTLE DAVID PRODUCTS DIV. Route 296 South Canaan PA 18459 Tel: 570-937-4921 Fax: 570-937-3229 Web: www.loveshaw.com Representatives: Crawford Provincial, London, ON 519-659-0909;Dependable Marking Sys, Oshawa, ON 905-433-1383;Harlund Industries, Edmonton, AB 780-484-4400;Etobicoke, ON 416-6799990;J G Packaging, Whitby, ON 905430-7647;M.D. Packaging Inc., Scarborough, ON 416-291-9229;Packaging Machinery Concepts, Mississauga, ON 905-2127046;Snell Packaging Systems Ltd, Mississauga, ON 905-565-9484;Star Packaging, Mississauga, ON 905-670-7928;Thomas W Mackay & Sons, Vancouver, BC 604-324-6561;Unisource Canada; LYNE SYSTEMS
1651 Welch St North Vancouver British Columbia V7P 3G9 Tel: 604-639-7639 Web: www.lynesystems.com
M&L TESTING EQUIPMENT (1995) INC.
9-31 Dundas St E Dundas ON L9H 7H8 Tel: 905-689-8783 800-263-9244 Fax: 905-689-3978 Web: www.mltest.com
Branches: M&L Testing Equipment (1995) Inc. 4530-14th street, N.E., Calgary, Alberta, T2E 6T7, 800-663-4779; M.D. PACKAGING INC.
141 Reach Street Unit #5A Uxbridge ON L9P1L3 Tel: 416-291-9229 Fax: 416291-2906 Web: www.mdpackaging.com
MACK BROOKS EXHIBITIONS
11 E. Adams St Ste. 200 Chicago IL 60603 Tel: 888-899-4728 888-8994728 Web: www.mackbrooks.com/ MACRO ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY INC.
199 Traders Blvd E Mississauga ON L4Z 2E5 Tel: 905-507-9000 Fax: 905-5073000 Web: www.macroeng.com MANROLAND CANADA INC.
3-120 Jevlan Dr Vaughan ON L4L 8G3 Tel: 905-265-6300 800-676-5263 Fax: 905-265-6304 Web: www. manrolandsheetfed.com
MAPLEJET CO.
175 West Beaver Creek rd. Unit 1 Richmond Hill ON L4B 3M1 Tel: 905482-3106 Web: www.maplejet.com MARKEM-IMAJE INC. 2-7075 Edwards Blvd Mississauga ON L5S 1Z2 Tel: 800-267-5108 Fax: 866921-9732 Web: www.markem-imaje.ca
Branches: Lachine, QC 514-633-8848; MARQ PACKAGING SYSTEMS INC.
3801 West Washington Yakima WA 98902 Tel: 509-966-4300 Fax: 509452-3307 Web: www.marq.net
MASSMAN AUTOMATION DESIGN
1010 East Lake St Villard MN 56385 Tel: 320-554-3611 Fax: 320-554-2650
MASTERNET LTD.
690 Gana Crt Mississauga ON L5S 1P2 Tel: 905-795-0005 Fax: 905-795-9293 Web: www.masternetltd.com
3737 boul Thimens Ville St Laurent QC H4R 1V1 Tel: 514-332-3480 800-3615727 Fax: 514-332-2039 Web: www. mitchellincoln.ca
MK NORTH AMERICA, INC. 105 Highland Park Dr Bloomfield CT 06002 Tel: 860-769-5500 Fax: 860-7695505 Web: https://www.mknorthamerica. com Branches: Todd Buchanan (906) 484-0325; MODULEX SOLUTIONS INC. 513-9200 Ave du Parc Montreal Quebec H2N1Z4 Tel: 866-718-8645 Web: https:// en.modulex-solutions.com/
MOORE PACKAGING CORPORATION
191 John St Barrie ON L4N 2L4 Tel: 705737-1023 Fax: 705-737-5579 Web: www.moorepackaging.com
MOTION CANADA
8985 Fraserwood Crt Burnaby BC V5J 5E8 Tel: 604-433-6711 Fax: 604-4337377 Web: www.motioncanada.com MULLER MARTINI CANADA INC.
4821 White Bear Pky St Paul MN 551103325 Tel: 651-407-3100 Fax: 651-4073199 Web: www.multifeeder.com Representatives: Crawford Provincial, London, ON 519-659-0909;Mississauga, ON 905-670-7904;That Packaging Group, Richmond Hill, ON 416-580-1244; MULTIVAC CANADA INC.
6 Abacus Rd Brampton ON L6T 5B7 Tel: 905-264-1170 877-264-1170 Fax: 905264-0227 Web: ca.multivac.com Branches: MULTIVAC Western Canada 120-13160 Vanier Place Richmond, BC V6V 2J2 604-273-0958/ 1-877-2641170; NALBACH ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC. 621 E. Plainfield Rd. Countryside IL 60525 Tel: 708-579-9100 Fax: 708-579-0122 Web: www.nalbach.com
Web: www.nordson.ca Representatives: Howard Marten Company, Calgary, AB 403-259-2201;Edmonton, AB 780-4383468;Intec Group, Winnipeg, MB 204480-0468;
NORTH AMERICAN MEAT
INSTITUTE
1150 Connecticut Ave NW 12th Floor Washington DC 20036 Tel: 202-5874200 Fax: 202-587-4300 Web: www. meatinstitute.org
NSF CANADA
125 Chancellors Way Guelph ON N1G 0E7 Tel: 519-821-1246 Fax: 519-836-1281 Web: www.nsfcanada.ca
NUSPARK INC.
400 Steeprock Dr Toronto ON M3J 2X1 Tel: 416-663-7071 Fax: 416-663-0233 Web: www.nuspark.com
NVENIA
750 N Wood Dale Road Wood Dale IL 60191 Tel: 800-253-5103 Fax: 847-6717006 Web: https://www.nvenia.com/ O-I
One Michael Owens Way Perrysburg OH 43551 Tel: 567-336-5000 Web: www.o-i. com Branches: Brampton, ON;Montreal, QC 514-934-8819; Representatives: Saxco Canada, Port Credit, ON 905-2715700;
PAPER & PAPERBOARD PACKAGING ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL (PPEC)
3-1995 Clark Blvd Brampton ON L6T 4W1 Tel: 905-458-0087 Fax: 905-4582052 Web: www.ppec-paper.com
PAPERBOARD PACKAGING COUNCIL
1350 Main St Suite 1508 Springfield MA 01103-1670 Tel: 413-686-9191
PAPERLAND CANADA INC.
238 HOOD ROAD MARKHAM ONTARIO
L3R 3K8 Tel: 905-956-1118 Web: www. paperland.ca
PAXIOM GROUP, INC.
5605 rue Cypihot Montreal QC H4S 1R3 Tel: 514-422-0808 833-472-9466 Web: www.paxiom.com Branches: WeighPack Systems, Inc. 5605 rue Cypihot Saint-Laurent, QC H4S 1R3;Paxiom Group, Inc. 2-375 Admiral Blvd, Mississauga, ON L5T 2N1; PDC INTERNATIONAL CORP
243 Broadway Ave. Orangeville ON L9W 1L2 Tel: 647-242-8736 Web: www.planlp. com
PLANET A
145 Industrial Parkway South Aurora Ontario L4G 3V5 Tel: 844-356-9426 Web: https://planetacopacking.com/ Representatives: Flow Alkaline Spring Water; PLASTICS INSTITUTE OF AMERICA
One University Ave Ball Hall Room 204 Lowell MA 01854 Tel: 978-934-2575 Fax: 978-934-3089
PLASTIQUES LAUSA INT,L INC.
467, Chemin du Golf L’Assomption Qu/bec j5w 1j8 Tel: 450-589-0880
PLEXPACK CORP.
2-1160 Birchmount Rd Toronto ON M1P 2B8 Tel: 416-291-8085 Fax: 416-2984328 Web: www.plexpack.com
1200-1 City Centre Dr Mississauga ON L5B 1M2 Tel: 905-803-1600 Fax: 905803-1696 Web: www.praxair.com
Branches: Edmonton, AB 780-467-0550;Vancouver, BC 604-527-0717;Winnipeg, MB 204-589-7363;Dartmouth, NS 902-468-4139;Montreal, QC 514-337-6000;Calgary, AB 403-2161500; PREMIER TECH CHRONOS
1 av Premier Rivière-du-Loup QC G5R 6C1 Tel: 418-868-8324 Fax: 418-8626642 Web: www.ptchronos.com
PRIMERA TECHNOLOGY
Two Carlson Parkway N Plymouth MN 55447 Tel: 763-475-6676 Web: www. primera.com
PRINTINGBLUE
5837 De Zavala Rd, Ste 690325 SAN ANTONIO TX 78269-0638 Tel: 416-9076181 Web: https://www.printingblue.ca/
300 Elm St Homer MI 49245 Tel: 517568-4121 Fax: 517-568-4798 Web: www.rennco.comRepresentatives:PMR Packaging;AT Packaging; REPACK CANADA & THE FREELANCE PORTFOLIO
130 Claireville Dr Toronto ON M9W 5Y3 Tel: 416-656-6227 877-804-4841 Fax: 416-736-4442 Web: www.repackcanada. com
REXNORD CANADA LTD.
81 Maybrook Dr Scarborough ON M1V 3Z2 Tel: 416-297-6868 Fax: 416-2976873 Web: www.rexnord.com
RFID CANADA
19-25 Valleywood Dr Markham ON L3R 5L9 Tel: 905-513-8919 Fax: 905-5137651 Web: www.rfidcanada.com
RICHARDS PACKAGING INC.
6095 Ordan Dr Mississauga ON L5T 2M7 Tel: 905-670-7760 Fax: 905-670-1961 Web: www.richardspackaging.com
135 Dundas St Cambridge ON N1R 5X1 Tel: 519-740-5500 Fax: 519-740-5504 Web: www.rockwellautomation.com
ROLLEM INTERNATIONAL 1650 S. Lewis St. Anaheim CA 92805 Tel: 714-935-9130 800-272-4381 Fax: 714935-9131 Web: rollemusa.com Branches: na;
ROOTREE
1-5295 John Lucas Dr Burlington ON L7L 6A8 Tel: 905-336-7875 1-833-ROOTREE (766-8733) Web: https://rootree.ca/ Branches: Rootree (Ontario), 1-5295 John Lucas Dr, Burlington, ON L7L 6A8, 905-336-7875;Rootree (Québec), 1-115 Chemin du Tremblay, Boucherville, QC J4B 7K4, 450-923-8065;
ROSELEE SANITARY
NAPKIN MANUFACTURING COMPANY
9 Channel Nine Court, Scarborough, Ontario, Canada M1S 4B5 Scarborough Ontario M1S 4B5 Tel: 800-461-1079 Web: https://www.chinasanitarynapkin. com
RUNMA MOLDING ROBOT AUTOMATION CO., LTD. Yuning Industrial Zone, Hengli Town Dongguan Guangdong 523461 Tel: 769821-8198 Web: https://www.runmarobot. com
Branches: Edmonton, AB 780-4694040;New Westminster, BC 604-521-3700;Vaughan, ON 905-379-1370;Lachine, QC 514-6315551; Representatives: Samuel, Son & Co., Limited, Mississauga, ON 800-2672683; SARONG NORTH AMERICA INC.
2465 Cawthra Rd, Unit 121-122 Mississauga ON L5A 3P2 Tel: 905-2723699 Web: www.sarongnorthamerica.ca
SATO AMERICA, INC. 10350 Nations Ford Rd Suite A Charlotte NC 28273 Tel: 888-871-8741 Fax: 704644-1662 Web: www.satoamerica.com
1147 Gainsborough Rd London ON N6H 5L5 Tel: 519-434-5785 Fax: 519-4349516 Web: www.sterling.ca Branches: Vancouver, BC 604-321-3282;Kitchener, ON 519-571-0882;Ottawa, ON 613-234-8077;Toronto, ON 416-425-4140;Windsor, ON 519-2537211; STOCK PACKAGING
3333 James Snow Pkwy N Milton ON L9T 8L1 Tel: 800-295-5510 800-295-5510 Fax: 800-295-5571 Web: www.uline.ca
UNITRAK CORPORATION
LIMITED
299 Ward St Port Hope ON L1A 4A4 Tel: 905-885-8168 877-861-8725 Fax: 905885-7138 Web: www.unitrak.com
VALCO MELTON
497 Circle Freeway Dr Suite 490 Cincinnati OH 45246 Tel: 513-874-6550 Fax: 513-874-3612 Web: www. valcomelton.com
VALTARA
Paxiom Group 5605 rue Cyphiot Montreal QC H4S 1R3 Tel: 514-422-0808 VC999 CANADA LTD. 153 Sylvestre Saint-Germain-de-
Grantham QC J0C 1K0 Tel: 819-3954555 877-435-4555 Fax: 819-395-6444 Web: www.vc999.com Branches: VC999 Toronto - 2150 Winston Park Drive , Unit 7, Oakville, Ont, L6H 5V1 - Tel: +1 416254-0099; VERITIV 4300 rue Hickmore Saint-Laurent QC H4T 1K2 Tel: 844-837-4848 Web: www. veritivcorp.com Branches: Calgary, AB 800-661-8528;Edmonton, AB 800-6618528;Delta, BC 800-242-3691;Winnipeg, MB 800-665-3417;Moncton, NB 800565-6920;St. Johns, NL 800-656-6920;Dartmouth, NS 800-565-6920;London, ON 800-387-7887;Mississauga, ON 800-387-7887;Montreal, QC 800-361-7147;Richmond Hill, ON 800268-6710;Vars, ON 800-267-0677;Quebec, QC 800-463-4849;Regina, SK 800-661-8528;Saskatoon, SK 800-6618528; VIBAC CANADA INC. 12250 boul Industriel Montreal QC H1B 5M5 Tel: 514-640-0250 Fax: 514-6406702 Web: www.vibac.com VIDEOJET CANADA
7075 Financial Dr Mississauga ON L5N 6V8 Tel: 905-673-1212 Fax: 905-6738725 Web: www.videojet.com Branches: Edmonton, AB 780-967-5834;Vancouver, BC 604-613-8850;Montreal, QC 877-853-3103;Maritimes, 506-8502448; VIDEOJET TECHNOLOGIES INC.
1500 Mittel Blvd Wood Dale IL 601911073 Tel: 630-860-7300 Fax: 630-2383873 Web: www.videojet.com VISUASCAN INC.
WEIGHPACK SYSTEMS INC. 5605 rue Cypihot Montreal QC H4S 1R3 Tel: 514-422-0808 833-472-9466 Web: www.weighpack.com
WESTROCK 1000 Abernathy Rd NE Atlanta GA 30328 Tel: 770-448-2193 Web: www.westrock. com
WEXXAR PACKAGING
13471 Vulcan Way Richmond BC V6V 1K4 Tel: 888-565-3219 Web: www.wexxar. com
WINDMOELLER & HOELSCHER CORP.
23 New England Way Lincoln RI 02865 Tel: 401-333-2770 Fax: 401-333-6491 Web:www.whcorp.comRepresentatives: Webconvert Ltd., Toronto, ON 416-2524462; WINPAK LTD.
Representatives: Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd., Oakville, ON 905-8470166; ZUND AMERICA, INC.
8142 South 6th Street Oak Creek WI 53154 Tel: 414-433-0700 Web: www. zund.com
Smaller is simply better for solitary lifestyle / Noelle Stapinsky
Living alone is a continuous learning process that often requires a very strategic way of shopping for supplies. Bulk purchases don’t speak to me unless it’s for something like toothpaste, hair product, or whatever else I hate to run out of, like beer. Pandemic aside, I’m not one to hoard or stockpile anything. Besides, the single life also often means limited space, so keeping it lean and still enjoy culinary escapades are always top of mind. I’d prefer to revert to the Euro-style of living with a mini fridge and only use fresh produce and groceries, but day is still far out into the future. Still, seriously, shopping for one takes practice and, for me, the most attractive products on the market must be of high quality but also have a packaging format that allows me to use and enjoy every last ounce of it.
For my entire life, Swiss fondue has always come in a box with the winey, brilliantly creamy cheese tucked in a foil pouch. Not only was fondue a regular meal in my household growing up, but I also spent time living in Switzerland. Needless to say, fondue cheese is definitely a staple in this lady’s fridge. The trouble is, squeezing a portion out of the foil pouch and trying to reseal it for another day is a frustratingly tasking effort. Not only do you need to keep the box or the foil pouch where it will not slip right through the fridge rack, plus you also to keep the pouch upright as to not spill the wine-based liquid inside. So when I saw FROMALP Fondue Gourmet by Mopro Luzern AG at my local Sobeys store, I was elated. Not only does this pouch stand on its own, it also contains a serving for two people. The top of the pouch simply tears off open, and it’s easily folded to hold the remainder in the fridge.Yes, I need a little clip, but that is the only flaw requiring improvement—namely a resealable closure that would restrain me from consuming for two.
(From top) Stand-up pouch of FROMALP Fondue Gourmet creamy cheese; a squeezetube of MUTTI brand tomato paste; RIO Mare brand of Italian-style canned tuna; Ontario craft brewers starting a new industry trend with introduction of 355-ml cans to their product portfolios.
I’ve always wondered who actually uses an entire can of tomato paste to make one dish. I use a tablespoon to scoop it out of a can and up store the rest in a small jar that inevitably get pushed to the back of the fridge and, ultimately, ends up in the thrash after going bad. To that end, the made-in-Italy MUTTI brand of tomato paste offers a clever solution to this waste problem by packaging the product in a durable squeeze-tube that let me squeeze out just the right portion, cap it and store the rest. With a 20-day refrigerated shelflife, the Parma-based company used similar tubes to package a broad range of its authentic Italian delicacies, including the one-of-a-kind anchovy paste that really needs to be tried to be believed.
By this point, you’re likely catching on that I love European food. Indeed I do—right down to the type of tuna I buy. In Italy, yo
can buy a tuna sandwich at any café in the northern regions, where it is often served with a slice hard-boiled egg or some olives, always served on bread that, without fail, always has the crust cut off for some reason. My fond memories of those delicious creations have led me to a happy discovery that real Italian tuna is nowadays widely available at most larger Canadian grocery stores—you just have to look for it a little harder in case it is stocked within a designated Italian food section you may have bypassed altogether. In any case, discovering the RIO Mare brand of solid light tuna in olive oil has changed my life, with the small one-serving cans outfitted with easy-off pull-tabs to open up a beautifully layered portion of tuna meat that’s good to go as is, or topped with a dab of mayo to recreate that perfect Italian café sandwich.
As a craft brewer, and a beer enthusiast that has tried plenty of imported beers prior to embarking on this career path, I think I have the credentials to suggest that the Tallboy-style beers cans have had their day. Indiscriminately used to package just about every type and style—be it a 10-percent ABV (alcohol by volume) stout or a three-percent light beer—the tall 473-ml and 500-ml cans are starting to cede their dominance to the smaller 355-ml cans that, frankly, offer a more mobile and portable container to have with you outdoors, being less likely to tip over or let the contents get warm before being finished. For craft brewers especially, the ability to launch their brands in 255-ml can in addition to the Tallboys is a testament to their maturity and better understanding of their consumers’ different preferences—like not committing to drinking a half-liter of boozy 10-perecent specialty beer from a single container.
NOELLE STAPINSKY is a full-time craft beer professional and a freelance writer living in Bracebridge, Ont.
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