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4 By George Guidoni Mother Nature’s frightening fury.
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Mother Nature’s fury a painful payback for our environmental neglect
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The global mean surface temperature for the first 23 days of July 2023, the world’s hottest month on record
o say that we live in interesting time is to utter the understatement of the Century, so far at least. Unfortunately the word interesting does not necessarily mean positive or beneficial.
Quite the opposite, in fact. Never before have the “once in 100 years” and “once in 1,000 years” natural disasters—from devastating forest fires to scorching heat and epic floods—have been recorded in such a short time frame. It’s as if Mother Nature has gone on a major counteroffensive to punish mankind for decades of continuous environmental abuse and degradation with lethal ferocity and a staggering body count.
With last month going down as the hottest month ever recorded on the planet, and 2023 already predicted to end up as the hottest-ever year since records on such things have been kept, the link between human economic activity and sweeping climate change has never been as painfully obvious as it is today for most right-thinking people.
For a world still coming to grips with the COVID-19 pandemic fallout and the brutal reality of modern trench warfare raging in Eastern Europe, the resulting “perma-crisis” is fast morphing into an existential threat to humanity’s survival.
And while acknowledging the threat is a welcome first step to addressing it, it still seems like the world is quickly running out of time to reverse the disastrous natural catastrophes unleashed by the planetary global warming.
For all the recent advances in renewable energy and vehicle electrification in the transportation industry, the rush to reduce the volume of GHG (greenhouse gas) emissions in time to prevent or prolong the arrival of the dreaded tipping point for getting climate change under control has the ominous look and feel of as doomed last resort that is both too little and too late. Which does not mean that we should give up trying. For those old enough to remember the once-dreaded disaster scenarios related to the infamous “acid rain” and “ozone hole” man-made calamities in the late 20th century, mankind’s ability to shied itself from the worst with continuous technological and scientific innovation offers some beacon of hope
that it can conceivably get through its current predicament, just.
The noxious convergence of a fast-growing global population and the accelerated disappearance of livable living space across the globe suggests that as bad as things are now, they’re about to get much worse still in the not-too-distant future.
Which is why the time for time for action, rather than continuous lip service sloganeering and consensus-building, is long past overdue.
And while it would be sheer folly to blame the global packaging industry as a main culprit behind the environmental dire straits we find ourselves in, the introduction of some sort of workable EPR (extended producer responsibility) schemes throughout the industrialized world should be an urgent priority for all countries eager to preserve their existing social order and standards of living.
As a new report from PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, points out, “Sustainability continues to be a key theme within packaging and processing, as national and regional governments pass more legislation mandating companies reduce the impact their packaging has on the environment.
“Increasingly, in addition to meeting their statutory requirements, companies are also putting in place their own strategies and committing to making their operations and packaging more sustainable.”
For all that, it seems painfully clear that for some packaging-related ills plaguing the earth’s natural order of things—ocean plastic waste, microplastics pollution and the ‘forever chemicals’ impact, to name a few—damage limitation and mitigation may now well be that best outcome we could realistically hope for.
But in a world quickly going full-on FUBAR right before our eyes, the price of continuous inaction and neglect is the price none of us can afford to pay.
GEORGE GUIDONI, editor GGuidoni@canadianpackaging.com
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“OREO loves to create new ways for our fans to stay playful and we’re proud to announce our partnership with the iconic Super Mario franchise”, says Lexie Lubov, associate brand manager for the OREO brand of Mondelez International, Inc.
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“We hope to unite OREO cookie lovers and Super Mario enthusiasts alike with this playful challenge, inspired by storyline fans know all too well,” adds Lubov.
Rolled out at leading retailers nationwide in early July, the OREO x Super Mario cookies are packed in 16-piece portions per a 345-gram pack, featuring colorful cartoonish graphics designed by global branding agency Dentsu Creative.
New tequila RTDs in time to help Canadians beat the summer heat With this summer’s scorching heat already shattering all existing temperature records, the timing could not have been better for the early summer Canadian launch of the made-in-Mexico Tequila CAZADORES new Paloma and Margarita canned cocktails.
Embracing their Mexican heritage, the new RTD (ready-to-drink) libations offer the smooth taste of 100-percent blue agave tequila produced by one of Mexico’s most popular premium tequila brands in flavorful and fresh ‘no-bar-required’ format, whereby the two cocktails are expertly pre-mixed to ensure full enjoyment of a premium cocktail experience without all the preparation hassle and fuss.
According to the brand-owner, Tequila CAZADORES Paloma and Margarita cocktails are meticulously crafted using only the finest ingredients—giving them a smooth and more refreshing taste—and expertly packaged in 355-ml cans.
The 100-percent blue agave tequila used in the cocktails is sourced and distilled in the highlands of Jalisco, Mexico, widely known as the world’s premier agave growing region.
“Tequila CAZADORES has remained dedicated to producing the highest quality, 100-percent Blue Weber Agave Tequila throughout our 100-year history,” says brand manager Fernando Martinez.
“With these cocktails, we are offering the vibrant, fresh taste of Mexico in a convenient and portable format that will make them the perfect drink to enjoy anywhere with friends and family.”
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New Coca-Cola flavor inspired by the new video gaming culture
As one of the world’s most legendary soft-drinks, Coca-Cola’s recent collaboration with leading video games developer Riot Games may well be a marketing masterclass in a league of its own.
Launched across Canada in mid-June, the new 500-ml bottles of Coca-Cola Ultimate Zero Sugar deliver a striking packaging black-and-gold design, featuring an innovative twist on the familiar Coca-Cola Cre-
ations logo in fusion with the League of Legends game logo.
Produced and packaged in Canada by Coca-Cola Bottling Limited, the new Coca-Cola Ultimate Zero Sugar offers Coca Cola Creations promtion’s most-exhilarating flavor yet, according to the company, while featuring brand’s first-ever taste of experience points (+XP).
In collaboration with Riot Games, “The new beverage celebrates every player’s journey and unlocks a shared experience of
real magic, allowing Canadian fans to enjoy the games like never before,” according to The Coca-Cola Company. In the virtual world of League of Legends, players compete with other players to earn experience points (XP) to level up and unlock new gaming incentives, including characters and emotes.
Fans can immerse themselves into League of Legends through the Coca-Cola Creations Hub by scanning the QR code on a CocaCola Ultimate Zero Sugar bottle, where they can also scan their faces and see themselves in their ‘Ultimate’ form.
Players can also be challenged to put their gaming skills to the test, via a series of in-game missions that unlock limited-edition Ultimate Emotes that can come to life with the Instagram filter, Ultimate Emote Generator
As The Coca-Cola Company’s senior integrated marketing manager Jacques Blanchet explains, “The Coca-Cola Ultimate Zero Sugar is +XP (was designed to bring the spirit of gameplay to life through taste.
“Inspired by the League of Legends game and through our collaboration with Riot Games, we wanted to curate a taste that has a unique blend of both action-packed and exhilarating flavors,” Blanchet says, “while also combining the great taste of CocaCola classic to push the boundaries of what a flavor can be.
“It has the same great Coca-Cola Zero Sugar taste and is coupled with additional flavors that unlocks a shared experience of Real Magic,” Blanchet elaborates. “It blends action-packed and exhilarating flavors with our original taste to allow players of all levels and interest to celebrate the games they enjoy like never before.”
While the new flavor and packaging are aimed primarily at the game-loving Gen Z demographic group, “Coca-Cola Ultimate Zero Sugar can be enjoyed by anyone regardless of if they’re a gamer or not,” says Blanchet, adding the new flavor has also been launched across many international markets that include including the U.S., Latin America, Africa, China and South America.
Says Blanchet: “We are confident that people will love the new drink, and we hope that Coca-Cola Ultimate Zero Sugar will provide all gamers with an uplifting and optimistic experience while playing the games they love.”
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Toronto-headquartered Corby Spirit and Wine Limited has reached a definitive agreement to acquire 90 per cent of the outstanding shares of Ace Beverage Group Inc. for $148.5 million. With roots dating back to 2013, Ace Beverage Group has achieved consistently high doubledigit growth to become a Canadian leader in the RTD (ready-to-drink) beverages market segment. The company’s flagship Cottage Springs brand is said to be the leading RTD product line in Ontario, complemented by other bestselling brands such as Cottage Springs Vodka Soda, Vodka Water and Tequila Soda. “Corby’s sustained growth relies on our ability to bring exciting choices to our consumers by continually expanding into new and promising categories,” says Corby’s president and chief executive officer Nicolas Krantz. “We are extremely excited to partner with Ace and become one of the leading RTD players in Canada, as we believe the combined strength of our companies and people will unlock new opportunities.”
Mactac, Stow, Ohio-based supplier of PSA (pressure-sensitive adhesive) materials for the packaging industry, has completed the acquisition of Label Supply, Oshawa, Ont.-based manufacturer of roll label solutions. According to Mactac, the acquisition is expected to expand the geographic reach of both companies in the Canadian market—creating a unique service and product offering that provides specialty products, service, and large quantities to more customers throughout Eastern Canada. “Label Supply runs a highly successful business that is fast, agile and customer service-centric, says Mactac president and chief executive officer Ed LaForge. “They excel at meeting small to medium converters’ needs within Ontario, which we will enhance by broadening service throughout eastern Canada and providing additional equipment and technology that will also meet the needs of the region’s larger clients.”
Austrian-based paper packaging group Mondi plc has reached a deal to acquire the Hinton pulp mill in Alberta from West Fraser Timber Co. Ltd. for about $8 million in a transaction aimed at growing Mondi’s paper bag business in the Americas region. As part of the transaction, Mondi will enter into a long-term partnership with West Fraser to access local, high-quality fiber from a well-established wood basket. Following the transaction, Mondi expects to invest a further $600 million into the Hinton facility, primarily geared towards the purchase of a new kraft paper machine with annual capacity of 200,000 tonnes per year (tpy), almost doubling the mill’s current 250,000-tpy capacity. “The acquisition of Hinton is an excellent opportunity for us to secure locally produced kraft paper for our bags customers—helping to meet the current and anticipated future growth in demand for industrial and mailer bags in the Americas,” says Mondi Group’s chief executive officer Andrew King. “This acquisition will also enable us to further strengthen our position as the global market leader in the production of kraft paper and paper bags.”
Order fulfillment and e-commerce logistics provider Darwynn Ltd. has commenced operations of its new state-of-the-art fulfillment facility in Toronto’s east-end borough of Scarborough, which the company says features the latest advancements in fulfillment technology enabling it to process approximately 10,000 B2B (businessto-business) orders per day. According to Darwynn, the
45,000-square-foot facility is equipped with cutting-edge Automatic Storage Retrieval Systems (ASRS), Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs), and conveyance technology operated by an industry-leading software platform that provides data and analytics for e-commerce businesses to gain insight into the entire fulfillment process. “We’ve developed an order collaboration platform that utilizes the latest robotic and automation technologies to help Canadian businesses reach consumers across Canada,” says Darwynn’s chief executive officer Reza Bafandeh. “At Darwynn, we’re committed to improving the fulfillment experience for our customers.”
Pawcatuck, Conn.-headquartered plastics processing machinery manufacturer Davis-Standard has obtained the international ISO 14001 certification for environmental sustainability for the company’s production facility in Fulton, N.Y. According to Davis, the Fulton plant becomes the company’s third facility to earn the ISO 14001 certification— in addition to plants in Finland and Switzerland—and company is aiming for its production plants worldwide to achieve the certification by 2025.
Wilmington, Del.-headquartered Solenis, a leading manufacturer of specialty chemicals used in waterintensive industries, has completed its US$4.6-billion acquisition of Diversey Holdings, Ltd., a leading provider of hygiene, infection prevention and cleaning products and technology. With the acquisition, Solenis has grown to an enterprise operating in over 130 countries with 71 manufacturing facilities and more than 15,000 employees. “This merger makes Solenis a more diversified company with significantly increased scale, broader global reach and the ability to offer a ‘one-stop shop’ suite of solutions that meet customer demand and address water management, cleaning and hygiene issues on a global basis,” says Solenis chief executive officer John Panichella.
Globally operating flexible packaging films producer Oben Group has completed the acquisition the film manufacturing facility for flexible packaging of Mexican-based Agusa Group, including the KristaFilms brands and portfolio of BOPP, CPP, metallized and PE films. The Monterrey-based plant houses six manufacturing line and its acquisition represents a strategic expansion of Oben’s production capabilities in North America to allow the company to meet the growing demand by improving its service and portfolio for customers.
Nefab, a leading global industrial packaging and logistics services provider, has announced the opening of a new manufacturing facility in Chihuahua, Mexico, to accommodate the growing regional demand for wood and plywood crating, along with thermoformed, and corrugated packaging solutions in the region. Built at a cost of almost US$1 million, the new 45,200-square-foot greenfield facility is equipped with state-of-the-art machinery and is expected to create up to 100 jobs in the region, according to Nefab. Since the 2011 inauguration of Nefab’s first production facility in Guadalajara. Nefab has grown to become a leading company in the country’s engineered industrial packaging sector, adding locations in Monterrey and Ciudad Juarez. “The opening of the new facility is a testament to Nefab’s success in the region and an important milestone for supporting business growth in Latin America,” says Eric Wickman, regional managing director for Nefab Latin America. “We are very excited to expand our footprint in Chihuahua with the region’s highly educated and skilled workforce, a bustling economy, and a welcoming community.”
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Weighpack Systems Inc., member of the Paxiom Group, has announced the availability of its new cutting-edge gummy packaging system for jars, cans and bottles—designed to revolutionize the gummy industry with superior accuracy, efficiency, and user-friendly design. This state-ofthe-art system effortlessly counts gummies in formats ranging from two to 30 pieces per dispensing cycle to deliver speeds of up to 1,800 containers per hour. Designed with simplicity and compactness in mind, the packaging system sets a new standard in ease of use. With intuitive controls and a streamlined interface, operators can quickly become proficient, reducing training time and maximizing productivity. Its compact size allows for seamless integration into any production line, optimizing space utilization without compromising performance. The heart of the system lies in the PrimoCount gummy counter, an advanced technology that ensures accurate counting across various gummy formats. This innovative technology to guarantee precise and consistent dispensing to minimize errors and waste. Complementing the PrimoCount is the container indexing conveyor, a vital component that seamlessly transfers and fills the accurately counted gummies into jars. By precisely aligning and indexing the containers, this conveyor optimizes the filling process, maintaining the integrity and presentation of the final product. To complete the packaging process, the system incorporates the KAPR single-head rotary capping machine. With its efficient and reliable capping mechanism, this machine ensures a secure seal on each jar, preserving the freshness and quality of the gummies. Weighpack Systems Inc.
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In response to manufacturers’ demands for high-performance laser marking solutions, Videojet Technologies, Inc. has enhanced its
successful range of CO2 lasers with the introduction of the Videojet 3350 and Videojet 3350 Smart Focus 30-watt CO2 laser marking systems. Designed for quick marking of sharp, complex codes at high speeds for the food, beverage, cosmetics, pharmaceutical, packaging and extrusion industries, both systems offer virtually unlimited font, code and graphic options. Manufacturers who mark on products and packaging of varying sizes and who perform frequent product changeovers require flexible coding and marking systems to keep production lines running efficiently. The new Videojet 3350 laser’s flexible marking head includes 32 standard beam delivery options, while the 3350 Smart Focus laser’s marking head provides 0° to 90° rotation without the need for additional parts. The advanced 3350 Smart Focus laser is equipped with cutting-edge automatic focusing and dynamic marking capabilities for easy product changeovers without moving the laser. The Smart Focus option enables multi-level marking with the benefit of an auto-adjustable focal distance, uniform flat field correction, a pilot beam focus finder and a flexible range/size mode. These features help to reduce operator touches, improve mark quality and increase uptime. Both new Videojet 3350 series lasers offer high-speed marking capabilities to print text, barcodes, graphics and other information at speeds up to 2,000 characters per second. The high-resolution marking head delivers high-quality, permanent codes to support product traceability and anti-counterfeiting. Videojet Technologies Inc.
MAKING IT COUNT
Cremer’s new HQ 3100*2 counting and dispensing solution features a highly efficient tow-in-one configurations for faster production of multi-flavor and variety-pack
assortments of candies, confectionaries, and chocolates, as well as non-food products such as medical parts, hardware and detergent pouches. Utilizing a two-in-one frame, the new HQ 3100*2 counting and dispensing machine features six channels, each of which can be divided in half. To enable the machine to process up to two flavors or varieties—double the amount possible with the original HQ 6100. This capability offers manufacturers flexibility in utilizing the machine for a wide range of mixed products without having to purchase an additional counting machine, allowing for considerable cost savings and preserving valuable production floor space. Designed for versatility, the HQ 3100*2 counting machine can be used for a wide variety of products—either in bulk quantities or single piece discharge into any package. The unit is scalable for varying production levels, depending on product output and type. Deploying the optical counting method—by piece rather than by weight—helps ensure 100-percent accuracy for net contents for both wholesale and retail packages, according to Cremer, while helping prevents product loss, avoid product wastage, and maximize production efficiency. The HQ 3100*2 works in tandem with a bulk dosing system with infeed hopper and incline dosing conveyor. To help preserve valuable production floorspace, the counting machines can be placed directly atop a cartoner, case-packer or bagging system, and it can dispense product directly into in boxes, tubs, tins or erected cartons. Compatible with all industrial packaging and cartoning machines, the HQ 3100*2 features a compact footprint, FDA-compliant product parts for processing both food and non-food products and streamlined tool-free disassembly for easy operation and cleaning. Other features include silent operation with no compressed air required, and a product detection unit with 100-percent accuracy. Up to three memory flap levels are available for count separation and dispensing, enhanced with built-in vibratory plates for product transport and separation, along with a timing hopper for automatic discharging or product counts.
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ENJOYING THE VUE
The new Vue Inspection System from Norwalt integrates standardized vision components with
custom-made elements and deep learning tools to provide a highly sophisticated bottle vision inspection system capable of monitoring gaging defects as miniscule at 10 thousandths of an inch on a translucent surface by shape transformation on the sloped areas of bottles. Conceived, designed and engineered in Norwalt’s dedicated Vision Systems Lab facility, the Vue Inspection System incorporates many next-generation visual inspection and deep learning tools, including emerging artificial intelligence (AI) vision innovations, three-dimensional (3D) profiling, and advanced optical character recognition (OCR) and verification via optical character verification (OCV).
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The new high-volume open-chute dumper from Flexicon Corporation is designed for highly efficient discharging of non-dusty, free-flowing and/or agglomerated bulk materials from multiple drums or boxes simultaneously, as well as from Gaylords, totes or bins individually. The bed of the unit’ hydraulically-tipped housing can accommodate containers from 37 to 44 inches in height, with applications for multiple containers include simultaneous dumping of four 55-gallon drums or four boxes with 36- to 48-inch footprint. In operation, pallets weighing up to 5,000 pounds are forklift-loaded and secured inside the three-sided unit, after which a grate is lowered onto the container(s) to prevent shifting. The lifting assembly is then raised to a 77-inch height and tipped hydraulically, causing material to slide through a smooth, threesided chute into receiving vessels. The dumper’s twin hydraulic cylinders then pivot the platform-chute assembly to discharge the bulk products at 45- or 60-degree angle.
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Green Baby Steps to Circularity
By Brant Wunderlich
When bringing a new food product to market or redesigning an existing product’s packaging, brand-owners must balance consumer demands with design capabilities and performance.
The COVID-19 pandemic pushed food safety to the forefront of the public’s consciousness, and the consumption of single serve and e-commerce packaging for home food delivery increased and then sustained.
Consumers are still reaching for convenient, easy-to-open packaging options with features such as resealable closures and portability. On the other hand, the focus continued to shift to include sustainability practices and waste management, spurring monomaterial designs that are designed with recyclability in mind, as well as compostable and other alternatives.
Brand-owners are seeking solutions that keep foods safe, lengthen shelf-life, and successfully communicate their purpose, vision, and environmental commitment to their consumers.
Delivering on all of these varied requirements begins with choosing the right supplier for the packaging materials.
The stakes are high when designing a package: from the first look to resealing to recycling, the method of delivery affects every aspect of how the customer perceives and interacts with the product.
If the packaging does not function correctly, food or beverage may degrade and damage the consumer’s opinion of the brand itself.
Naturally, the complexities of caps and closures play a large part in this functionality equation.
Brands must consider various materials that offer different benefits depending on the type of product being packaged, the manner of filling and converting, and health and safety requirements.
Among recently introduced everyday food items, baby food pouches offers a good example of how a new packaging format with a novel closure system can reinvent an entire industry over the span of a few years.
Originally, baby food was packaged in glass jars which were recyclable but heavy and resource intensive to produce and ship—both prior to use and after recycling. While thermoformed tubs and lidded film containers provided a lighter weight option, parents and caregivers still
The introduction of spouted pouches for baby food products has fundamentally changed the way parents approach feeding their children.
had to spoon feed their little ones or prepare for the mess that accompanied babies self-feeding.
The spouted pouch for baby food was first introduced in 2008—providing parents with an easier way to pack nutritious snacks and feed children on the go. The flexible stand-up pouch with a fitment represented a fundamental shift in the way consumers thought about feeding.
Although it was a significant departure from the familiar jars and tubs, spouted pouches delivered on two high priorities for parents: convenience and freshness.
Every new development comes with trade-offs, and the baby food, condiments and yogurt pouches are no exception.
Compared to glass jars, pouches have a shorter shelf-life. However, they use less material and are therefore lighter and require less fuel to transport. They also use less heat to produce than thermoformed tubs.
Due to lamination and the often multimaterial composition of the pouch and cap, they have proven notoriously difficult to incorporate into existing recycling infrastructure, although that is changing in recent years with advances in barrier resin technology that enable monomaterial solutions.
Despite the shorter shelf-life and recycling challenges, the convenience and freshness benefits of the stand-up pouch and cap have prevailed, and the segment is expected to continue to grow over the next five years.
Changing the way parents approach feeding their children required creative thinking that addressed the setbacks of traditional baby food packaging.
There are countless lost opportunities when brand-owners do not work with technical specialists to select a packaging and closure format.
Experienced suppliers can help brands understand consumers’ priorities, consider which trade-offs are worthwhile, and search for the ideal way to meet their expectations.
If a converter offers only a set menu of pre-made films with traditional resins for a new design, they could be working with outdated formulas. Instead, brandowners should insist on working with suppliers and converters who test and develop high-performance resins that enable innovation through leading-edge technology.
Working with a partner that values and supports innovation and collaboration comes with many advantages. To understand the full life-cycle of the packaging design, good suppliers will be prepared to
work with the entire supply chain—including equipment manufacturers, resin producers, converters and brandowners—to validate converters’ manufacturing methods and performance requirements in ‘real world’ conditions.
With the huge variety of options available for packaging design, the right supplier will help narrow the field quickly. Even within resin types, such as HDPE and LLDPE, there are differences in production technology, density, melt index, and other properties that affect processability.
If the material is not well-suited to the packaging equipment, scrap rates can increase, leading to sunk costs and wasted materials. In other cases, a resin may function but limit the improvement offered by an innovative design.
When designing caps and closures, the material’s organoleptic properties must also be considered to provide the optimal taste and smell to consumers when they open the package. Most importantly for food safety, barrier performance and seal integrity also vary across different materials.
At NOVA Chemicals, we offer our customers specialty and high-performance polyethylene (PE) resins to meet the demands of the end-use consumers and the sustainability goals of our customers.
Technical expertise and tools such as NOVA’s proprietary BONFIRE platform enable customers and converters to design and improve complex multilayer films using simulations instead of costly experiments.
Well-designed packaging starts with its base materials and how they meet the needs of brand owners and consumers.
The right packaging will delight consumers, encourage faith in the company, protect the brand’s reputation and, ultimately, win loyal repeat purchasers.
Choosing a packaging supplier that values collaboration and crafts innovative solutions with advanced technology may be the most important piece of the design process.
Brand-owners should seek suppliers with technical expertise who are willing to develop truly impressive packaging and closure solutions that are tailored to the product and consumer priorities.
BRANT WUNDERLICH is the market manager for caps and closures at NOVA Chemicals, a leading producer of polyethylene resins headquartered in Calgary, Alta.
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NATURAL SELECTION
A new high-speed automated packaging line making instant impact with massive productivity and quality improvements for innovative natural health and beauty products co-packer
By George Guidoni, Editor
Photos by Pierre Longtin
Natural beauty comes in many shapes, sizes and formulations at the MSP Laboratories Inc. plant in Varennes, an off-island suburb of Montreal in southwestern Quebec.
Founded in 1999 by Martial St-Pierre, the family-owned company specializes in contract manufacturing and co-packing for many leading global brands of natural health and body care products.
Skilfully riding the wave of a major consumer trend towards all manner of natural everyday products—from food to cosmetics—MSP has evolved to become a highly respected and reputed authority on the development and manufacture of natural health and body care products marketed in liquids, creams, gels, oint-
ments, capsules, tablets, ampoules, sachets and other popular formats.
Sourcing its natural ingredients from all over the globe, the company’s 19,300-square-foot facility employs 45 people working on a one-shift, five-days-a-week schedule to produce a wide variety of products in the form of liquids, creams, gels and ointments, including natural health products (for humans or animals), dietary supplements, sports drinks, energy products, essential oils, skin-care lotions and many other natural H&B (health-and-beauty) formulations— serving a broad customer base across Canada from emerging start-ups to well-established national and global brand-owners.
Housing a total of seven production lines and running a highly flexible manufacturing operation enables the Health
Canada- and FDA-certified plant to provide its customers with top-class service underpinned by meticulous quality control and intensive R&D (research and development) activities.
“The packaging for our liquids, gels, creams, gelcaps and tablets comprises many different-shaped bottles and tubes ranging from five milliliters to one-liter sizes,” says the company’s vice-president of operations Maxime St-Pierre.
“We first make the bulk product after weighing the raw materials and blending them to specs, using balance scales and mixing tanks—heated or not—and pumping it into a storage tank.
“We then perform various product analysis and quality control procedures to ensure the conformity of the bulk product,” he says, to ensure optimal product integrity and regulatory compliance.
“The product will then be packed depending on the volume and the type of bulk product—liquid, cream, gel or ointment—on a best-suited packaging line and, finally, a final analysis and quality control will be performed for final release of the finished product.”
As St-Pierre relates, the Varennes plant’s packaging lines comprise two plastic tube filling lines, one line for tablets and gelcaps, three semi-automatic cream and liquid filling lines, and the recently-installed full-automated liquid packaging line installed earlier this year by renowned Montreal-based automated packaging machinery manufacturer Capmatic Ltd.
Commissioned in early spring, the new turnkey high-speed Capmatic line represents the company’s first serious foray and capital investment in packaging line
automation technologies and , based on its exceptional performance so far, a stepping stone to future investments in packaging automation.
Dedicated to the production of five- to 1,000-ml bottles of various shapes and dimensions, the Capmatic liquid filling line has almost instantly become by far the fastest and most efficient packaging line at the MSP facility, St-Pierre points out, by meeting all expectations for speed, precision and accuracy, while vastly reducing the labor costs and requirements for this part of the plant’s production repertoire.
Capable of producing up to 1,800 bottles per hour (bph), according to StPierre, the new line’s output dwarfs the previous 500-bph average output rate achieved with the previous semi-automatic line technologies, while enabling
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Bulk bottles being conveyed to the SortStar unscrambler at the start of the new line; the new liquid packaging line was custom-designed by Capmatic to ensure a perfect fit into the cleanroom’s space-restricted confines; side view of the SortStar unscrambler on the new line’s front end.
bottles perfectly line up in the single file inside the Patriot monoblock filler/capper just prior to filling; close-up of the highly precise position of the bottles underneath the dispensing nozzles to ensure drip-free filling of the liquid product; the Patriot monoblock filler/capper from Capmatic is equipped with state-of-the art automation components and controls to enable fast and easy product changeovers in less than 15 minutes.
dramatic improvements in packaging/labeling quality and reliability freeing up staff for other more value-added tasks at the facility.
As he explains, the previous manually intensive process required one operator to position a unidose machine onto the line, another one to feed the machine with the empty bottles, another one to place the caps onto the bottles and place them onto a conveyor leading to an automatic labeling machine, after which another operator would make the final visual verification of the lot number, expiry date and the label placement, before manually placing the bottles into master cases.
“With the fully automated Capmatic line, the first operator puts a box of bottles into the unscrambler, a box of matching caps in the capping machine, and places the master case of the finished
product on the pallet.
“The second operator make the weight verification to report in the file of the product and makes the verification of any ejected product the machine has deemed to be a reject,” he continues. “Meanwhile, the third operator is continuously s placing the bottles inside the master cases.
“The Capmatic machinery does the rest: placing the bottles on the line, filling the bottles, placing the caps on, labeling the bottles, and then applying safety seals onto the bottles,” St-Pierre explains.
“The cameras at the end of the line then perform automatic visual inspection of the finished product and the label lot number on all the labels.”
All in all, “This line enables us to produce five times more bottles per person than we could before,” according to StPierre.
“We operate this line at around 30 bottles a minute for a 500-ml bottle size to 33 bottles a minute for a 150-ml bottle,” says St-Pierre, while praising the line’s remarkably quick changeover capabilities that enable the staff to perform a full product or size changeover on the line in less than 15 minutes on average.
Says St-Pierre: “Working with Capmatic enabled us to purchase exact type of machinery required for our needs and requirements, while also accommodating our space limitations and restrictions.
“All the machines in this line are very user-friendly,” he expands, “and Capmatic’s after-sales service is first-class.
“They are a great company to work with because they always listen to our needs, making it easier to provide the right solution for our requirements.”
Such ringing endorsement is naturally
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sweet music to the ears of Capmatic’s application engineer Nick Perugini, who worked closely with St-Pierre on the project from the outset to ensure optimal line performance right from the get-go.
As Perugini explains, the entire line is controlled by a large B&R touchscreen HMI (human-machine interface) terminal for easy product recipe selection and programming, using B&R servomotors to facilitate quick changeovers that typically require only a few manual adjustments of some tooling and other mechanical components, with the machinery’s software doing all the heavy lifting to prepare it for the next run.
“Everything is recipe-driven,” Perugini, “with the HMI actually indicating which components need to be manually adjusted during the changeover.
“Once those adjustments are made, the operator selects the ‘run’ mode on the HMI screen and the machine tells him if it is ready to go.
“Then it’s just a matter of pressing the
Left: Close-up of the Patriot monoblock machine’s dipensing nozzles filling the bottles six at a time with unfailing acuracy.
Above: Freshly filled bottles being capped inside the Patriot machine’s fully automatic rotary capping station.
some production machinery there in the next month or so,” St-Pierre states, “but right now we are still trying to figure out what to do with this new extra space in terms of which lines to move there.
“But having that extra space will allow us to purchase more automated machinery sooner rather than later,” says St-Pierre, citing intense competition and accelerated time-to-market schedules in the fast-growing market segment for natural health and wellness products.
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start button and the machine goes to work,” Perugini says.
Such ease of operation and straightforward simplicity have already made the Capmatic line the favorite part of the plant to work on amongst many of the facility’s employees, says St-Pierre, while accounting for between 35 to 40 per cent of all of the plant’s daily output.
Not surprisingly, St-Pierre says he’s already looking forward to purchasing more Capmatic equipment in not-sodistant future to automate the plant’s other six packaging lines.
“We are very tight for tight for space at this facility right now,” says St-Pierre, noting the plant actually had to convert two adjacent production rooms into one bigger room to accommodate the Capmatic line’s footprint.
To that end, MSP has recently acquired another 12,000-square-foot manufacturing plant next door to continue its promising journey into the world of packaging automation.
“We should be able to start moving in
Plant employee at the end of the Capmatic line placing bottles inside master cases and directing them to semi-automatic Wexxar Bel tape applicator.
“Our business expanded by about 25 per cent last year,” St-Pierre says, stressing the paramount importance of keeping that momentum going.
“There are about 10 to 12 direct competitors in our product segment just in Quebec alone,” he says, “and I believe that none of them currently have the high-speed automated production capabilities that this new Capmatic line provides us,” he states.
“This new production line has enabled
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The user-friendly HMI touchscreen panel controlling the line’s LabelStar label applicator;
The high-speed Cognex machine vision camera verifying the label’s product codes label placement; Overview of the entire turnkey Capmatic liquid filling line installed this spring; Touchscreen control panel of a Domino small-character inkjet printer used to apply all the required product codes and other information onto the labels.
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The BandStar security band sealer applies tamper-evident seals around the caps.
us to achieve the accuracy and production speeds we were never able to achieve before,” he says, rating the new line’s performance to date as “a perfect 10 out of 10.”
“I really is full-on automation at the push of a button,” he extols.
“It gives us a very strong competitive edge as we continue to attract more customers and expand our geographic reach,” St-Pierre says, noting that the domestic Canadian market currently accounts for about 90 per cent of the company’s sales.
According to St-Pierre, the vastly improved quality levels achieved with the new line will significantly help the company grow its export business in coming years—in turn prompting further capital
investment in packaging automation.
Naturally, St-Pierre expect Capmatic to play a big role in all those future investments decisions and supplier selection.
“We are planning to diversify our product portfolio,” he says, “and we trust Capmatic to be there for us with the right equipment solutions for our current and future needs.
“We will always strive to do more to find innovative solutions to our customers to make their life easier,” St-Pierre concludes, “and to make sure we meet all their deadline and expectations for product quality and efficacy.”
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Please see a video of the fully-automatic Capmatic liquid packaging line in action at the MSP Laboratories plant on Canadian Packaging TV at: www.canadianpackaging.com
FLYING HIGH AGAIN
New high-speed canning line puts Ontario beverage co-packer into the fast lane of the burgeoning North American RTD market
By George Guidoni, Editor
Photos by Naomi Hiltz
While innovation and entrepreneurship are undoubtedly both essential prerequisites for aspiring start-ups in virtually any business, it often takes a lot of machinery, technology and other capital assets to maximize these virtuous intangibles to their full bottom-line potential.
But for companies with the foresight and fortitude to make continuous capital investment a key cornerstone of their
business strategies, the rewards can be truly spectacular.
As chief financial officer and chief operating officer at Black Fly Beverage Company Inc. in London, Ont., Martin Kamil has played an instrumental role in the company’s rapid rise through the ranks of Canada’s beverage industry in the last 10 years to become the nation’s largest independently-owned canned beverage co-packer.
Boasting second-to-none production and packaging capabilities enabling it to produce an exceptionally broad range of premium-quality beverages, both alcoholic and non-alcoholic, under its own
From Left Storcan’s director of major accounts and associate partner Hugo Lorquet; Black Fly’s vice-president of finance and operations Martin Kamil; Black Fly’s vice-president of sales and marketing Mike Pearce; Massimo D’Ambros Rosso, division sales manager, SAP-Blendtech.
popular flagship Black Fly brand and for hundreds of beverage industry customers across North America, the company has spent millions of dollars over the last decade to expand its London facility and install world-class packaging line equipment to sustain double-digit growth in each of the 10 years that Kamil has worked for the thriving beverage producer with impeccable knack and credentials for product and packaging innovation.
With annual production capacity of one million hectoliters, the company’s 210,000-square-foot London plant operates a three-shift schedule on 24/7 basis throughout the year, according to Kamil, employing 250 people to produce a highly varied and imaginative range of
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The KHS Innofill Can DVD filler lies at the heart of the London plant’s new high-speed canning line running at speeds of 1,650 cans per hour. Bottom Filled cans coming out of the TMCI pasteurizer are massed on the Storcan accumulation table before being conveyed downstream.
premium beverages with ever-evolving product formulations and packaging formats.
“We try to introduce at least four to six new flavors to the market every year under our own Black Fly brand,” says Kamil, citing exceptional market response to the brand’s new three-liter pouch, frozen-pouch and four-liter bagin-box packaging formats launched across Canada earlier this summer.
In addition, some of the Black Fly brand favorites like pre-mixed Black Fly Tequila Margarita and Tequila Sunrise, among others, have recently been expanded from PET plastic bottles to the can format in response to consumers’ growing preference for canned beverages, Kamil relates.
“About 60 to 70 per cent of all our output is in cans now,” Kamil told the Canadian Packaging magazine in a recent interview, adding that the brand’s signature wide-mouth 400-ml PET bottles still remain a popular choice with many consumers across the country.
“We continuously innovate with our packaging because not every province across Canada wants the same packaging.
“Some want cans only, some want plastic bottles and cans, some will want sleek cans, four-packs, six-packs, 12-packs and so on,” says Kamil, adding the Black Fly portfolio now consists of nearly 50 different SKUs (stock-keeping units).
“There’s lots of different things that our customers want and expect from us,” Kamil says, “and packaging innovation is a big part of who we are as a company and a brand.”
Says Kamil: “Our new beverage pouches and frozen pouches are doing really well because they represent true innovation in the RTD market, while offering a more environmentally-friendly option to the bottles because they use much less plastic to make than other packaging.
“Similarly, our bag-in-box format offers a very attractive and economical price-point to consumers by buying the product in bulk, while also offering very long shelf-life.
“You can keep that container in the fridge for weeks,” he says, “and it will taste great each time, right to the last drop.”
As Kamil points out, innovative packaging has been Back Fly’s calling card
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A product flow diverter splits the accumulating cans into narrowing rows of product as they make their way towards the new line’s TMCI double-decker tunnel pasteurizer.
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Two side-by-side accumuating tables helping move the canned beverages asways from the TMCI double-decker pasteurizing tunnel in continuous mass flow.
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A Storcan incline infeed conveyor carrying the canned beverages towards the TMCI double-decker tunnel pasteurizer, also installed and integrated into the new high-speed canning line by Storcan.
ever since it was started up in 2005 by the founding couple Rob Kelly and his wife Cathy Siskind-Kelly, and it remains a powerful marketing tool driving the brand’s remarkable mass appeal across Canada.
As he explains, “The Black Fly brand is not a gender-specific product, nor is it age-specific, millennial-specific or any of those things.
“There is nothing specific about it: it was always developed to appeal to a large swath of the population,” he states.
“About half of our drinkers are female,” Kamil acknowledges, “but Black Fly is just as popular among men, as well as seniors, university students, their parents, and so on.
“It’s a brand that appeals to the masses,” Kamil asserts, citing the unique look of the brand’s distinctive ‘unisex’ bottle, along with a wide choice of innovative fruit-based drink recipes, flavors and taste profiles, as well as the punchy seven-percent alcohol content.
As Kamil points out, “Having so many delicious flavors, along with the varied packaging option to choose from, enables our brand to really resonate with the consumers in a big way.”
While the Black Fly brand’s remarkable success in the RTD market has been hugely rewarding for its founders and employees, its actual manufacturing nowadays accounts for only about 10 per cent of all the production output at the London facility, with its highly successful co-packing business nowadays accounting for more than half of the company’s revenues.
“On the co-pack side, we have proven ourselves as a very good partner to deal
with,” says Kamil, “and we managed to win a lot of new business in rent years based on our technical capabilities, our high product quality, our flexibility and the general ease of doing business with us.”
In fact, since entering the co-packing market in a big way in 2019, Black Fly has been able to triple its overall sales with consecutive years of double-digit revenue growth, Kamil confides.
“About two-thirds of our co-packing business is driven by alcoholic drinks,” Kamil relates, “and the majority of our non-alcoholic business is comprised by energy drinks, iced teas, functional waters, and ‘better-for-you’ drinks.
The double-decker tunnel pasteurizer made by the SAP-Blendtech division of TMCI Padovan; close-up of filled cans on the acccumulating table prior to going inside the pasteurizing tunnel; two rows of filled cans of product entering the TMCI pasteurizer at the same time.
“We really have the capability and the flexibility to do it all,” he states, “from product development to final packaging.”
These capabilities got a massive boost in July of 2021 with the commissioning of a brand new high-speed canning line comprising state-of-the art filling and sealing technologies manufactured by renowned German beverage production equipment supplier KHS Group, along other best-of-breed packaging machinery from other leading global machine-builders.
Expertly integrated by leading Canadian packaging line automation integrator PLAN Automation of Orangeville, Ont., the new canning line—housed
in recently-added 110,000-square-foot plant expansion of the existing building—has been running virtually aroundthe-clock at speeds of 1,650 can per minute, making it one of the fastest canning lines anywhere in North America, Kamil contends.
“It’s right up there with all the big beer manufacturers and other beverage mass producers,” says Kamil, complimenting the great support and collaboration from all the key suppliers to the project, with much of the work on the new line done during the COVID-19 lockdowns and travel restrictions.
One of those suppliers singled out for special praise is the Montreal-based conveying and packaging line specialists Storcan, whose team played a major role in the design, installation and integration of the one-of-a-kind doubledeck tunnel pasteurizer custom-manufactured by the Italian-based liquid processing technology specialists TMCI Padovan
Easily the largest single piece of equipment installed on the new canning delivered a seven-fold increase in the throughput capacity compared to the plant’s first standard-sized TMCI pasteurizer installed on the plant’s older KHS canning line, running at a much more modest speeds of about 245 cans per minute.
The new pasteurizer’s vastly expanded capacity has been critical to the new line’s world-class performance to date, according to Kamil.
“We use the pasteurizer for all the canned products coming off this line,”
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Kamil states, adding that having this capability gives Black Fly an important competitive edged in attracting new business from brand-owner and beverage producers from all over North America.
“It provides the safety and quality control our customers demand by killing off the bacteria and making the beverages shelf-stable,” he says.
“It makes a huge difference because once the product is pasteurized, it can safely be sold from the shelf from one to three years, compared to a few months you would get with unpasteurized products,” he explains.
“Being a fully-automated machine, it
is a perfect fit for our new highly automated canning line,” he says, adding that the flexible machine can cover a broad temperature range up to 80°C.
In addition to installing and integrating the new TMCI double-decker, Kamil says Storcan also did a “fantastic” job in supplying the bulk of the different types of product transfer conveyors linking the whole new line together from start to finish, including the infeed and outfeed conveyors placed on either side of the TMCI double-decker.
“There is about one kilometer of conveyor systems on the new line in total,” Kamil remarks, “and they have all performed very well right from the start.”
The Storcan-supplied conveyors on the new line comprise:
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A close-up of heat exchangers and other pipework incorporated into the custom-made TMCI pasteurizer.
One of many SEW-Eurodrive motors deployed along the vast conveyor network installed on the new line by Storcan.
Cans coming out of the tunnel being arranged into a single file on top of a food-grade Storcan conveyor.
• A mat top conveyor system with four accumulation tables, configured to facilitate efficient and fluid FIFO (first-in/first-out) product flow;
• Infeed and outfeed conveyors manufactured for a perfect-fit incline in and out of the pasteurizing tunnel on two levels;
• A pressure-less single filer;
• A mass flow conveyor;
• A roller curve case conveyor with the Hytrol EZLogic zero-pressure accumulation and zone control system.
As Kamil relates, he always felt confident about making the right selection with the TMCI tunnel in large part because of the positive past experience with the smaller TMCI unit on the other canning line, which has largely been running trouble-free since arriving to the plant in 2019.
Storcan’s director of major accounts Hugo Lorquet says his company worked hard to establish itself as one of Black Fly’s key value-added equipment vendors and partners.
“Our business relationship with Black Fly has begun in 2016 with installation of very small conveyor system,” he says, “but since that first, we have become more than just a supplier.
“We are a real business partner that is actively supporting their growth throw various integration projects,” says Lorquet, citing Storcan’s deep technical expertise and commitment to customer service excellence.
As Lorquet explains, “It is our mission is to help companies meet their operational challenges with innovative, flexible and automated equipment—allowing them to increase their production capacity and meeting the highest safety and health standards.”
According to Lorquet, the installation of the TMCI double-decker in London
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Close-up view of canned beverages swiftly entering the Storcan dryer before proceding to the Douglas cartoner.
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A box of hot-melt adhesives from Adhesive Technologies set on top of the Nordson adhesive applicator in the new line’s cartoning section.
Bottom Side view of the exit end of the Storcan dryer.
is a perfect example of how Storcan lives up to its mission.
“We worked closely with our certified partner, TMCI Padovan, to integrate the custom-built double-deck tunnel pasteurizer, which can process two levels of cans at the same time for optimal performance and high productivity,” Lorquet says.
Manufactured in Italy by TMCI Padovan’s SAP-Blendtech division, the double-deck pasteurizing tunnel boasts nearly 3,400 square feet of enclosed processing space to handle vast container quantities per cycle.
Designed for low maintenance requirements and high energy efficiency, the fully automated system was custom-designed to address all the requirements of Black Fly’s new high-speed line, according to TMCI Padovan’s division sales manager Massimo D’Ambros Rosso.
“Our long-term experience in the beverage sector allows us to handle any request we receive.” Rosso relates.
“We are used to analyzing every aspect of the project in-depth to provide the right solution for our customers, always working with them hand-in-hand.
“This makes our solutions flexible and tailor-made,” says Rosso.
“Our partnership with Black Fly Beverages began several years ago when we first installed our systems, including the first tunnel pasteurizer, on their first
major canning line,” Rosso recalls.
“Thanks to the success of that first installation, our relationship has evolved to a mutually beneficial partnership, making us their first choice for their new a mutual technical exchange, which made us their first choice for the new ‘giant’ line.”
Says Rosso: “Over the years we have built hundreds of pasteurizing tunnels, scattered all over the world.
“This training that we have carried out over the decades allows us to be able to manage any potential anomaly, both remotely and on-site, with the intervention of our technicians, along with ability to carry out preventive maintenance, and checking and replacing components.”
For his part, Kamil says he was left highly impressed by the professionalism and the proficiency of Storcan’s technical team in installing the TMCI double-decker tunnel and all the conveying systems to help the new canning line run like clockwork.
“Once again, they have proved to be really good partners for us,” he states. “They are very responsive and attentive to our needs.
“They executed a challenging multiphase project on time, on budget, and they did it in the middle of the during time on budget in the middle of the COVID pandemic, when buying and supplying equipment was exceptionally difficult,” he sums up.
“Their skills and expertise we essential to the successful commissioning of a state-of-the-art canning line that will help Black Fly maintain our market growth well into the future.”
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Please see a video of the TMCI double-decker tunnel pasteurizer and other innovative packaging solutions on the Black Fly plant’s new canning line on Canadian Packaging TV at www.canadianpackaging.com
BETTER WITH AGE
Ontario whisky producer hits its stride in the global marketplace with superior craftmanship and bespoke packaging to match
By Myles Shane
Photos by Naomi Hiltz
As one of those products that only get better with age, the future looks bright for a Canadian-made whisky brand making big waves in the global marketplace for premium-quality distilled spirits.
Founded in 1992 in Grimsby, Ont., Forty Creek is a renowned Canadian whisky brand that has gained widespread recognition for its exceptional craftsmanship and distinctive flavor profiles.
The company was founded by John Hall, a former winemaker who brought his expertise and passion for creating premium spirits to the world of whisky.
Over the years, Forty Creek has
gained a massive loyal following, while earning and numerous accolades and awards for its high-quality whiskies.
The company’s core product range includes much-beloved offerings like the Forty Creek Barrel Select, which is a flagship blend known for its smoothness and versatility, and Forty Creek Copper Bold, a rich and robust whisky with well-balanced layers of flavor.
In 2014, Forty Creek caught the attention of Campari Group, an Italian spirits company known for its worldclass portfolio of iconic spirit brands. Campari Group recognized the quality and potential of Forty Creek and acquired the company—providing it with a wider platform for growth and global distribution.
To foster that growth, Forty Creek recently collaborated with Ariva, Mis-
From left: Ariva’s sales manager Scott Livermore; Ariva’s sales representative Greg Teskey; Forty Creek’s senior manager of e-commerce Gregg Tilston; Daniel Daiken, e-commerce fulfillment lead at Forty Creek.
sissauga, Ont.-based supplier of sustainable paper-based packaging solutions boasting globally-recognized FSC (Forest Stewardship Council), SFI (Sustainable Forestry Initiative) and PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certifications) certifications for the environmentally responsible sourcing of its raw materials.
Operating as a business unit of leading Canadian papermaker Domtar Corporation , Ariva has evolved and adapted to changing market dynamics and customer demand over the years.
By continuously demonstrating a strong commitment to providing innovative solutions and exceptional service to its customers, with a focus on meeting the ever-changing needs of businesses, Ariva has positioned itself as a trusted partner in the paper packaging industry.
Greg Teskey, a seasoned sales representative at Ariva, plays a crucial role in cultivating strong partnerships with the company’s esteemed clientele.
With an impressive tenure of over 20 years, Greg efficiently manages a diverse group of customers, providing comprehensive support for their business and their paper-related requirements.
In the context of Ariva’s collaboration with Forty Creek’s online store, Teskey sheds light on the packaging solutions that Ariva has recently provided for the new Forty Creek Box Set kit.
This innovative packaging solution, lauded for its versatility and retro appeal, was designed to cater to various campaigns, gift occasions, and even cocktail kits.
With the objective to develop an aesthetically pleasing box that could serve multiple purposes, Ariva recognized the potential of this box to house a bottle of a Forty Creek brand whisky alongside two classy whisky tasting glasses.
Recently, Teskey took time to discuss Ariva’s involvement in the development of the premium-quality bespoke packaging solution.
“Ariva played an active role in developing custom corrugated packaging solutions tailored specifically to meet Forty Creek’s unique requirements,” Teskey told Canadian Packaging in a recent interview.
“These solutions encompassed critical aspects such as size, color, internal fitting, printing, and the exchange of innovative ideas,” Teskey says, adding that the creative process for designing the new custom packaging was a close collaborative effort between Ariva and Campari’s creative team.
As Teskey relates, “While the initial ideas originated from Campari, Ariva’s extensive expertise played a significant role in shaping the final packaging masterpiece.
Ariva’s sales representative Greg Teskey discussing the creative effort and process behind the design and development of premium-quality packaging for the Forty Creek brand’s luxurious gift boxes and cocktail making kits, such as the ones pictured on the left below.
“This involved meticulous considerations, such as determining the appropriate size and dimensions, ensuring product thickness and corrugate strength, and exploring captivating printing concepts that aligned seamlessly with Forty Creek’s brand identity.”
Reflecting on the collaboration, Teskey highlights one of the primary challenges Ariva encountered while working with Forty Creek.
“They emphasized the importance of addressing environmental impact, enhancing the visual appeal of the packaging, safeguarding the products, and ensuring their safe arrival at the final destination,” Teskey relates. “However, what held the utmost significance for them was creating a positive and memorable experience for the end-users, thereby solidifying brand loyalty.
“To address these priorities, we provided samples and prototypes, allowing them to physically visualize, touch, and conduct shipping tests on our proposed concepts.”
As Teskey explains, Ariva offers an extensive range of packaging products designed to cater to diverse needs.
The company’s comprehensive inventory includes a wide selection of stocked options alongside customizable solutions, including corrugated cartons, sealing tapes, protective packaging materials such as Bubble Wrap, paper rolls and foam rolls, as well as pallet wrap, shrink films, strapping, padded mailers, and much more.
As Teskey points out, “Leveraging our expertise and extensive resources, Ariva delivers tailor-made packaging solutions that enhance operational and financial performance for our esteemed partners.”
All in all, the future outlook looks very promising for Forty Creek, as the brand continues to evolve and captivate whisky enthusiasts with exceptional product offerings, along with attention-grabbing packaging.
And with the backing of Campari Group, the stalwart Canadian distiller will have access to enhanced resources and global distribution capabilities that will allow it to expand its presence in international markets to reach a wider audience of whisky lovers worldwide.
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Since joining Crawford Packaging in 2003, company president John Ashby helped the distributor scale up its product portfolio and geographic reach through strategic acquisitions and expand into new promising markets such as fresh produce and packaging automation.
TO SERVE AND PROTECT
Leading independent Canadian packaging solutions distributor keeps growing from strength to strength with knowledge-based corporate culture and unwavering commitment to customer service excellence
By George Guidoni, Editor
Since emerging as a fullyfledged economic growth engine in its own right in the latter part of the last century, the Canadian packaging industry has provided countless rewarding career and business startup opportunities for Canadian professionals drawn to this dynamic, growing and constantly evolving business.
From design and manufacturing to marketing and distribution, the packaging industry’s unique requirements for human creativity and technological knowhow have made this sector a highly respected and exciting hotbed of economic activity that has enabled many of its players to become world-class competitors in the increasingly globalized market-
place for packaging machinery, materials and services.
For some companies, like the London, Ont.-headquartered packaging distributor Crawford Packaging, the industry’s affinity for continuous innovation and customer service excellence have formed the basis for building highly successful business enterprises with remarkable longevity and resilience to grow and prosper even through the toughest economic downturns over the years, thanks in large part to the astute business skills and deep market knowledge of its founders and senior management.
Celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, Crawford Packaging’s journey to industry prominence traces back to 1963, when it was founded under the Crawford Packaging Materials, Ltd. moniker by Dick Crawford.
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A close-up of the diverse range of primary packaging products and the materials offered by Crawford Packaging to the fresh produce industry; a bird’s-eye view of the 40-feet-high racking and shelving at the company’s London warehouse storing thousands of different packaging products; Ashby and director of warehousing and logistics Rob Agar assessing the quality of their private-branded Guardian film.
Originally operating out of Crawford’s apartment and a leased warehouse space in east London, the company grew its business at a fairly leisurely pace until 1978, when it moved to a 20,000-squarefoot warehouse operation specializing in the distribution of protective packaging materials for the industrial sector.
But it wasn’t really until 1981, when the company was sold to current executive chairman Clarence Covey, that the privately-owned enterprise really started hitting its stride as Top Tier supplier of protective packaging products, including the famed Bubble Wrap plastic cushioning material, to the big-name clients in the manufacturing and automotive industries.
Since then, the company’s relentless rise up the ranks of the Canadian pack-
growth and expansion.
One of the secrets to the company’s success over the years has been the ability to anticipate new market trends and innovative new technologies being introduced into the marketplace early on, according to Covey, who started out in the packaging business at the age of 22 selling protective foam sheets used to prevent damage to transported furniture, automotive components, and many other products requiring in-transit protection from breakage, scratching, moisture and other accidental product damage.
“I was the first one in Canada to sell Bubble Wrap protective packaging,” Covey notes, “and we are still one of the largest companies in Canada still selling that product today.”
aging distribution market’s pecking has been a compelling story of continuous growth and expansion through a series of well-executed strategic acquisitions and ambitious diversification of its products and services portfolio.
Today, Crawford Packaging operates a tightly integrated network of nine distribution centers across North America— including one in Mexico—while eagerly awaiting the pending opening of its brand new, state-of-the-art Automation Experience Center product demonstration facility in Mississauga, Ont., later this fall.
According to Covey, the new facility will be a fitting testament to the company’s stellar track record of exemplary customer service, as well as a telling statement about Crawford’s plans for continued
At the time, the packaging distribution business in Canada consisted largely of small operators offering very limited product selection, according to Covey, whose additional early work experience as a machinery manufacturer sales rep helped him identify feasible and promising acquisitions on targets to grow Crawford’s product offering so that it could offer its customers full packaging solutions rather than individual products.
“It’s no use to anyone to have rolls of stretch film if they do not have a stretchwrapping machine to work with it,” Covey says, “as well as someone to be able to service that machine when the time comes.
“Being able to offer all three essential solution components from one source definitely has always been at the core of how we approach the marketplace,” says Covey, noting that Crawford Packaging
was one of the first companies in Canada to sell the first-generation automatic stretchwrapping machinery manufactured by InfraPak back in the 1970s.
• Protective Packaging: air pillows; Bubble Wrap; packaging foam; paper void fill; custom protective packaging.
bags; carry out bags.
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John Ashby examines a new Net Tray product for the produce industry that uses 50 per cent less plastic than traditional trays.
Bottom The exterior facade of Crawford Packaging’s headquarters in London, Ont.
“Before stretchwrapping came around, steel strapping was the most commonly used method to protect palletized loads in transit,” Covey recalls, “which was expensive, hard to take apart, and potentially dangerous to the workers taking it apart.
“So we went to market by promising companies who used steel strapping to save them a lot of money with the plastic stretchwrap film,” Covey says, “and then follow it up by selling them a stretchwrapping machine to automate the process.
“It all snowballed from there,” Covey states, “growing in leaps and bounds.
“Everyone of any size and scale today has a stretchwrapping machine at their plant,” says Covey, noting that Crawford Packaging is the authorized distributor for the full range of made-in-Canada Wulftec range of stretchwrappers, along with high-performance automatic stretchwrapping machinery manufactured in the U.S. by Lantech.
In addition to stretchwrapping, Crawford also distributes a wide assortment of other load containment solutions that includes shrink wrap, strapping and voidfill machinery, with broad selection of materials and other consumables to match the application to a tee.
Other notable traditional machinery categories available from Crawford Packaging include tray and case sealers; sleeving and cartoning equipment; automated mailer systems; paper tape dispensers; labeling machines; robotic palletizers and a wide assortment of conveyor systems.
On the materials and consumables side of the business, Crawford literally has something for everyone with an extensive product offering comprising:
• Shipping Supplies: strapping materials and supplies; shipping mailers and envelopes; desiccants; packaging staples; twine and rubber bands.
• Marking and Labeling: thermal and pre-printed labels; printer ribbons; printing inks and marking products.
• Corrugated Cardboard and Paper, including corrugated boxes and corrugated cardboard rolls.
• Paper Bags, Rolls and Sheets: kraft paper rolls and sheets; chipboard; newsprint rolls and sheets; paper bags; tissue paper.
• Plastic and Poly Products: plastic sheeting and liners; flat and reclosable poly bags; perforated plastic
• Vapor Corrosive Inhibitor (VCI) Packaging. Formulated to protect high-value metal products, the VCI technology is available in various formats such as liquids, poly bags, paper and emitters.
While acquiring distribution rights for such a wide range of product offerings has definitely given Crawford Packaging a strong edge in the marketplace, Covey is quick to point out that none of it would have happened without the high-quality people employed at Crawford throughout the organization—from senior management to sales and service teams.
“I have been very fortunate over the years in being able to hire good people,” Covey states. “You need to have good people to succeed as a company—any entrepreneur will tell you that.
Our company president (John Ashby) is also a shareholder in the company,” Covey notes, “but I like to think of all the people in our organization as shareholders in the company’s growth.
BVM Brunner shrinkwrapping machine housed at the company’s Automation Experience Centre facility in Mississauga, Ont.
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A group training session at the company’s headquarters facility boardroom.
Executive vice-president Andy Craig (left) and Jason Varga, manager of equipment, parts and service, with the Loveshaw Little David case former.
Ashby with warehouse supervisor Matt Medeiros reviewing data in the soon-to-deploy new ERP system software.
“They love working for the company because as it grows, they grow along with it,” he states.
“That’s why we have never had a lot of turnover in personnel—because we have always grown in the past and because we definitely intend to keep growing well into the future.”
Having joined the company in 2003, Crawford Packaging president John Ashby has played an instrumental role in scaling the company with continuous acquisitions and developing deep market expertise in industrial, food processing, shipping and distribution, and fresh produce markets.
Working alongside executive vice-president Andy Craig, who joined Crawford after it acquired his former employer L&E Paper in Barrie, Ont., in1997, Ashby steered the company to invest in fresh produce packaging in a big way over the last decade—greatly expanding its client base and geographic footprint.
Leveraging Craig’s extensive experience in the foodservice industry, Crawford has quickly evolved into a major supplier of automated produce packaging machinery to leading growers across North America, with its extensive range of high-performance machinery capably supported by a large offering of plain and pre-printed flow wrap films, produce trays and bags, tray-sealing films, produce containers, punnets and clamshells along with modified atmosphere packaging and new-generation eco-friendly packaging from leading global sustainable packaging manufacturers.
“We have a lot of compostable packaging solutions, including stretch film and trays, but you need to have customers who are willing to pay for it,” Ashby relates.
“The compostable film, for example, can cost four times as the conventional film, so that’s a very significant premium.
“For now the demand for such film is pretty much limited to some niche markets, like organic produce, but when that changes we will be more than ready for it,” Ashby asserts.
“Our goal is to double our sales every five years,” says Ashby, explaining the company’s concerted efforts to expand its fresh produce packaging machinery and materials business.
“We opened up a distribution facility in Laredo, Texas, in 2014,” Ashby relates, “and we followed that up with the opening of another warehouse facility in Essex, Ontario, to serve the Windsor-Leamington-Kingsville corridor’s fresh produce vertical market with primary packaging for peppers, tomatoes and cucumbers, as well as strawberries and various other fruit grown in greenhouses in that region on year-round basis.
“The produce market is a very different proposition to our traditional industrial
and shipping/distribution markets,” Ashby acknowledges, with greater emphasis on primary packaging to ensure optimal shelf-life performance for the highly perishable products.
consumables it stocks originate in Europe and other offshore markets reputed for their expertise in packaging machinery and films.
While that may incur higher costs both for Crawford and its customers, “We have made a conscious decision not to carry the kind of inexpensive equipment you can get in a lot of other places,” Ashby says, “because at the end of the day, you really get what you pay for.
“When you have a job to do and you can’t operate because your equipment is down, the cost of being unable to continue production or fulfilling your customers’ orders far exceeds whatever costs you may have saved by selecting a cheaper equipment option,” Ashby states.
industry recognition and plaudits over the years, including a listing in the annual Canada’s Best Managed Companies rankings compiled by financial services group Deloitte Private for the last three years running.
According to Ashby and Craig, the company’s knowledge-based corporate culture is one of the major factors behind this prestigious recognition.
As Craig states, “We are very serious about our mission to develop a knowledge-based corporate culture that delivers value-added solution to our clients; we talk about it every day.
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John Ashby pointing to the future expansion site for the company’s London operations.
Despite such differences, the company’s focus on providing its customers with total solutions comprising equipment, materials and service remains its calling card and competitive edge, according to Ashby.
“We train our sales rep that when they go see an account in person, they do not go there with one manufacturer in mind,” he explains.
“Even if that manufacturer happens to be the Number One manufacturer for our business, they must always keep in mind that there might be another piece of equipment or another product line that may be better for the customer.
“And that’s always our goal: to find the best solution for the customer,” Ashby asserts, adding that Crawford Packaging takes the time to conduct a thorough vetting process in its vendor selection to ensure it only distributes the highest-quality machinery and materials available in the market.
As such, a lot of the automated packaging and end-of-line equipment and
“And that’s just not the world that we as a company want to live in.”
Adds Craig: “Equipment failures and shortcomings account for a lot of the ‘unsaleable’ products in industries like food processing, where skids may be falling over because they were not strapped right, or boxes need to be re-taped because they were originally taped with cheap tape on a cheap machine.
“That all adds up to a bigger carbon footprint,” Craig says, “as well as billions of dollars’ worth of unsaleable products going to waste in North America year after year.
“It’s a massive cost to the North American economy,” he says, “and it hurts everybody in the long run.
“That’s why we choose to work with best-in-class manufacturers building quality equipment to which we can add further value with our solutions-focused business focus.”
In addition to fostering an exceptionally loyal customer baser, such commitment to excellence in all parts of its operations has earned Crawford Packaging plenty of
“Anybody can buy a piece of equipment or a consumable from anybody,” he says, “but what we offer is a very special equation that combines the right equipment with the right consumables and the right service to form the basis for a great business relationship that allows us to enhance our customers’ performance.
“And that is also a major part of our culture: assisting our clients to increase productivity, reduce waste, reallocate labour, increase throughput, reduce damage, and to be more efficient so you know that we’re always trying to be more efficient.
“Delivering value-added solutions is very key to what we do and, frankly, or secret weapon in the marketplace,” Craig says, citing collaboration, innovation and timeliness as the company’s core values.
“We always listen to our clients and our suppliers in respectful manner,” he says, “and we are always trying to innovate by discovering and sharing the newest and the best of what’s available to our clients.
“As for timeliness, it’s all about delivering our state-of-the art solutions,” he sums up, “which are always changing and growing in step with the newest and best technologies from our world-class suppliers.”
Above Jason Varga (left) and Andy Craig making preparations for the
grand opening of the company’s Automation Experience Centre facility in Mississauga, Ont.
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RESPONSIBLE APPROACH
The critical importance of getting Extended Producer Responsibility right for Canadian businesses, consumers and the environment
By Rachel Kagan
As the national voice for the Canadian paper packaging industry on environmental issues, the Paper and Paperboard Packaging Environmental Council (PPEC) has long been actively engaged in exploring the issue of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) programs and performance data, as well participating in by monitoring consultations about new or changing programs.
In basic terms, EPR is a government policy approach in which a producer—i.e. a business—is made financially and physically responsible for ensuring their packaging is properly managed at the end of its life, meaning that it is diverted from landfill and responsibly recycled.
The EPR legislated programs can either be full producer responsibility models, where producers fund and operate recycling programs; or they can be cost- share models, where producers fund a portion of costs of programs that are run by municipalities as part of their overall waste management services.
Businesses obligated by these legislated programs are required to submit annual reports containing the weights of materials put into the marketplace in that province, and to pay fees for those materials, which are used to fund the costs of recycling.
In Canada, legislated EPR programs are provincially regulated, and have been mostly applied to managing recyclables in the residential sector, while paper and packaging from the IC&I (Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional) sector— which includes office buildings, factories,
malls, etc.—is managed separately in business-to- business relationships.
But these programs are changing. We are currently in the midst of a shift from the cost-share, municipally-operated model to a full producer responsibility model.
Under a full producer responsibility model, municipalities are no longer the go-to operator of these programs.
If they wish to continue their role as a service provider, they will have to agree to the terms set by industry.
If not, industry will negotiate with collectors, processors, and recycling facilities directly.
The map infographic displayed on the opposite page here map shows the status of provincial packaging and paper EPR recycling programs: specifically where a legislated program is in place, and if it is in fact changing.
Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan, which all currently have cost-share models, are in the process of changing to full producer responsibility models.
Only one province—British Columbia—currently has a full EPR model where obligated businesses pay 100 per cent of the costs of recycling paper and packaging, but they also manage and operate the program.
The map also shows which provinces are developing new programs—which include Alberta, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia—and which are in the pre-regulation phase, where the government is consulting with stakeholders on their plans to develop new EPR regulations.
Old corrugated containers represent an important source of feedstock for paper mills and their end-use customers producing and converting new paper packaging products across Canada.
The latter includes Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Newfoundland and Labrador.
With so many programs transitioning to new program models, it is important to keep a close eye on what is happening.
The PPEC monitors EPR programs because recycling is a key issue for the paper packaging industry, since recycled paper-based materials are an important supply of our industry’s feedstock.
The term Extended Producer Responsibility is not new. It essentially means producers taking responsibility for their packaging at the end of its life, making sure it is diverted from landfill and recycled.
These are all things that the industry is doing already. It is no coincidence that the average recycled content of the major paper packaging grades—containerboard and boxboard—made in Canada is over 80 per cent.
Our industry is actively seeking out those recycled materials, which keeps valuable raw materials out of landfill and reduces the need to extract virgin materials. Generally speaking, much of the paper packaging generated by Canadian households is not only collected in Blue Box recycling programs, but is also actually recycled, allowing PPEC member- mills to use it for producing new paper packaging products.
But there are challenges with EPR programs.
While PPEC advocates for several positions regarding EPR, the one we believe needs to be highlighted most urgently one is the role of the consumer.
While PPEC understands that EPR
involves producers taking responsibility for the management of their packaging, it is critical to acknowledge that waste management is a shared responsibility.
We all have an important role to play— especially consumers.
It cannot be overstated how important the role of the consumer is to recycling programs, which will only be successful if they are aware of and understand their role to properly prepare and separate the recyclables from their waste and from their organic materials at the source.
In our submissions and discussions with government, we explain that it is ultimately the consumer who makes the decision of how to dispose of their waste and recyclables, and the more aware and educated they are, the more likely they are to clean and empty their recyclables— helping increase diversion rates and reduce contamination.
The higher the contamination, the less material gets to be recycled—leading to more waste.We believe that residents that are informed and engaged will produce the best quality recycled product with the least amount of contamination.
It is critical for our industry that consumers do their part and recycle, as our member-companies heavily rely on recycled materials to make their paperbased packaging.
Another significant challenge is getting the right data, as key data is not always readily available, consistent, or comparable.
Provincial stewardship organizations
are required to publish performance data of their programs each year.
While some organizations provide general information about paper packaging as a whole category, while others provide more detail including the composition and type of materials —i.e. OCC (old corrugated container) or boxboard.
Meanwhile, some organizations only provide the collection data—i.e. what’s picked up at the curb—rather than what actually gets recycled.
It is our hope that the current evolution of EPR will result in improvements to recycling, and that the pending moves to full producer responsibility will result in:
• Harmonization of programs and greater economies of scale.
• Improved consumer education, awareness and participation.
• Better recycling, cleaner materials, and much less contamination, resulting in an improved quality of feedstock.
• The establishment of consistent, reliable and local end markets.
• Improved data quality and reporting from stewardship organizations, so that we have more transparency into how much is collected and what is actually recycled, by material type, across all provincial programs in a consistent and reliable way.
In many ways, EPR for residential paper and packaging is still in its infancy in Canada. Currently, only B.C. has an EPR approach, while other provinces
who have had programs in place for years are now transitioning to new producer responsibility models.
It will take time to see if these shifts result in higher recycling rates and more efficient and effective systems.
The Ontario Blue Box program will be the first to begin its transition to a new producer responsibility framework starting this fall, which will see producers take over 100 per cent of the operational and financial management of the program by December 31, 2025.
There is no doubt that paper-based packaging will continue to be an important component of the Ontario Blue Box program, and all provincial recycling programs, but we will be watching that transition closely with the hope that Ontario and other provinces get it right.
Getting it right means that consumers understand their important role in properly recycling.
Getting it right means focusing beyond just collection, and recycling more of what is being collected.
And, finally, getting it right means having end markets consistently available to ensure the materials are being recycled.
RACHEL KAGAN is the executive director of the Paper and Paperboard Packaging Environmental Council (PPEC) in Brampton, Ont.
Status of Canadian Provincial Packaging and Paper EPR Recycling Programs
Seeing the Light
Why laser coding and marking is a perfect solution for many companies making the shift to more sustainable product packaging materials
By Adam Krolak
The new generation of ecosavvy consumers are demanding more sustainable packaging as part of concerted efforts to reduce manufacturing’s environmental footprint, particularly in the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector, which is driving the ongoing transition to more recyclable substrates.
Of course, manufacturers face many other challenges, including strict regulations around product traceability, maintaining production levels, minimizing raw material costs, and dealing with energy price hikes and disruptions to supply chains in the wake of COVID-19 disruptions.
Now for the good news! Today’s manufacturers have at their disposal advanced laser coding and marking technologies that are specifically designed to address the challenge of printing on these new substrates. At the same time, they can deliver efficiencies which can help companies meet their carbon-reduction targets.
More and more companies, especially in the FMCG space, are turning to more recyclable solutions such as monomaterial films and compostable packaging.
It’s all part of the effort by many world-leading brands who have unveiled ambitious plans to make 100 per cent of their packaging recyclable, or to substantially reduce the use of single-use plastics.
The impact of this drive towards increased sustainability is already being felt.
Food packaging such as wraps and bags are increasingly being made using PET and PLA films, as opposed to polystyrene, and monomaterial films (PE and PP), rather than multilayer/multi-material solutions.
For their part, rigid and semi-rigid
containers, bottles and jars are also increasingly being made from mono or recyclable materials.
This global shift to sustainable and recyclable packaging materials is very welcome, but it in turn presents a new set of challenges around maintaining marking and coding print quality.
Moreover, it is essential to ensure that the processes involved do not result in increased carbon emissions or slowing production.
Enter laser coding with its multiple benefits, not least in supporting sustainability goals on the production line by being chemical-free.
Laser technology provides permanent codes and, using the latest innovations, reduces some of the associated energy requirements.
It can achieve all this while still maintaining compliant, high-quality, permanent codes, even on some of the newest recyclable and sustainable substrates.
And as the world continues to move towards a future where the majority of packaging will be recycled, laser marking and coding also has the potential to simplify the recycling process.
By virtue of being permanent,
The new SmartLase C600 laser from Markem-Imaje offers many sustainability attributes to brands eager to reduce their carbon footprint.
laser-generated codes offer significant advantage when it comes to traceability, compliance and brand protection.
Moreover, permanent codes also have huge benefits in regard to Circular Economy by making it possible to track packaging through the entire production cycle.
Consider the example of a PET bottle that has been returned to the manufacturer. Not only can the code be scanned, but it can also be checked for the number of returns, cleaned, and refilled for sale.
In this brave new world of laser coding, the permanent codes facilitate the tracking of the packaging, ensuring it is reused as many times as possible and, equally importantly, that it is not overused.
Laser’s advantages also extend to reducing energy consumption during the marking or coding process, and this is particularly evident in the latest iterations.
The new SmartLase C600 laser from Markem-Imaje, for instance, offers energy savings of 50 per cent compared with traditional water cooling and 33 per cent compared with air cooling, thanks to its unique integrated cooling system.
Innovation is one of the most powerful weapons at industry’s disposal in the fight against climate change, and laser coding can help the packaging sector make a genuine difference—starting today.
ADAM KROLAK is the product marketing manager at Markem-Imaje, a leading global manufacturer of product coding and marking technologies.
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FUTURE DIRECTION
New automatic vertical bagging machinery range is designed for future-proofing the end-users’ capital investment
By Andrew Snook
Packaging customers are always striving to get more production out of the same-sized factory footprint in their facilities. To do this, they are constantly researching the latest technologies and automated solutions in their market.
To try and stay on top of what these customers are looking for, packaging machinery OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) are also busy conducting their own market research to ensure their latest technologies meet the needs of their clients.
The time dedicated to bringing out a new technology often takes years and requires a significant number of resources dedicated to each solution.
One example of this dedication of time and resources is Syntegon’s new SVX series of vertical packaging solutions, officially unveiled at the recent interpack 2023 global packaging exhibition in Düsseldorf, Germany, this past May. (See Pictures)
Syntegon’s product group sales manager for vertical machinery Jason D’Arcy says the debut of the SVX series—comprising the Agile, Compact and Duplex models—was preceded by more than three years of engineering and design work, as well as several years of thorough market research.
“It’s something that’s been in the works for years now,” he says. “It will be the basis of our vertical portfolio.”
The SVX series is the answer to many of the problems that customers face in their packaging operations, D’Arcy says.
“What we wanted was a vertical bagger that’s not just faster, but also more efficient.
“This is more efficient with less packaging waste, and with more sellable packages coming off that bagger.”
The “heart” of the SVX series is the cross-seal drive system, which consists of four independently-controlled servomotors.
The company states that this design makes it possible for more accurate seal force control and best-in-class productin-seal detection.
Operators can set a higher seal force on one side for asymmetric bag styles directly from the recipe, according to Syntegon, so there is no mechanical action required.
When designing the SVX series,
Syntegon wanted the new machines to be future-proof solutions for their customers, whereby all these units offer the flexibility of being upgraded as a client’s operations grow.
The SVX Agile is capable of running speeds up to 300 bags per minute with one film lane, but it can also run a smaller number of larger bags (up to 400 -mmwide), giving the customer a wide range of flexibility.
“The SVX Agile is capable of configuring up to nine different bag styles, everything from pillow bags to zip bags. It’s just change parts that the customer needs to do changeovers,” D’Arcy says.
With those field-upgradeable change
parts, customers have the ability to adapt to changing market demands quickly and efficiently, he notes.
“Let’s say a customer purchases the SVX Agile and right now and they’re making pillow bags, and that’s what they imagined they would always be running on that line.
“But the next year, their marketing team comes to them and says, ‘Hey guys, it would be really great if we’re able to make those zip bags?’
“In the past, that meant changing out that pillow bagging machine to a vertical zip bagger,” says D’Arcy.
“On the SVX Agile, we are able to add the parts that now allow them to use that same asset to make pillow bags and zip bags,” he says, “and change back and forth.
“This future-proofs that packaging line and helps the operations team be better equipped to handle those changing market demands,” D’Arcy says.
While SVX Duplex model has the same-sized frame as the SVX Agile, it has two forming tubes.
“One of the big things that we’ve been hearing from our customers is that it’s increasingly challenging to find, train, and then retain skilled staff.”
“Now imagine you’re making two bags for every one of those 300 cycles.
“Now you have a bagger that can produce up to 600 bags per minute,” D’Arcy says, adding the SVX Compact is the smallest version of the SVX series machines.
“It is under one-meter-wide, so it’s really small,” he acknowledges.
“But again, it can produce up to 300 bags per minute, and we offer a paired version of the Compact that has two baggers side-by-side, with a larger size range than the Duplex bagger,” D’Arcy says.
The SVX Compact has a maximum flat bag width of 270-mm, while the SVX Duplex has a maximum flat bag width of 145-mm.
The entire SVX Series features proprietary software called Synexio, a Cloudbased software solution that collects, evaluates, and visualizes production and equipment data.
“It helps customers take data off that line, whether they want to learn values from case-packers or cartoners, and it harvests that data and to look for ways
that the customer can improve their packaging line operations,” D’Arcy says.
“It does that by presenting that data in a very clear manner, which helps the customer to visualize and understand where they can make improvements,” D’Arcy explains.
The robust software solution is offered with three value-added options that include:
• Synexio Monitor, which provides transparency by showing visualized data to understand operational performance.
• Synexio Uptime. Offering benchmarking and active support capabilities, it is designed to reveal opportunities for improvement in a customer’s processes that might otherwise be missed.
• Synexio Empower, offering the user a variety of tools—including component monitoring and expert training—to give them the knowhow to maintain production gains year after year.
“With Empower, that’s when we start monitoring parts on that packaging line, helping predict when those need to be changed, and offering training to operators to help customers get to that next
Jason D’Arcy, Product Group Sales Manager, Vertical, Syntegon
level to get the most out of their packaging lines,” D’Arcy relates.
Designing a series of vertical packaging solutions that are easy to use was one of the most important features that customers are looking for in new packaging equipment, according to D’Arcy.
“One of the big things that we’ve been hearing from our customers is that it’s increasingly challenging to find, train, and then retain skilled staff,” D’Arcy explains.
“To that end, they’re always looking for packaging lines and baggers that don’t have a steep learning curve,” he says.
“Having machines with which operators can become be proficient quickly means that you are also able to operate more machines with the same number of operators.”
One of the features that are designed to assist with the training of inexperienced operators is the HMI 4.0 dashboard system, D’Arcy points out.
“It is a very intuitive guided process” he states. “It works very similar to any multitouch system, but one of the interesting things it does is guide the operators through the whole changeover and startup process.
“It takes them through the step-by-step
process every time,” D’Arcy elaborates.
“Hence it doesn’t need to be memorized: it’s all indicated on the touchscreen to make sure it’s correct and consistent each time.”
Prior to the HMI 4.0 dashboard system, an operator would have what they thought was the best setting, so every shift change the operator would walk over to the touchscreen and change the settings to what they thought worked best.
“And there were times it was better, and times that it wasn’t,” D’Arcy points out. “You would see that efficiency difference in the line changes, depending on who the operator was.
“By having our guided process helps to take some of that tinkering out of it,” D’Arcy asserts.
“Every operator is looking to run as efficiently as possible, and this takes all the guess work out of it.”
As D’Arcy details, the SVX series units’ dashboard system is set up for storing new recipes; requires less dependence on skilled operators through the use of enhanced graphics and less text; calculates the position of elements that need to be adjusted manually (such as a web tracking sensor, for example); and the HMI dashboard can be rotated to have the critical information available wherever the operator requires it.
Each model in the SVX series also features easy access from both sides of the machine for adjusting settings on printers, labelers, and format set angle.
Moreover, adjustments to the machines can be made on-the-fly without any need to stop operations.
Notably, the SVX series machinery is constructed using stainless-steel parts to reduce contamination by design and allow for easy access to cleaning.
The efficiently designed changeovers of the SVX series result in the generation of very little packaging waste, according to D’Arcy, which is an important feature for companies from both a cost and sustainability perspective.
“In the past, it wouldn’t be uncommon to go through many bags worth of film during that changeover process, as you got that line set up with new bag sizes, D’Arcy explains.
“We wanted to make a bagger where that first bag, that first impression on that reel, was a sellable product,” he says.
“So we’ve done things like shortening web length from the reel where the film is being unwound from,” he relates.
“As a result, there is less film on that bagger overall,” he sums up, “so there’s less film tracking adjustments that the operators have to make, and it’s easier for them to make them.”
As D’Arcy concludes: “Those are all things that help reduce waste in that pack-style changeover.”
VIVA LAS VEGAS!
Upcoming PACK EXPO
Las Vegas 2023 exhibition already poised to be the largest in the biennial show’s history
Ever since the registration was formerly opened for the upcoming PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2023 exhibition, the feedback from the North American packaging community and beyond has been nothing short of overwhelming.
Produced by PMMI,The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, the show is the most comprehensive packaging and processing event in North America this year, with over 2,000 suppliers eager to showcase a diverse range of packaging innovations for more than 40 vertical markets.
“Our industry is stronger than ever and positioned for unprecedented growth, making the connections and innovations that come from a world-class trade show more crucial than ever,” says Jim Pittas, president and chief executive officer of PMMI.
“PACK EXPO Las Vegas offers unrivaled opportunities to explore and learn about packaging and processing solutions,” Pittas states. “It is the best place to gain market trend insights, to forge relationships, and to see the latest technologies— all in one place.”
Attending PACK EXPO LasVegas is the most efficient way to move projects forward by discovering new solutions and expanding professional knowledge and networks, according to PMMI.
A multitude of familiar and new features make this year’s show a must-see event for all packaging and processing professionals, including:
• Sustainability Central: This interactive destination takes an expansive look into what sustainability means and provides actionable sustainable solutions in manufacturing, materials and design.
• Sustainability Stage: Attendees will hear from experts on a range of packaging sustainability topics and learn how to make brands more sustainable in the fu-
• Industry Speaks Stage: Experts from the PACK EXPO Partner Program, covering multiple industry verticals, will address hot topics and industry trends like sustainability, remote access, supply chain solutions, augmented reality and operational efficiency.
The upcoming PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2023 packaging and processing technologies exhibition has already attracted more than 2,000 confirmed exhibitors, setting stage for the largest and best-attended event in the show’s history.
• The Logistics Pavilion: With the boom in e-commerce, The Logistics Pavilion is an important addition to the show that will feature targeted solutions related to the supply chain, including warehousing, fulfillment, distribution logistics services, and transportation providers.
• The Processing Zone: Currently 44 per cent larger than in 2021, The Processing Zone supports the integration of processing and packaging and will showcase front-of-the-line solutions like homogenizing, heat treating, forming/ sizing, and coating.
• The Healthcare Packaging Pavilion: Life sciences is an important focus for PACK EXPO Las Vegas, and this “show within a show” will house innovations for pharmaceuticals, biopharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and medical devices.
• Innovation Stages: Free 30-minute seminars on breakthrough technologies and best practices are presented daily by suppliers and subject matter experts on the show floor.
• The Forum: Returning to PACK EXPO LasVegas as an interactive industry knowledge exchange, The Forum offers free 45-minute interactive learning sessions. Leading organizations holding sessions at The Forum include the OpX Leadership Network; CPA, The Association for Contract Packagers and Manufacturers; The Organiza-
tion for Machine Automation and Control (OMAC); and PMMI Business Intelligence.
• Reusable Packaging Learning Center: Hear industry experts share strategies on reusable packaging system implementation, which can improve material handling performance, reduce operating costs, create new economic value, and lower the supply chain’s environmental impact.
• Technology Excellence Awards: This program recognizes exhibitors’ brand new innovations never displayed at a PACK EXPO trade show before.
• The Showcase of Packaging Innovations: Sponsored by WestRock, this attendee favorite displays award-nominated packaging solutions.
As always, PACK EXPO Las Vegas will offer many programs and activities aimed at students to generate excitement about careers in packaging and processing.
Students will take center stage at the Future Innovators Robotics Showcase, features local high-school robotics teams that have designed and built robots.
The Amazing Packaging Race, sponsored by Emerson, will invite teams from colleges, trade schools, and universities across the U.S. to race around the PACK EXPO Las Vegas show floor and complete tasks or solve problems at the booths of participating exhibitors.
And students looking for career resources can use Career Link to connect with companies with packaging and processing professional opportunities.
The upcoming PACK EXPO LasVegas 2023 will be the largest in its history and is not to be missed.
For more information on all these programs and to register now, please go to: www.packexpolasvegas.com
ture.
GREENER PASTURES
Sustainability to take the center stage at PACK EXPO Las Vegas
2023 through all facets of the show
The most comprehensive packaging and processing event in North America this year, PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2023 (Sept. 11–13, 2023; Las Vegas Convention Center) is taking the lead in highlighting the importance of sustainability in the industry.
As part of its commitment to sustainability, show producer, PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies, its partners, vendors and exhibitors are working together to create actionable sustainable solutions in manufacturing, materials and design, as well as through improved processes, on the show floor.
Driving forces include concerns about climate change, carbon footprint, waste, ocean plastic litter, single-use plastics, a desire to establish a Circular Economy; regulatory efforts worldwide, and growing interest in reusable, renewable, recyclable and recycled-content packaging and products.
Debuting at PACK EXPO LasVegas this year, the new Sustainability Central area will take an expansive look into packaging sustainability and what it means to brands with expert speakers, interactive content, and a close look at innovations in sustainable manufacturing, materials, recovery, logistics, analytics, and design.
At the Sustainability Stage, attendees will hear from industry experts on a range of packaging sustainability topics and learn how to improve the environmental profile of their brands.
As the show’s official Sustainability Partner, will Dow contribute its vast expertise in promoting sustainable practices by speaking on the Sustainability Stage, participating in Sustainability Central, and sponsoring all the recycling on the show floor.
Increasing the number of recycling bins on the show floor will also provides an opportunity to not only divert as much
waste as possible from landfills, but also educate attendees and exhibitors on the importance of recycling.
“Thanks to our partnership with Dow, PMMI is putting sustainability front and center in our industry,” says PMMI’s president and chief executive officer Jim Pittas.
“Our attendees will have a chance to interact like never before with leading companies and thought leaders on a topic that affects us all and enables us to protect our environment through increased recycling efforts,” Pittas states.
“Anyone committed to learning more about sustainable solutions in our industry will want to be at PACK EXPO Las Vegas.”
Partnering with industry leaders like
Visitors to next month’s PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2023 exhibition will be treated to a broad range of educational opportunities focusing on packaging sustainability, including a dedicated Sustainability
Central show area featuring expert speakers, interactive content and a wide range of recent innovations in sustainable manufacturing.
Dow will undoubtedly elevate the resources available to all PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2023 attendees.
“As Dow continues to collaborate on innovative solutions and investment opportunities to achieve our goal of ‘Transforming the Waste,’ we’re proud to be the first-ever official Sustainability Partner for PACK EXPO,” says Victor Zapata, Dow’s commercial vice-president of packaging and specialty plastics for North America.
“Sustainability is no longer a ‘nice-tohave,’ but a necessary part of any company’s business strategy and growth,” Zapata states. “Yet, no one company can do it alone.
“Enabling a Circular Economy requires all of us working together to advance collective solutions.”
For its part, the Reusable Packaging Association will once again sponsor the Reusable Packaging Pavilion, featuring exhibitors offering reusable transport packaging to help attendees move their products efficiently, effectively and sustainably.
The Reusable Packaging Learning Center will feature presentations and panel discussions on a variety of topics related to sustainability and reuse.
Attendees will learn what to consider when deciding to invest in reusable packaging and best practices for incorporating
The PMMI Media Group has published two major industry reports this year focusing on packaging sustainability, which will be a major theme at the upcoming PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2023 exhibition next month at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
reusables into the supply chain.
To help attendees pinpoint the products and services they need to achieve their sustainability goals, PMMI Media Group has created the PACK EXPO Sustainability Solutions Finder—a targeted, curated list of sustainable solutions exhibitors will be displaying at the show.
Finally, the show itself will maximize sustainability and minimize waste via a post-show program where exhibitors can donate any unwanted food, electronics, or booth materials to local organizations in the Las Vegas area.
The sustainability theme of PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2023 aligns with the content of two recent reports published by PMMI.
These include the Sustainability and Technology: The Future of Packaging and Processing, published in May 2023 by the PMMI Business Intelligence division, and Packaging Compass: Evaluating Trends in U.S. Packaging Design Over the Next Decade and Implications for the Future of a Circular Packaging System, a 2023 study undertaken in conjunction with AMERIPEN (the American Institute for Packaging and the Environment)
The Packaging Compass report and accompanying infographics identify key trends in packaging design and materials and the implications of these trends on legislation and recovery systems.
“By releasing this deep dive into the trends driving the circular packaging system, we hope to facilitate an industry dialogue that will help close the gap between design needs and recovery needs,”
says Jorge Izquierdo, vice-president of market development at PMMI.
The 10-year forecasts project growth for virtually all packaging materials, with the highest demand forecast for recycled-content packaging (primarily paper and plastic), plastic packaging (particularly the flexible pouch format), and compostable packaging.
Unfortunately, none of the fastest-growing formats have the recovery infrastructure needed to establish circularity. Nor are there effective legislative and investment strategies in place to foster the development of supply and processing capacity.
Extended producer responsibility (EPR) programs, which shift financial and operational responsibility for end-of-life management of products to producers instead of taxpayers and the government, have the potential to improve the quality and quantity of recycled materials.
Well-established in Europe and evolving in Canada, EPR programs are also gaining attention in the U.S, where four states (Oregon, Maine, California, and Colorado) have passed new laws and several more are considering legislation.
There’s also been some discussion in the U.S. Congress about a national EPR law, which is favored by many stakeholders because it would avoid a patchwork of requirements and simplify compliance.
Other potential efforts to increase circularity lie in simplified and improved collection schemes, better sortation techniques, and greater capacity for endof-life reprocessing.
Chemical recycling, an end-of-life reprocessing technology that reverts materials to their original monomers, offers the potential to increase capacity as well as recycled resin quality.
Its adoption could lower sortation requirements, and improve recycled resin quality by reducing contamination, color, or scent concerns, thereby simplifying the regulatory acceptance of recycled resins for food-contact applications.
For its part, the Sustainability and
Technology report—based on input from executives at the Top to Top Summit hosted by PMMI in March—examines the need to prepare for the adoption of EPR programs and to move beyond sustainability to develop more holistic environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategies.
Most ESG initiatives promote a broader view that looks beyond sustainability, resource conservation and waste reduction to encompass ethical corporate governance, Circular Economy, climate protection and social responsibility.
Although some companies, especially larger organizations, have embraced ESG initiatives, it’s not uncommon to find firms that have not yet begun to formulate an ESG strategy.
However, companies with ESG programs in place are reaping significant benefits, such as diverting tons of plastic waste from landfills, saving energy, slashing energy costs, improving productivity, and increasing profits.
There are many tactics used to achieve ESG goals. The most popular with survey respondents was implementing new equipment to enable a change to a more sustainable packaging format (41 per cent), followed by minimizing truck transport (34 per cent), implementing renewable energy (37 per cent), and reducing corrugated waste (20 per cent). ESG commitments also include joining efforts such as the Amazon Climate Pledge and considering end-of-life disposal when designing new packaging.
Several groups at the show, including the World Packaging Organisation and the Association of Plastic Recyclers, will offer design guides, to help companies ensure that no packaging materials, including adhesives, closures, and labels, will cause problems in the recycling stream.
For information on all the show’s sustainability features, visit www.packexpo.com/ green. For complete information on PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2023 and to register, go to: www.packexpolasvegas.com
PACK EXPO LAS VEGAS
SEPTEMBER 11-13, 2023
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SHOW & TELL
New technologies on display at PACK EXPO
Las Vegas 2023
MULTIPLE SOLUTIONS
As one of the world’s leading suppliers of packaging solutions for a wide variety of products— including meat, poultry, seafood, fresh fruit and vegetables, leafy greens, and medical and consumer products—MULTIVAC will present comprehensive range of equipment covering variety of applications from single, stand-alone machines for smaller businesses right up to fully automated lines for large companies.
With an extensive range of primary packaging technologies, printing and labeling, quality control and secondary packaging automation. MULTIVAC’s portfolio also includes Smart Services, a digital product and solution that processes data in real time and offers customers solutions for monitoring, controlling, and optimizing production.
Some of the leading-edge to be displayed at the show include:
• The SLX 2000 slicer (picture above);
• The Rx 4.0 thermoformer, cross-web labeler and thermal-transfer printer;
• The brand new R3 thermoformer;
• The compact, high-performance T 305 tray sealer;
• The C 500 double chamber vacuum-packing machine.
BOOTH SL-6325
A BUNDLE OF JOY
Texwrap will showcase the new-generation Kayat SRX Series single-roll bundling system for shrinkwrapping of a wide variety of packaged food and beverage products.
Launched last year at PACK EXPO Inter-
national in Chicago, the SRX Series machine creates shrink bundled packages with bull’s-eye closures using a bottom overlap seal technology for a strong seal and better product presentation.
This new capability of shrink bundling loose products is common with beverages and continues to grow in popularity with both retailers and consumers.
This addition means the SRX Series can effectively shrink wrap both supported products positioned in trays, along with now loose or bulk products, to create 12- or 24-packs of specialty and other beverages, as well as cans or jars of food that are shrink bundled together without a tray.
At the show, PACK EXPO attendees will see the Kayat SRX Series (distributed in Canada by Shawpak Systems) place loose products arriving on a conveyor into specific patterns based on quantities and then shrink wrap those products.
The advantage of the Kayat SRX Series in comparison to competing systems is its ergonomic design that makes it easy to operate and maintain. Moreover, the machine is engineered with built-in predictive and preventive maintenance features that are controlled through the HMI to minimize unplanned downtime.
Other features and benefits of the Kayat SRX Series include:
• Toolless adjustable wrap bar assembly: adjust machine for package height with no change parts
• Easy access film feed and cut: slide out the film feed and cut mechanism for easy maintenance
• Superior film sealing and control: wrap-bar mechanism and integrated heat tunnel ensure reliability and high performance
• Adjustable tunnel side and bottom air: easily adjust side and bottom air flow to create the most appealing appearance on the end product
• Dual roll film mandrels: minimize changeover time and reduce packaging equipment downtime
• Clear or print registered film: a great option for creating retail-ready multipacks.
BOOTH C-3625
TAPPING OUT
As a leading innovator in the field of package inspection technology, Teledyne TapTone will present a broad range of patented inspection equipment for the food, beverage, chemical, health and beauty, pharmaceutical, and nutraceutical markets.
Distributed in Canada by Abbey Equipment Solutions, TapTone’s display will feature the company’s latest leak detection technology for testing paperboard carton packaging, along
with a free sample testing service that can be used to determine which system is right for your container inspection before you purchase the system.
The Teledyne TapTone exhibit will also feature a large interactive display of container inspection systems for detecting leaks, fill level, internal pressure/vacuum, and rejection. C-4300
FORTRESS MENTALITY
Showcasing something for everyone, visitors to the Fortress Technology exhibit will have the rare chance to see every conceivable contaminant detection machine for every food type, including bakery, bulk, meats, dairy, snacks, fresh produce, prepared foods, confectionery; Ingredients, raw, fresh, frozen, etc.
The exhibit will also feature a first glimpse of the new Icon X-Ray and a breakthrough side-byside Interceptor metal detection line featuring features every possible inspection configuration, including conveyor, pipeline, gravity, multi-lane, combination, and two Interceptor metal detectors on a single conveyor.
Visitors to the booth will be able to view nine individual contaminant and inspection concepts—enabling manufacturers to compare the performance attributes, size and layout options in one location.
Delivering cleanability, supreme hygiene standards and food protection assurance for high-care food production environments, the new Icon X-Ray system features advanced detection algorithms to enhance performance in applications of varying density, along with multiple Industry 4.0 networking and data integration options.
Zeroing in on bulk savings, the company’s the rugged Stealth large-bag metal detector integrated with the new Raptor XL checkweigher offers a high-performance solution for assisting all types of bulk manufacturers, suppliers and ingredient buyers to eliminate costly returns and recalls.
For its part, the Fortress three-lane multi-aperture metal detector provides an ultra-sensitive solution—designed to offers much higher output in a smaller space—for production facilities that constantly release multiple product streams.
Additionally, the company’s ever-popular Raptor checkweigher—easily integrated with existing metal detection equipment—delivers dynamic weight monitoring to meet legislative weight rules, with minimal customizations to
existing product feed and packing lines.
In another breakthrough first for food processors, Fortress will showcase an alternative approach to maintain HACCP compliance without installing two separate inspection lines.
Finally, the side-by-side Interceptor metal detector configuration shows bakery, dairy and meat producers a new approach to enhanced metal detection capabilities while simultaneously addressing product and orientation effect.
BOOTH 4303
FIRST AND FORMOST
Formost Fuji (represented in Canada by Abbey Equipment Solutions) will present a comprehensive display consisting of three different horizontal flow wrapping machines and a new state-of-the-art bagging machine.
The exhibit will feature a JLS Automation pick-and-place robot feeding product into a Formost Fuji flow pack wrapper that will produce a reclosable “SealStrip” package to demonstrate the efficiency of robotics and the simplicity of adding automation to the wrapping line.
In addition, Formost Fuji and Yamato have combined their respective equipment to provide a must-see produce packaging solution, where a state-of-the-artYamato semi-automatic weighing machine will be packaging the perfect combination of fresh produce for a chosen weight.
BOOTH C-4000
MAKING SMALLER BETTER
VC999 Packaging Systems will display the company’s new compact-design C-Series compact rollstock thermoformer. With the full machine length of only 12 feet, the C-Series has the smallest footprint of all of the company’s thermoformers, while providing simple and reliable functionality; quick-change tooling; free lifetime technical support; highly reliable PLC control platform; durable 5/8 pitch K-transport chains; and sanitary design for easy washdown.
The new thermoformer’s wide range of optional features includes:
• Automatic chain lubrication;
• Coding and printing devices;
• Customized form and sealing tooling;
• Hole punch devices;
• Labeling devices;
• MAP (modified atmosphere packaging) gas options;
• Multiple cutting options;
• Printed Film Registration (slot sensor or color photo eye);
• Shrink application;
• Seal only application;
• Skin packaging (below web line);
• Tear notch;
• Water chiller.
BOOTH S-5119
UPLIFTING DESIGNS
Liftrac will unveil the company’s comprehensive range of innovative belt conveying solutions (distributed in Canada by Abbey Equipment Solutions) designed for optimal productivity, speed, efficiency, flexibility and ease of integration, while optimizing equipment uptime and eliminating waste.
BOOTH N-10856
WEIGH OF THE WORLD MULTIPOND
America, Inc. (represented in Canada by Abbey Equipment Solutions ) will presenting the company’s extensive range of stateof-the-art automatic weighing solutions for high-speed applications and extremely sensitive products in need of precise accuracy.
As a market-leading technology specializing in combination weighers, MULTIPOND develops innovative solutions based on customer requirements, according to the company, whose technical experts at the booth will explain the advantages and benefits of MULTIPOND’s system olations for various high-accuracy product weighing, moving and distribution applications.
BOOTH SL-6567
BUILDING SUPPORT
Signode, a leading global manufacturer of a broad range of automated packaging equipment, tools, consumables, and automation solutions,
will present an array of automation advancements and support solutions, showcasing how the synergy between its portfolio of products and services unlocks the production potential at companies of all types and sizes.
This year, Signode is planning to highlight the benefits of automation for manufacturing and distribution operations through its advanced line of Simplimatic robotics, palletizers and conveyors; Little David case-packing equipment, Lachenmeier stretch hooding equipment; and many other high-performance solutions.
In addition to innovative and industry-leading equipment, Signode’s customizable offerings include reliability service, tooling, and software integration, according to the company.
“We want our customers to have the same confidence in our solutions as we do,” says Rick Hantke, director of marketing for automation and packaging technologies at Signode.
“This is why we’ve expanded our industry-leading portfolio to include support services—to provide peace of mind for our customers throughout their packaging journey.
“We recently built a state-of-the-art Customer Experience Center and Packaging Lab in Roselle, Illinois, to demonstrate our solutions firsthand, and we offer the Packaging Plus Reliability Services program to help our customers overcome current operational challenges and strategically plan for future advancements.”
BOOTHS C-4814 AND C-5017
THE COMFORT ZONE
Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, Schubert North America will introduce a new TLM cartoning machine integrated with the innovative TLM Comfort Feeder module—providing a new, compact solution for automating the infeed of carton blanks to the packaging machine.
Designed to prevent unnecessary production interruptions caused by carton blank magazine running empty, the new machine configuration enables machine opeartors to put the entire pallet with the blanks directly into the machine, where an F4 robot then pulls the blanks one by one directly from the sheet and feeds them into the erecting process at a rate of 60 cycles per minute.
According to Schubert, this novel sheet cutting process can be further optimized to maximize packaging material utilization—saving material, resources and costs—while providing fully automatic sheet infeed, high erecting capacity, and efficient loading and sealing in a small space with a highly attractive machine concept.
BOOTH SU-7654
Can A Cobot Help Your End-of-Line Operations?
f you’re challenged with labor issues in your packaging and palletizing area, you’re not alone. These applications are often tedious and can lead to repetitive motion injuries. In a tight job market, it’s especially difficult to fill jobs that people consider dull and strenuous. Now more than ever, companies are looking for automation solutions that will allow them to resolve labor issues and increase their flexibility to quickly adapt to market demands. Can a cobot help your end-ofline operations? Here are a few areas to consider:
Case Erecting
- Some companies have very limited space, or they have “odd ball” box sizes that can’t be erected with a traditional case erector. In these instances, using a collaborative robot to erect cases is an ideal solution because they are not only flexible, but quick to implement, and easy to program. So, when box sizes change, it’s a simple program adjustment and the cobot is back up and running in a few minutes.
Case Packing
- For low to medium volume production, companies continue to use people to pack product into cases, which is another good example of a job for a cobot. Space and flexibility are often major concerns in these applications, so the fact that a collaborative robot does not require safety fencing makes them very appealing. In addition, because programming is so easy, you can cross train a variety of employees to run the cobot - so if someone calls in sick, another person can step in and get the job done on time.
Palletizing - Stacking boxes all day is monotonous, and employees are very prone to repetitive motion injuries. A collaborative robot palletizer is a great solution to this problem, and it allows manufacturers to redeploy their workforce to perform other roles in their facility.
What about palletizing speed?
Speed can be an issue for cobots, but the main limiting factor is the combination of speed and load capacity. Based on the cobot’s capacity you can address the speed issue by picking multiple products at one time. For example, if you have boxes that weigh eight pounds coming on a line at 16 boxes per minute, you can potentially pick and palletize four boxes at a time.
What about company size?
Even large companies have lower rate production lines. For example, a large food or beverage manufacturer may have a number of high-speed lines for their well-established products, but they also have slower, manual lines that produce new/emerging products. The same can be said for just about any industry. All manufacturers are facing the same labor issues regardless of their size.
FANUC CRX Cobots
FANUC America recently introduced a higher-payload capacity CRX-25iA that can handle up to 30kg at full wrist articulation. This helps relieve workers from heavy lifting tasks such as palletizing heavy boxes, putting products on inventory shelves, or any number of backbreaking and repetitive jobs.
In addition to lifting heavier products, FANUC’s cobots are extremely easy to use and provide flexible solutions for companies looking to increase productivity and find a solution to overcome the skills gap. For those new to using automation, cobots are ideal for handling simple and repetitive work, which frees up employees to do challenging jobs that require more expertise such as production scheduling, quality control, and other high-level tasks. In addition, a cobot can be easily mounted to a cart and immediately rolled to another area to perform a different job.
Time to Automate? Consider a FANUC CRX Cobot
FANUC understands that manufactures and co-packers may not have enough labor to run every dedicated line simultaneously. That’s why our CRX cobots have become so popular – they use standard 120v power, have a small footprint that fits into tight spaces, and can be easily moved or rolled from line to line to take on new
tasks in a matter of minutes. If you’re like many small- to medium-size companies with low-volume/high-mix production runs, it’s likely that a cobot is the right answer. Contact us today and let’s explore your application and discover an automated solution that’s right for you.
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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 FOODSERVICE PACKAGING INSTITUTE 421-7700 Leesburg Pike Falls Chruch VA 22043 Tel: 703-592-9889 Fax: 703592-9864 Web: www.fpi.org FOREST PRODUCTS ASSOCIATION OF CANADA 410-99 Bank St Ottawa ON K1P 6B9 Tel: 613-563-1441 Fax: 613-563-4720 Web: www.fpac.ca GLASS PACKAGING INSTITUTE 1220 North Fillmore St Suite 400 Alexandria VA 22201 Tel: 703-684-6359 Fax: 703-546-0588 Web: www.gpi.org HEALTHCARE COMPLIANCE PACKAGING COUNCIL
268-2711 Buford Rd Bon Air VA 232352423 Tel: 804-338-5778 Fax: 888812-4272 Web: www.hcpconline.org INSTITUTE OF PACKAGING PROFESSIONALS (IOPP) One Parkview Plaza Suite 800 Oakbrook Terrace IL 60181 Tel: 630-544-5050 Web: www.iopp.org
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 ONTARIO INDEPENDENT MEAT PROCESSORS ASSOCIATION
B1-52 Royal Rd Guelph ON N1H 1G3 Tel: 519-763-4558 Fax: 519-763-4164 Web: www.oimp.ca PAC GLOBAL 600-15 Allstate Parkway Markham ON L3R 5B4 Tel: 647-993-7600 Web: www. pac.global PAPER AND PAPERBOARD PACKAGING ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL (PPEC)
1995 Clark Blvd, Unit 3 Brampton ON L6T 4W1 Tel: 905-458-0087 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
SEPTIMATECH GROUP INC. 106 Randall Dr Waterloo ON N2V 1K5 Tel: 519-746-7463 888-777-6775 Fax: 519-746-3464 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: 770493-9257 Web: www.uspoultry.org
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Graphic Packaging International Canada 3-4,7,20-21,24,30,32-34
Hood Packaging Corporation 4,15,17,21,30,32
IMPERIAL DADE CANADA INC. 1-4,6-25
Kruger Inc. 5,7
Mitchel-Lincoln Packaging Ltd. 7
PAL Distributors Inc. 20
PAPERLAND CANADA INC. 20,27
Plan Automation Inc. 20
Servicorp Industrial Supplies 20,26,33
Singular Solutions Inc. 17
Spicers Canada 1-10,12-13,15-17,2025,27-30,32-34
StrongPoint Automation Inc. 7,27
Uline Canada Corp. 4,7,14,20,27,30,33
Wolfpack Packaging Inc. 1-34
PARTITIONS
1 Boxboard 2 Corrugated 3 Fibreboard 4 Paper
5 Wood
Atlantic Packaging Products Ltd. 1-3
Canadian Paper & Packaging Co. 1-2
Canpaco Inc. 1-4
Ellis Packaging Ltd. 1,4
Gertex Solutions 1-4
Goldrich Printpak Inc. 1,3
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PACKAGING MACHINERY
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd. 1-7
Chisholm Machinery Solutions 1-9
Columbia Coding & Marking 1,5-6,9
CRAWFORD PACKAGING 3,7
Dependable Marking Systems Ltd. 4
Doverco Inc 2,5-6
Formost Fuji Corporation 5-7
Galick Packaging Equipment Ltd. 5
Gertex Solutions 2-7
Harpak-Ulma Packaging, LLC 5
HayssenSandiacre - Div. of Barry-Wehmiller Companies, Inc. 5-6
Heat and Control, Inc. 5-6
Heat Sealing Packaging 3
Hood Packaging Corporation 5
IMA ILAPAK 1,3,5-6
JBX Systems Inc. 2
JDA Progress Ind 5-6
JG Packaging 3-6,8
Kaps-All Packaging Systems Inc. 5
Link Pack Group 1-3,5-6,8
M.D. Packaging Inc. 1-9
MapleJet Co. 5
MD Packaging Inc. 1-2,4-6,9
Newmapak Ltd. 5
Nordson Canada Limited 2
nVenia 3,5-8
Ohlson Packaging 5-6
Optima Machinery Corporation 1-3,5-7
Pack-Rite - Div.of Mettler Toledo, LLC 2-3
PACK3000 CANADA LTD 1
Packaging Machinery Concepts Ltd. 3-5,7
PAL Distributors Inc. 3
Paxiom Group 3,6-7
Pemberton & Associates Inc. 1,3,5,9
Plan Automation Inc. 1-9
Plan IT Packaging Systems Inc 2-3,6-7
Plexpack Corp 3
Plexpack Corp. 2-3,6
PMR Packaging Inc. 1-9
Premier Tech Chronos 3,5
Prodo-Pak Corp 1-7
QuantumPak 2-3,5-7
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 4,6
Tentoma Packaging Solutions 3
TNA North America Inc. 5
Valco Melton 4
VC999 Canada Ltd. 2,5-6
Volm Companies 5
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
18 Wheels Logistics 1
Abbey Equipment Solutions 1-7
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd. 2,4-7
Alfatec Machine Inc. 1-7
All-Fill Inc. 2,4-5
Artypac Automation Inc. 2,4-5,7
Bizerba Canada Inc. 4
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd. 1-7
Chisholm Machinery Solutions 1-7
Columbia Coding & Marking 4
Gertex Solutions 5-6
Habasit Canada Limited 3,6
Harpak-Ulma Packaging, LLC 6
HayssenSandiacre - Div. of Barry-Wehmill-
er Companies, Inc. 2,5
Heat and Control, Inc. 4-5
JDA Progress Ind 2,4-5
JG Packaging 2,4-5
Kaps-All Packaging Systems Inc. 4-5
M.D. Packaging Inc. 1-6
MARQ Packaging Systems Inc. 2-3
MD Packaging Inc. 1,3-5,7
Ohlson Packaging 4-5
Packaging Machinery Concepts Ltd. 5
Paxiom Group 1-2,5-6
Plan Automation Inc. 1-7
Plan IT Packaging Systems Inc 1-2,5-6
PMR Packaging Inc. 1-7
Premier Tech Chronos 1-2,4-7
Prodo-Pak Corp 1-7
QuantumPak 1-2,5-6
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
Valco Melton 4-5
VC999 Canada Ltd. 1-3,5-7
WeighPack Systems Inc. 2,4-5
BALING PRESSES
Ariva
Plan Automation Inc.
Premier Tech Chronos
BANDING & WIRE STRAPPING
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd.
Ariva
ATS - Tanner Banding Systems Inc.
Bandall America
Canpaco Inc.
Celplast, a Division of Crawford Packaging
Chisholm Machinery Solutions
Gertex Solutions
Heat Sealing Packaging
M.D. Packaging Inc.
Plan Automation Inc.
Polaris Systems Inc.
BANDSTRETCH
Ariva
Canadian Paper & Packaging Co.
Canpaco Inc.
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
Chisholm Machinery Solutions
CRAWFORD PACKAGING
Omega Design Corp.
Plan Automation Inc.
Polaris Systems Inc.
BARCODE SCANNERS
1 Barcode Verifiers
2 Hand-Held
3 In-Line
18 Wheels Logistics 1
Ahearn & Soper Inc. 1-3
Barcode Graphics Inc. 1-3
Baumer hhs Corp. 1,3
CAPMATIC LTD 2
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd. 1
Columbia Coding & Marking 1-3
Cube Automation 1-3
Dependable Marking Systems Ltd. 1-3
DESCON Integrated Conveyor Solutions
2-3
Doverco Inc 1
Harlund Industries Ltd. 1-3
Kaps-All Packaging Systems Inc. 3
Lyne Systems 1-3
M.D. Packaging Inc. 1-3
Markem-Imaje Inc. 3
Matthews Marking Systems 1-3
MD Packaging Inc. 1-2
Nordson Canada Limited 1
PAL Distributors Inc. 1-2
Pineberry Manufacturing Inc. 1,3
Plan Automation Inc. 1-3
PMR Packaging Inc. 1-3
REDEMAC INC 1-3
Robatech Canada 1,3
Rockwell Automation Canada/Allen-Brad-
ley + Rockwell Software Brands 1-3
SICK Ltd. (Canada) 2
Siemens Canada Limited 1-3
SteelNor/Inventure Engineering & Machinery Inc. 1,3
Stock Packaging Canada 1
StrongPoint Automation Inc. 1,3
Turck Canada Inc. 1-3
Uline Canada Corp. 2
Valco Melton 1
Videojet Canada 1-3
Weber Marking Systems of Canada 1-3
BLISTER FORMING
Artypac Automation Inc.
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
Chisholm Machinery Solutions
Gertex Solutions
Goldrich Printpak Inc.
MD Packaging Inc.
R-J Machinery Inc.
Shawpak Systems Ltd
Starview Packaging Machinery, Inc.
BLISTER SEALING
18 Wheels Logistics
Artypac Automation Inc.
Celplast, a Division of Crawford Packaging
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
Gertex Solutions
Goldrich Printpak Inc.
MD Packaging Inc.
R-J Machinery Inc.
Shawpak Systems Ltd
Starview Packaging Machinery, Inc.
BLOWMOLDING
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd.
Ampak Inc
Cube Automation
KHS USA, Inc
Krones - North America
M.D. Packaging Inc.
Plastics Institute of America
BOTTLING
1 C apping
2 Cleaning Air
3 Cleaning Steam
4 Cleaning Washing
5 Filling
6 Sorting Equipment
18 Wheels Logistics 2,5-6
Abbey Equipment Solutions 5
Aesus Packing Systems Inc. 1-2,5-6
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd. 1-2,4-6
Alfatec Machine Inc. 1,3-4,6
All-Fill Inc. 5
Alpha Checkweighers 5
Ampak Inc 1
Anypack Packaging Machinery Inc. 1,4-5
Artypac Automation Inc. 1-6
Bericap North America Inc. 1
CAPMATIC LTD 1-2,4-6
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd. 1,5-6
Chisholm Machinery Solutions 1-6
Columbia Coding & Marking 1-2,5
Cube Automation 1-6
DESCON Integrated Conveyor Solutions 4
Eckert Machines 2
ESS Technologies 1
Galick Packaging Equipment Ltd. 1-3,5-6
Gertex Solutions 6
IMA North America Inc. 1,4-6
JDA Progress Ind 1,4-5
JG Packaging 5
Kaps-All Packaging Systems Inc. 1-2,5-6
KHS USA, Inc 4-5
Krones - North America 4-5
Leading Edge Control Solutions 5
Link Pack Group 1,5
Lyne Systems 6
M.D. Packaging Inc. 1-6
MD Packaging Inc. 1-3,5-6
Nalbach Engineering Company, Inc. 4-6
Newmapak Ltd. 1-6
nVenia 1,5
Ohlson Packaging 5
Omega Design Corp. 2,6
Optima Machinery Corporation 1-6
Packaging Machinery Concepts Ltd. 1,5
Paxiom Group 1,5-6
Plan Automation 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
StrongPoint Automation Inc. 1,6
Valtara 1
BUNDLE-TYING
Chisholm Machinery Solutions
EAM-Mosca (Canada) Ltd.
Gertex Solutions
M.D. Packaging Inc.
Plan Automation Inc.
BUNDLING ACCUMULATING PARCELING: CORRUGATED
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd.
Anypack Packaging Machinery Inc.
Bandall America
Canpaco Inc.
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
Chisholm Machinery Solutions
Douglas Machine Inc.
Gertex Solutions
IMPERIAL DADE CANADA INC.
M.D. Packaging Inc.
nVenia
Plan Automation Inc.
PMR Packaging Inc.
Septimatech Group Inc.
StrongPoint Automation Inc.
BUNDLING ACCUMULATING PARCELING: KRAFT
Canpaco Inc.
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
Chisholm Machinery Solutions
DESCON Integrated Conveyor Solutions
Gertex Solutions
IMPERIAL DADE CANADA INC.
M.D. Packaging Inc.
nVenia
Plan Automation Inc.
PMR Packaging Inc.
StrongPoint Automation Inc.
BUNDLING ACCUMULATING PARCELING: SHRINKFILM
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd.
Alfatec Machine Inc.
Anypack Packaging Machinery Inc.
Ariva
Canpaco Inc.
Celplast, a Division of Crawford Packaging
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
Chisholm Machinery Solutions
CRAWFORD PACKAGING
Douglas Machine Inc.
Eastey
Gertex Solutions
IMPERIAL DADE CANADA INC.
Longford International Ltd.
M.D. Packaging Inc.
MD Packaging Inc.
Newmapak Ltd.
nVenia
Omega Design Corp.
Optima Machinery Corporation
Plan Automation Inc.
Plexpack Corp
PMR Packaging Inc.
Sealed Air Corporation
Standard-Knapp
StrongPoint Automation Inc.
BUNDLING ACCUMULATING PARCELING: STRETCHFILM
Complete Automation Solutions
PACKAGING MACHINERY
Canpaco Inc.
CAPS/PhoenixWrappers
Celplast, a Division of Crawford Packaging
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
Chisholm Machinery Solutions
CRAWFORD PACKAGING
DESCON Integrated Conveyor Solutions
Eastey
Gertex Solutions
IMA North America Inc.
IMPERIAL DADE CANADA INC.
M.D. Packaging Inc.
MD Packaging Inc.
nVenia
Omega Design Corp.
Plan Automation Inc.
PMR Packaging Inc.
CANNING
1 C apping
2 Filling
3 Making
4 Milk Can Washing, Drying
5 Sealing
Abbey Equipment Solutions 2
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd. 2
Alfatec Machine Inc. 1-2,4-5
All-Fill Inc. 2
Alpha Checkweighers 2
Artypac Automation Inc. 2
Chisholm Machinery Solutions 1-5
Columbia Coding & Marking 1-2,5
EDGME Inc. 1-2,5
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
MD Packaging Inc. 2-3
Nalbach Engineering Company, Inc. 2
Newmapak Ltd. 1-2,5
Optima Machinery Corporation 1-2,5
Pemberton & Associates Inc. 2
Plan Automation Inc. 1-5
PMC Industries 1
PMR Packaging Inc. 2
R E Morrison Equipment Inc. 4
R-J Machinery Inc. 2
Septimatech Group Inc. 2
Singular Solutions Inc. 2
Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery Inc. 2
Speedway Packaging Machinery 2
StrongPoint Automation Inc. 2
VC999 Canada Ltd. 1-2,5
CAP & COVER LINING
18 Wheels Logistics
Columbia Coding & Marking
EDGME Inc.
M.D. Packaging Inc.
Nordson Canada Limited
Plan Automation Inc.
Plan IT Packaging Systems Inc
Singular Solutions Inc.
CAP SEALERS
Aesus Packing Systems Inc.
Alfatec Machine Inc.
Artypac Automation Inc.
CAPMATIC LTD
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
Chisholm Machinery Solutions
Cube Automation
Enercon Industries Corp.
Habasit Canada Limited
JDA Progress Ind
Kaps-All Packaging Systems Inc.
Link Pack Group
M.D. Packaging Inc.
MD Packaging Inc.
Newmapak Ltd.
Optima Machinery Corporation
Packaging Machinery Concepts Ltd.
PDC International Corp
Plan Automation Inc.
Plan IT Packaging Systems Inc
PMR Packaging Inc.
Speedway Packaging Machinery
Storcan
WeighPack Systems Inc.
CAPSULE FILLING
All-Fill Inc.
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
Galick Packaging Equipment Ltd.
IMA North America Inc.
Leading Edge Control Solutions
M.D. Packaging Inc.
MD Packaging Inc.
Plan Automation Inc.
Septimatech Group Inc.
Shawpak Systems Ltd
CARTON UNLOADER
Abbey Equipment Solutions
Blueprint Automation (BPA)
Canpaco Inc.
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
Chisholm Machinery Solutions
CRAWFORD PACKAGING
Honeywell Intelligrated
M.D. Packaging Inc.
MD Packaging Inc.
Plan Automation Inc.
Yaskawa America Inc., Motoman Robotics Div. 3
3M Canada Company 3
Abbey Equipment Solutions 1-7
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd. 1-4,6-7
Alfatec Machine Inc. 4
All-Fill Inc. 1
Alpha Checkweighers 1
Anypack Packaging Machinery Inc. 1-4,6-7
ARAN USA 3
Artypac Automation Inc. 1-4,6-7
Blueprint Automation (BPA) 1,3
Bradman Lake Inc. 1-4,6-7
Britman Packaging Services 1,3
CAM Packaging Systems 1,4
Canpaco Inc. 1-7
Celplast, a Division of Crawford Packaging 1-3,5-6
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd. 1-7
Chisholm Machinery Solutions 1-7
Consolidated Technologies 1-7
Cube Automation 1-3,5-7
Delkor Systems Inc. 2-4
Dependable Marking Systems Ltd. 2
DESCON Integrated Conveyor Solutions 4
Douglas Machine Inc. 1-7
Doverco Inc 2,4,6
Econocorp Inc. 1-3,6-7
Edson Packaging Machinery Ltd. 1-7
EndFlex LLC 1-4,6-7
ESS Technologies 1-4,6-7
PACKAGING MACHINERY
Harlund Industries Ltd. 3,6
Harpak-Ulma Packaging, LLC 1-3
Hartness International 2-3,6-7
Heat and Control, Inc. 1
IMA ILAPAK 3
IMA North America Inc. 1-4
IMPERIAL DADE CANADA INC. 2-3
JBX Systems Inc. 4
JG Packaging 1-7
JLS Automation 1-3
Jowat Canada 2-4
Kaps-All Packaging Systems Inc. 1
Key Industrial Solutions 2-4
Langen Packaging Inc. 1-3,6-7
Link Pack Group 2-3,6
Loveshaw, an ITW Company, Little David Products Div. 2
M.D. Packaging Inc. 1-7
Massman Automation 1,3,7
MD Packaging Inc. 1-7
Nordson Canada Limited 7
Nuspark Inc. 1-4,6-7
Optima Machinery Corporation 1-3,6
PACKPRO Systems 7
Paxiom Group 1-4,6
Plan Automation Inc. 1-7
Plan IT Packaging Systems Inc 1,4
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
Septimatech Group Inc. 1
Shawpak Systems Ltd 2
Shawpak Systems Ltd. 1
Singular Solutions Inc. 4
Somic Packaging, Inc. 1-2
Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery Inc. 1
StrongPoint Automation Inc. 1-3
Syntegon 4
Tetra Pak Canada Inc. 3
Valco Melton 2
WeighPack Systems Inc. 1-3,6-7
CASE PACKING
1 C ase Erectors
2 C ase 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
18 Wheels Logistics 3-4,6,12
3M Canada Company 2-3,9
ABB Inc. 3,12
Abbey Equipment Solutions 1-12
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd.
1-5,7,9,11-12
Alfatec Machine Inc. 3-4,6-7,9
AlliedFlex Technologies 3
Anypack Packaging Machinery Inc. 1-5,7-9,11
Ariva 1-2,8-9
Artypac Automation Inc. 3-7,9,12
AstroNova, Inc. 6
Baumer hhs Corp. 2,7,9
BELL-MARK 6
Best Packaging Systems 1-9,11
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
CAM Packaging Systems 1-5,8,12
Canadian Paper & Packaging Co. 1-2,8
Canpaco Inc. 1-4,6-9,11
Celplast, a Division of Crawford Packaging 1-11
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd. 1-12
Chisholm Machinery Solutions 1-12
Columbia Coding & Marking 3,6-8
Combi Packaging Systems 1-5,7,9,11-12
Consolidated Technologies 1-5,7-9,12
CRAWFORD PACKAGING 1-4,8,11
Cube Automation 1-7,11
Delkor Systems Inc. 1-4,11
Dependable Marking Systems Ltd. 1-6
DESCON Integrated Conveyor Solutions 3,12
Douglas Machine Inc. 3-5,7,9,11
Doverco Inc 1-2,4-9,11
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
FoxJet, an ITW Company 6
Gertex Solutions 1-12
GMSvanSco 9
Habasit Canada Limited 1-2
Hamrick Packaging Systems 1-2,12
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 7
IMA ILAPAK 1,3
IMA North America Inc. 1-3,6,11
IMPERIAL DADE CANADA INC. 1-2,8,10
JBX Systems Inc. 2,7,9,11
JG Packaging 1-9,11
JLS Automation 1-5,11
Key Industrial Solutions 1-4,6,8-9,11
KHS USA, Inc 11
Krones - North America 3
Langen Packaging Inc. 1-9,11
Lantech.com, LLC 1-2
Link Pack Group 1-4,7-9,11-12
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 1-4,7-9,11-12
MD Packaging Inc. 1-8,10-12
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
PAL Distributors Inc. 1-2
Paxiom Group 1-5,7-8,11
Pearson Packaging Systems 1-4,7,11-12
Pineberry Manufacturing Inc. 6
Plan Automation Inc. 1-12
Plan IT Packaging Systems Inc 1-4
PMR Packaging Inc. 1-12
Polaris Systems Inc. 1-2,4,6,8
PPI - Packaging Products Inc. 2,10
Propack Processing & Packaging Systems Inc. 1-5,11
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PACKAGING MACHINERY
DESCON Integrated Conveyor Solutions
EDGME Inc.
Flexi-Pack Machinery Solutions Inc.
Garvey Corp.
Gertex Solutions
Honeywell Intelligrated
Ideal Pase
IMA North America Inc.
IMPERIAL DADE CANADA INC.
Kaps-All Packaging Systems Inc.
Krones - North America
Leading Edge Control Solutions
Lyne Systems
M.D. Packaging Inc.
MD Packaging Inc.
Newmapak Ltd.
Omega Design Corp.
Paxiom Group
Plan Automation Inc.
PMR Packaging Inc.
Septimatech Group Inc.
StrongPoint Automation Inc.
WeighPack Systems Inc.
CONVEYORS
1
14
15 Vibrating
Aesus Packing Systems Inc. 9,11
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd. 1-15
Alfatec Machine Inc. 2,4-15
Anypack Packaging Machinery Inc. 13
Artypac Automation Inc. 2,10,12-13
Best Packaging Systems 4,6-7,12
Bosch Rexroth Canada Corp. 5-11,13-14
CAM Packaging Systems 2-4,6-7,9,12-13
Canadian Paper & Packaging Co. 7,13
Canpaco Inc. 4,6-7,9-13
CAPMATIC LTD 11,15
Celplast, a Division of Crawford Packaging 4-9,11-14
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd. 2,4,9-15
Chisholm Machinery Solutions 1-15
Columbia Coding & Marking 4,6-8,11-12
Cousins Packaging Inc. 13
CRAWFORD PACKAGING 1,4-7,9,12-13
Cube Automation 2-11,13-15
Davis Controls Ltd. 11
Dependable Marking Systems Ltd. 4-7,9,12-13
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 Packaging Equipment Ltd. 3-5,7-9,11-13,15
Garvey Corp. 4,6-7,9-13
Gertex Solutions 3-4,6-15
Habasit Canada Limited 2,4,7,9-13,15
Harlund Industries Ltd. 6
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
JDA Progress Ind 2,11
JG Packaging 1-2,4,7-13,15
Kaps-All Packaging Systems Inc. 2-3,5-9,11-13
Key Industrial Solutions 1-15
Langen Packaging Inc. 2,4,9-13
Lantech.com, LLC 7,9,13
Link Pack Group 2-4,9,11
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
MD Packaging Inc. 1-15
Mettler-Toledo Canada 3,7,10-11
mk North America, Inc. 2,5-9,11-14
Nalbach Engineering Company, Inc. 1-11,13-14
Newmapak Ltd. 1,4-6,8-14
nVenia 2
Pack-Rite - Div.of Mettler Toledo, LLC 13
PACK3000 CANADA LTD 5,9,13
Packaging Machinery Concepts Ltd. 4-7,9,11-13
Paxiom Group 3-4,7
Plan Automation Inc. 1-15
Plan IT Packaging Systems Inc 2,5-6,910,14-15
PMR Packaging Inc. 1-2,4-7,9-13,15
Polaris Systems Inc. 5,7
Propack Processing & Packaging Systems Inc. 3-4,6
QuantumPak 9
R-J Machinery Inc. 13
Ryson International 2-5,9-14
Saturn Packaging Equipment 7,9,11,13
Schneider Packaging Equipment Co. Inc. 4,11
Septimatech Group Inc. 1-2,4-7,9-11
Shawpak Systems Ltd. 3-5,7-8,10-13,15
Speedway Packaging Machinery 6,9,11
SteelNor/Inventure Engineering & Machinery Inc. 1,5,9,11-13,15
Stock Packaging Canada 5
StrongPoint Automation Inc. 1,3-7,9-14
Syntegon 5
Tentoma Packaging Solutions 6,11
Thermo Fisher Scientific 3,5,7
TNA North America Inc. 15
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
Volm Companies 3
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
COOLING EQUIPMENT
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd.
Alfatec Machine Inc.
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
Chisholm Machinery Solutions
Cube Automation
DESCON Integrated Conveyor Solutions
Galick Packaging Equipment Ltd.
MESSER Canada Inc.
Propack Processing & Packaging Systems Inc.
Storcan
Conveyor Models
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PACKAGING MACHINERY
VC999 Canada Ltd.
COOLING SYSTEMS, PROCESS
Alfatec Machine Inc.
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
Chisholm Machinery Solutions
Cube Automation
DESCON Integrated Conveyor
Solutions
Key Industrial Solutions
MESSER Canada Inc.
PACK3000 CANADA LTD
Propack Processing & Packaging
Systems Inc.
Wulftec International Inc.
COOLING TOWERS
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd.
Cube Automation
MESSER Canada Inc.
CORKING MACHINES
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd.
Alfatec Machine Inc.
Chisholm Machinery Solutions
Cube Automation
Newmapak Ltd.
Plan Automation Inc.
CORRUGATED ROLL DISPENS-
ERS
Ariva
Canpaco Inc.
Gertex Solutions
Plan Automation Inc.
COTTON INSERTING
CAPMATIC LTD
IMA North America Inc.
Key Industrial Solutions
M.D. Packaging Inc.
Optima Machinery Corporation
Plan Automation Inc.
PMR Packaging Inc.
COUNTING
Abbey Equipment Solutions
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd.
Artypac Automation Inc.
CAM Packaging Systems
CAPMATIC LTD
Gertex Solutions
IMA ILAPAK
IMA North America Inc.
Kaps-All Packaging Systems Inc.
Longford International Ltd.
Lyne Systems
M.D. Packaging Inc.
MD Packaging Inc.
Newmapak Ltd.
Paxiom Group
Pineberry Manufacturing Inc.
Plan Automation Inc.
Plan IT Packaging Systems Inc
PMR Packaging Inc.
SteelNor/Inventure Engineering & Machinery Inc.
StrongPoint Automation Inc.
Turck Canada Inc.
CRUSHERS, CAN & BOTTLE
Cube Automation
Plan Automation Inc.
CUP FILLING
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd.
All-Fill Inc.
Alpha Checkweighers
Anypack Packaging Machinery Inc.
Artypac Automation Inc.
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
Control GMC
Cube Automation
Heat and Control, Inc.
JDA Progress Ind
Kaps-All Packaging Systems Inc.
Link Pack Group
M.D. Packaging Inc.
MD Packaging Inc.
nVenia
Ohlson Packaging
Optima Machinery Corporation
Paxiom Group
Plan Automation Inc.
Plastics Institute of America
PMR Packaging Inc.
R-J Machinery Inc.
Reiser (Canada) Co.
Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery Inc.
Stock Packaging Canada
VC999 Canada Ltd.
WeighPack Systems Inc.
Winpak Portion Packaging Ltd.
DEHUMIDIFIERS
Plan Automation Inc.
DENESTERS
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd.
Alfatec Machine Inc.
Artypac Automation Inc.
CAPMATIC LTD
Celplast, a Division of Crawford Packaging
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
Chisholm Machinery Solutions
Control GMC
CRAWFORD PACKAGING
DESCON Integrated Conveyor Solutions
Handtmann Canada Limited
Heat Sealing Packaging
Ideal Pase
JG Packaging
Link Pack Group
M.D. Packaging Inc.
MULTIVAC Canada Inc.
Optima Machinery Corporation
Pineberry Manufacturing Inc.
Plan Automation Inc.
PMR Packaging Inc.
R-J Machinery Inc.
Stock Packaging Canada
StrongPoint Automation Inc.
Traypack Machine Ltd.
WeighPack Systems Inc.
DIGITAL CUTTING
Zund America, Inc.
DISPENSERS
1 Coupon
2 Gummed Tape
3 Pressure-Sensitive Tape
4 Tape-Printing Attachment
3M Canada Company 3
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd. 1,3
Ariva 2-3
Artypac Automation Inc. 3-4
Atlantic Packaging Products Ltd. 2-3
Best Packaging Systems 2-3
Canadian Paper & Packaging Co. 2-4
Canpaco Inc. 1-4
Celplast, a Division of Crawford Packaging 2-4
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd. 1,3
Dependable Marking Systems Ltd.
3
Doverco Inc 2
Gertex Solutions 2-4
Glue Dots International 3
IMPERIAL DADE CANADA INC. 1-4
Longford International Ltd. 1
Loveshaw, an ITW Company, Little
David Products Div. 3
M.D. Packaging Inc. 1-4
Matthews Marking Systems 3
Newmapak Ltd. 3
PACKPRO Systems 2-3
PAL Distributors Inc. 3
Pineberry Manufacturing Inc. 1-4
Plan Automation Inc. 1,3
Plan IT Packaging Systems Inc 1
PMR Packaging Inc. 1-3
Sterling Marking Products Inc. 3-4
Stock Packaging Canada 3
Vibac Canada Inc. 3
DRIVES & CONTROLS
1 Registration
2 Servo
3 Tank & Bin Level
4 Variable-Speed AutomationDirect 2,4
B&R Industrial Automation Inc. 1-2,4
Beckhoff Automation Limited 2,4
Bosch Rexroth Canada Corp. 1-2,4
Cube Automation 1-4
Davis Controls Ltd. 2,4
DESCON Integrated Conveyor Solutions 1-4
Galick Packaging Equipment Ltd. 2,4
Garvey Corp. 2,4
Krones - North America 2
Leading Edge Control Solutions 1-4
Lenze Americas 2,4
Lyne Systems 1-2,4
M.D.
Spee-Dee Packaging Machinery Inc. 2
SteelNor/Inventure Engineering & Machinery Inc. 1
Valco Melton 3
FEEDERS
Bradman Lake Inc.
CAPMATIC LTD
Celplast, a Division of Crawford Packaging
Chisholm Machinery Solutions
EDGME Inc.
Gertex Solutions
Habasit Canada Limited
Heat and Control, Inc.
Kaps-All Packaging Systems Inc.
Link Pack Group
Longford International Ltd.
M.D. Packaging Inc.
Pineberry Manufacturing Inc.
Plan Automation Inc.
Plan IT Packaging Systems Inc
PMC Industries
PMR Packaging Inc.
Propack Processing & Packaging
Systems Inc.
Septimatech Group Inc.
SteelNor/Inventure Engineering & Machinery Inc.
PACKAGING MACHINERY
Stock Packaging Canada
Traypack Machine Ltd.
FIBRE CANMAKING
1 Filling
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd. 1
All-Fill Inc. 1
Alpha Checkweighers 1
Kaps-All Packaging Systems Inc. 1
M.D. Packaging Inc. 1
FILLING
1 Counting
2 Dry Gross & Net Weight
3 Dry Volumetric
4 Liquid
5 Non-Free Flowing Solids
6 Semi-Liquid & Viscous
Abbey Equipment Solutions 2-4
Aesus Packing Systems Inc. 4
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd. 1-6
Alfatec Machine Inc. 1,4
All-Fill Inc. 2-6
Alpha Checkweighers 2-6
Anypack Packaging Machinery Inc. 3,6
AROL North America Inc. 4,6
Artypac Automation Inc. 1-6
Automated Packaging Systems Inc. 1-2
Bizerba Canada Inc. 1-2,4
Britman Packaging Services 1,3
BW Flexible Systems 2-3,5
CAM Packaging Systems 1-3,6
Canpaco Inc. 1-3,5
CAPMATIC LTD 1-2,4,6
Celplast, a Division of Crawford Packaging
4
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd. 1-6
Chisholm Machinery Solutions 1-6
CombiScale Inc. 2
Control GMC 2-6
Cube Automation 1-5
Galick Packaging Equipment Ltd. 1-6
Handtmann Canada Limited 4,6
Harpak-Ulma Packaging, LLC 3-4,6
HayssenSandiacre - Div. of Barry-Wehmiller Companies, Inc. 1-4
Heat and Control, Inc. 1-2,5
HIBAR/Unicontrols Co, Ltd. 4,6
Ideal Pase 2,4,6
IMA North America Inc. 1,4-6
JDA Progress Ind 3-4,6
JG Packaging 1-6
Kaps-All Packaging Systems Inc. 1,4-6
KHS USA, Inc 4
Krones - North America 4
Leading Edge Control Solutions 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 4
MD Packaging Inc. 1,3-5
Nalbach Engineering Company, Inc. 3,5
Newmapak Ltd. 4,6
nVenia 1-3
Ohlson Packaging 1-5
Optima Machinery Corporation 1-6
PACK3000 CANADA LTD 6
Packaging Machinery Concepts Ltd. 1-4,6
Paxiom Group 1
Pemberton & Associates Inc. 5-6
PFM Packaging Machinery Corporation 1-2
Plan Automation Inc. 1-6
Plan IT Packaging Systems Inc 1-6
PMR Packaging Inc. 1-6
Prodo-Pak Corp 1-6
QuantumPak 1,3,5
R-J Machinery Inc. 1-6
Reiser (Canada) Co. 4-6
Septimatech Group Inc. 2-4,6
Shawpak Systems Ltd 1,4
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 & Machinery Inc. 1-6
Stock Packaging Canada 2-4,6
Syntegon 2,6
Triangle Package Machinery Company 4
Valtara 4
VC999 Canada Ltd. 1-6
WeighPack Systems Inc. 1-6
Winpak Portion Packaging Ltd. 1,3-4,6
Yamato Corporation 1-2,5
FILM INSERTING
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
Chisholm Machinery Solutions
Gertex Solutions
M.D. Packaging Inc.
Plan Automation Inc.
Stock Packaging Canada
WeighPack Systems Inc.
FLATTENERS, BAGS
Anypack Packaging Machinery Inc.
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Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
Chisholm Machinery Solutions
Flexi-Pack Machinery Solutions Inc.
SteelNor/Inventure Engineering & Machinery Inc.
FOAMED PLASTIC MOLDING
M.D. Packaging Inc.
Plan Automation Inc.
FORM/FILL/SEAL
1 Bags Pouches Horizontal-Motion
2 Bags Pouches Vertical-Motion
3 Trays Cups Roll-Stock
Abbey Equipment Solutions 1-2
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd. 1-3
Alfatec Machine Inc. 3
All-Fill Inc. 1-2
American Cutting Edge 1-2
Anypack Packaging Machinery Inc. 1-3
Artypac Automation Inc. 1-2
Britman Packaging Services 1-2
BW Flexible Systems 1-3
CAM Packaging Systems 1-3
Canpaco Inc. 1-2
Celplast, a Division of Crawford Packaging 1-3
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd. 1-3
Chisholm Machinery Solutions 1-3
CRAWFORD PACKAGING 1-2
Doverco Inc 1-2
Eckert Machines 3
Formost Fuji Corporation 1-2
Gertex 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
IMA ILAPAK 1-2
JDA Progress Ind 2
JG Packaging 1-2
Leading Edge Control Solutions 1-2
Link Pack Group 1-3
M.D. Packaging Inc. 1-3
Massman Automation 1
Matrix Packaging Machinery 1-2
MD Packaging Inc. 1-3
nVenia 1-2
Ohlson Packaging 2
OMORI North America 1
Optima Machinery Corporation 1-2
PACK3000 CANADA LTD 1-3
Packaging Machinery Concepts Ltd. 2
Paxiom Group 1,3
Pemberton & Associates Inc. 1
PFM Packaging Machinery Corporation 1-2
Plan Automation Inc. 1-3
Plan IT Packaging Systems Inc 1-3
PMR Packaging Inc. 1-3
Premier Tech Chronos 1-2
Prodo-Pak Corp 1-3
Reiser (Canada) Co. 1,3
Rennco LLC 2-3
Saturn Packaging Equipment 2
Sealed Air Corporation 2
Shawpak Systems Ltd 1-2
Shawpak Systems Ltd. 1-3
SleekWrapper 1
Speedway Packaging Machinery 1
SteelNor/Inventure Engineering & Machinery Inc. 1-2
Stock Packaging Canada 1,3
Tentoma Packaging Solutions 1
TNA North America Inc. 2
VC999 Canada Ltd. 1-3
WeighPack Systems Inc. 1-2
Windmoeller & Hoelscher Corp. 1
GLUE POTS
Baumer hhs Corp.
EDGME Inc.
hma systems
JBX Systems Inc.
OBX Works Inc.
PMR Packaging Inc.
GLUE TANKS
Baumer hhs Corp.
Canpaco Inc.
EDGME Inc.
GMSvanSco
hma systems
JBX Systems Inc.
Nordson Canada Limited
OBX Works Inc.
PMR Packaging Inc.
Valco Melton
GUMMED TAPE APPLICATORS
Ariva
Best Packaging Systems
Canadian Paper & Packaging Co.
Canpaco Inc.
CRAWFORD PACKAGING
Gertex Solutions
Link Pack Group
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& Pet Care Personal Care
Seafood & Fish
WIDE RANGE OF SUBSTRATES
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PRINTING
Squid Ink’s proven inks and fluids print hi-resolution characters, razor-sharp text, scannable bar codes and great looking logos at up to 360 dpi.
PACKAGING MACHINERY
PACKPRO Systems
PMR Packaging Inc.
Sterling Marking Products Inc.
Uline Canada Corp.
HEAT SEALERS
1 Jaw Type
2 Rotary Continuous
Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd. 1-2
Alfatec Machine Inc. 1
Anypack Packaging Machinery Inc. 2
Bradman Lake Inc. 1
Canadian Paper & Packaging Co. 1
Canpaco Inc. 2
Celplast, a Division of Crawford Packaging
1
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd. 1-2
Doverco Inc 1
Formost Fuji Corporation 1-2
Goldrich Printpak Inc. 2
IMA ILAPAK 1
JDA Progress Ind 2
JG Packaging 1-2
MD Packaging Inc. 2
OMORI North America 1
Pack-Rite - Div.of Mettler Toledo, LLC 1-2
PACK3000 CANADA LTD 2
Packaging Machinery Concepts Ltd. 1-2
PAL Distributors Inc. 1-2
Plan Automation Inc. 1-2
Plan IT Packaging Systems Inc 1-2
Plexpack Corp 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
TNA North America Inc. 1-2
WeighPack Systems Inc. 1-2
HEATERS
Alfatec Machine Inc.
Baumer hhs Corp.
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
Gertex Solutions
PMR Packaging Inc.
STANMECH Technologies Inc.
Valco Melton
HOTMELT GUNS
3M Canada Company
Baumer hhs Corp.
Best Packaging Systems
Gertex Solutions
hma systems
JBX Systems Inc.
Nordson Canada Limited
OBX Works Inc.
Valco Melton
HOTMELT HOSES
Baumer hhs Corp.
hma systems
JBX Systems Inc.
Nordson Canada Limited
OBX Works Inc.
Valco Melton
HYGIENE EQUIPMENT 1 2
Shawpak Systems Ltd 1,3
Shawpak Systems Ltd. 1-3
Aesus Packing Systems Inc. 5
Matthews Marking Systems 1-7
MD Packaging Inc. 1,3-4,6-7
Newmapak Ltd. 4-5
Packaging Machinery Concepts Ltd. 1,4,6
PAL Distributors Inc. 1,4-7
Pineberry Manufacturing Inc. 1-2,4-7
Plan Automation Inc. 1-7
Plan IT Packaging Systems Inc 4-5
Plexpack Corp. 1-2
PMR Packaging Inc. 1-7
QuantumPak 2,4
R-J Machinery Inc. 2-3
REDEMAC INC 1-5,7
Shawpak Systems Ltd. 1,5
Speedway Packaging Machinery 1,3-6
Squid Ink Manufacturing 4-6
SteelNor/Inventure Engineering & Machinery Inc. 1-7
Lyne Systems 1-2 M.D. Packaging Inc. 1-4 MD Packaging Inc. 1-4 Newmapak Ltd. 2 Packaging Machinery Concepts Ltd. 2-3 PAL Distributors Inc. 1 Plan Automation Inc. 1-3
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CONVERTING MACHINERY
Heidelberg Canada Graphic Equipment
Limited 1-2,4-5,8-9,12-13,15-16
Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Co. 3
M4 Machine Knives Inc. 2,4-6,8-9,12-16
Manroland Canada Inc. 2,8,10-12
Matthews Marking Systems 5
Muller Martini Canada Inc. 1-2,4-5,8,1014,16
Paper Converting Machine Company (PCMC) 1-3,5,8,16
Pineberry Manufacturing Inc. 1-4,8
Primera Technology 8
Singular Solutions Inc. 5
SOMA 5
Sterling Marking Products Inc. 2,5,7-8
Weber Marking Systems of Canada 5,8,16
Wedlock Paper Converters Ltd. 1,5,14
Windmoeller & Hoelscher Corp. 5-6,14
Winpak Ltd. 5
PUMPS
1 Air
2 Ink Circulating
Heidelberg Canada Graphic Equipment
Limited 2
HMJ Tech 1
R E Morrison Equipment Inc. 1
PUNCHERS
Longford International Ltd.
REWINDS
Dependable Marking Systems Ltd.
Hudson-Sharp
Macro Engineering & Technology Inc.
Singular Solutions Inc.
SteelNor/Inventure Engineering & Machinery Inc.
ROBOTIC LOAD/OFF-LOAD INTEGRATION
CRAWFORD PACKAGING
Pineberry Manufacturing Inc.
Zund America, Inc.
ROLL HANDLING
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
ROLL LEAF STAMPING
Dependable Marking Systems Ltd.
ROLLS
1 Coating
2 Embossing
3 Engraving
4 Inking
5 Printing
6 Rubber
7 Spreader
Dependable Marking Systems Ltd. 4-6
Heidelberg Canada Graphic Equipment
Limited 1,5
Propack Processing & Packaging Systems Inc. 7
Singular Solutions Inc. 2-3,5
Sterling Marking Products Inc. 4,6
RUBBER PLATE VULCANIZERS
Sterling Marking Products Inc.
RUBBER PLATEMAKING EQUIPMENT
Heidelberg Canada Graphic Equipment
Limited
RULE BENDERS
Bobst North America Inc.
RULES, CREASING CUTTING ETC.
Bobst North America Inc.
SCANNERS
1 Electronic
2 L aser
3 Optical
Ahearn & Soper Inc. 1-3
Banner Engineering Corp. 2-3
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd. 1,3
Columbia Coding & Marking 3
Dependable Marking Systems Ltd. 1
Manroland Canada Inc. 1
Matthews Marking Systems 1-2
Pineberry Manufacturing Inc. 1-3
Rockwell Automation Canada/Allen-Brad-
ley + Rockwell Software Brands 1-3
SICK Ltd. (Canada) 2
Siemens Canada Limited 1-3
Turck Canada Inc. 1-3
Uline Canada Corp. 2
Weber Marking Systems of Canada 1-2
SCORERS
American Cutting Edge
Manroland Canada Inc.
Rollem International
Uline Canada Corp.
SCRAP REMOVAL SYSTEMS
Kernic Systems Inc.
Stock Packaging Canada
SHEETING MACHINES
M4 Machine Knives Inc.
SteelNor/Inventure Engineering & Machinery Inc.
SLEEVES
1 Slitter
2 Snap-On
American Cutting Edge 1-2
M4 Machine Knives Inc. 1
Plan Automation Inc. 1-2
Propack Processing & Packaging Systems Inc. 1
SLITTERS & REWINDERS
American Cutting Edge
Bobst North America Inc.
Dependable Marking Systems Ltd.
Flexo-Printing Equipment Corp / SIAT
M4 Machine Knives Inc.
Plan Automation Inc.
Plastiques Lausa Int,l inc.
Primera Technology
Propack Processing & Packaging Systems Inc.
Singular Solutions Inc.
SOMA
SLITTERS & SCORERS
American Cutting Edge
Bobst North America Inc.
M4 Machine Knives Inc.
Plan Automation Inc.
Propack Processing & Packaging Systems Inc.
Rollem International
Singular Solutions Inc.
Starview Packaging Machinery, Inc.
SLOTTERS
American Cutting Edge
Bobst North America Inc.
M4 Machine Knives Inc.
Plan Automation Inc.
SPLICERS
Bobst North America Inc.
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
Plan Automation Inc.
SPRAYERS
Manroland Canada Inc.
Plan Automation Inc.
STANDS, UNWIND & REWIND
Bobst North America Inc.
Dependable Marking Systems Ltd.
Macro Engineering & Technology Inc.
Plan Automation Inc.
SteelNor/Inventure Engineering & Machinery Inc.
STATIC ELIMINATORS
3M Canada Company
Magnaplate
R E Morrison Equipment Inc.
TAKEOFF UNITS
Macro Engineering & Technology Inc.
SteelNor/Inventure Engineering & Machinery Inc.
Zund America, Inc.
TANKS, HEATING & DIPPING
M&L Testing Equipment (1995) Inc.
ProXes inc
TEAR STRIP MACHINES
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
TENSION DISCS
Dependable Marking Systems Ltd.
TESTING EQUIPMENT
M&L Testing Equipment (1995) Inc.
Plan Automation Inc.
THERMOMETERS
M&L Testing Equipment (1995) Inc.
THERMOSTATS
M&L Testing Equipment (1995) Inc.
TOOLS
1 Form-Cutting
2 Perforating
3 Routing
American Cutting Edge 1,3
Rollem International 2
Starview Packaging Machinery, Inc. 1
Zund America, Inc. 1-3
TUBE WINDERS
Habasit Canada Limited
Valco Melton
TURRET REWINDS
Alpha Marathon Film Extrusion Technologies Inc.
American Cutting Edge
Bobst North America Inc.
Flexo-Printing Equipment Corp / SIAT
Macro Engineering & Technology Inc.
Singular Solutions Inc.
SteelNor/Inventure Engineering & Machinery Inc.
UNWINDERS
Alpha Marathon Film Extrusion Technologies Inc.
Bizerba Canada Inc.
Bobst North America Inc.
Dependable Marking Systems Ltd.
Flexo-Printing Equipment Corp / SIAT
Hudson-Sharp
SteelNor/Inventure Engineering & Machinery Inc.
USED EQUIPMENT
Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.
CRAWFORD PACKAGING
Dependable Marking Systems Ltd.
JG Packaging
Manroland Canada Inc.
Plastiques Lausa Int,l inc.
Propack Processing & Packaging Systems Inc.
R-J Machinery Inc.
Stock Packaging Canada
VC999 Canada Ltd.
Zund America, Inc.
VACUUMS PUMPS
M&L Testing Equipment (1995) Inc.
ProXes inc
R E Morrison Equipment Inc.
R-J Machinery Inc.
Stock Packaging Canada
VC999 Canada Ltd.
WINDERS
1 Film
2 Foil
Alpha Marathon Film Extrusion Technologies Inc. 1-2
American Cutting Edge 1-2
Bobst North America Inc. 1-2
Brampton Engineering Inc. 1
Dependable Marking Systems Ltd. 1-2
Hudson-Sharp 1
Macro Engineering & Technology Inc. 1
Plastiques Lausa Int,l inc. 1
Singular Solutions Inc. 1-2
SteelNor/Inventure Engineering & Machinery Inc. 1
PACKAGE MAKERS/SERVICES
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 (NFT/NFP) 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. ScanRight(TM) Certification, ANSI/ISO Verifiers, QC Seminars And Training.
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 Certification and testing services: Barcode scanning.
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 Plant Mgr: Clayton Avery Sales Mgr: Laura Parlagreco Daniela Parlagreco Box types: Folding Cartons / Beverage Carriers Facilities: Die Cutting, Creasing, Scoring, Perforating, Litho, Coating, Hot Stamping, Embossing.
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
ELLIS PACKAGING LTD.
1830 Sandstone Manor Pickering ON L1W 3Y1 Tel: 905-798-7715 Fax: 905-831-7571 Email: sales@ ellispkg.com Web: www.ellispkg.com Pres: Cathie Ellis Plant Mgr: Don Smart VP Sls: Brad T. Weale Box types: Cartons Other plants: Ellis Packaging West, Guelph, ON; Ellis Paper Box, Mississauga, ON Facilities: Coating, Creasing, Diecutting, Embossing, Flexo, Hot-Stamping, Litho, Perforating, Scoring
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 Box types: Folding cartons Facilities: Diecutting, Creasing, Scoring, Perforating, Litho, Coating, Hotstamping, Embossing, Gravure
25-2450 Lancaster Road Ottawa Ottawa Ontario K1B 5N3 Tel: 613-738-0531 877-639-1286 Email: info@newprint.ca Web: https://www.newprint.ca/ Pres: Elie Bellama Plant Mgr: Will Brodie Sales Mgr: Sean McLaughlin Box types: Folding Cartons printed on SBS Paper board with window patching capabilities Facilities: Newprint provides product packaging for retail industrial customers based on demand and contract.
In-house capabilities from printing, die cutting, embossing, folding & glueing, straight-line glueing, auto-bottom glueing, four-corner glueing, sixcorner glueing, custom window patching and laminating
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 RAYACOM PREMIUM PRINT
125 W 71st Ave Vancouver BC V5X 2X3 Tel: 604254-4488 Email: premiumprint@rayacom.com Web: Www.RAYACOM.com Pres: Austin Tran Plant Mgr: David Benza Sales Mgr: Bruno Bega Ravi Meharu Box types: Folding carton, corrugated SCANPACK INC.
2715 Bristol Circle #1 Oakville Ontario L6H6X5 Tel: 647-794-1353 Email: hello@scanpack.ca Web: https://www.scanpack.ca Pres: Steve Cussons Plant Mgr: Victoria Shea Sales Mgr: Oliver Radley-Smith Box types: consumer boxes, corrugate boxes, influencer boxes Facilities: full offset & digital print capabilities, full service bindery, die cutting, glue/fold, kitting XGP CANADA INC.
25 Sheffield Street, Unit 22 Cambridge Ontario N3C 1C4 Tel: 226-512-3947 833-657-3947 Email: jmartin@xgpcanada.com Web: www.xgpcanada. com Pres: Jean Martin Plant Mgr: Chris Connor Sales Mgr: Doug Gibson Sean Whiteley Box types: Setup Boxes, Display Boxes, Plastic Corrugated Tote Containers
CONTAINER DECORATING
BERLIN PACKAGING
525 W. Monroe St Chicago IL 60661 Tel: 514633-9247 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, CHANTLER PACKAGES INC.
880 Lakeshore Rd. E. Mississauga ON L5E 1E1 Tel: 905-274-2533 Fax: 905-274-9522 Email: info@chantlerpackages.com Web: chantlerpackages.com Pres: Ammad Asif, COO Plant Mgr: Muhammad Abdullah Sales Mgr: Adnan Sharif Services: 8 colour, flexographic printing on film Industries: fresh produce and prepared foods. 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.
Beer/cider, beverage, cosmetics, food, wine, spirits 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; DirSales: Kevin Cinel; Bus Dev Mgr: Micheil Jennings Industries: Food SCANPACK INC.
2715 Bristol Circle #1 Oakville Ontario L6H6X5 Tel: 647-794-1353 Email: hello@scanpack.ca Web: https://www.scanpack.ca Pres: Steve Cussons Plant Mgr: Victoria Shea Sales Mgr: Oliver Radley-Smith Industries: cosmetics, food, general consumer packaging, shippng boxes, influencer boxes, gifting boxes
STOCK PACKAGING CANADA
815A Tecumseh Pointe-Claire QC H9R 4B1 Tel: 514426-1266 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
CONTRACT PACKAGING
BIEDERMAN PACKAGING INC.
36 Head St Dundas ON L9H 3H3 Tel: 905-628-5298 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, Pouches, Pails, Bottles, Cartons, Form/Fill/Seal, Jars, Shrink Sleeving BLUE WAVE PACKAGING
402-4th Floor,Platinum Center Dubai Dubai 97356 Tel: 154-578-8428 Email: glipolymers@gmail.com Web: www.bluewavepack.com Pres: Ali Muddasar Plant Mgr: Raza Sales Mgr: Kenneth Type of products packaged: Thermoforming and APET Sheet Polyester Strapping LDPE Films
HDPE Bags
PP Woven Sacks
Jute Bags
Zipper Bags
Food packaging Type of packages: JarsFilmFlexibale Packaging
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: 905-619-1477 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.
BULLSEYE PACKAGING SERVICES
13-10099 15 Street NE CALGARY AB T3J 0T7 Tel: 403-970-7155 Email: SALES@ BULLSEYEPACKAGING.CA Web: WWW. BULLEYEPACKAGING.CA Pres: STEPHEN PETERS Plant Mgr: ADRIAN HOUSER Sales Mgr: EIRA BRAUN-LABOSSIERE Type of products packaged: We are secondary co-packers of shelf-stable food and beverages, beer, liquor, natural health products, pet treats, various types of consumer packaged goods.
Can perform manual primary co-packing for nonhuman foodstuffs.
We hold a Food Handling Permit, an Excise Warehouse License, AGLC License, NHP Site License all for secondary co-packing services. Type of packages: Assembly of various promotional packs such as variety packs, mix packs, value-add attachments (such as coupons, gift-with-purchase, etc.) Perform custom kitting, e-commerce order fulfillment, pick and pack. Assembly and loading of retail displays, including pallet displays (DRP). Bundle wrapping-in-tray capabilities in our BC location. Shrinkwrapping supported retail multi-packs in Alberta location.
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
ECONOPAC
490 Midwest Rd Scarborough ON M1P 3A9 Tel: 416750-7200 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
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 Plant 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 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: 613-9618860 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, semiautomatic bag packing, flow wrap, display-ready pallets, repacks, inspections, container changes GOLDRICH PRINTPAK INC.
100 Industry St Toronto ON M6M 4L8 Tel: 416-7699000 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
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 VP, Customer Strategy: Cameron Bramwell Type of products packaged: Dry, Liquid, Pastes, Powders, Capsules, Tablets, Pharmaceuticals, Nutraceuticals, Cosmetics, Medical Devices (Class I and II). Type of packages: Folding Cartons, Blisters, Bottles, Pouches, Travel Vials, Form/Fill/Seal, Serialized Packaging.
LABELINK PRODUCTS INC.
9201 Claveau Montreal Quebec H1J 2C8 Tel: 800786-1770 Fax: 514-328-1887 Email: Contactus@ Labelink.ca Web: www.labelink.ca Pres: Stephen Bouchard Sales Mgr: Martin Vachon VP Operations Victor Tortis Type of products packaged: Pharmaceutical, Food, Neutraceutical Type of packages: Bottles, Shrink, Jars, Cartons 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 MENASHA PACKAGING CANADA LP 35 Precidio Court Brampton ON L6S 6B7 Tel: 905792-7092
NEWPRINT
25-2450 Lancaster Road Ottawa Ottawa Ontario K1B 5N3 Tel: 613-738-0531 877-639-1286 Email: info@ newprint.ca Web: https://www.newprint.ca/ Pres: Elie Bellama Plant Mgr: Will Brodie Sales Mgr: Sean McLaughlin Type of products packaged: Dry, foods, liquid, pastes, powders, pharmaceuticals. Type of packages: Retail folding cartons, Custom Boxes PLANET A
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
RECURVE SOLUTIONS
24-56 FREEPORT CRESCENT NE CALGARY AB T3J 0T7 Tel: 403-970-7155 Email: EIRA@ RECURVESOLUTIONS.CA Web: WWW. RECURVESOLUTIONS.CA Pres: STEPHEN PETERS Plant Mgr: ADRIAN HOUSER Sales Mgr: EIRA BRAUN-LABOSSIERE DARREN BOLKO Type of products packaged: Supporting growing to medium sized businesses, we are secondary co-packers of shelf-stable food, beverage, beer, liquor, pet treats and various types of consumer packaged goods. We can perform manual primary co-packing of foodstuffs that are not intended for human consumption. Type of packages: We assemble variety packs and mix packs, attach value-add gift with purchase items or coupons. Assemble and load retail displays, including pallet displays (DRP). Perform kitting services, pick + pack, e-commerce order fulfillment. Supported shrink wrapping of twin or multi-packs.
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, pastes, powders, dry granular, pharmaceuticals. Type of packages: Flexible pouches, bottles, cartons, form/fill/seal, jars, tubes.
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
296 Walker Drive Brampton ON L6T 4B3 Tel: 905789-6770 Fax: 905-789-6773 Web: www.alphapoly. com Pres: Patrick Kerrigan Plant Mgr: Alex Bennely Sales Mgr: Derek Lawr Materials Converted: films Facilities: flexo print to 10 cols, laminations, slitting, bagmaking, pouches ARAN USA
111 Progress Ave Toronto ON M1P 2Y9 Tel: 416-2988101 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. CHANTLER PACKAGES INC.
880 Lakeshore Rd. E. Mississauga ON L5E 1E1 Tel: 905-274-2533 Fax: 905-274-9522 Email: info@ chantlerpackages.com Web: chantlerpackages.com Pres: Ammad Asif, COO Plant Mgr: Muhammad Abdullah Sales Mgr: Adnan Sharif Materials Converted: LLDPE, CPP and BOPP films Facilities: printing, bagmaking, slitting and micro-perfing. 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
2-53 Queens Plate Dr Etobicoke ON M9W 6P1 Fax: 416-981-3071 Email: sales@sector9.ca Web: www.durafastlabel.ca Materials Converted: Papers Facilities: Coating, Diecutting, Laminating, Letterpress 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. Scarborough ON M1L2L7 Tel: 416-288-3060 Email: sales@fpcflexible.com Web: www.fpcflexible.com Pres: Brent Brewer Plant Mgr: Glen Beharry Sales Mgr: Steve Marsden Materials Converted: Paper, Film & Foils Facilities: Flexo, Gravure, Wax Coating, Solvent/Solvent-less Adhesive, laminating, poly-coating, rewind/slitting 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: 416-7699000 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 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 VP, Customer Strategy: Cameron Bramwell Materials Converted: Paper, Film, Foils Facilities: Bagmaking, Coating, Flexo, Laminating, Litho, Pressure Sensitive Labels, Intelligent Packaging, Laser Labels, Paper Bags.
LABELINK PRODUCTS INC. 9201 Claveau Montreal Quebec H1J 2C8 Tel: 800786-1770 Fax: 514-328-1887 Email: Contactus@ Labelink.ca Web: www.labelink.ca Pres: Stephen Bouchard Sales Mgr: Martin Vachon VP Operations Victor Tortis Materials Converted: Paper, Films, Tag Facilities: Flexo, diecutting, embossing, hotstamping,cold-Stamping, laminting, Flexible packaging, Digital
MENASHA PACKAGING CANADA
LP
35 Precidio Court Brampton ON L6S 6B7 Tel: 905792-7092
25-2450 Lancaster Road Ottawa Ottawa Ontario K1B 5N3 Tel: 613-738-0531 877-639-1286 Email: info@newprint.ca Web: https://www.newprint.ca/ Pres: Elie Bellama Plant Mgr: Will Brodie Sales Mgr: Sean McLaughlin Materials Converted: Papers and PET films Facilities: Custom window patching, Laminating, Pantone printing, Spot color printing with cold foil, die-cutting,
PEEL PLASTIC PRODUCTS LTD.
49 Rutherford Rd S Brampton ON L6W 3J3 Tel: 905-456-3660 Fax: 905-456-0870 Web: www. peelplastics.com Pres: Bill Troost Materials Converted: Films Facilities: Bagmaking, Coating, Flexo, Laminating 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 Materials Converted: Conventional, recyclable, and compostable films. Facilities: Digital printing, laminating, and converting. SCANPACK INC.
2715 Bristol Circle #1 Oakville Ontario L6H6X5 Tel: 647-794-1353 Email: hello@scanpack.ca Web: https://www.scanpack.ca Pres: Steve Cussons Plant Mgr: Victoria Shea Sales Mgr: Oliver RadleySmith Facilities: litho, digital coating, diecutting, embossing, laminating, glue/fold, SPICERS CANADA
200 Galcat Drive Vaughan ON L4L 0B9 Tel: 905265-5000 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 TAILOR-MADE SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING LIMITED
8700 Bryn Mawr Ave. 1000N Chicago IL 60631 Tel: 773-877-3300 866-439-6050 Email: packaging@ tc.tc Web: www.tc.tc/packaging Materials Converted: films and foils TEKPAKSOLUTIONS
1-44 Ditton Drive Hamilton Ontario L8W 0A9 Tel: 416-505-3839 Email: info@tekpaksolutions.com Web: www.tekpaksolutions.com Pres: Robert Pocius Sales Mgr: Lisa Hamilton Materials Converted: All flexible packaging-specializing in Biodegadable Films Facilities: Laminated & Printed Bags & Pouches & Rollstock Biodegradable Flexo & Gravure
TEMPO FLEXIBLE PACKAGING
2237 Industrial Park Road Innisfil Ontario L9S 3V9 Tel: 705-436-4442 888-436-4444 Email: contactus@tempoflexiblepackaging.com Web: https://tempoflexiblepackaging.com/ Pres: Leonardo Giglio Sales Mgr: Tony Corsillo Lee-Anne Giglio Materials Converted: Films Facilities: Flexible packaging converting, flexographic printing, ULTRAPERF TECHNOLOGIES INC.
850 Cloutier Suite 130 St Jean sur Richelieu QC J3B0B9 Tel: 450-359-0470 Email: sales@ultraperf. com Web: www.ultraperf.com Plant Mgr: Christian Glasow Materials Converted: perforated, vented packaging films for fresh produce, foods Facilities: perforation, scoring, hole punching, bag making, printing, laminating WEDLOCK PAPER CONVERTERS LTD.
100 Saulteaux Cres Winnipeg MB R3J 3T3 Tel: 204-889-1015 Fax: 204-832-7781 Web: www. winpak.com Pres: B J Berry Dir-Prod: Graeme Hall. Sales Mgr/Pres-Winpak Div: D A Johns Other plants: Toronto, Montreal, Chicago, Senoia, Peoria, San Berandino Materials Converted: Papers, Films & Foil Facilities: Laminating, Coating, Bagmaking, Letterpress, Gravure, Flexo, Embossing, Diecutting, Creasing, Scoring WINPAK PORTION PACKAGING LTD. 6 Wedgeport Court Nobleton ON L7B0A4 Tel: 416399-8050 Web: www.winpak.com Sales Mgr: Robert Graham Materials Converted: Papers, films,rigid containers Facilities: All
DIGITAL IMAGING & PRE-PRESS
DURAFAST LABEL COMPANY
2-53 Queens Plate Dr Etobicoke ON M9W 6P1 Fax: 416-981-3071 Email: sales@sector9.ca Web: www.durafastlabel.ca Services: Labels
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 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 VP, Customer Strategy: Cameron Bramwell Services: Prepress
LABELINK PRODUCTS INC.
9201 Claveau Montreal Quebec H1J 2C8 Tel: 800786-1770 Fax: 514-328-1887 Email: Contactus@ Labelink.ca Web: www.labelink.ca Pres: Stephen Bouchard Sales Mgr: Martin Vachon VP Operations Victor Tortis Services: Digital, Prepress 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 Services: computer to plate, multi-line screen management, digital press, color samples and prototypes, graphic design, box conception NEWPRINT 25-2450 Lancaster Road Ottawa Ottawa Ontario K1B 5N3 Tel: 613-738-0531 877-639-1286 Email: info@newprint.ca Web: https://www.newprint.ca/ Pres: Elie Bellama Plant Mgr: Will Brodie Sales Mgr: Sean McLaughlin Services: Esko automation, prepress and pre-flight with 3D visualization and planogram with palletization 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, video, and photography.
SCANPACK INC.
2715 Bristol Circle #1 Oakville Ontario L6H6X5 Tel: 647-794-1353 Email: hello@scanpack.ca Web: https://www.scanpack.ca Pres: Steve Cussons Plant Mgr: Victoria Shea Sales Mgr: Oliver Radley-Smith Services: full digital up to B2 sheet size, full prepress and design.
7185 11th Ave Burnaby BC V3N2M5 Tel: 604439-8938 Fax: 604-527-3943 Email: info@18wheels.ca Web: www.18wheelslogistics. com Pres: Meng Lai Sales Mgr: Michael Kotendzhi
CHARLES DOWNER & CO. LTD.
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
CRAWFORD PACKAGING
3036 Page Street London ON N5V 4P2 Tel: 800265-4783 Email: info@crawfordpackaging.com Web: www.crawfordpackaging.com
EDSON PACKAGING MACHINERY LTD.
215 Hempstead Dr Hamilton ON L8W 2E6 Tel: 905-385-3201 800-493-3766 Fax: 905-3858775 Email: value@edson.com Web: www.edson. com Pres: Gray Evans
7 New Lancaster Rd Leominster MA 01453 Tel: 978-537-8534 800-851-1518 Fax: 978-8400730 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 VP, Customer Strategy: Cameron Bramwell
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: 416252-8833 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.
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.
5 Loring Drive Bolton ON L7E 1Y1 Tel: 647-9809210 416-720-7875 Fax: 416-479-0787 Email: info@planautomation.com Web: www. planautomation.com Pres: JP Perreault Plant Mgr: Mat Bédard Sales Mgr: JP Perreault Mat Bédard, VP, COO PROPACK PROCESSING & PACKAGING SYSTEMS INC.
4902 Union Rd Beamsville ON L3J 0V8 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 SPEEDWAY PACKAGING MACHINERY
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: 416-2982151 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 #10 Main Barrie ON L4N 8Z6 Tel: 705-725-9750 Fax: 705-725-8086 Email: pack@ steelnor.com Web: www.steelnor.com Pres: Gary Nychka Plant Mgr: Ron McCutcheon Sales Mgr: David Steele 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 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, Michael Meynckens, Hugo Lorquet
MANUFACTURERS OF CORRUGATED BOXES, ETC.
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 CARTONEK
645 rue des Martinets St-Lambert de Lauzon Québec G0S 2W0 Tel: 418-520-6895 Email: robertv@groupeaptas.com Web: www.cartonek. com Robert Vallee Type of containers and materials produced: Corrugated 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
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 XGP CANADA INC.
25 Sheffield Street, Unit 22 Cambridge Ontario N3C 1C4 Tel: 226-512-3947 833-657-3947 Email: jmartin@xgpcanada.com Web: www. xgpcanada.com Pres: Jean Martin Plant Mgr: Chris Connor Sales Mgr: Doug Gibson Sean Whiteley Type of containers and materials produced: Setup Triplewall Pallet Boxes, Stock and Release Corrugated Boxes, Honeycomb Pads, Partitions and Custom Dunnage Solutions MATERIAL RECOVERY
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 Email: mohan.george@ecobioplas. com 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
PACKAGE DESIGNERS & CONSULTANTS
18 WHEELS LOGISTICS
25 Borden Ave Dartmouth Nova Scotia B3B 1C7 Tel: 902-468-5353 800-565-5353 Email: sales@ maritimepaper.com Web: https://www. maritimepaper.com/ Pres: Sheldon Gouthro Sales Mgr: Geoff Morse Type of containers and materials produced: Maritime Paper produces high quality corrugated packaging products that include the standard brown shipping carton, 7 color flexographic printing, retail displays, specialty folding, die cuts, corrugated pallets, wax cascaded cartons and bulk bins. Production facilities: Maritime Paper has three manufacturing facilities located on the east coast of Canada MENASHA PACKAGING CANADA LP
35 Precidio Court Brampton ON L6S 6B7 Tel: 905792-7092
MITCHEL-LINCOLN PACKAGING LTD.
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 Type of containers and materials produced: all Types of Corrugated Boxes. Production facilities: Corrugating, Flexo-FolderGluing, 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,
7185 11th Ave Burnaby BC V3N2M5 Tel: 604439-8938 Fax: 604-527-3943 Email: info@18wheels.ca Web: www.18wheelslogistics. com Pres: Meng Lai Sales Mgr: Michael Kotendzhi 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 Plant Mgr: Clayton Avery Sales Mgr: Laura Parlagreco Daniela 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
PACKAGE MAKERS/SERVICES
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: 514633-9247 800-723-7546 Email: andre.lt@ berlinpackaging.com Web: https://www. berlinpackaging.com/ BRIDGEMARK
77 City Centre Dr, West Tower, 2nd Floor Mississauga ON L5B 1M5 Tel: 905-281-7240 866-335-9457 Fax: 905-270-3601 Email: info@ bridgemark.agency Web: www.bridgemark.agency Pres: Steve Davis
CHARLES DOWNER & CO. LTD.
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
CLIKBO LABS
640 Roselawn Avenue #510 Toronto Ontario M5N 1K9 Tel: 647-504-4934 Web: Instagram @clikbo_ world Pres: Noah Shopsowitz 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
DECO LABELS & FLEXIBLE PACKAGING
28 Greensboro Drive Toronto Ontario M9W 1E1 Tel: 416-247-7878 Fax: 416-247-9030 Web: www. decolabels.com Pres: Randy Ford Sales Mgr: Vinod Sharma
GBC DESIGN COMMUNICATIONS
19 Brock Street West Oshawa ON L1G1R2 Tel: 416-841-5028 Email: gbc@gbc-design.com Web: gbc-design.com Pres: G Bruce Chapman
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
JG CONSULTING LLC 4071 N 90th street Milwaukee Wisconsin 53222 Tel: 414-708-8828 Email: joe.imfa3@gmail.com Pres: Joseph Grygny
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 VP, Customer Strategy: Cameron Bramwell MENASHA PACKAGING CANADA
LP 35 Precidio Court Brampton ON L6S 6B7 Tel: 905792-7092
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
RAYACOM PREMIUM PRINT
125 W 71st Ave Vancouver BC V5X 2X3 Tel: 604254-4488 Email: premiumprint@rayacom.com Web: Www.RAYACOM.com Pres: Austin Tran Plant Mgr: David Benza Sales Mgr: Bruno Bega Ravi Meharu 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
SCANPACK INC.
2715 Bristol Circle #1 Oakville Ontario L6H6X5 Tel: 647-794-1353 Email: hello@scanpack.ca Web: https://www.scanpack.ca Pres: Steve Cussons Plant Mgr: Victoria Shea Sales Mgr: Oliver Radley-Smith 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
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 XGP CANADA INC.
25 Sheffield Street, Unit 22 Cambridge Ontario N3C 1C4 Tel: 226-512-3947 833-657-3947 Email: jmartin@xgpcanada.com Web: www.xgpcanada. com Pres: Jean Martin Plant Mgr: Chris Connor Sales Mgr: Doug Gibson Sean Whiteley PACKAGE TESTING SERVICES
MEGALAB GROUP INC.
150 Addison Hall Circle Aurora Ontario L4G 3X8 Tel: 905-752-1925 Web: www.megalabinc.com Pres: Garry Lee Plant Mgr: Ashwani Malhotra Sales Mgr: Larry J. Cook Sreyas Dasika MegaLab’s state-of-the-art lab tests packaging integrity through every phase of distribution with: ISTA, ASTM, UN. Package Design, Amazon FFP/ SIOC. Shock, Vibration, Humidity, Heat, Cold and IEC IPXX. We can support this and more. Contact us for a tour and complimentary review of your product requirements.
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 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 Email: mohan.george@ecobioplas. com 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 Mushroom Containers Blanch Pails Pilfer Proof Horticultural products for Greenhouses: Deco Pot Covers, Growing pots, Carrying Trays and Shipping trays. Construction Products
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: Polypropylene tubs, pails, trays & buckets Production facilities: injection molding/offset printing/In-mold labelling
MENASHA PACKAGING CANADA
LP 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: 905-670-7760 Fax: 905-670-1961 Email: tosales@richardspackaging.com Web: www. richardspackaging.com Pres: David Prupas Plant Mgr: Steve Schacther Sales Mgr: David McKay CEO: Gerry Glynn Type of containers and materials produced: Bottles and jars, closures, pumps/ sprayers Production facilities: Toronto, Vancouver. Extrusion blow molding, injection blow molding, injection stretch blow molding SILGAN PLASTICS CANADA
Mgr: Mike Dibiasio Type of containers and materials produced: Bottles, jars, closures. Production facilities: Stretch blowmolding, injection blowmolding & extrusion blowmolding, injection molding, lining, decorating.
PREPRINTED LINERBOARD QR CODES
18 WHEELS LOGISTICS
7185 11th Ave Burnaby BC V3N2M5 Tel: 604-4398938 Fax: 604-527-3943 Email: info@18wheels. ca Web: www.18wheelslogistics.com Pres: Meng Lai Sales Mgr: Michael Kotendzhi
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
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 VP, Customer Strategy: Cameron Bramwell 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
ADDRESSES
18 WHEELS LOGISTICS
7185 11th Ave Burnaby BC V3N2M5 Tel: 604-4398938 Fax: 604-527-3943 Web: www.18wheelslogistics.com Branches: 7185 11th Ave Burnaby BC V3N 2M5 6044398938; 3M CANADA COMPANY
300 Tartan Dr London ON N5V 4M9 Tel: 800-3643577 Fax: 800-479-4453 Web: www.3m.ca/iatd ABB INC.
7041 Boone Ave North Brooklyn Park MN 55428 Tel: 763-795-8856 800-877-5658 Fax: 763-795-8867 Web: afmsleeves.com
AGFA INC.
5975 Falbourne St., Unit 2 Mississauga ON L5R 3V8 Tel: 905-361-6996 800-540-2432 Web: www.agfa. com
AHEARN & SOPER INC.
100 Woodbine Downs Blvd Toronto ON M9W 5S6 Tel: 416-675-3999 800-263-4258 Fax: 416-675-3457 Web: www.ahearn.com
AICC - THE INDEPENDENT PACKAGING ASSOCIATION
113 S West St Alexandria VA 22314 Tel: 703-8362422 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: 833-200-8333 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 905-431-4663; ALEX E. JONES & ASSOCIATES
LTD.
8-785 Pacific Rd Oakville ON L6L 6M3 Tel: 905-8470166 Fax: 905-847-0123 Web: www.alexejones.ca ALFA CHEMISTRY Smithtown Avenue Ronkonkoma NY 11779 Tel: 516662-5404 Fax: 516-927-0118 Web: https:// materials.alfachemic.com/ ALFATEC MACHINE INC.
105 Guthrie Montreal Quebec H9P2P1 Tel: 514-5853864 Web: https://alfatecmachine.ca/ ALL-FILL INC.
418 Creamery Way Exton PA 19341-2500 Tel: 610524-7350 866-455-3455 Fax: 610-524-7346 Web: www.all-fill.com
Representatives: Andre Blake - Regional Sales Manager;
ALPHA CHECKWEIGHERS
418 Creamery Way Exton PA 19341-2500 Tel: 610524-7350 Fax: 610-524-7346 Web: www. alphacheckweighers.com Representatives: Plan Automation, Orangeville, ON 416-479-0777; ALPHA MARATHON FILM
4 Schiedel Court Unit 1-3 Cambridge ON N3C 0H1 Tel: 226-765-7700 Web: www.beckhoff.ca Branches: Beckhoff Automation Limited, Laval, Quebec (Montreal, QC);Beckhoff Automation Limited, Burnaby, British Columbia (Vancouver, BC); BELL-MARK 331 Changebridge Rd. Pine Brook NJ 07058 Tel: 973-882-0202 Web: https://www.bell-mark.com BENECO PACKAGING|SOOPAK. COM
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 INC. 835 Syscon Crt Burlington ON L7L 6C5 Tel: 905634-2248 Fax: 905-634-7780 Web: www.bericap. com
BERLIN PACKAGING
525 W. Monroe St Chicago IL 60661 Tel: 514-6339247 800-723-7546 Web: https://www. berlinpackaging.com/ Branches: Berlin Packaging – Montreal, Canada 1449 46e Avenue Montréal, QC H8T 3C5 (514) 633-9247; BERRY PLASTICS CANADA INC.
33 Taylor St Waterloo QC J0E 2N0 Tel: 450-5392772 888-539-2772 Fax: 450-539-0585 Web: www.berryplasticscanada.ca BEST PACKAGING SYSTEMS 8699 Escarpment Way Unit 1 Milton Ontario L9T 0J5 Tel: 905-864-3005 877-484-4440 Web: www. bestpackagingsystems.com
BIEDERMAN ENTERPRISES LTD.
312 Campbell Ave E PO Box 99 Campbellville ON L0P 1B0 Tel: 905-854-9978 Web: www.biederman.ca
BIEDERMAN PACKAGING INC.
36 Head St Dundas ON L9H 3H3 Tel: 905-628-5298 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; BLUE WAVE PACKAGING 402-4th Floor,Platinum Center Dubai Dubai 97356
Tel: 154-578-8428 Web: www.bluewavepack.com
BLUEPRINT AUTOMATION (BPA) 16037 Innovation Dr South Chesterfield VA 23834 Tel: 804-520-5400 Fax: 804-526-8164 Web: www.bpa-flexolutions.com Representatives: Flexi-Pack Machinery Solutions, Woodbridge, ON 416-577-0722;Techno Pak, St. Julie, QC 450-9223122; BO BRANDING & DESIGN AGENCY
LTD.
1600, rue Notre-Dame O bureau 203 Montreal QC H3J 1M1 Tel: 514-938-4646 Web: www.bobranding. com
Branches: CiMa-Pak, 1275 Eglinton Ave E Unit 60 Mississauga, ON L4W 2Z2;CiMa-Pak, 6011 – 46th St. S.E. Calgary, AB, T2C 4Y5; CIRCULR INC.
Web: https://circulr.ca CLIKBO LABS
640 Roselawn Avenue #510 Toronto Ontario M5N 1K9 Tel: 647-504-4934 Web: Instagram @clikbo_ world
CODING PRODUCTS OF CANADA
LTD.
7 Innovation Drive Unit # 160 Dundas ON L9H 7H9 Tel: 905-690-1471 866-427-5701 Fax: 905-6908393 Web: www.codingcanada.com COGNEX CORP.
One Vision Dr Natick MA 01760 Tel: 508-650-3000 Fax: 508-650-3344 Web: www.cognex.com
COLOR PAK - DIV. OF ATLANTIC PACKAGING
80 Progress Ave Scarborough ON M1P 2Z1 Tel: 416298-5340 Fax: 416-298-5473 Web: www.atlantic. ca
COLUMBIA CODING & MARKING
47-20821 Fraser Hwy Suite 230 Langley BC V3A 4G7 Tel: 604-856-7151 866-280-9595 Fax: 604857-1052 Web: www.columbiacoding.com Representatives: Neumann Marking Solutions; COMBI PACKAGING SYSTEMS
6299 Dressler Rd NW North Canton OH 44720 Tel: 330-456-9333 800-521-9072 Web: www.combi. com
COMBISCALE INC.
5605 rue Cypihot Montreal QC H4S 1R3 Tel: 514422-0808 833-472-9466 Web: www.combiscale. com Branches: WeighPack Systems, Inc. 5605 rue Cypihot Montreal,QC H4S 1R3;Paxiom Group, Inc. 2-375 Admiral Blvd, Mississauga, ON L5T 2N1; CONSOLIDATED BOTTLE CORPORATION
77 Union St Toronto ON M6N 3N2 Tel: 416-6567777 800-561-1354 Fax: 416-656-6394 Web: www.consolidatedbottle.com
One Parkview Plaza Suite 800 Oakbrook Terrace IL 60181 Tel: 630-544-5053 Fax: 630-544-5055 Web: www.contractpackaging.org CONTROL GMC
15A Ch. du Tremblay Boucherville Qc J4B 7L6 Tel: 450-449-2664 800-664-5264 Fax: 450-4492648 Web: https://controlgmc.com COUSINS PACKAGING INC.
105 Claireport Cres Etobicoke ON M9W 6P7 Tel: 888-209-9344 Fax: 416-743-1831 Web: www. cousinspackaging.com Branches: Campbellville, ON 519-766-0707; CRAWFORD PACKAGING
3036 Page Street London ON N5V 4P2 Tel: 800265-4783 Web: www.crawfordpackaging.com Branches: Crawford Packaging (London) 3036 Page St, London, ON N5V 4P2;Crawford Packaging (Brampton) 115A Walker Dr, Brampton, ON L6T 5P5;Crawford Packaging (Essex) 350 South Talbot Rd. N. Essex, ON N8M 2X6;Crawford Packaging (Cambridge) 25 Sheffield St Cambridge, ON N3C 1C4; CREATIVE BIOARRAY
Shirley, New York, 11967 Shirley New York 11967 Tel: 631-386-8241 Web: https://www.creativebioarray.com/ Representatives: Creative Bioarray; CSB SYSTEM
305 King Street W Unit 701 Kitchener Ontario n2g1b9 Tel: 800-852-9977 Web: https://www.csb. com/en/the-erp-from-the-industry-specialist
CUBE AUTOMATION
2704-A Principale Tracadie-Sheila NB E1X 1A1 Tel: 506-393-6000 Web: www.cubefoodprocessing.com
Branches: Cube Quebec, 495 Road 132, La Pocatiere QC G0R1Z0;
5980 Grand Haven Rd Muskegon MI 49441 Tel: 231798-1483 Fax: 231-798-9583 Web: www. dynamicconveyor.com Representatives: Frontline Process Solutions, Oakville, ON 905-827-5800;Trugrit Agency Inc. 503-625-1609; E. HOFMANN PLASTICS
51 Centennial Rd Orangeville ON L9W 3R1 Tel: 519943-5050
EAM-MOSCA (CANADA) LTD.
170 William Smith Drive Whitby ON L1N 9N3 Tel: 905-665-8225 800-663-6392 Fax: 905-6658188 Web: www.eammosca.com
EASTEY
7041 Boone Ave Brooklyn Park MN 55428 Tel: 763428-4846 Fax: 763-795-8867 Web: www.eastey. com
410-99 Bank St Ottawa ON K1P 6B9 Tel: 613-5631441 Fax: 613-563-4720 Web: www.fpac.ca
FORMOST FUJI CORPORATION
19211 144th Ave NE Woodinville WA 98072 Tel: 425483-9090 Fax: 425-486-5656 Web: www. formostfuji.com
FORT DEARBORN COMPANY
1530 Morse Avenue Elk Grove IL 60007 Tel: 847357-9500 Fax: 847-357-8726 Web: www. fortdearborn.com
FORTE LABELS AND SHRINK SLEEVES INC.
2-77 Courtland Ave Richmond Hill ON L4S 3S9 Tel: 905-669-7426 Fax: 905-669-7602 Web: www. fortelabels.com
FORTRESS TECHNOLOGY, INC.
51 Grand Marshall Drive Toronto Ontario M1B 5N6 Tel: 416-754-2898 888-220-8737 Web: www. FortressTechnology.com
FOXJET, AN ITW COMPANY
1 Research Park Drive St. Charles MO 63304 Tel: 800-369-5384 800-369-5384 Fax: 636-300-2188 Web: www.foxjet.com Representatives: DMS Marking & Coding;Harlund Industries; FPC FLEXIBLE PACKAGING CORPORATION
1891 Eglinton Ave. E. Scarborough ON M1L2L7 Tel: 416-288-3060 Web: www.fpcflexible.com
208 S Route 73 Blue Anchor NJ 08037 800-2578581 Fax: 609-561-2328 Web: www.garvey.com
GBC DESIGN COMMUNICATIONS
19 Brock Street West Oshawa ON L1G1R2 Tel: 416841-5028 Web: gbc-design.com
GEBO
GERTEX SOLUTIONS
400 Flint Road North York Ontario M3J 2J4 Tel: 416398-7408 Fax: 416-398-9226 Web: www. gertexsolutions.com Branches: Impak Packaging, 400 Flint Road, North York, Ontario, M3J 2J4, 416-299-0960;Freepak, 6-735 South Service Road, Stoney Creek, ON, L8E 5S7, 905-643-5858; GH MANUFACTURING INC.
101 Petrie Place Belleville ON K8N5T3 Tel: 613-9618860 Web: www.ghmanufacturing.com
GLASS PACKAGING INSTITUTE
1220 North Fillmore St Suite 400 Alexandria VA 22201 Tel: 703-684-6359 Fax: 703-546-0588 Web: www.gpi.org
GLENMORE CUSTOM PRINT & PACKAGING
13751 Mayfield Place Richmond BC V6V 2G9 Tel: 604-273-6323 866-333-6323 Web: glenmorecustomprint.com
GLUE DOTS INTERNATIONAL N117 W18711 Fulton Drive Germantown WI 53022
PO Box 26509 Greenville SC 29616-1509 Tel: 864297-1200 Fax: 864-297-4486 Web: www.hartness. com Representatives: Alex E. Jones Packaging Machinery Ltd., Ville Mont Royal, QC 514-7317747;Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd., Oakville, ON 905-847-0166;
HAYSSENSANDIACRE - DIV. OF BARRY-WEHMILLER COMPANIES, INC.
225 Spartangreen Blvd Duncan SC 29334 Tel: 864486-4000 Fax: 864-486-4412 Web: www. hayssensandiacre.com Representatives: Pointe Claire, QC 514-693-9381;Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd., Oakville, ON 905-847-0166; HEALTHCARE COMPLIANCE PACKAGING COUNCIL
268-2711 Buford Rd Bon Air VA 23235-2423 Tel: 804-338-5778 Fax: 888-812-4272 Web: www. hcpconline.org
HEAT AND CONTROL, INC. 21121 Cabot Blvd Hayward CA 94545-1132 Tel: 510259-0500 800-227-5980 Web: www. heatandcontrol.com Branches: Heat and Control Canada, Inc., 3-7 Edinburgh Road South, Guelph, ON N1H 5N8, +1 519 623 1100; HEAT SEALING PACKAGING 61 Pippin Rd Concord ON L4K 4N6 Tel: 905-6696770 800-669-7757 Fax: 905-669-5793 Web: www.heatsealing.ca
4607 Dovetail Dr Madison WI 53704 Tel: 608-2411118 Fax: 608-241-4448 Web: www.idealpase.com
IMA ILAPAK
105 Pheasant Run, Newtown, PA 18940, United States Newtown, PA 18940 Tel: 647-290-5847 215579-2900 Web: https://www.ilapak.com/ IMA NORTH AMERICA INC.
7 New Lancaster Rd Leominster MA 01453 Tel: 978537-8534 800-851-1518 Fax: 978-840-0730 Web: www.ima.it
IMPERIAL DADE CANADA INC. 4300 rue Hickmore Saint-Laurent QC H4T 1K2 800361-7147 Web: www.imperialdade.com
INSTITUTE OF PACKAGING PROFESSIONALS (IOPP)
One Parkview Plaza Suite 800 Oakbrook Terrace IL 60181 Tel: 630-544-5050 Web: www.iopp.org 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
INTERNATIONAL FEATURED STANDARDS - IFS
251 Yonge Street Richmond Hill Ontario L4C 9T3 Tel: 416-356-2411 Web: www.ifs-certification.com/ INX INTERNATIONAL INK CO. 150 N Martingale Suite 700 Schaumburg IL 60173 Tel: 630-382-1906 800-631-7956 Web: https:// inxinternational.com IPL INC.
1000 Sherbrook W Levis QC H3A 3GU Tel: 438-3206188 800-463-0270 Fax: 418-833-3305 Web: www.iplglobal.com Branches: 140, rue Commerciale Saint-Damien-de-Buckland 1-418789-3651; ITACA INC.
201F-622 College Street Toronto Ontario M6G 1B6 Tel: 647-338-5024 Web: www.itaca.ca
JBX SYSTEMS INC.
48 Woodrow Ave Toronto ON M4C5S2 Tel: 416-580-
1588 Web: jbxsystems.ca Branches: JBX Systems Inc., 48 Woodrow Ave, Toronto ON M4C5S2, 416 580-1588;
JDA PROGRESS IND
50 Alex ave Woodbridge Ont L4L5x1 Tel: 905-8506434 Web: https://jdaprogress.com/
LOVESHAW, AN ITW COMPANY, LITTLE DAVID PRODUCTS DIV. Route 296 South Canaan PA 18459 Tel: 570-9374921 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 416679-9990;J G Packaging, Whitby, ON 905-4307647;M.D. Packaging Inc., Scarborough, ON 416-291-9229;Packaging Machinery Concepts, Mississauga, ON 905-212-7046;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: 905689-8783 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; M.D. PACKAGING INC.
141 Reach Street Unit #5A Uxbridge ON L9P1L3 Tel: 416-291-9229 Fax: 416-291-2906 Web: www. mdpackaging.com
1211 Denison St Markham ON L3R 4B3 Tel: 800463-3200 Fax: 905-475-8821 Web: www. nordsonadhesive.com
NORTH AMERICAN MEAT INSTITUTE
1150 Connecticut Ave NW 12th Floor Washington DC 20036 Tel: 202-587-4200 Fax: 202-587-4300 Web: www.meatinstitute.org
NSF CANADA
125 Chancellors Way Guelph ON N1G 0E7 Tel: 519821-1246 Fax: 519-836-1281 Web: www. nsfcanada.ca
NUSPARK INC.
400 Steeprock Dr Toronto ON M3J 2X1 Tel: 416663-7071 Fax: 416-663-0233 Web: www.nuspark. com
NVENIA
750 N Wood Dale Road Wood Dale IL 60191 Tel: 800-253-5103 Fax: 847-671-7006 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 905-271-5700; OBX WORKS INC.
197 Norseman St Toronto ON M8Z 2R5 Tel: 416-2397311 800-268-2424 Fax: 416-239-0596 Web: www.polytainersinc.com
POWER BEAM INC.
7454 Speers Rd. Elora On N0B1S0 Tel: 519-8465835 866-842-6511 Web: www.powerbeam.ca Representatives: Action Valve and Cylinder; PPI - PACKAGING PRODUCTS INC. 2 - 6581 Kitimat Road Mississauga ON L5N 3T5 Tel: 905-507-4040 800-665-4040 Fax: 905-285-0054 Web: www.ppipack.com
PRAXAIR CANADA INC.
1200-1 City Centre Dr Mississauga ON L5B 1M2 Tel: 905-803-1600 Fax: 905-803-1696 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 403-216-1500;
PREMIER TECH CHRONOS
1 av Premier Rivière-du-Loup QC G5R 6C1 Tel: 418868-8324 Fax: 418-862-6642 Web: www. ptchronos.com
PRIMERA TECHNOLOGY
Two Carlson Parkway N Plymouth MN 55447 Tel: 763-475-6676 Web: www.primera.com
PRODO-PAK CORP
77 Commerce St Garfield NJ 07026 Tel: 973-7724500 Fax: 973-772-0471 Web: www.prodo-pak. com
135 Dundas St Cambridge ON N1R 5X1 Tel: 519-7405500 Fax: 519-740-5504 Web: www. rockwellautomation.com
ROLLEM INTERNATIONAL
1650 S. Lewis St. Anaheim CA 92805 Tel: 714-9359130 800-272-4381 Fax: 714-935-9131 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, 1-115 Chemin du Tremblay, Boucherville, QC J4B 7K4, 1-450-923-8065; ROTOPRECISION INC.
2715 Bristol Circle #1 Oakville Ontario L6H6X5 Tel: 647-794-1353 Web: https://www.scanpack.ca SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC CANADA INC.
5985 McLaughlin Rd Mississauga ON L5R 1B8 Tel: 905-366-3999 Web: www.schneider-electric.ca SCHNEIDER PACKAGING EQUIPMENT CO. INC.
5370 Guy Young Rd Brewerton NY 13029 Tel: 315676-3035 Fax: 315-676-2875 Web: www. schneiderequip.com Representatives: Bob Griffin, Orchard Park, NY 716-440-8019; SCHUBERT PACKAGING AUTOMATION INC.
201-5285 Solar Drive Mississauga ON L4W 5B8 Tel: 905-282-0400 Fax: 905-282-0041 Web: www. schubert-na.com SEALED AIR CORPORATION
10701 N. Ambassador Dr. Kansas City MO 64153 Tel: 816-891-0072 800-505-9591 Fax: 816-8910074 Web: www.us.weberweb.com/ Branches: Weber, Inc.;Timberlea Blvd 5080, Mississauga, ON L4W 4M2;
5605 rue Cypihot Montreal QC H4S 1R3 Tel: 514422-0808 833-472-9466 Web: www.weighpack. com Branches: Paxiom Toronto Xperience Center: 375 Admiral Blvd, Unit 2 Mississauga, ON L5T 2N1; WESTLAKE EPOXY INC., A WESTLAKE COMPANY
6200 Cochran Rd, Solon Ohio 44139 Tel: 416-4757151 Web: www.wraptite.com Branches: BDG Wrap-Tite Canada Inc.;295 The West Mall, 6th Floor Toronto ON M9C 4Z4;416-475-7151; Representatives: DPA;The United Group; WULFTEC INTERNATIONAL INC.
209 rue Wulftec Ayer’s Cliff QC J0B 1C0 Tel: 819838-4232 Fax: 819-838-5539 Web: www.wulftec. com
XEIKON AMERICA INC.
350 River Ridge Drive Elgin IL 60123 Tel: 226-8213025 Web: www.xeikon.com
6306 W Eastwood Ct Mequon WI 53092 Tel: 262236-0000 Fax: 262-236-0036 Web: www. yamatoamericas.com
YASKAWA AMERICA INC., MOTOMAN ROBOTICS DIV. 100 Automation Way Miamisburg OH 45342 Tel: 937-847-6200 Fax: 937-847-3288 Web: www. motoman.com Branches: Yaskawa Canada, Inc. 3530 Laird Road, Unit 3 Mississauga, Ontario L5L 5Z7, 905-569-6686;Pointe Claire Regional Center 298 Labrosse Pointe Claire, Quebec H9R 5L8, 514693-6770; YASKAWA MOTOMAN CANADA LTD. (MOTOMAN ROBOTICS) 3530 Laird Rd, Suite 3 Mississauga ON L5L 5Z7 Tel: 905-569-6686 Fax: 905-569-2240 Web: www. motoman.com
ZUND AMERICA, INC. 8142 South 6th Street Oak Creek WI 53154 Tel: 414433-0700 Web: www.zund.com
KEB America Expands Presence with New Sales Office in Canada
The Greater Toronto Area office offers local sales and support of KEB’s industrial automation solutions.
Oakville, Ontario, June 1, 2023 - KEB America, Inc., a subsidiary of KEB Automation KG and the North American provider of motion control and industrial automation solutions, today announces the opening of KEB Canada in Oakville, Ontario. The Greater Toronto Area (GTA) sales office reflects KEB America’s growth and commitment to better serving North American customers in the Canadian market.
KEB Canada will act as a hub for KEB’s sales operations and customer support activities, providing localized assistance to GTA clients and to those across the country. With a rich portfolio of motion control and industrial automation solutions engineered for specific applications, KEB’s tailored solutions meet the unique needs of vertical industries like elevators, material handling, packaging, plastics, robotics, and more.
“Expanding our physical presence in this key market enables us to work more closely with our Canadian customers and distributors, and forge new relationships,” said Andreas Delius, President of KEB America. “We can collaborate more effectively with local OEMs, address their evolving requirements, and develop solutions that align with their automation goals.”
KEB Canada will showcase KEB’s range of industry-leading automation solutions, including motion control systems, VFDs, servo drives, gearmotors, and brakes and clutches. Customers will be able to experience KEB’s products, enabling them to make informed decisions regarding their automation investments.
For more information about KEB Canada and its portfolio of industrial automation solutions, please contact Scott Froehle, KEB Canada Regional Sales Manager, and follow KEB Canada on LinkedIn.
SEPT. 11-13
Las Vegas, Nev.: PACK EXPO Las Vegas , international exhibition and conference by PMMI, The Association for Packaging and Processing Technologies. At Las Vegas Convention Center. To register, go to: www.packexpolasvegas.com
OCT. 2-5
Milwaukee, Wis.: R2R USA Conference 2023, by the Association for Roll-to-Roll Converters (formerly AIMCAL). At the Wisconsin Center. To register, go to: www.rolltoroll.org
OCT. 4-6
Scottsdale, Az.: IMFA Annual Conference, by the International Molded Fiber Association (IMFA). At Mountain Shadows Resort Scottsdale. To register, go to: www.imfa.org
OCT. 23-25
Chicago: Process Expo, food and beverage processing technologies exhibition by Messe Frankfurt, Inc. At the McCormick Place. To register, go to: www.myprocessexpo.com
OCT. 25-26
Niagara Falls, Ont.: Ontario Craft Brewers Conference & Suppliers Marketplace, by Ontario Craft Brewers (OCB). At Niagara Falls Convention Centre. To register, go to: www.ocbconference.com
NOV. 20-21
Amsterdam, The Netherlands: World Bulk Wine Exhibition, by Vinexposium. At Amsterdam RAJ. To register, go to: www.worldbulkwine.com
NOV. 7-9
Toronto: Advanced Design and Manufacturing Expo Toronto (ADM), a multi-show exhibition comprising PACKEX , Automation Technology Expo (ATX) , Design & Manufacturing (D&M) , Plast-Ex and Powder & Bulk Solids. All at the Toronto Congress Centre. To register, go to: www.ADMToronto.com
DEC. 5-8
Shanghai, China: Labelexpo Asia 2023 , exhibition and conference by Tarsus Group. At Shanghai New International Expo Center. To register, go to: www.labelexpo.com
2024
JAN. 9-11
Dubai, UAE: Gulf Print & Pack, commercial and package printing exhibition by Tarsus Group Limited. At the World Trade Center. To register, go to: www.labelexpo.com
MARCH 19-22
Cologne, Germany: Anuga FoodTec 2024, global food and beverage technologies exhibition by Koelnmesse GmbH. At Koelnmesse Fairgrounds. To register, go to: www.koelnmesse.us
Kingsey Falls, Que.-headquartered paper and tissue products group Cascades Inc. has appointed Jérôme Porlier as the new president and chief operating officer of the company’s Specialty Products Group (SPG) business unit.
Flexible packaging printer and converter Glenroy Inc. of Menomonee Falls, Wis., has appointed Margret Oolders as vice-president of operations.
Global product coding technologies group Domino Printing Sciences of Cambridge, U.K., has appointed Thomas Guerriero as the company’s group customer CSR (corporate and social responsibility) manager.
Luxembourg-based graphic arts and printing technologies supplier Flint Group has appointed Robert Welford as president of the company’s Xeikon digital printing division.
Shawpak to represent Texwrap in Canada
Shawpak Systems Limited has been named a Sales Representative in Canada for all Texwrap machines, Wrapping & Bundling Solutions
Shawpak has been successfully providing solutions to food and beverage, pharmaceutical and industrial manufacturers since 1984 and is well-positioned with knowledgeable sales representatives across Canada
Texwrap says this enhanced partnership will allow it and Shawpak to more effectively serve all their customers. This partnership provides a support structure to ensure the best machinery/application fit, a smooth start-up, reliable local service, and long-term return on the machinery investment.
Texwrap, a ProMach brand is centrally located in Washington, Missouri, and is the leader in the design and manufacture of fully automatic shrink wrapping, shrink bundling systems and Ecommerce systems. Known as the industry innovator, we hold patents on some of the most significant breakthrough technologies in the shrink-wrapping business. Our full line of standard wrappers includes L-bar sealers, intermittent motion side sealers, continuous motion side sealers and Vertical Wrappers, as well as shrink tunnels, that are all made in the U.S.A.
The Kayat SRX & Tekkra line of shrink bundlers helps round out our shrink packaging solutions with intermittent motion, continuous motion and tailored bundling systems, and options for clear and print registered film.
For the latest information on Texwrap equipment capabilities, contact Shawpak or visit the Texwrap website at - https://www.texwrap.com/ Shawpak Systems Ltd – www.shawpak.com / info@shawpak.com
Surviving in style with on-the-go packaging / Noelle Stapinsky
Who doesn’t love a good charcuterie board? The creativity one can have in constructing one is limitless. And it brings together all of my favorite foods—cured meats, a variety of cheeses, pickled items and, of course, chocolate. It’s the ultimate sweet and savoury melange for those that like to canapé away with a snack or have it as the main course.When I first came across the ready-to-go Columbus Craft Meats Charcuterie Tasting Board from Hormel Foods Corp., it was literally love at first bite, with superb packaging to boot. The plastic tray with a classy woodgrain finished is covered with a clear layer of plastic film that easily peels off to revealing the tasty contents inside, including the Italian dry salami, Calabrese salami, multigrain crackers, white cheddar cheese, olives and cranberries covered in dark chocolate. This convenience item is perfect for any occasion. Crack it open on a road trip, take it to the beach, bring it to a local park for a picnic: there is literally no place or time of day that this delicious assortment would not make just a much better experience. It’s aesthetically pleasing and the premium-quality ingredients inside take this deli offering to the proverbial next level of self gratification. Sadly, despite winning a Product of theYear Canada award in a major global food competition’s appetizer category, I haven’t been able to find it at any nearby Sobeys supermarkets in the past few months. As it turns out, that’s because the product keeps flying off the shelves whenever the new stock arrives, according to some deli managers I have talked to.
In keeping with the on the go snack theme, I feel compelled to circle back to RIO brand tuna products. Having written about RIO mare Tuna in my last column, I had recently discovered the brand’s new Insalatissime salad options. Typically, I wouldn’t entertain a meal or
Clockwise from left
The Columbus Charcuterie Tasting Board ensemble; the RIO Mare Insalatissime tuna salad mix; a Shiseido roll-on sunscreen stick; travel-sized Vaseline Cocoa Shimmer Healing Jelly; a 1.5-liter stand-up pouch of Calvet dry Rosé wine from the south of France.
snack out of a can, but I gave these a shot and was surprised. Who knew that peppers, olives, beans and corn went so well with tuna? The pretty pink cans have an easy-to- peel lidding and have a rounded bowl-like shape, so it doesn’t look like you just cracked opened a can and started to nosh in full public view. This fast snack is packed with healthy ingredients, has no preservatives, and is my trusted go-to source of comfort whenever I get carried away with life and miss a meal.
For as far back as I can remember I’ve always used sunblock.The memory of my mom telling me that I need to protect my skin so I don’t end up looking like an old leather bag has stayed with me for life. That was actually back in the 1980s, when many people were smothering oils all over their bodies to increase their bronze. As usual, I’m always prepared for the warm sunny days in Ontario by stocking up on sunscreen sprays and lotions. This year, though, I discovered sunscreen in stick form—eliminating the need to lug bottles of the stuff around. My favorite, by far, is the SPF 50+ clear sunscreen stick by
Shiseido. It glides on smooth, moisturizes your skin, and comes in a compact sleek stick that fits in a pocket or a small purse— making it super easy to reapply during prolonged time in the sun.
After discussing my amazing Shiseido product with a friend, she introduced me to the Vaseline brand’s Cocoa Shimmer Healing Jelly, which comes in a travel-size round tube to offer a convenient and quick way to moisturize at home or when I’m out and about. You can use it on your lips, face, and pretty much anywhere else on your body. Not only does it give you instant hydration, but the cocoa shimmer gives also generates a sensual dewy glow. What girl wouldn’t want that?
With my sunblock on, a dewy glow, a charcuterie platter, and a nice side tuna salad, what else would make a perfect afternoon beach side? You guessed it—a libation that travels well. I’m always looking for new packaging formats at the LCBO (Liquor Control Board of Ontario)—something along the lines of Tetra Pak cartons that were suddenly all the rage about 15 years ago, until they weren’t. So I was quite excited to discover the sudden proliferation of stand-up pouches for wine and various ready-todrink (RTD) cocktails. Easily standing upright inside the fridge, they do a commendable job of keeping the product fresh for a very long time, with the spouted nozzle fitment providing very reliable reclosability. Holding an impressive 1.5-liter of product, the decorative pouches are perfect for sharing at a party or picnic, or taking along on a camping trip to add a little home comfort to the Great Outdoors experience. Cheers!
NOELLE STAPINSKY is a freelance writer and editor residing in Sarnia, Ont.
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