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“This shift is also complemented by growing demand by retailers for lighter-weight packaging materials and better utilization of packaging materials, which is why we are seeing growth in retail-ready packaging, tray-packs, and other packaging formats that provide good opportunities for paper converters,” added Perkowski. “There are also great market opportunities for paper to displace metal, glass and other forms of rigid packaging materials, which is again driven by sustainability concerns as they relate to transportation and other supply-chain efficiency issues.”

According to Perkowski, packaging papers already account for 25 per cent of the f lexible packaging market in North America and a 15-percent share of all food packaging, with both numbers projected to trend upwards in coming years.

“There are major issues that have arisen as a result of years and years of using plastic packaging—not the least of them these massive ‘islands’ of discarded plastic packaging products f loating about in the world’s seas and oceans and finally coming to shore, and while it may not have yet registered strongly in public consciousness, at least in the U.S., it is bound do so in the next few years,” Perkowski predicts. “A lot of major CPG (consumer packaged goods) manufacturers already understand this, with just about every major one of them having identified the need to reduce their use of plastic packaging as a key objective.

“It will still take some major technological improvements for paper to displace plastics to a greater extent—better barrier protection, clearer paper warps, more tear and burst strength, etc.— but there is already good progress being made in all these areas,” Perkowski observes. “The important thing is that consumers become better aware of the advantages of paper-based packaging as a more sustainable solution, and as that awareness continues to grow, paper will continue to become better-positioned to gain market share from plastic in f lexible packaging and other key packaging segments.”

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SWEET REWARDS By George Guidoni Venerable Toronto cookie factory writes its own recipe for productivity success through continuous packaging line upgrades.

DIGITAL DELIGHTS By Andrew Joseph Faithful commitment to digital label printing technologies paying off in a big way for Quebec labeling converter.

GETTING THE BUGS OUT By Andrew Joseph What you should know about pending new crossborder rules on the use of pallets and other wood packaging.

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MEAT PACKAGING SET FOR STEADY MARKET GROWTH IN THE U.S. Growing domestic appetite for more convenience foods and longer product shelf-life, along with more widespread use of case-ready packaging by major retailers, will keep the U.S. demand for meat, poultry and seafood packaging growing by an average of three per cent annually over the next four years to reach US$9.2 billion by 2015, according to a new study from the Cleveland, Ohio-based mar-

ket researchers The Freedonia Group, Inc. “Meat applications will continue to account for the largest share of packaging demand as a result of red meat’s status as a favored main dish in the foodservice sector and the growing presence of case-ready meats in retail sites,” the Meat, Poultry & Seafood Packaging report states.

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“Although seafood applications will account for the smallest portion of packaging demand, gains will outpace those for meat and poultry as a result of seafood’s perceived health benefits,” the report states, noting the growing widespread use of f lexible packaging formats in the animal protein markets.

“Flexible packaging demand growth will continue to outpace that of rigid packaging, and these gains will be bolstered by good opportunities for high-barrier film and pouches,” The Freedonia Group report states. “Demand for high-barrier film will also benefit from a favorable outlook for case-ready packaging, which requires value-added materials to prolong product shelf-life and to protect contents during shipping and handling.

“Pouch demand will be driven by further inroads by retort pouches into traditional can applications and healthy gains for stand-up pouches in frozen meat, poultry and seafood applications.”

According to the study, metal cans and corrugated boxes will register the slowest growth for the forecast period (see table), while plastic containers and trays are expected to post the biggest market share gains.

“Gains for rigid packaging will lag those for flexible packaging, reflecting maturity in the large corrugated box segment and minimal advances for metal cans, but demand for plastic containers will be driven by heightened demand for prepared meat and poultry items in supermarkets and other retail locations as a result of consumer preference for convenience foods that require little or no preparation,” the report states.

“Packaging demand will also be stimulated by the ongoing shift to case-ready packaging by many retailers as a means of reducing in-store labor costs,” the study adds.

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“Demand for packaging accessories will benefit from regulations requiring nutrition information and country-oforigin labels on a variety of meat and poultry,” items, the study notes, while also citing “rising export opportunities to countries such as Japan and Chile.”

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FLEXO PRINT EXCELLENCE WINS WORLD ACCLAIM There’s no business like show business for the technologically-savvy Canadian label manufacturer and converter ASL Print FX of Vaughan, Ont., whose latest work for the Dan Aykroyd Sauvignon Blanc wine label— owned by highly-acclaimed Canadianborn Hollywood living legend Dan Aykroyd— earned the company a World Label Award for technical achievement last month, along with priceless publicity of basking in the spotlight of World Label Award Association’s awards gala in Palm Beach, Fla. Selected as winning entry in the international competition’s Flexo Multi-Process Color Process category, the Dan Aykroyd label (see picture) was printed stochastically to enhance print quality using UV (ultraviolet) f lexo inks, according to ASL president Charlie MacLean, incorporating advanced finishing techniques and processes such as holographic cold foil, matte/gloss varnish, gold hot-stamping, and raised-varnish silkscreening.

“We are thrilled to be recognized by the judges as world-class in technical achievement,” says MacLean, noting the company has invested over

$8 million in new press and prepress technologies in Vaughan and at its U.S. satellite facility in Winston-Salem, N.C., which employ about 75 people to produce f lexo-printed labeling for wine-and-spirits and other major CPG (consumer packaged goods) markets.

The World Label Award honors make it a double-win for the Dan Aykroyd Label, whose Best of Show selection at last year’s annual competition of the Tag and Label Manufacturers Institute (TLMI)—North America’s leading label industry group—in fact qualified it to compete at World Label Awards against winning entries from counterpart regional competitions organized by FINAT (Europe), JFLP (Japan), LMAI (India), LATMA (Australia) and SALMA (New Zealand).

Operating under the All Stick Label, Inc. corporate banner since 1965 until its name change and rebranding to ASL Print in 2010, the privately-owned company has picked up 15 highprofile label industry awards since 2009, according to MacLean.

DANONE DIGGING DEEP FOR ‘GREENER’ PACKAGING

One innovation often deserves another—especially when it comes to healthy new products such as drinkable yogurt beverages produced by Danone Inc., whose refreshing new packaging redesign for its hot-selling single-serve plastic containers is breathing new life into its far-flung packaging sustainability and carbon-footprint reduction efforts.

Produced at the company’s state-of-the-art production facility in Boucherville, Que., the plastic 100-ml containers used to package Danone’s flagship brands of drinkable yogurt products have been undergoing an extensive makeover following recent introduction of so-called “expansion” process to produce the mini-sized bottles— resulting in 18-percent weight reduction for the single-serve packages of the Activia, Stonyfield, Silhouette and Creamy brands.

Introduced as part of the parent company Danone Group’s ambitious pledge to reduce its global carbon footprint by 30 per cent by 2012, the innovative “expansion” process—developed by the Clayton, Mo.-based Plastics processing group Spartech Corporation—is based on adding an inert agent inside polystyrene plastic to form a thin layer of lightweight foam in the polystyrene — thereby reducing the overall density of the plastic, according to Danone Canada’s external communications manager Anne-Julie Maltais.

“To date, we’ve applied this packaging process to over 40 per cent our individual-serving yogurts, and we are targeting complete integration by June 2011,” says Maltais.

In addition, the “expansion” process is perfectly compatible with the new range of HDPE (high-density polyethylene) made from the fully-renewable sugar cane harvested in Brazilian plantations and processed into bioplastic polymers there by that country’s leading petrochemicals producer Braskem, and later converted into HDPE film at Spartech’s Canadian facility in Granby, Que. “In spite of the fact that it generates additional manufacturing costs for the company, Danone will adopt this 100-percent recyclable bioplastic gradually to achieve complete integration by the end of 2011,” says Maltais, citing an expected 55-percent carbon-footprint reduction for single-serve packages of the DanActive, Danacol, Danino Go and Drinkable Activia brands that have been switched over to the more eco-sensitive HDPE option to date.

Says Maltais: “The packaging for Danone products accounts for 40 per cent of our company’s ecological footprint, and is the second most important factor in terms of emissions.

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FIRST GLANCE THROUGH THICK & THIN The new Model 277 Auto-Sert Outsert Applicator from NJM/CLI Packaging Systems features hotmelt glue adhesion with compact and versatile outsert extraction to accommodate new pharmaceutical industry standards necessitating the use of thicker outserts because of additional content, larger type and new formatting requirements. Designed to be integrated with a primary labeler, the Model 277 AutoSert Outsert Applicator features a vacuum cup at the end of a rotating arm that moves into the hopper to ensure the outsert is securely held, while the pivoting arm rotates to deliver the outsert to the container, at robust line speeds of up to 220 bottles per minute, easily attaching outserts onto the sides of round, square and rectangular containers. Using hot-melt glue to hold the heavy outserts in place reliably through all the product transfer and distribution stages, the new system offers users run times of up to one hour without reloading, according to the company.

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IN THE CLEAR A newly-expanded line of stock clamshell packaging from VisiPak provides a perfect complement to the company’s extensive stock line of well over 100 clear standard packaging tubes and containers. Now offered in a choice of 21 different stock thermoformed clamshell designs—with packaging cavity space ranging from less than two to over 40 cubic inches— the shells are made from a blend of recycled PVC and PET, with each design also incorporating space for printed insert cards.

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ADD IT UP The new SoluPLAs line of additive concentrates and masterbatches from Plastics Color Corp. were engineered specifically to improve the clarity and impact resistance properties of starch-based PLA (polylactic acid) polymers used to produce more sustainable food-and-beverage packaging products from renewable resources. Comprising impact modifiers, mold release agents, denesters, UV absorbers, anti-static agents and toners, the SoluPLAs additives are said to offer significant improvement in terms of impact resistance and clarity compared to competing products for injection-molding and extrusion applications, according to the company, which says these additives can be formulated to meet FDA foodcontact, medical and pharmaceutical requirements.

Customers with specific sustainability requirements can also take advantage of custom formulations that can be developed to meet their specific applications needs, according to the company.

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PASSING THE TEST The new FLEXPAK vacuum tank leak detector from Flex Essentials Inc. is designed as a costeffective, user-friendly method of ensuring highquality seals in the manufacturing of packages and in the packaging of end products using pharmaceutical or medical packaging, food packaging, liquid packaging such as pouches and bottles, rigid

trays with lids, vacuum packs and bottle closures. Incorporating an acrylic tank that allows for the tested package to be viewed from all directions, the system allows an operator to simply submerse the package in a water bath and actuate a valve to bring the entire tank and package under a vacuum—adjustable up to 27 inches in height—with any generated air bubbles clearly seen leaking from the package indicating a failed test.

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SEAL THE DEAL The new X Series Bagger from Triangle Packaging Machinery Co. incorporates ultrasonic sealing technology to ensure 100-percent seal integrity for a broad range of airtight products, according to the company, while also providing for higher output rates, improved product quality, and significant savings on both labor and film.

Whereas traditional heat-seals typically measure up to onecentimeter width or more, the X Series V/F/F/S (vertical form/fill/seal) machine is capable of creating seals as narrow as only two millimeters to enable 50- to 80-percent savings in the sealing area alone, while also requiring less headspace thanks to the ultrasonic technology’s ability to seal through food particles—thereby significantly reducing bag leaks and rejects due to the handled product getting caught up in the seals.

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FIRST GLANCE

Fastest in the world IRB 460 palletizing robot STREET SMARTS The new Street Fighter series of tablet counters from Capmatic Ltd. is equipped with an innovative vacuum cleaning system to eliminate dust particles in order to improve productivity by reducing the need to stop the machine for cleaning, according to the company. Comprising two models—Street Fighter 100 for throughput speeds of up to 120-bpm (bottles per minute) and Street Fighter 200 with maximum speed of 240-bpm—the new high-tech system allows operators to change key format perimeters directly through its HMI (human-machine interface) panel, while its real-time machine tracking functions can be directly output to any “smartphone” device to facilitate 100-percent remote control capabilities. Incorporating Capmatic’s proprietary monoblock technology, the new counters are designed to ensure high levels of inspection accuracy, with their space-saving design making them easily integrated with other pharmaceutical packaging equipment such as checkweighers, induction sealers, etc.

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CombiScale Inc. has upgraded the company’s entire range of PrimoWeigher 360 combination scales with bundled software that allows the company’s service technicians to connect to the scale users’ equipment for any real-time servicing, troubleshooting, diagnostics, etc., without having to schedule a site visit. Utilizing the latest in digital, online technical support software technologies—including Skype and LogMeIn—this wireless connectivity capability provides customers with both wireless and landline connectivity options to obtain real-time technical support, with all the communication activated via the user’s PIN code and verified customer consent to system access.

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Launched at the recently-held Interpack 2011 international packaging exhibition earlier this month, the new R 095 thermoforming machine from Multivac is the company’s

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first commercially-available model incorporating innovative “e-concept” thermoforming technology—featuring all-electric lifts to eliminate the need for any compressed air or cooling water, according to the company. With a footprint of just over two-meterslong, the energy-efficient system offers a very cost-effective lower-volume packaging solution for users with limited f loorspace availability, as well as to companies just starting to use automated thermoform-fill-seal packaging systems —offering full MAP (modified-atmosphere packaging) capabilities for product shelf-life extension, along with many f lexible package design possibilities for forming packs with depths of up to 40 mm.

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GRAND VISIONS Cognex Corporation has just added 3D (three-dimensional) vision capabilities to its VisionPro machine vision software to enable users of industrial robotics to benefit from the enhanced accuracy and real-time, three-dimensional positioning information to automate even the most challenging robot handling, assembly verification, logistics and other demanding industrial applications. Incorporating the company’s proprietary PatMax, PatFlex and other geometric pattern matching tools, the VisionPro 3D software can work with any number of fixed or robot-mounted cameras for complete application f lexibility, according to the company, using multiple sets of two-dimensional features from those tools to enable the cameras to tolerate non-uniform lighting and remain reliable even when patterns are partly covered to ensure accurate part location. Designed for a wide variety of stationary and robotic applications—including racking/deracking, palletizing/depalletizing, kitting, etc.—the system’s application performance is enhanced by high-precision Cognex calibration tools that adjust for optical distortion and camera position, as well as synchronizing cameras with visionguided robots to maintain uninterrupted production.

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“We estimate a recycling rate for our beverage cartons in Canada to be just over 40 per cent currently, which represents about 100 billion paperboard cartons recycled to date,” Fielkow told Canadian Packaging.

“Frankly, the Canadian market is already wellahead of the U.S. in terms of acceptance and recognition of the need for more environmentally-sensitive packaging,” he points out.

“About 94 per cent of residential households in Canada already have access to some sort of a curbside recycling program, and we intend to make full use of this solid recycling infrastructure to boost our rate even further by making more of the packages’ components recyclable and renewable, while also developing new end-of-life applications for the Tetra Pak cartons.”

For example, Tetra Pak has recently signed an agreement with leading Brazilian polyethylene producer Braskem for a joint launch of caps made from sugar cane later this year, Fielkow relates, while also securing long-term supply agreements for solar, wind other sources of renewable energy to lessen its dependence on oil and other forms of nonrenewable energy.

“Aseptic cartons are already one of the most environmentally preferable forms of packaging around from a full LCA (Life-Cycle Analysis) perspective, with a good product-to-package ratio and the fact that aseptic packaging requires no refrigeration to get the product to the consumers,” he says.

As part of its environmental improvements, Tetra Pak will also work increase the supply of FSC (Forest Stewardship Council)certified paperboard used in its products to 100 per cent.

“By the end of 2011 alone, the number of Tetra Pak cartons carrying the FSC logo will nearly double from 2010 levels to 16 billion,” Fielkow points out, saying that the company has already achieved, and in some cases exceeded, its five-year environmental targets it set itself for the 2005-2010 period, including: • A 12.9-percent reduction in carbon-dioxide emissions in absolute terms, or a relative reduction of over 30 per cent when accounting for 23-percent company growth during the five-year period.

• Recycling of 30 billion used Tetra Pak cartons around the world in 2010, a two-fold increase from 2002 resulting in the diversion of 473,000 tonnes of material away from landfills and providing valuable raw material for new products.

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UNILEVER CANADA’S BIG SWITCH TO RENEWABLE ENERGY Leading consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturer and brand-owner Unilever Canada has signed an agreement with alternative energy provider Bullfrog Power to supply all of its Ontario-based manufacturing facilities with renewable electricity harvested from wind and environmentally-friendly hydro plants certified as “low impact” electricity generators by the EcoLogo program administered by Environment Canada.

Estimated at about 59,000 mWh (megawatt hours) of electricity, the deal makes Unilever Canada the country’s largest commercial purchaser of renewable energy, according to its vice-president of legal and external affairs John Coyne.

“By choosing Bullfrog’s ‘green’ electricity, our organization will reduce the emissions footprint of its facilities by 7,500 tonnes annually,” says Coyne, pointing out that many of the company’s market-leading product brands— including Becel, Hellmann’s, Knorr, Breyers and Ben & Jerry—will now be made at plants powered entirely with 100-precent clean, renewable sources of energy.

Says Coyne: “The decision is part of our company’s global Sustainable Living Plan, under which Unilever will grow its business in a way that helps improve people’s health and well-being, reduces environmental impact, and enhances livelihoods.”

Under the terms of the agreement, Bullfrog Power’s generators will inject renewable electricity into the provincial electricity grid to match the amount of power used by Unilever’s Bullfrog-powered facilities, according to Coyne, helping Unilever’s Canadian operations to support the parent company’s overall plan to reduce its GHG (greenhouse gas emissions) worldwide by 50 per cent by 2020 from the 2008 levels, as well as to be sourcing 40 per cent of all its global energy requirements from renewable sources by 2020.

Unveiled in late 2010, the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan also calls for the sourcing of all of the company’s agricultural raw materials exclusively from renewable sources by 2020, while reducing both its water consumption and the waste associated with the disposal of its products by 50 per cent.

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Not everyone is naturally blessed with a green thumb when it comes to growing your own produce or spices, but a recently-launched new ReadyGrow range of biodegradable planting pots from the Hartsville, S.C.-headquartered packaging products manufacturer Sonoco can at least provide consumers with an assurance of doing something worthwhile for the environment.

Launched this past spring for leading U.S. greenhouse operator Metrolina Greenhouses, the patent-pending one-quart ReadyGrow planters are manufactured at Sonoco’s paper mills using 100-percent recycled paperboard, and are engineered to biodegrade in soil within 180 days of planting inside a commercial greenhouse environment.

“Today’s marketplace demands more sustainable packaging,” says James Harrell, vice-president of Sonoco’s Industrial Carriers Division unit, “and these new biodegradable planters help achieve these goals with user-friendly pots made from 100-percent recycled paper, which will biodegrade in the ground as plants grow.”

Currently used for growing Metrolina’s spring herbs, the porous pots are designed to allow oxygen to pass through the container to the roots, Harrell explains, while the use of Sonoco’s proprietary RootGuard protective coating helps the pots withstand greenhouse watering and maintain good water absorption while in the soil.

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Incorporating a UniTrak bucket elevator (background left), the highly-automated Line 6 boasts three sets of high-accuracy Multipond multibucket scales positioned on the mezzanine level to dispense precise measures of cookies directly below to the high-speed Bosch Packaging twin-tube baggers in a very efficient and spacesaving configuration that can maintain brisk packaging speeds of up to 380 bags per minute for each bagger.

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aving your hands in a virtually bottomless cookie jar is an exceptionally sweet perk of the job of overseeing production and packaging operations of one of Canada’s more venerable, and yet highly productive and technologically-savvy cookie manufacturing facilities.

But it would way off the mark to suggest that each workday is a breezy cakewalk for Michael Codner, a 24-year Kraft Canada Inc. veteran and manager of business development at its lively, highly-automated production facility in the Toronto suburb of East York.

Located on a 7.2-acre site in the city’s northeastern urban sprawl of quiet residential neighborhoods and light manufacturing enterprises, the 270,000-square-foot factory employs over 500 people to process more than 90 million pounds of cookies, biscuits, crackers and other baked goods per year, according to Codner, directly involved in numerous, well-executed capital upgrades, expansions and modernization projects carried out at the plant since arriving to the operation about five years ago from another Kraft Canada division.

“Over the past four years, Kraft Canada has invested over $8 million in capital improvements to ensure the plant’s continuous improvement in manufacturing competitiveness and worldclass productivity levels,” Codner told Canadian Packaging on a recent visit to the East York operations, which turns out nearly 90 different SKUs (stock-keeping units) of cookies and biscuits for both retail and foodservice across Canada and the U.S., exporting almost three-quarters of its output

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south of the Canada-U.S. border.

Boasting an expansive product portfolio comprising some of the company’s most renowned retail brands and labels—including Oreo, Chips Ahoy, Ritz, Peek Freans, Peek Freans Lifestyles Selections and Christie, among others—the plant houses six giant-sized ovens and 14 robust production lines to meet its lofty output targets, as well as six high-performance packaging lines to make sure its products hit the market with eye-catching shelfappeal and immaculate product freshness these category-leading brands deserve by virtue of their long-enduring brand loyalty and affection amongst North American consumers.

Acquired by Kraft Canada in 2001 as part of the merger between its parent company, Northfield, Ill.-headquartered Kraft Foods Inc., and onetime leading cookie manufacturer RJR Nabisco, the East York facility is no stranger to periodic capital and facility upgrades—having undergone numerous expansions and modernizations since starting up in 1949 under the Peek Freans Company banner.

“The East York facility continues to be successful because we’re focused on product quality and innovating and streamlining our operations,” says Codner. “Our success is based on continuing to identify new opportunities to deliver more value to our customers by building a highly-f lexible work environment, which enables us to move quickly to produce quality products with great speed-to-market.

“We also maintain a dedicated and engaged workforce that is committed to excellence,” says Codner.

Boasting a remarkable hat-trick of top-level international standards certifications—including

ISO 9001:2000 certification for quality management systems; ISO 14001 accreditation for sound environmental management practices; and the all-important HACCP (Hazardous Analysis Critical Control Points) food safety validation—the East York operation is also a model practitioner of the highly-demanding Lean Six Sigma continuous improvement methodology to maintain its quality productivity levels at benchmark standards.

“We have a strong Lean Six Sigma program at the facility, with a number of Six Sigma ‘black belts’ and ‘green belts’ who are dedicated to applying Lean Six Sigma principles to ensure that all lines perform at a 3 Sigma level or better this year,” he explains.

Codner expands: “All the work processes at the plant are centered on what we call the QCDS2M (Quality, Cost, Delivery, Safety, Sustainability and Morale) program, which focuses on addressing these six topics at the lowest level of the organization possible.

“There are several teams in the plant, mostly made up from front-line workers from crossfunctional areas, meeting daily for 15 minutes to 30 minutes to review key performance indicators related to their line or department,” Codner reveals.

“Any issues that cannot be resolved are elevated to the next-level team.”

Team Effort The plant’s team approach to problem-solving has been enthusiastically embraced by the East York staff, referred to as “colleagues,” who have enabled the facility to achieve and maintain a virtually f lawless workplace safety record, Codner relates, citing a zero LTA (lost time accident) rate.

“We boast a world class TIR rate,” adds Codner, “and the facility also consistently exceeds performance targets on delivery to our customers, and quality improvements, on year-over-year basis.”

Codner says the East York plant’s unwavering focus on product quality and safety has been significantly reinforced in 2009 when it became the first, and so far the only, Kraft Foods plant worldwide to become a “peanut-free” operation.

“This ‘peanut-free’ designation is a truly remarkable achievement for the East York plant,” says

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With so many stringent quality control procedures and protocols in place, Codner reasons, selecting and purchasing new production and packaging equipment is naturally a fairly involved and detailed undertaking, requiring in-depth product evaluation by plant personnel and a matching commitment to manufacturing excellence by the operation’s supplier base, including packaging machinery and materials.

Codner explains: “This facility has key packaging equipment requirements from a fairly unique plant perspective.

“Because our plant f loorspace is a premium, due to our small footprint, and our production volume continues to grow, we must develop unique ways to fit more equipment in our footprint safely and effectively, and optimize our production capability.

“Moreover, our packaging equipment must enable us to execute quick-and-easy changeovers,” points out Codner. “Because our plant is a highly-f lexible operation, requiring several product changeovers on every line every week, our equipment must support achieving full output capacity within the first hour of the changeover.

“Also, as we install new lines, the performance of our packaging equipment must enable the overall production line to operate at a 4.5 Sigma level or above,” he states. “This means that in some of our more complex lines, packaging equipment RTP (throughput yield) needs to be at least 99.5 per cent.

“Packaging is very important to us because it accounts for a significant part of our cost structure,” says Codner, noting that about 80 per cent of the plant’s hourly workforce is directly involved in the operation’s packaging-engaged functions.

The plant’s continuous upgrading of packaging equipment in the last four years have yielded outstanding performance improvements, according to Codner, citing: • Automated tray-loading and case-packing systems for higher throughput; • Modernized processes and systems to support volume growth and maintain highest quality levels; • Using combination scales and F/F/S (form-fillseal) baggers for improved productivity and faster response time to new industry and market trends.

“Currently, shelf-ready packaging is really beginning to inf luence many of our case-packaging decisions, as we look to identify opportunities to deliver this value to our customers,” says Codner,

Two Markem-Imaje model SmartDate 5 small-character inkjet coding systems, positioned just above the Bosch bagger’s control panel, are used to apply date and production codes onto all the flexible plastic pouches of cookies exiting the bagging machine.

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Supplied by Charles Downer & Co., the Bosch baggers incorporate high-precision Bosch Rexroth pneumatic components and devices to ensure optimal handling of large rolls of pre-printed plastic film.

while also noting continued popularity of resealable packaging, such as the company’s proprietary Snack ‘n Seal packaging for cookies.

“Our Snack ‘n Seal retail cookie packaging has been well-received by our consumers,” he remarks, “and we will continue to expand this innovative packaging to a wider range of products.”

Naturally, that involves continuous upgrades of the plant’s packaging and quality contol systems, Codner relates, citing a recent expansion project on the plant’s Line 4 involving the installation of a high-precision, high-speed X-Ray detection systems manufactured by Anritsu Corporation.

“We went with Anritsu for our X-ray equipment to replace metal detection technology after conducting very extensive trials,” Codner recalls.

“With this technology, we have really taken food safety on this line to a higher level.

“The East York facility is among the first to use this technology for this particular production application,” Codner enthuses, “and our quality group at Kraft is very excited about the performance and capability of this equipment.”

In the Bag Another recent expansion involved a major upgrade of Line 6 packaging operations with installation of twin-tube bagging machines, manufactured by Bosch Packaging Technology and integrated with Multipond scaling equipment to form “a high-speed combination scale-and in an arrangement that is among the fastest in the industry, delivering accurate weights with output speeds of up to 380 bags per minute, per each bagger, for some of our products,” says Codner.

“Our main objective with this expansion was speed and weight accuracy,” Codner explains.

“We worked with three main venders, doing several trials with our products, and Bosch and Multipond combination came out on top,” he says, complimenting Multipond’s local Toronto distributor Abbey Packaging Equipment Ltd. for supplying the scaling systems; Richmond Hill, Ont.-based Charles Downer & Co. Ltd. for delivering the Bosch baggers; and Toronto-based George A. Wright & Son Ltd. for its systems integration, installation and startup services.

“One of the additional factors that drove the selection of Multipond and Anritsu equipment is the excellent local support from their representa-

Distributed in Canada by R.E. Morrison, a high-performance Becker vacuum pump is incorporated into the Bosch twin-tube bagging machine to ensure precise air flow and distribution during the bagmaking process.

A high-performance Multipond multibucket scale dispenses perfectly measured deposits of freshly-made cookies into their proper buckets to feed the Bosch twin-tube from-fillseal bagging machine directly below it on the floor level.

tive Abbey Packaging,” Codner ref lects. “They are located close to our facility, they are very knowledgeable on the equipment, and they provide outstanding technical support.

“Both expansion projects were executed under very tight timelines,” he adds, “and George A. Wright & Son really delivered on schedule with excellent results.”

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Heavy-duty SEW Eurodrive motors are deployed along Line 6 to power the line’s high-speed conveyors transferring bags of cookies downstream for secondary packaging.

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PACKAGING FOR FRESHNESS All freshly-made packages of LifeStyle brand cookies are transferred

by FlexLink conveyors to the high-speed Anritsu X-ray inspection system (foreground) for a final quality assurance check, before proceeding to the case-packing station and on to the towering Ryson spiral conveyor (background) for transfer to the palletizing area, with the X-ray system’s robust graphical interface (inset) instantly displaying all the critical data regarding the presence of even the tiniest foreign objects .

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Says Codner: “These expansions were driven by productivity, growth and market trends.

“At the East York facility, we constantly strive to implement the latest technology that will give us the best efficiency and the best quality,” says Codner, citing other key production benefits of the plant’s switch to peanut-free production.

“For our Canadian Snack Paks brand of peanut-

free products, we have achieved significant reductions to our environmental footprint,” Codner explains. “By the end of this year we will use 16 per cent less plastic film, 10 per cent less paperboard and 25 per cent less transportation.

“Working closely with our packaging material and equipment vendors, we approached this initiative with a goal of making a significant impact,” says Codner, citing the plant’s deep-rooted commitment to environmentally sustainable manufacturing practices.

“This plant is very proud of its success in managing waste—currently more than 95 per cent of waste generated is recycled or reused,” Codner points out.

“And all waste that cannot be repurposed is sent to a waste-to-energy facility— therefore there is no waste generated by our process,

and none of our packaging is sent to landfill.”

Recently recognized with the prestigious 2011 Green Toronto Award this past April, the East York facility is also a recipient of the city’s Water Efficiency Award, points out Codner, having achieved a 58-percent reduction in the use of Toronto’s municipal water supply between 2005 and 2010.

“This performance actually surpassed Kraft Foods’ global reduction of 35 per cent,” Codner notes, citing various “technological and business practice improvements, including replacing cooling units and modifying products and processes to reduce water use.”

In addition to continuous environmental improvements, Codner says the East York operation is also a keen supporter of local many local community programs and events.

“We are very involved in the local community, focusing particularly on food programs and supporting special events at local schools and community centers,” says Codner. “We have an Organization Diversity Council and Kraft Canada Cares team here at our facility, which organizes several fundraising events, food drives, and donations to selected community support groups.

“We take sustainability very seriously at Kraft,” sums up Codner, “and the East York facility provides a good example of the company’s progressive environmental and communal cultural mindset.”

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these years it was, and continues to be, imperative for us to produce turkey products with the highest levels of quality, taste, nutrition and freshness,” Maguire asserts. “By raising and processing all birds on this one site, we can ensure that the utmost care is given throughout the entire process.

“Housing up to 65,000 turkeys at any one time, we allow the birds to roam free within our 13 spacious, open-sided, well-ventilated buildings,” Maguire expands. “Not only do we do this because it’s a humane way to raise the birds, but also because it matters to our customers.”

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hite meat or dark? That’s the eternal conundrum for many a diner sitting down to an elegant repast of a turkey dinner.

Though long associated with traditional North American holidays like Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter, this versatile bird is no longer a once-ina-blue-moon dish, as modern meat processing technologies have made it possible to turn turkey meat into a broad range of delicatessen-style meats and sausages, along with other lean, high-protein meal options produced by companies such as Hayter’s Turkey Products Inc. of Dashwood, Ont. Located on a 3,000-plus-acre site just off the shores of Lake Huron, the third-generation, family-owned business employs about 60 people to raise over 120,000 turkey on its farmlands per year to process over 1.6 million kilograms of turkey meat, according to the company’s information technology and sales manager Sean Maguire, a grand-son of the company’s founder Harry Hayter, who began raising turkeys back in 1948.

Generating revenues of about $10 million last year, the company enjoys about a four-percent share of the Ontario market, Maguire estimates.

“Turkey is all we do,” Maguire told Canadian Packaging during a recent interview, describing the company as a “relatively small hands-on operation now owned and operated by Harry’s son and daughter, Tom Hayter and Joanne Maguire, my mother.”

Maguire attributes the company’s enviable longevity and steady growth to its relentless focus on high product quality and safety.

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Core Rules When Hayter first began developing its early line of processed turkey product right in the Hayter family kitchen back in the 1970s, Maguire recalls, the company quickly established three core ground rules that it strictly observes to this day: the products must have great f lavor; turkey farming must be a true labor of love; and the family should always be working together as one.

These days, Hayter’s business competes in three distinct product categories: • Bagged whole birds, accounting for 29 per cent of its business: • The so-called “canners,” i.e. whole birds shipped out

in bulk to be further-processed by other food companies, accounting for 35 per cent of production; • Pre-cut, further-processed turkey parts—breasts, drumsticks, wings, etc.—sold to foodservice operators and retail chains, making up the remaining 26 per cent.

According to Maguire, the company’s f lagship Hayter’s Farm retail brand today comprises 20 different fresh turkey products and three prepared frozen-turkey entrées.

“We produce a full line of further-processed turkey items consisting of sausages, ground meat, marinated fillets, schnitzels, breast roasts and cutlets under the Hayter’s Farm brand label,” says Maguire, adding the company also manufactures some private-label turkey product for the Longo’s grocery outlets in the GTA (Greater Toronto Area) region, where it’s retailed under the grocer’s Longo’s Signature Ultimate Turkey banner.

Along with being the sole supplier of turkey to Macgregor’s Meat & Seafood—serving a vast array of foodservice customers across Canada— Hayter’s products are currently distributed at over 30 retail grocery locations under its own brand; an additional 17 grocery locations under private-label banners; and through three major foodservice suppliers across Ontario.

Maguire notes that despite doing a lot of privatelabel business, 90 per cent of Hayter’s daily business is for its own brand.

While Hayter’s grain-fed birds are shipped primarily throughout Southern Ontario, Maguire says the company does export to the U.S. from time to time meeting seasonal market demand there.

While being able to consistently supply a tasty premium product remains the cornerstone of Hayter’s success, Maguire says the company fully appreciates the marketing importance of being able to make its retail products stand out on the store-shelves.

Hayter’s Turkey Products uses its newly-installed T 700 tray-sealer from Multivac to perform vacuum skin packaging and modified atmosphere packaging at the company’s Dashwood processing facility.

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PACKAGING FOR SHELF-LIFE Which is why, he explains, the company recently purchased a new model T 700 tray-sealer manufactured by German-based food packaging systems specialists Multivac Sepp Haggenmuller Gmbh & Co. KG., distributed here by its Multivac Canada Inc. subsidiary of Woodbridge, Ont. Maguire says Hayter’s uses the T 700 to do two different types of packaging—MAP (modifiedatmosphere packaging) formats and the Isopak film vacuum skin packaging (VSP) packs, whereby the plastic film is sucked around both the product and the outside tray to form a unique-looking package with enhanced barrier protection properties.

Since its installation this past March, the T 700 tray-sealer has worked extremely well in Hayter’s packaging operation, Maguire relates.

“Relatively speaking, it was an out-of-the-box solution that was quickly up-and-running with little disruption to our production,” Maguire recalls.

“We are completely satisfied with its performance thus far,” he says, adding that the new machine enabled Hayter’s to boost its output rate from 500 to 600 trays per hour (tph) up to 1,500-tph and beyond, if necessary.

“We’ve now got the T 700 running at a rate of 1,500 tph while MAP lid-sealing our plastic polypropylene (PP) black trays, and we run at a speed of about 1,000 tph with the Isopak tooling,” Maguire relates, also citing a 1,200-tph throughput rate for its aluminum-foil tray packaging.

“These numbers are just our starting point, and we haven’t even begun to push the machine to its limits.”

Maguire reveals that Hayter’s purchases the film for its Isopak VSP lidding done by the T 700 from Curwood, Inc., a part of the Bemis Company, Inc., while sourcing its regular, moisture-resistant, oxygen-barrier film for its PP black trays from Norstar Packaging, and the film for its aluminumfoil trays from the U.K.-based KM Packaging.

The Cryovac Div. of Sealed Air Corporation supplies the PP black trays, he adds, while Nichol Food Packaging supplies the preformed aluminum foil trays.

“The foil trays we are using have unique attributes: they are oven-, microwave- and BBQ-ready, as well as being reusable and recyclable,” he points out.

Says Maguire: “The key to any fresh protein product is getting it to market as quickly as possible to maximize its shelf-life, while providing a unique look on the store-shelves.

“We feel the T 700 will greatly aid us when we increase our tray sealing capacity to accommodate our growth in the further processing market,” he states.

The fully-automatic, stainless-steel T 700 traysealer provides a superior hygienic design with full inside and outside washdown capability, notes Maguire, with its easily-removable conveyor belts providing generous access space for thorough cleaning of all the machine parts.

States Maguire: “We are extremely happy with the performance and design of our T 700 tray-sealer.

“As far as food safety is concerned, it’s a dream machine to clean with its washdown compatibility and easy access to all the surfaces, requiring a total cleaning time of just about one hour,” he notes.

Maguire says he also likes the T 700 because it’s easy to operate with its user-friendly interactive process control systems and is capable of storing up to 200 packaging programs, along with all the handy illustrations and videos to facilitate intuitive operation.

“The program memory helps saves us a lot of time,” notes Maguire. “Even the way we program in the settings is quick—we enter the output rate we want, and then the machine coordinates all process sequences, traversing and gripping movements accordingly.”

According to Multivac, the T 700 maximizes its process reliability and its production output by minimizing lifting, traversing and gripping movements, while synchronizing these processes with its electric drive technology to cut cycling times.

Maguire adds he was highly impressed by the top-notch service provided by the Multivac Canada personnel.

Prompt Service “They were prompt, effective and reliable—spending a full week on-site to commission and train us on the new equipment, while never making it feel like it was a chore,” he recounts. “They were even nice enough to send a technician out until we were completely satisfied with the machine’s performance.”

To take care of its product labeling and coding requirements, Hayter’s uses the Posi-200 Top and Bottom Automatic Package Labeling System from Koch Equipment LLC to affix pressure-sensitive labels to the top and/or bottom of f lexible packages, rigid MAP trays, boxes and other packaging, along with a SmartDate 5 coder from MarkemImaje to apply best-before dates onto each label.

Another high-tech solution utilized by Hayter’s is its new Symphony - Plant Productivity Suite software—developed by Burlington, Ont.-based Carlisle Technology—which uses scanned barcodes for seamless tracking of inventory throughout the plant, utilizing the Symbol range of handheld barcode scanners from Motorola Solutions USA to scan barcoded labels at the weighing/labeling scale stations.

“The system has enabled us to meet our traceability requirements for our food safety initiatives,” reveals Maguire.

“We began using Carlisle’s services back in 2002, and they became our exclusive Hayter’s utilizes Carlisle Technology’s software and Motorola Solutions handheld scanners to track its inventory through its plant, along with a SmartDate 5 coder from Markem-Imaje (inset) to apply best-before dates onto the product labels.

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Hayter’s Turkey Products information technology and sales manager Sean Maguire shows off a MAP-sealed package of turkey sausages labeled by the model Posi-200 labeling system from Koch Equipment.

software provider in 2007 when we upgraded to the full suite.”

“The Carlisle software’s user interface is Webbased, which gives us the f lexibility to examine the data within the program from a variety of electronic devices such as from PCs, laptops, smart phones or tablets—from anywhere with an Internet connection,” says Maguire, adding that employing the most advanced technology in its packaging operations to compete with not only other turkey processors, but also the more mainstream meat choices available to Canadian consumers.

“Our major competition is chicken, beef and pork,” states Maguire. “We constantly ‘fight’ to see turkey as its own category in the meat departments across Ontario.

“Turkey is the only mainstream protein that is on the ‘Super Foods’ lists of health experts, which helps back up what a great choice it is,” he states. “And, as more people become better educated and aware of what they feed themselves and their children, turkey will naturally gravitate to the top of those lists.

“It hasn’t been an easy business to find success in: it’s hard to soar when you’re working with turkeys,” he chuckles.

“But seriously, by keeping our focus and passion for sharing our family traditions we have found that the meat market is starving for a healthy alternative and a quality product,” he concludes.

“We just need to continue making it more accessible to the consumers.”

For More Information: Multivac Canada Inc. Curwood Inc. Norstar Packaging KM Packaging Cryovac (div. of Sealed Air Corp.)

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COVER STORY

Sandra Ljubisic, Director

Ljuban Ljubisic, President, Cibona Foods Inc.

MADE TO MEASURE Quebec food processor sharpens up its packaging skillset with new bagging machinery for its busy foodservice line

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uality and taste are never out of fashion when it comes to packaged food products, but it is important to keep your packaging capabilities and know-how up to date to keep your customers and consumers happy and loyal, as folks at Cibona Foods Inc. know very well.

Started up in 1988 in Saint-Laurent, Que., the family-owned business has seen its fortunes grow in leaps and bounds over the years—today employing 20 people at a tidy, 36,000-square-foot processing and packaging facility specializing in the so-called “transformed” food product like olives and cherries, along with a smaller, 8,000-square-foot sister plant operating nearby.

“We specializes in the processing of a wide range of very high quality products like maraschino cherries, gherkins, capers, marinades, Greek peppers, pickled caulif lowers, small silver-skin onions and olives—offered in a range of containers and packages,” relates company founder and president Ljuban Ljubisic, adding that all of his Kosher-approved products are produced in accordance with a strictlyobserved quality control program regularly recertified by a third-party auditor on behalf of the federal Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA).

“When I first started up my Canadian business from within my home’s garage, I was packing olives for a customer who never paid me for the work,” recalls Ljubisic, relating that he chose the company name as a personal tribute to a successful, well-known basketball team in his native former Yugoslavia.

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A sampling of Cibona’s growing range of condiments and other products made and packaged at the company’s production facilities in Saint-Laurent, Que.

“But despite losing money on that deal, I vowed that I would be a success in my business and that I would never cut corners and would never offer customers anything less than my very best products.”

Sticking to his principles enabled Ljubisic to grow his business to a point where the company was able to purchase a second smaller plant last year to begin production of mayonnaise and various mayonnaise-based products, along with salad dressings and vinaigrettes, “All of these products have also been very wellreceived by our customers for their superb quality and taste,” Ljubisic told Canadian Packaging in a recent interview, citing the company’s hard-earned reputation for high product quality and exceptional taste profile as key competitive advantages.

“I would rather be selling a higher-priced product than resort to sacrificing quality—and my cus-

tomers know and appreciate this,” he asserts, citing cherries and olives—the latter now sold in over 25 different SKUs (stock-keeping units)—as the company’s bestselling product lines.

“I would not put my label on anything that is not a quality product,” states Ljubisic, adding he would rather turn down requests to supply customers with lower-quality, inexpensive products if it risked compromising his exacting high standards of processing and packaging excellence.

“That is why I never have to call my customers for new business; I get them calling me instead,” says Ljubisic. “They know that with us they will get best quality in taste, texture and aroma,” he adds.

“I offer superior quality in taste, texture and aroma; I’m like a chef in a restaurant—people will come back if the chef has created a nice plate.”

While Ljubisic admits that he works in a highly competitive business, with relatively thin profit margins, he says he truly enjoys the sense of satisfaction he gets out of keeping his customers happy by knowing he would never sell them an inferior product or cutting corners in any other way.

Now distributing its products nationwide through hundreds of Canadian distributors, Cibona now also exports some of its output to the U.S. and Russia, according to Ljubisic, who until recently used to travel the world himself to seek out and sample the raw products processed by his company—finally leaving this task to professional brokers in order to concentrate on improving Cibona’s production and packaging capabilities.

“They know I will not work with them again if they let me down,” says Ljubisic, adding he applies

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(Left) Cibona uses its new XPDIUS Elite 1200 vertical form-fill-seal bagger, manufactured by WeighPack Systems, to package large five-pound pouches of sliced green olives in brine for customers in the foodservice sector.

(Inset) A close-up view of olives and brine being inserted into a plastic film pouch by the XPDIUS Elite 1200 bagger from WeighPack Systems.

the same exacting standards when it comes to installing new packaging machinery at his company’s operations.

“I’m truly fanatical about this business,” states Ljubisic. “Not only do I demand high quality products for my customers, I must have the best equipment to help me process and package it.

“That’s why I am always looking for new machinery to help make us a better company.”

Operating two packaging lines at the main SaintLaurent location and another two lines at the smaller facility, Cibona recently turned its attention to improving the performance of its foodservice line, he relates, including installation of the Super Seal induction cap sealer, manufactured by Enercon Industries Corporation, which he says produces such a strong and reliable seal that it remains intact even if a jar of product gets accidentally dropped on the f loor or is otherwise mishandled.

Similarly, the company recently began f lushing a lot of its pouched products with nitrogen just before sealing—supplied by Air Liquide Canada— to maximize the product’s shelf-life and preserve its f lavor for as long as possible.

“It retards spoilage and extends the product shelflife, which we believe gives our products a competitive edge over the competition,” he states. “Furthermore, the gas acts as a protective cushion—protecting the product against possible damage during transit or from rough handling by the end-user.”

In early 2011, Cibona also purchased a new model XPDIUS Elite 1200 V/F/F/S (vertical form-fill-seal) bagging machine manufactured by the Montrealheadquartered packaging machinery manufacturer WeighPack Systems Inc., which also operates branches in Las Vegas, Nev., and Miami, Fla., to serve its growing U.S. client base.

Outfitted with a model PrimoWeigher 360 industrial multihead scale manufactured by CombiScale Inc., the new fully-automatic bagger is used by Cibona to bag wet and dry products for the company’s foodservice customers, according to Ljubisic.

While the WeighPack bagger is designed to reach top throughput speeds of up to 90 cycles per minute—depending on the size of the bags— Ljubisic says he has so far not exceeded speeds of about 20 cycles per minute due to the large bag sizes handled by the machine at Cibona.

“We purchased the XP Elite 1200 model, to help us increase our production line speed, and as well as to

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ensure our customers that we also run a clean operational environment at Cibona,” mentions Ljubisic.

“We also like the fact that this machine can easily accommodate a variety of bag sizes—from 100 grams to 1,800-gram drain weight—which is a very handy feature considering how many different sizes of bagged products we provide to the foodservice sector.”

In operation, the olives packaged on Cibona’s foodservice line are first placed onto the WeighPack horizontal-discharge inclined infeed conveyor system—featuring plastic cleated belting and sidewalls—and transferred up into a vibrating platform that drops them into one of ten 2.5-liter individual buckets that are mounted on the PrimoWeigher 360 weight sensors until reaching their preprogrammed target weight, after which the basket release the olives into the bags below.

“The bag is formed before the basket releases the olives, with the horizontal bottom seal and two vertical seals formed at the same time,” explains Ljubisic. “As the olives are released and f low down into the pouch bag, salt brine is added along with the pre-set amount of nitrogen gas.”

The top of the bag is then sealed once the cycle is finished, and it is then transferred to another conveyor system where it is placed in a carton with other finished bags, sealed, palletized and prepped for shipment to the customers.

Some of the key productivity-enhancing features incorporated into the XP Elite 1200 design include a mechanical brake mechanism; color touchscreen HMI (human-machine interface); motorized film unwind rollers; servo-driven sealing jaws; pneumatic horizontal sealing jaws; pneumatic vertical sealing bar; auto-retracting film assembly; variable temperature controls; encoder unwind length control;

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COVER STORY In addition to using plastic film supplied by Terrebonne, Que.-based Excel-Pac Inc. to a servo-driven pull belt; and a make its foodservice pouches, safety guard switch.

“We also use a special film for “I also like the fact that it our pouch bags that is comopens up on both sides, which posed of an eco-friendly plastic grants us easy access to the jaws material, and while it is a bit to make it easier to clean,” adds more expensive than convenLjubisic. “Moreover, it’s a truly tional plastic films, it is much tool-less machine in terms of easier on the environment,” A small-character 9030 inkjet coder from parts changeovers.” points out Ljubisic.

Another handy design advan- Markem-Imaje applies filling date and other Other key packaging machinpertinent product information to the top of the tage offered by the XP Elite ery employed by Cibona to keep 1200 bagger is the removal of lids of passing olive jars. its packaging operations runthe top plate and dancing bars ning like clockwork includes: to creates an open top for the film path—making • An RTF-DP filler, manufactured by the Fairfield, the threading of the bag film faster and easier to do, N.J.-based Solbern, for filling various-sized jars according to Ljubisic, pointing out that the machine’s with olives, cherries and gherkin pickles, utilizing stainless-steel design is bereft of any nooks or cranhigh-performance SEW-Eurodrive motors to nies for bacteria to hide in, while the open frame power horizontal and vertical shaking of the prodconcept reduces washdown times by 50 per cent, uct into the containers. compared to other competing bagging systems.

• A model 9030 small-character inkjet coder from Ljubisic adds he is also impressed with the Markem-Imaje to apply filling date and other PrimoWeigher 360 combination scale’s online serviproduct information to the top of the container cing capability that allows it to be serviced from vircaps used on the jar line. tually anywhere in the world at any time via special • A new MY 1000 vacuum-steam sealing-capping software that connects WeighPack’s service technimachine from Massilly North America Inc.; cians directly to its operating system—providing • A new Rotina cold-wrap adhesive labeler manufacreal-time technical support and eliminating all the tured by Krones AG; extra time associated with scheduling and executing • A model LCB (Low Cost Briner) liquid jar filler a site visit to correct any problems. from Solbern; • A custom-designed washer and drier for the jar line that rinses off excess brine or sugar solution outside the jar or cap to ensure a clean package appearance and proper label placement and adhesion.

“Like any successful business, Cibona is always looking to provide its employees with the best new technologies, a safe environment, and the tools needed to ensure efficient production runs,” says Ljubisic.

“And although we will never sacrifice quality for price, we are nevertheless committed to helping our customers maintain healthy bottom lines,” he concludes.

“So if we can save a few pennies here and there through the use of more efficient and effective packaging equipment, you can be sure we will pass on A Cibona employee uses a touchscreen panel to program those savings. the PrimoWeigher 360 multihead combination scale for “Fo us, this has been a successful way for us to the next product run. maintain Cibona’s competitive advantage.”

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A WeighPack horizontal incline conveyor system moves sliced olives up to the PrimoWeigher 360 scale postitioned directly above the WeighPack XPDIUS Elite 1200 bagging system.

Freshly-processed olives flow down into the 2.5-liter buckets of the PrimoWeigher 360 scale in preciselymeasured product quantities to the XPDIUS Elite 1200 bagger directly below for sealing.

For More Information: Enercon Industries Corporation Air Liquide Canada WeighPack Systems Inc. CombiScale Inc. Excel-Pac Inc. Solbern SEW-Eurodrive Co. of Canada Markem-Imaje Inc. Massilly North America Inc. Krones Machinery Co., Ltd.

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azor-thin profit margins are nothing new in the notoriously competitive label industry, but some companies manage to deal with them better than others by consistently offering excellent pricing, high-quality labels and the latest, cutting-edge printing technologies.

Specifically, companies like Ste-Julie, Que.based Imprimerie Saint-Julie Inc.—a successful, family-operated label supplier employing 85 people at two label converting facilities specializing in f lexographic and digital printing processes.

“We produce about 50 per cent of our labels on digital presses and 50 per cent on f lexographic presses,” states Imprimerie’s vice-president of sales Caroline Fournier, who runs the company’s dayto-day operations along with her sister Marilène Fournier, serving as vice-president of production.

“We can also do hot-stamping, embossing, laser die-cutting and silkscreening to create labels and pouches for many different markets like the food, cosmetic, pharmaceutical, industrial and supplemental foods segments,” she adds, relating the uplifting story of a company founded by their father Jean-Maurice Fournier back in 1975.

“When our father began this business, it was run out of our family home,” Caroline told Canadian Packaging magazine in a recent interview. “We’ve been operating out Ste-Julie since 1986, at the time specializing exclusively in flexographic printing primarily for the food and industrial markets.”

But as industry requirements and printing technologies continued to evolve year after year, she relates, the company found itself integrating new converting and finishing processes into its operations in order to grow its customer base—ultim-

Imprimerie Sainte-Julie vice-president of sales Caroline Fournier (left) and her sister, vice-president of production Marilène, pose in front of the seven-color Indigo WS 4050 digital press from Hewlett-Packard.

ately expanding into digital label printing.

In fact, Caroline notes with considerable pride that Imprimerie was in fact the first labeling company in North America to have purchased an early-generation Indigo Omnius digital press from Hewlett-Packard (HP) back in 1998.

According to Caroline, the Indigo Omnius press delivered such excellent results and performance that the company had no hesitation in purchas-

The state-of-the-art SMAG Galaxie eight-color digital press provides complete inline finishing capabilties such as hot-foil stamping, embossing, laminating, waste stripping, slitting and rewinding.

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A sampling of silkscreened labels produced by Imprimerie’s recently-installed new eight-color Galaxie press.

ing two more digital HP presses a few years later,, including a model Indigo WS 4000 in 2002 and an Indigo WS 4050 system in 2004.

In 2007, Imprimerie boosted its digital printing capabilities further by investing in a new laser die-cutter—manufactured by Cartes S.r.l.—and advanced direct-to-plate and prepress workflow technologies.

Says Caroline: “Our father realized that keeping a customer happy was very important in this and any business, and so he instilled in us the notion that having great equipment will show a customer that we are committed to keeping them ahead of the competition.”

Carrying on in that proud family tradition, last year the company purchased a new-generation digital Galaxie press from SMAG Graphique, which Caroline says underlines its status as an important player in Canada’s label printing industry—a fact reinforced by the company’s growing client base not only in Quebec, but also in Ontario and British Columbia.

“The majority of our customers are involved in the advertising, supplements, food, cosmetics and wine segments,” mentions Caroline.

According to Caroline, the company’s growth in these markets is based on the underlying principle and premise of keeping things simple for its enduse customers, who are typically much more concerned with the quality of the final product rather than the process for making it.

“As a family run business, it is important for Imprimerie Ste-Julie to keep things simple,” offers Caroline. “When we work with a customer, we don’t merely look for the easy solution.

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A flat silkscreen module springs into action on the Galaxie press.

The upstream section of Imprimerie’s Galaxie’s roll-to-roll silkscreen printing station.

A gilding and embossing unit of the Galaxie digital press.

“Instead, we look for a simple solution that will best high print resolution of up to 800-dpi (dots per inch). front of label print technology, and working with supply them with exactly what they need—whether “Customers who have used and continue to use Hewlett-Packard has been a very simple way for us it’s a distinctive image, label shape, a relief or embossour Indigo presses have been very happy with the to fulfill that expectation.” ing,” she expands. “We know it’s important for a cusresults,” Marilène states. “Our customers have The Fournier sisters say they have similarly high 񡑆񡑅񡑇񡑑񡑐񡑀񡑗񡑀񡑖񡑡񡑧񡑀񡑙񡑡񡑢񡑦񡑡񡑤񡑥񡑧񡑤񡑠񡑑񡑂񡑒񡑑񡑉񡑨񡑅񡑄񡑂񡑑񡑉񡑠񡑆񡑅񡑇񡑑񡑐񡑀񡑀񡑅񡑅񡑁񡑄񡑈񡑁񡑅񡑒񡑀񡑀񡑈񡑔񡑆񡑒񡑀񡑙񡑘񡑀񡑀񡑙񡑡񡑤񡑣񡑀񡑅 Continues on page 26 tomer to have a label that is practical, printed well grown to depend our ability to stay at the foreand, most importantly, stands out on the store-shelf for all the right reasons.

“Keeping things simple is a process solution that has worked wonders for us—it’s important for a customer to feel that they can trust us for all of their projects.”

Caroline adds that having a dedicated research-and-development (R&D) department operating on-site offers the company a distinct competitive advantage.

“We can offer our customers a multitude of services,” she states.

“If they require a special label or an idea for a project, we can satisfy their requests with an R&D department that is not only creative and innovative, but also always listens to what the customer wants.”.

“We also have the equipment that can handle all of their label needs and we are always looking to add newer and better technologies to ensure we remain not only viable in the market, but remain the industry leader.”

Adds Marilène Fournier: “With all of our technologically superior Arnold Drung, President, Conestoga Meat Packers, Breslau, Ont. presses, we can work with any type of client—from the mom-and-pops to the large multinationals.

“The equipment we have here makes it possible to offer printed labels in one or more batches and on a wide variety of substrates from standard paper to hard-bound, self-adhesive frozen, metal or transparent,” she says, pointing out that the Indigo digital presses remain the main workhorse driving the company’s digital label production.

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A close-up view of decorative gold inks being applied onto labels via the Galaxie’s gilding and embossing unit.

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“We were looking for a piece of equipment that would provide us with a value-added proposition—not only giving us excellent label production, but one that would draw customers to us like our Hewlett-Packard presses did,” relates Marilène,

expectations for the newly-purchased eight-color, state-of-the-art Galaxie press.

adding that the company was already familiar with the reliability of converting equipment manufactured by SMAG based on previous experience with its Comet generic converting machine—primarily used as a waste stripper to quickly and cleanly remove the excess substrate left behind from print runs performed on the Indigo presses.

Installed by local SMAG equipment distributor KPG Corporation, the state-of-the-art Galaxie digital press includes an unwinder, numerical feeding station, a semi-rotary f lexographic unit, a hot stamping and embossing f lat bed unit, a semirotary die-cutting unit, a f lat silkscreen unit, and a slitter waste rewinder.

“As with all of our equipment, we purchased the Galaxie press to enhance a customer’s value of the printed label via SMAG’s sophisticated finishing technologies,” reveals Marilène, saying the new press has already opened up a lot of doors in a promising new market for made-in-Quebec wines and cider products.

According to SMAG, the operatorfriendly Galaxie press has a very high register accuracy with a simple web path that can utilize multiple passes and combination print, while providing complete inline finishing capabilities such as hot-foil stamping, embossing, laminating, waste stripping, slitting and rewinding.

The company also employs: • a Mark Andy 4120, 16-inch eightcolor press; • a Mark Andy 910, 10-inch, four color press; • a Mark Andy 820 seven-inch, threecolor press; • Siegwerk Canada Inc. to supply all f lexographic printinginks; • Fasson Canada Inc., MACtac Canada Ltd., and Label Supply to provide all of the paper for the labels.

“Imprimerie has always invested heavily in the best equipment to provide a little something extra to the customer—to let them know that we are interested in serving them more effectively,” states Caroline.

“We remove the concept of bureaucracy from our business, and want our customers to feel that anyone at Imprimerie will help them.

“It’s that attitude that the company continually fosters to compliment our best-in-class and our creative, talented and hard-working staff that will continue to make our company a growing success now and well into the future.”

For More Information: Imprimerie Sainte-Julie Hewlett-Packard (Canada) Co. SMAG Graphique KPG Corporation Mark Andy, Inc. Siegwerk Canada Inc. Fasson Canada Inc. MACtac Canada Ltd. Label Supply Cartes S.r.l.

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MECHANICAL DRIVES DECENTRALIZED DRIVE SYSTEMS

MOVIGEAR® Movigear® is distinguished by its high level of system efficiency, a significant factor in reducing energy costs. The integration and coordination of all the drive components lead to a long service life and system availability. Movigear® is an intelligent system with its own control concept.

Its high-quality networking helps reduce startup time and supports monitoring and maintenance tasks. When combined with a functional user software, drive tasks can be solved as quickly and easily as possible.

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In many industries and applications, implementing economical automation concepts means utilizing decentralized systems throughout. Long rows of control cabinets with complex wiring, expansive space requirements and long distances between control cabinet and motors are too rigid and not very economical. Only the combination of flexible, versatile, economic and target-oriented modules will provide an efficient solution. This is the reason why system operators opting for decentralized drive systems from SEW-Eurodrive are always ahead of the game.

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Our Drive Solution Pyramid.

MOVITRAC® LTE B The range of functions provided by MOVITRAC® LTE B is particularly well adapted to less complicated applications. Its user-friendly design makes integration quick and easy, it also meets the high quality requirements of everyday requirements. The Movitrac® LTE B is also available in IP55/NEMA 12k making it suitable for special ambient conditions. These frequency inverters operate reliably and flexibly even when exposed to dust or water.

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PSC Planetary servo gear units The low backlash PSC planetary servo gear units are designed for torque classes from 30 to 305 Nm. They are designed to offer the greatest possible flexibility and ROI, as not every application demands machines designed for maximum performance. These planetary servo gear units are the basis for versatile, dynamic, and above all cost optimized drive solutions.

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MOVITRAC® LTX Simple, fast and diverse: as part of the Smart Servo Package, SEW-Eurodrive offers the new Movitrac® LTX servo inverter for universal use. It stands out with advantages such as ease of operation, short startup times as well as optimized costs. Available in two sizes and covers a power range from 750W to 505 kW. The Movitrac® LTX is particularly suitable for use in applications such as secondary packaging, handling, and logistics.

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The demands on material handling systems today have never been more wide ranging or more challenging.

That’s why SEW-Eurodrive offers drive solutions for every kind of industry application. From the simple to the sophisticated, our pyramid of solutions allow you to control costs and limit complexity by giving you the ability to tailor our products to the exact intelligence and performance specs you require. Reducing energy consumption is also an important imperative today for the modern production line. Just ask Coca-Cola, who achieved a sensational 75% reduction in energy consumption by incorporating 40 of SEW-Eurodrives’s revolutionary decentralized MOVIGEAR® units in a recent overhaul of a European bottling plant transport line.

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SAFETY

GETTING THE BUGS OUT

A global regulation on transporting wood pallets and other wood packaging may have implications for Canada-U.S. trade CHEP pallets are manufactured utilizing kilndried wood product materials.

ANDREW JOSEPH, FEATURES EDITOR

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pallet may be just a humble pallet to some, but in the context of crossborder trade between Canada and the U.S., not keeping up with legislation governing the proper use of wood, plastic, corrugated and enhanced-wood pallet can be a serious oversight for any exporting company—especially in light of the soon-to-beenforced North American regulation introducing strict new standards for how freight is packaged and transported.

Tracing back to the 2002 implementation of the ISPM (International Standards for Phytosanitary Measures) 15 by the Interim Commission on Phytosanitary Measures of the International Plant Protection Convention, this groundbreaking document—titled Guidelines for Regulating Wood Packaging Material in International Trade—provided formal international acknowledgments of the inherent pest risks associated with the international movement of untreated wood packaging materials.

Although the voluntary standard did not obligate participatory countries to establish strict regulatory controls for immediate standard compliance, it did provide an important international mechanism for countries to establish such internationally harmonized controls.

In North America, the ISPM 15 was slight revised two years ago as ISPM 15 (2009), which applies to all tree species used commercially as raw wood packaging material.

According to the federal Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) the term WPM (wood packaging material)—including dunnage, crating, wood boxes, pallets, wooden drums and skid—is any piece of non-manufactured wood used to brace, support, protect or secure a consignment or cargo, .

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chipboard, presswood, particle board, mediumand high-density fiber board, plastics, oriented strand board, corrugated (cardboard), or products manufactured by using adhesives, heat and pressure or a combination thereof, are exempt from import requirements,” explains CFIA forestry specialist Mélanie Mecteau.

As a member of the United Nations (UN)’s International Plant Protection Convention (IPPC) committee, Canada adopted the WPM standard in 2006 as its national import policy directive for all wood packaging materials originating in Canada and the U.S., albeit agreeing not to apply requirements to wood packaging materials originating and moving between the two countries. While the exemption remains in force, both countries have agreed to begin implementation of ISPM 15 (2009) for WPM moving between Canada and the U.S. until 2013—joining another 88 countries that have adopted ISPM 15 (2009) as their import requirements for WPM including Canada and the U.S.

Pesky Pests “While Canada does have some insect pests that the U.S. doesn’t have and vice versa, the reason for ISPM 15 (2009) existence is not to be a thorn in the foot of sectors like the pallet manufacturing industry,” states Mecteau, “but rather to prevent the entry and spread of the exotic pests, like the Asian longhorned beetle and the emerald ash borer, to protect our valuable natural wood resources from further devastation.”.

Native to China and eastern Asia, the emerald ash borer is an invasive beetle that was first detected in North America in 2002, and is widely believed to have been introduced accidentally via imported wood packaging or crating material arriving from Asia.

Despite its relatively recent migration here, it is believed to have already killed millions of trees in Canada and the U.S., according to Mecteau, with billions more across the continent considered to be at risk of infestation and death.

Attacking a wide range of deciduous trees, the voracious Asian longhorned beetle was discovered in the U.S. in 1996, before making its Corrugated pallets manufactured by Corrupal fall within the accepted parameters of the ISPM 15 (2009) regulation.

way to Canada and several European countries, and is also suspected to have been transported from Asia via solid wood packaging material.

According to Mecteau, ISPM 15 (2009) recommends that all wood packaging material must be appropriately treated and marked with the official IPPC stamp containing the IPPC logo, the country code, the producer/treatment provider code, and the treatment code. In addition, a unique stamp issued by each country’s federal authority on plant protection will be given to each facility producing compliant WPM so it can be traced back to its point-of-origin.

“While Canada does not currently regulate wood packaging materials originating in the U.S., we have developed bilateral phytosanitary measures with them to protect Canada,” says Mecteau adding that by January 2013 all importers and suppliers of Canadian goods—as well as their American counterparts— must ensure that wood packaging materials used to ship their goods meet the ISPM 15 (2009) specifications to avoid border crossing delays or outright rejection at border points of entry.

Currently, there are two approved treatment methods with meet the ISPM 15 (2009) standards: • WPM must be heated in accordance with a specific time-temperature schedule that achieves a minimum temperature of 56 Celsius for a minimum 30 continuous minutes throughout the entire profile of the wood, including its core. For example, kilndrying, heat-enabled chemical pressure impregnation, microwave or other treatments may be considered, provided they meet the parameters.

• All WPM must be fumigated with methyl bromide per the schedule set out in ISPM 15’s Annex 1.

Brian Isard, director of procurement and risk management with pallet pooling services provider CHEP Canada Inc. of Mississauga, Ont., says he has deep reservations about the two suggested methods “We have been talking with CFIA to achieve compliance by alternative means since 2008,” states Isard, explaining that CHEP the director of procurement and risk management working out of CHEP’s CHEP manufactures its block pallets using traditional methods and 100-percent kiln-dried lumber that dries the wood out—making it inhospitable to pests.

“CHEP operates a managed pallet pool that effectively mitigates the risk of harboring these pest species,” he points out, “but even though there is not one documented instance of a CHEP block pallet being contaminated with a pest, the government is still asking us to do it their way.

Isard says that CHEP, long with other key members of the Canadian Wood Pallet and Container Association (CWPCA)—have some serious questions about ISPM 15 (2009) and its role within the Canadian industry.

“There is some concern with the Canadian pallet industry that the regulation has the potential to be a trade impediment if the timelines to comply with ISPM 15 (2009) are accelerated,” reveals Isard. “However, our main concern is that there still remain a number of harmonization issues that need to be addressed between the two countries in the

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SAFETY Canada and the U.S. hope to halt the spread of the Asian longhorned beetle that has already destroyed millions of trees in North America.

implementation of these new regulations.”

Isard claims that despite ISPM 15 having been discussed in Canada and the U.S. for a number of years— involving amendments and changes to the Plant Protection Act in Canada—manufacturers shipping product are often unaware of these pending changes.

As a result, they may not have adequate time to organize themselves fiscally for these changes— like ensuring the pallets they are using are fully ISPM 15 (2009) compliant.

Isard says it should be the responsibility of CFIA and APHIS to notify all border agencies of the new regulation and then take the time to train them to adequately deal with it.

“It has the potential to cause serious delays in crossborder shipping if not properly implemented,” he asserts.

“While we are highly supportive of the intent of the proposed rule-making to prevent the spread of invasive pest species and to protect our nation’s forests, we feel strongly that any new regulation would take into account the existence of managed pallet pooling systems,” he expands.

“For instance, CHEP operates a pallet pooling system in which it maintains ownership of its assets at all points in the supply chain, controls the sourcing of all lumber used in pallet manufacture and repair and enforces rigorous quality and pest control standards,” he states “already meeting ISPM 15 pest and disease prevention and control objectives.”

While the wood pallet industry is still looking for answers regarding the implementation of ISPM 15 (2009), pallet manufacturers utilizing alternate non-wood materials such as plastic or corrugated—such as the Canadian, Que.-based Corrupal Inc. —are looking forward to the new requirements in the hopes it will create a more even playing field.

“In my opinion, it seems as though the wood pallet industry has seen the ISPM 15 (2009) regulations, but is not fully prepared to deal with it,” opines Corrupal president Yvan Quirion, whose company first created a corrugated pallet back in 1991.

Quirion admits that the concept of a corrugated pallet may come first come across as rather strange to companies wondering pallet made of ‘cardboard’ is going to collapse when any great weight is placed upon it.

“It’s a valid concern, but one that is completely unfounded,” exclaims Quirion. “I can build a corrugated pal-

let strong enough to hold 30,000 pounds.”

Utilizing a combination of linerboard and medium, Corrupal’s pallets are built to be waterresistant, but Quirion always warns his customers that these pallets are not manufactured for outside use or to be sitting left in the rain.”

“Regarding the ISPM 15 (2009) regulation, our corrugated pallets are exempt as insect pests need the juicier pulpy wood fibers to eat,” says Quirion.

Despite the fact that the implementation of ISPM 15 (2009) has been talked about for years, Quirion says he has not seen a dramatic spike in sales yet, though members of the pallet industry have sought to partner up with Corrupal.

“People have heard about these requirements, but for some reason few have reacted yet—perhaps the recent economic recession has delayed companies in their response as they don’t have the financial wherewithal to purchase new pallets just yet,” he

ref lects. “But they are going to have to in order to be compliant.”

According to Quirion, the CFIA had already contacted Corrupal long ago contacted to discuss and study the commercial feasibility of corrugated pallets “We have really good environmentally-friendly products,” avows Quirion. “Not only are our pallets fully recyclable and pulpable, there are no nails or splinters to worry about.

“And weighing only a quarter of a standard wood pallet, about 18 pounds, there is much less weight for a loaded transport trailer to haul—meaning less resulting and consumption and less carbon-dioxide emissions.”

For More Information: CHEP Canada Inc. Corrupal Inc.

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SEE YOU AT PACKEX TORONTO 2011

The management team of PACKEX Toronto 2011 looks forward to welcoming you to the Toronto Congress Centre for the 35th edition of Canada’s longest running national packaging exhibition

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t PACKEX Toronto, you’ll meet face-to-face with hundreds of top suppliers from Canada, the U.S. and beyond. Explore the newest packaging products, equipment, and services available, including packaging machinery, components, materials, converting technologies, food processing, material handling, and logistics. Bring your latest challenges and enjoy productive meetings with the suppliers who can best provide the solutions you need to innovate your packaging and streamline your process.

While at PACKEX, be sure to attend its conference program. Organized by PAC–The Packaging Association, this three-day conference and networking event will bring you up to speed on the latest packaging industry trends and technologies. A cornerstone of this event is the Walmart Sustainable Packaging Conference V. New to PACKEX Toronto this year, are five strategically co-located manufacturing events, including PLAST-EX, Automation Technology Expo Canada

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(ATX Canada), Design & Manufacturing Canada, PTX Canada/Powder & Bulk Solids Canada, and Green Manufacturing Expo. These additional resources offer you convenient access to even more new products and services to benefit your business.

We would like to extend special thanks to our sponsors, PAC–The Packaging Association, and Canadian Packaging magazine, as well as to all our exhibitors and supporters. They have all contributed to making this year’s PACKEX Toronto the most comprehensive resource for packaging professionals in Canada.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011

The 2011 PAC Conference at PACKEX Toronto is a world-class educational and networking forum for the packaging industry

CONFERENCE PRODUCED BY:

Take part in this three-day conference and networking event, bringing you up to speed on the latest trends and technologies in packaging. Benefit from expert insight on key topics of importance to packaging professionals. To register for conference sessions, please visit www.PACKEXtoronto.com

CONFERENCE SCHEDULE (AS CONFIRMED AT PRESS TIME)

Tuesday, June 21, 2011 9:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m.

Compete Globally Through Automation— Panel Discussion Moderated by Canadian Packaging Speakers: Andreas Sobotta, Festo Automation; Pete Ballos, Combi Packaging Systems; Laura Dierker, Flexlink Systems Canada; John Mason, Molson Coors Room: Waxman 4 Session Cost: C$25 1:00 p.m.–2:30 p.m.

Expanding Your Exports—Roundtable Sponsored and moderated by EDC Speakers from Ernst & Young, and Peel Plastics Room: Waxman 4 Session Cost: C$25 5:00 p.m.–10:00 p.m.

PAC Leadership Awards Gala Reception & Dinner Room: Cohen Ballroom Held in conjunction with PACKEX Toronto, this prestigious industry gala recognizes the leaders of packaging for graphic and technical design, as well as sustainability best practices. Over 400 attendees will celebrate the occasion and the winners will be recognized on stage and in a special edition of Canadian Packaging. The packages will also be on display in PAC—The Packaging Association exhibit at booth #785.

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Walmart Sustainable Packaging Conference V Since 2007 over 3,100 packaging industry executives have participated in the first four Walmart Canada conferences dedicated to sust ainable packaging, which will be a cornerstone conference at PACKEX Toronto 2011. Target audience includes all Walmart suppliers and packaging industry executives; directors, managers and consultants that are directly responsible for the strategic development and oversight of company sustainability programs.

8:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Executive Leadership Session Speakers: David Cheesewright, President & CEO, Walmart Canada; Dr. Stephanie Bertels, Network for Business Sustainability; Jeff Rice, Director of Sustainability, Walmart Corp.; Kelly Scott; Alan Blake, P & G; Guy McGuffin, Walmart Canada; Scott McDougall, CEO, TerraChoice; Tony Kingsbury, Dow Executive in Residence – UC Berkeley Room: Cohen Ballroom Session Cost: C$25 1:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m.

Technical Breakout Sessions Speakers: Leon Hall and Christian Shelepuk, Walmart Canada; Al Metauro, Cascade Recovery; James Gott, Ice River Springs; Greg Bunker, Dow – Plastics Optimization Initiatives; Norm Lee, Region of Peel; Steward Samual, IGD Rooms: Cohen Ballroom, Waxman 1 & 2 Session Cost: C$25

Thursday, June 23, 2011 9:00 a.m.–10:30 a.m.

Global Food Safety Initiative and PACsecure Packaging Scheme Room: Waxman 4 Session Cost: C$25

Best Regards, Kevin O’Keefe Senior Vice-President UBM Canon

2011 SHOW FACTS LOCATION Toronto Congress Centre 650 Dixon Road, Toronto, Ontario

REGISTRATION HOURS Tuesday, June 21, 2011 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011 8:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

Thursday, June 23, 2011 8:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

RESOURCE HALL HOURS Tuesday, June 21, 2011 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011 10:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Thursday, June 23, 2011 10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

PAC CONFERENCES Rooms: Cohen Ballroom, Waxman 4 Tuesday, June 21, 2011 9 a.m.–2:30 p.m.

Wednesday, June 22, 2011 8:30 a.m.–4:00 p.m.

Thursday, June 23, 2011 9 a.m.–10:30 a.m..

CO-LOCATED EVENTS Your PACKEX Toronto admission credentials are valid for all three days and give complimentary access to all co-located manufacturing resource events: • ATX (Automation Technology Expo) Canada • Design & Manufacturing Canada • Green Manufacturing Expo Canada • PLAST-EX • PTX Canada/Powder & Bulk Solids Canada.

EVENT PRODUCER UBM Canon Tel: (310) 445-4200 Fax: (310) 996-9499 E-mail: tshowreg@ubm.com Website: www.canontradeshows.com Continues on page 32

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EVENT MANAGEMENT UBM Canon trade show staff members (wearing white badges with a blue UBM Canon logo) are available on-site to answer any of your questions.

You may also visit the Event Management Office in the Pavilion, where exhibitor concerns and general show questions may be addressed.

EVENT SPONSORS:

SPEAKER’S ROOM

Please Note:

The Speaker’s Room, open to speakers and press only, is located in the Patcher Room. Speakers will pick up their badges and materials at this location.

This room is open Tuesday – Thursday, June 21 through June 23 from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

There will be NO SMOKING in the exhibit halls or meeting rooms. No one under the age of 18 is permitted in the exhibit halls or conference rooms.

Thank you for your cooperation.

PRESS ROOM Exhibitors may leave their press information located in the press room in the Karsh Room, starting June 21. The Press Room is staffed by a receptionist and will be open June 21 – June 23 from 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.

LOST AND FOUND During event hours, stop by the Event Management Office in the Pavilion for lost items.

EVENT SUPPORTERS PACKEX Toronto is supported by: Brand Packaging, Flexible Packaging, Food & Beverage Packaging, Package Design, Packaging Hotline, Packaging Digest, Point of Purchase Online Network, Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News, and Nutritional Outlook.

UNAUTHORIZED SOLICITATIONS/PHOTOGRAPHY Unauthorized solicitations on the event premises are strictly prohibited and will result in removal from the event. Unauthorized photography and videotaping are strictly prohibited. Any person wishing to take a photo must first obtain the permission of the exhibitor or event management.

SPECIAL ACCESS In compliance with Americans with Disabilities Act, UBM Canon will make all reasonable efforts to accommodate persons with disabilities at its trade events. Please contact the Event Management Office on-site for special requests.

CONCIERGE DESK The Concierge Desk in the main lobby of the conference center will be available to assist with restaurant information and reservations, directions and any other Toronto-related questions.

DINING Concession stands located in the back of the Exhibit Hall will offer a variety of food and beverage choices for continental breakfast, lunch, and snacks during exhibition hours.

INFORMATION ON ATTENDING FUTURE EVENTS Registration Services c/o UBM Canon 11444 W. Olympic Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90064 Tel: (310) 445-4200, Fax: (310) 996-9499 E-mail: tshowreg@ubm.com Web: www.canontradeshows.com

SPEAKING INFORMATION Web: www.canonshows.com E-mail: conference@ubm.com Tel: (310) 445-4200

INFORMATION ON TRADESHOW SPONSORSHIPS & PROMOTIONS Rita Meno, senior sales & marketing coordinator E-mail: rita.meno@ubm.com

INFORMATION ON EXHIBITION AT FUTURE PACKEX TORONTO EVENTS Contact: www.packextoronto.com Lonnie Gonzales Tel: (310) 996-9418 E-mail: lonnie.ganzales@ubm.com Jim Beretta Tel: (289) 971-0534 E-mail: jim.beretta@ubm.com

WHAT’S NEW FOR 2011 For the first time, PACKEX Toronto will be joined by five additional manufacturing resource events to deliver even more new products and solutions under the same roof. Enjoy free access to all five co-located resources with your PACKEX Toronto admission credentials.

ATX CANADA Your showcase for the latest in lean manufacturing, cost reduction, and enhanced productivity products and technologies. See the latest technological advances in automation and assembly, robotics, control software, motors and much more!

DESIGN & MANUFACTURING The region’s new resource for advanced design and manufacturing professionals will host a full spectrum of design, manufacturing, and process solutions to design and produce finished OEM component and products.

GREEN MANUFACTURING EXPO Boost your profit margins and your company image through sustainability and corporate responsibility. These exhibiting suppliers will display the latest solutions to improve process efficiencies, reduce waste, and benefit from long-term cost savings.

PLAST-EX See the full spectrum of plastics processing resources, from primary processing machinery, auxiliary equipment, molds and mold components to materials, contract services, material handling and logistics from hundreds of leading suppliers.

PTX CANADA/ POWDER & BULK SOLIDS CANADA This new resource will offer you convenient access to the most comprehensive industrial processing and bulk solids handling solutions. Discover the latest in mixers, blenders, conveyors, feeders, dryers, dust collection, screening, separation, weighing systems and more.

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SHOW PREVIEW ALTRA INDUSTRIAL MOTION

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440 North 5th Avenue Chambersburg, Pennsylvania 17201 USA Tel: 717-264-7161, x4441

AMSICO GROUP

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ul. Karowa 44 Siedlce, 08 119 Poland 48-509-386347 Fax: 48-25-6310395 Web: www.amsico.eu E-mail: magnetico@amsico.eu

EXHIBITING COMPANIES (AS CONFIRMED AT PRESS TIME)

A.R. ARENA PRODUCTS INC.

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2101 Mount Read Boulevard Rochester, New York 14615 USA 800-836-2528 Fax: 585-254-1046 Web: www.arenaproducts.com E-mail: sales@arena products.com

ABBEY PACKAGING EQUIPMENT LTD.

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975 Fraser Drive, Unit 1 Burlington, Ontario L7L 4X8 Canada 905-681-3010 Fax: 905-681-3018

ABILITY FABRICATORS INC.

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AESUS LABELLING & PACKAGING SYSTEMS INC.

1133 Regent Street, Suite 300 Fredericton, New Brunswick E3B 3Z2 Canada 506-452-7307 Fax: 506-452-7308

ADVANCED GAS 1686 TECHNOLOGIES INC. 230 Don Park Road, Unit 15 Markham, Ontario L3R 2P7 Canada 905-305-0094 Fax: 905-305-0092

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1123

188 Oneida Drive Pointe Claire, Quebec H9R 1A8 Canada 514-694-3439 Fax: 514-694-4107 Web: www.aesus.com E-mail: smons@aesus.com

1694

RR 1, 7793 Young Street Grassie, Ontario L0R 1M0 Canada 888-231-3575 Fax: 905-945-5359

ALEX E. JONES

1540

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26 Saunders Road Barrie, Ontario L4N 9A8 Canada 705-726-2260 Fax: 705-726-5829 Web: www.advancedmotion.com E-mail: inquiries@ advancedmotion.com

AGRI-PLASTICS MANUFACTURING

187 Romina Drive Concord, Ontario L4K 4V3 Canada 905-761-1401 Fax: 905-761-0649

ADI SYSTEMS INC.

ADVANCED MOTION & CONTROLS LTD.

2040 Speers Road Oakville, Ontaio L6L 2X8 Canada 905-847-0166

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ALL METRIC 944 SMALL PARTS (AMSP) 2101 Jericho Turnpike New Hyde Park, New York 11040 USA 516-302-0152 Fax: 516-302-0153 Web: www.amsp.biz E-mail: amspsupport@amsp.biz

ANCHOR PLASTICS LTD.

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ARBOR PAK COMPANY INC.

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730 Saint-Etienne L’Assomption, Quebec J5W 1Z1 Canada 800-964-9771 Fax: 450-589-2480 Web: www.anchorplastics.qc.ca E-mail: mbrousseau@ anchorplastics.qc.ca

ARROW SPEED CONTROLS

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7855 Tranmore Drive Mississauga, Ontario L5S 1V5 Canada 905-612-9977 Fax: 905-673-7800 Web: www.arrowspeed.com E-mail: asanfilippo@ arrowspeed.com

ASCO NUMATICS

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P.O. Box 160 Brantford, Ontario N3T 5M8 Canada 519-758-2700 Fax: 519-758-5540 Web: www.asconumatics.ca E-mail: asconumatics@ emerson.com

4718 S. State Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108 USA 734-222-8229 Fax: 734-944-8879 Web: www.arborpakcoinc.com E-mail: timwu@arborpakco inc.com

ARCA AUTOMATION

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ARK AUTOMATION PRODUCTS LTD.

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ARMOLOY OF WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA INC.

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1841 Old Cuthbert Road Cherry Hill, New Jersey 08034 USA 856-428-9808 Fax: 856-428-1270 Web: www.arcaautomation.com E-mail: sales@arca automation.com

1250 Eglinton Avenue W., Unit A12-312 Mississauga, Ontario L5V 1N3 Canada 888-433-0909 Fax: 888-433-9183 Web: www.arkautomation E-mail: info@arkautomation.com

1231 Rodi Road Turtle Creek, Pennsylvania 15145 USA 412-823-1030 Fax: 412-823-6626 Web: www.armoloy-wpa.com E-mail: armoloy@nb.net

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A-TECH INSTRUMENTS LTD.

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37679 Schoolcraft Road Livonia, Michigan 48150 USA 734-542-4398 Fax: 734-542-6831 Web: www.eoat.net E-mail: info@eoat.net

107-50 Nashdene Road Scarborough, Ontario M1V 5J2 Canada 416-754-7008 Fax: 416-754-2351 Web: www.a-tech.ca E-mail: sales@a-tech.ca

ATI INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION

916

1031 Goodworth Drive Apex, North Carolina 27539 USA 919-772-0115 Fax: 919-772-8259 Web: www.ati-ia.com E-mail: info@ati-ia.com

ATS ENGINEERING INC.

1023

ATS-TANNER BANDING SYSTEMS INC. CANADA

1435

104 Hedgedale Road Brampton, Ontario L6T 5L2 Canada 905-457-2871 Fax: 905-457-6131 E-mail: info@atseng.ca

AVATACK COMPANY LTD.

1067

2F, No. 79, Sec. 1, Kuang Fu Road, San Chung District New Taipei City, 241 Taiwan Tel: 886-2-29991133 Fax: 886-2-29991136 Web: www.avatackco.com.tw E-mail: sales@avatackco.com.tw

AVEN INC.

935

1234 Old Carriage Way Oakville, Ontario L6M 2E3 Canada 905-815-9999 Fax: 905-815-0443 Web: www.ats-tanner.ca E-mail: m.reist@ats-tanner.ca

4595 Platt Road Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108 USA 734-973-0099 Fax: 734-973-0097 Web: www.aveninc.com E-mail: markk@aventools.com

AUTONICS USA INC.

AXIS PROTOTYPES

912

1353 Armour Boulevard Mundelein, Illinois 60060 USA 847-680-8160 Fax: 847-680-8155 Web: www.autonics.com E-mail: ypaik@autonicsusa.net

6956 Rue Jarry E. Montreal, Quebec H1P 3C1 Canada 514-351-5511 Fax: 514-351-3033 Web: www.axisproto.com E-mail: vlaithier@axisproto.com

B&R INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION CORP.

ELECTRIC HEATING DEVICES INC.

Products that are rugged, reliable and efficient heating units made for tough and demanding applications

1643

981

5770 Timberlea Boulevard, Suite 205 Mississauga, Ontario L4W 4W1 Canada 905-206-9911 Fax: 905-206-9611 Web: www.br-automation.com

BECKHOFF AUTOMATION

932

BELT TECHNOLOGIES INC.

879

12150 Nicollet Avenue S. Burnsville, Minnesota 55337 USA 952-890-0000 Fax: 952-890-2888 Web: www.beckhoff automation.com E-mail: beckhoff.usa@ beckhoff.com

11 Bowles Road Agawam, Massachusetts 01001 USA 413-786-9922 Fax: 413-789-2786 Web: www.belttechnologies.com E-mail: jfrancis@belt technologies.com

BEST PACKAGING SYSTEMS INC.

1531

BIZERBA CANADA INC.

1041

BOEDEKER PLASTICS INC.

1377

BONAR PLASTICS

1440

8699 Escarpment Way, Unit 1 Mississauga, Ontario L9T 0J5 Canada 905-864-3005 Fax: 905-864-6245

2810 Argentia Road #9 Mississauga, Ontario L5N 8L2 Canada 905-816-0498 Fax: 905-816-0497 Web: www.bizerba-na.com E-mail: jeff.kennedy@bizerba.com

904 W. 6th Street Shiner, Texas 77984 USA 800-444-3485 Fax: 361-594-2349 Web: www.boedeker.com E-mail: bpi@boedeker.com

BALLUFF CANADA INC.

957

2840 Argentia Road Mississauga, Ontario L5N 8G4 Canada 905-816-1494 Fax: 905-816-1495 Web: www.balluff.com E-mail: balluff.canada@balluff.ca

BAUMER HHS CORP. 1323

INDUSTRIAL PROCESS HEATING PRODUCTS

Industrial Heating Innovation Specialists Tel. : 514 335-9665 â&#x20AC;˘ Fax : 514 335-9804 www.bucan.com FOR MORE INFORMATION CIRCLE

106

10570 Success Lane Dayton, Ohio 45458 USA 937-886-3160

1005 Atlantic Drive West Chicago, Illinois 60185 USA 800-295-3725 Fax: 630-293-0930 Web: www.bonarplastics.com E-mail: mhsales@ bonarplastics.com

BRITMAN 952 (SPECIALTY PRODUCTS) 655 Finley Ave. Ajax, Ontario L1S 3V3 Canada 905-619-1477 Fax: 905-619-1478

FOR MORE INFORMATION CIRCLE

141

SHOW PREVIEW BROOKDALE PLASTICS

1352

BUFFER USA INC.

1570

9909 S. Shore Drive Plymouth, Minnesota 55441 USA 513-404-0219

1547

1665

CANADIAN 385 PACKAGING MAGAZINE One Mount Pleasant Road, 7th Floor Toronto, Ontario M4Y 2Y5 Canada 416-764-1497 Fax: 416-764-1755 E-mail: stephen.dean@ packaging.rogers.com

1639

130 Research Lane, Suite 3 Guelph, Ontario N1G 5G3 Canada 519-823-1110 Fax: 519-823-1122 Web: www.busimpgroup.ca E-mail: info@busimpgroup.ca

C&B DISPLAY PACKAGING INC.

C.P. FORMPLAST INC.

7030 Woodbine Avenue, Suite 500Markham, Ontario L3R 6G2 Canada 905-513-8146 Fax: 905-513-7009 Web: www.cpform.com E-mail: davidm.cpformplast@ quartetmail.com

1740 Lionel Bertrand Montreal, Quebec J7H 1N7 Canada 450-435-6899 Fax: 450-430-5132 Web: www.busch.ca E-mail: info@busch.ca

BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT GROUP INC.

1591

CEDARLANE 1458 SHIPPING SUPPLIES

14800 Charlson Road, Suite 700 Eden Prairie, Minnesota 55347-5076 USA 800-372-1284 Fax: 952/983-5695 Web: www.chrobinson.com E-mail: neshchr@chrobinson.com

20 Gatineau Crescent London, Ontario N6K 2Z7 Canada 519-474-6812 Fax 519-474-4794 E-mail: george@buffers.usa.com

BUSCH VACUUM TECHNICS INC.

C.H. ROBINSON WORLDWIDE INC.

CAPS ‘N PLUGS

1437

165 Sun Pac Boulevard, Unit 4 Brampton, Ontario L6S 5Z6 Canada 905-791-1303 Fax: 905-791-3178 Web: www.capsnplugs.com E-mail: paul@capsnplugs.com

1131

2560 S. Sheridan Way Mississauga, Ontario L5J 2M4 Canada 905-823-7770 Fax: 905-823-5239

4410 Paletta Court Burlington, Ontario L7L 5R2 Canada 866-423-7447 Fax: 289-288-0004 Web: www.cedarlane.ca E-mail: sales@cedarlane.ca

CAPMATIC LTD.

12180 Boulevard Albert-Hudon Montreal, Quebec H1G 3K7 Canada 514-322-0062 Fax: 514-322-0063 Web: www.capmatic.com E-mail: sales@capmatic.com

CARLO GAVAZZI (CANADA) INC.

936

2660 Meadowvale Boulevard, Unit 8 Mississauga, Ontario L5N 6M6 Canada 905-542-0979 Fax: 905-542-2248 Web: www.gavazzionline.com E-mail: gavazzi@carlogavazzi.com

CD NOVA-TECH INC.

1354

Suite 3, 2800 14th Avenue Markham, Ontario L3R 0E4 Canada 905-940-8338 Fax: 905-940-6659 Web: www.cdnova.com E-mail: tech@cdnova.com

CELPLAST 1313 PACKAGING SYSTEMS 67 Commander Boulevard, Unit 4 Scarborough, Ontario M1S 3M7 Canada 416-293-4330 Fax: 416-293-1946

CENTRAL 1085 FABRICATING & WELDING 4669 Fretz Drive Beamsville, Ontario L0R 1B4 Canada 905-563-7141 Fax: 905-563-0324

CFS NORTH AMERICA

8000 N. Dallas Parkway Frisco, Texas 75034 USA 214-618-1183 Fax: 214-618-1301

951

CHARGO DISTRIBUTION

1795

CHEP CANADA INC.

1280

CLEARPAK INC.

1053

CODING PRODUCTS OF CANADA

1467

2700 Slough Street Mississauga, Ontario L4T 1G2 Canada 7400 E. Danbro Crescent Mississauga, Ontario L5N 8C6 Canada 905-789-4291 Fax: 905-789-4279 Web: www.chep.com E-mail: frank.bozzo@chep.com

“X On L -R lin IV e E 20 ay Mi M De mo nu a te de W ! eb Ea ina s r y”

XR-BulkFlowAd_CanPack_Layout 1 4/15/11 3:07 PM Page 1

(Crushed pie pan)

985

623 S. Service Road Grimsby, Ontario L3M 4E8 Canada 905-643-3593 Fax: 905-643-7079 Web: www.clearpak.com E-mail: jbrunski@clearpak.com

(Metal in metal or glass in glass)

7 Innovation Drive Flamborough, Ontario L9H 7H9 Canada 905-690-1471 Fax: 905-690-8393 Web: www.codingcanada.com E-mail: lsnowden@ codingcanada.com

(Fill and contaminant inspection)

Made in USA

Call

EriezXray

888-300-3743 or visit www.eriez.com FOR MORE INFORMATION CIRCLE

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SHOW PREVIEW CONEC CORP.

954

125 Sun Pac Boulevard Brampton, Ontario L6S 5Z6 Canada 905-790-2200 Fax: 905-790-2201 Web: www.conec.com E-mail: info@conec.com

DATALOGIC SCANNING INC.

562

959 Terry Street Eugene, Oregon 97402-9150 USA 541-302-2012 Fax: 541-686-1702 Web: www.scanning.datalogic.com E-mail: pam.mcqueen@ datalogic.com

DECO LABELS & TAGS 986 28 Greensboro Drive

CORRUPAL INC.

1176

225 Avenue Liberte Candiac, Quebec J5R 3X8 Canada 450-638-4222 Fax: 450-638-3839 Web: www.corrupal.com E-mail: ldtquirion@corrupal.com

CRS/VAMIC INC.

1655

300 St-Francois Xavier, #207 Delson, Quebec J5B 1Y1 Canada 450-638-5541 Fax: 450-638-5926 Web: www.crsvamic.ca E-mail: info@crsvamic.ca

CUSTOM MOLDERS GROUP LLC

1635

99 Savannah Oaks Drive, Unit 6 Brantford, Ontario N3V 1EB Canada 908-218-7997 Fax: 908-218-9521 Web: www.custommolders.com E-mail: wow@custommolders.com

Toronto, Ontario M9W 1E1 Canada 416-247-7878 Fax: 416-247-9030 Web: www.decolabels.com E-mail: leonardr@decolabels.com

DELTA PRODUCTS CORP. 662 5101 Davis Drive; P.O. Box 12173

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709-2173 USA 919-767-3813 Fax: 919-767-3969 Web: www.delta-americas.com

DENSO ROBOTICS

956

3900 Via Oro Avenue Long Beach, California 90810 USA 888-4-ROBOTX; 888-476-2689 Fax: 310-952-7502 Web: www.densorobotics.com E-mail: info@densorobotics.com

DEPENDABLE 1274 MARKING SYSTEMS LTD. 1100 Skae Drive, Unit 1 Oshawa, Ontario L1J 8H6 Canada 905-433-1383

THE DOMINION GROUP INC.

1256

580 Secretariat Court Mississauga, Ontario L5S 2A5 Canada 905-362-1176 Fax: 905-362-1178 Web: www.dominiongroupinc.com E-mail: blatham@ dominiongroupinc.com

DRAABE 1534 NORTH AMERICA, A DIV. OF WALTER MEIER 2740 Fenton Road Ottawa, Ontario K1T 3T7 Canada 613-822-0335 Fax: 613-822-7964 Web: www.draabe.com

ECKERT MACHINES INC.

962

3841 Portage Road Niagara Falls, Ontario L2J 2L1 Canada 905-356-8356 Fax: 905-356-1704 Web: www.eckertmachines.com E-mail: info@ eckertmachines.com

ELEMENT INTERNATIONAL

1463

305 Fieldstone Montreal, Quebec H9G 1V9 Canada 877-938-8778 Fax: 416-512-7948 Web: www.cesur.com E-mail: info@element-trade.com

EWON

946

FANUC ROBOTICS CANADA LTD.

663

2345 Murray Avenue, Suite 305 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15217 USA 412-586-5901 Fax: 412-586-5920 Web: www.ewon.us E-mail: info@ewon.us

6774 Financial Drive Mississauga, Ontario L5N 7J6 Canada 905-812-2333 Fax: 905-812-2350 Web: www.fanucrobotics.com E-mail: canada@ fanucrobotics.com

FELLFAB LTD.

1436

2343 Barton Street E. Hamilton, Ontario L8E 5V8 Canada

Induction Sealing Tried, tested, true...itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s what we do.

Flexible - Versatile - Reliable - Portable

1-888-PILLAR-6 sealers@pillartech.com www.pillartech.com See Us At Interpack Booth 5B04 Hall 05 & Expo Pack Mexico, Booth# 2112

FOR MORE INFORMATION CIRCLE

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133

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131

SHOW PREVIEW FOAMPAK INC.

1901 Logan Avenue Winnipeg, Manitoba R2R 0H6 Canada

FESTO INC.

FLEXLINK SYSTEMS INC.

923

6580 Snowdrift Road Allentown, Pensylvania 18106 USA 610-973-8200 Fax: 610-973-8345 Web: www.flexlink.com E-mail: info.us@flexlink.com

1291

FLUKE ELECTRONICS CANADA LP

965

400 Britannia Road E., Unit 1 Mississauga, Ontario L4Z 1X9 Canada 905-890-7600 Fax: 905-890-6866 Web: www.flukecanada.ca E-mail: evelyn.webb@fluke.com

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1542

55 Scott Avenue; P.O. Box 21099

FORTRESS TECHNOLOGY INC.

1231

51 Grand Marshall Drive Toronto, Ontario M1B 5N6 Canada 888-220-8737; 416-754-2898 Fax: 416-754-2976 Web: www.fortresstechnology.com E-mail: sales@fortress technology.com

FPC CORP.

1486

355 Hollow Hill Drive Wauconda, Illinois 60084 USA 847-487-4583, x252 Fax: 847-487-0174

1556

425 Norfinch Drive Toronto, Ontario M3N 1Y7 Canada Tel: 416-656-6227; 877-804-4841 Fax: 416-736-4442 Web: www.retailreadyexperts.com E-mail: info@freelance portfolio.com

Paris, Ontario N3L 4A5 Canada 519-442-1102 Fax: 519-442-3336 Web: www.gcaon.ca E-mail: info@gcaon.ca

GELPAC

1184

400 Henri Bourassa Marieville, Quebec J3M 1R9 Canada 450-293-8193 Fax: 450-293-7392 Web: www.gelpac.com E-mail: emballage@gelpac.com; plastique@gelpac.com; distribution@gelpac.com

GEMSTAR MANUFACTURING

480

1515 N. 5th Street Cannon Falls, Minnesota 55009 USA 800-533-3631 Fax: 507-263-3129 Web: www.gemstarmfg.com E-mail: sales@gemstarmfg.com

GESCAN, A DIV. OF SONEPAR CANADA

GLUE DOTS INTERNATIONAL

922

5515 S. Westridge Drive New Berlin, Wisconsin 53151 USA 262-814-8500, x130 Fax: 262-814-8505

GCA EQUIPMENT INC. 1477

FREELANCE PORTFOLIO INC./ REPACK CANADA

920 Sheldon Court Burlington, Ontario l7l 5K6 Canada 905-637-5696 Fax: 905-639-5488 Web: www.flir.com E-mail: rob.milner@flir.com

FROMM PACKAGING SYSTEMS

85 Fulton Street, Suite 4 Boonton, New Jersey 07005 USA 973-334-5777 Fax: 973-334-2111 Web: www.airpadusa.com E-mail: elena.quinones@ airpadusa.com

931

5300 Explorer Drive Mississauga, Ontario L4W 5G4 Canada 905-624-9000 Fax: 905-624-9001 Web: www.festo.ca E-mail: festo.canada@ca.festo. com

FLIR SYSTEMS CANADA

1454

974

8160 Parkhill Drive Milton, Ontario L9T 5V7 Canada 905-693-6311 Fax: 905-693-6315 Web: www.gescanontario.com E-mail: ivan.romanow@ sonepardis.ca

GMR SAFETY INC.

1163

GREEN BELTING INDUSTRIES LTD.

1262

2430 Des Enterprises Boulevard, Terribonne, Quebec J6X 4J8 Canada 888-629-4494 Fax: 450-968-0269

381 Ambassador Drive Mississauga, Ontario L5T 2J3 Canada 905-564-6712 Fax: 905-564-6709 Web: www.greenbelting.com E-mail: custserv@ greenbelting.com

GREEN 1465 PROCESSING COMPANY INC./GREEN RECYCLING GROUP INC. 2249 S. Cameron Boulevard Windsor, Ontario N9B 3P6 Canada 519-255-1600 Fax: 519-255-1602 Web: www.green-processing.com E-mail: jeremy@green-group.ca

HABASIT CANADA LTD.

1284

2275 Bristol Circle Oakville, Ontario L6H 6P8 Canada 800-770-6750 Fax: 800-268-2358 Web: www.habasit.ca E-mail: richard.stevens@ ca.habasit.com

CANADIAN PACKAGING • MAY 2011

SHOW PREVIEW HANDTMANN CANADA

1631

654 Colby Drive Waterloo, Ontario N2V 1A2 Canada 519-725-3666 Fax: 519-746-0803 Web: www.handtmann.ca

HARLUND INDUSTRIES LTD.

1430

#101, 17973 106 Avenue Edmonton, Alberta T5S 2H1 Canada 780-484-4400 Fax: 780-484-3646 Web: www.harlund.com E-mail: bhartfelder@harlund.com

HEAT AND CONTROL INC.

1331

HIBAR SYSTEMS LTD.

1094

HIGH SPEED IMAGING INC.

1480

HOMER CITY AUTOMATION INC.

1347

HUBBELL CANADA LP

1674

IBEC MACHINE KNIFE LTD.

1063

870 Brock Road S. Pickering, Ontario L1W 1Z8 Canada 905-839-4332

1256 Sandhill Drive Ancaster, Ontario L9G 4V5 Canada 905-648-3977 Fax: 905-648-9562 Web: www.machineknife.com E-mail: sales@machineknife.com

IGUS INC.

938

201 Millway Avenue, Units 24 and 25 Concord, Ontario L4K 5K8 Canada 800-965-2496 Fax: 905-760-8688 E-mail: kwright@igus.com

ILLIG MASCHINENBAU GMBH & CO. KG

1035

ILPRA SPA

1367

IMS-INDUSTRIAL MARKING SYSTEMS

1651

Corso Pavia 30 Vigevano, Pavia 27029 Italy 39-0381-9071 Fax: 39-0381-88245 Web: www.ilpra.com E-mail: ilpra@ilpra.com

9000 Henri-Bourassa W. St. Laurent, Quebec H4S 1L5 Canada

Robert-Bosch-Strasse 10 Heilbronn, 74081 Germany 49-7131-505276

21121 Cabot Boulevard Hayward, California 94545 USA 510-259-0500; 800-227-5980 Fax: 510-259-0600 Web: www.heatandcontrol.com E-mail: info@heatandcontrol.com

35 Pollard Street Richmond Hill, Ontario L4B 1A8 Canada 905-731-2400 Fax: 905-731-6035 Web: www.hibar.com E-mail: sales@hibar.com

6-2400 Dundas Street W., Suite 258 Mississauga, Ontario L5K 2R8 Canada 905-823-5998 Fax: 905-822-2452 Web: www.hsi.ca E-mail: admin@hsi.ca

57 Cooper Avenue Homer City, Pennsylvania 15748 USA 724-479-4503 Fax: 724-479-4767 Web: www.syntronparts feeders.com E-mail: info@hcasyntron.com

HOVUS INC.

1485

19 Fox Run Lane E. Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania 18301 USA

Shaping the Future With Intelligent Control Technology The future: The Bionic Handling Assistant— inspired by nature. Maximum versatility and flexibility, low moving mass, and energy efficiency.

Available now: the modular electrical terminal CPX. Ideal for complex control tasks. With lots of integrated functions such as motion control.

MAY 2011 • CANADIAN PACKAGING

www.festo.ca

1 877 GO FESTO FOR MORE INFORMATION CIRCLE

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German Future Award

SHOW PREVIEW INDEPENDENT CAN CO.

1438

1300 Brass Mill Road Belcamp, Maryland 21017 USA 410-272-0090 Fax: 410-273-7500 Web: www.independentcan.com E-mail: salesdept@ independentcan.com

INDUSTRIAL DRIVE SERVICE INC.

971

151 Richmond Street S.W. Hensall, Ontario N0M 1X0 Canada 519-262-2837 Fax: 519-262-2310 Web: www.idscontrols.com E-mail: leeanne@idscontrols.com

INLAND LABEL

1341

2009 W. Avenue S. La Crosse, Wisconsin 54602-1268 USA 608-788-5800 Fax: 608-788-7367 Web: www.inlandlabel.com E-mail: info@inlandlabel.com

INTERFACED 1576 TECHNOLOGIES INC. 210-B3 Glendale Avenue St. Catharines, Ontario L2T 3Y6 Canada

INTERLAKE MECALUX INC.

1266

1600 N. 25th Avenue Melrose Park, Illinois 60188 USA

INTERSTEAM TECHNOLOGIES

1338

301 Plantation Road New Orleans, Louisiana 70150-0699 USA 888-427-2358 Fax: 504-734-0063 Web: www.intralox.com E-mail: customerservice.matl handling@intralox.com

IWI CONSULTING GROUP INC.

1295

170 Princess Street Hamilton, Ontario L8L 3L3 Canada 905-526-1453 Fax: 905-526-8721 Web: www.intersteam.com E-mail: sean@intersteam.com

INTERWEIGH SYSTEMS INC.

INTRALOX LLC

1579

870

KELCOM MOBILITY SOLUTIONS

1680

KL PRODUCTS INC.

1157

KUKA ROBOTICS CANADA LTD.

1113

363 Eugenie Street E. Windsor, Ontario N8X 2Y2 Canada 519-250-9100 Fax: 519-259-4233 Web: www.kelcommobility.com E-mail: enterprise@kelcom.com 234 Exeter Road, Unit A London, Ontario N6L 1A3 Canada 519-652-1070 Fax: 519-652-1071

310 - 80 Acadia Avenue Markham, Ontario L3R 9V1 Canada 416-499-4821

JDA PROGRESS

1147

357 Edgeley Boulevard, Unit 6 Concord, Ontario L4K 4Z5 Canada 905-761-6434 Fax: 905-761-6416

51 Bentley Street Markham, Ontario L3R 3L1 Canada 416-491-7001 Fax: 905-940-1711 Web: www.interweigh.ca E-mail: inquiry@interweigh.ca

P.O. Box 1053, Station B Toronto, Ontario M9L 2R8 Canada 416-KUKA-123 Fax: 866-329-5852 Web: www.kuka-robotics.com/ canada/en/ E-mail: krca@kukarobotics.com

LABELTECH 2005 LTD.

867

92 Ein Vered Moshav Ein Vered, L8E 5V8 Israel Tel: 312-451-9772

JEAN CARTIER PACKAGING

977

2325 Boulevard Industriel Saint-Césaire, Quebec J0L 1T0 Canada

JOHN G. WILSON MACHINE LTD.

1784

LABELLING TECHNOLOGIES

1563

259 3rd Concession Road; P.O. Box 490 Princeton, Ontario N0J 1V0 Canada 519-458-4882 Fax: 519-458-8087 Web: www.jgwmachine.com E-mail: sales@jgwmachine.com

1435 Bonhill Road, Units 31 and 32 Mississauga, Ontario L5T 1V2 Canada 905-564-2794 Fax: 905-564-2793 Web: www.labelling.com E-mail: sales@labelling.com

JOKEY PLASTICS 1137 NORTH AMERICA INC.

LAGROTTA 1191 PACKAGING GROUP INC.

Box 353, 150 Mitchell Street Goderich, Ontario N7A 4C6 Canada 519-524-9890, x225 Fax: 519-524-6114 Web: www.jokey.com E-mail: shashank.shah@ jokey.com

KARCHER CANADA INC.

1384

6535 Millcreek Drive, Unit 67 Mississauga, Ontario L5N 2M2 Canada

40 • WWW.CANADIANPACKAGING.COM

1455 Strasburg Road, Unit 2 Kitchener, Ontario N2R 1H2 Canada

LANGEN PACKAGING GROUP

1538

6154 Kestrel Road Mississauga, Ontario L5T 1Z2 Canada 905-670-7200 Fax: 905-670-5291 Web: www.langengroup.com E-mail: sales-americas@ langengroup.com

CANADIAN PACKAGING • MAY 2011

SHOW PREVIEW LAPP CANADA INC.

1671

3505 Laird Road, Unit 10 Mississauga, Ontario L5L 5Y7 Canada 877-799-5277 Fax: 905-820-9550 Web: www.lappcanada.com E-mail: sales@lappcanada.com

LOGICTECHPACK INC. 98 Botfield Avenue Toronto, Ontario M9B 4E5 Canada

1239

LUMINITE PRODUCTS CORP.

1177

LYFT VISUALBOEHMER BOX

1375

MAPLEJET

1446

MAYOR PACKAGING 1153 ENTERPRISES (1968) LTD. Room A6, Block A, 4/F, Mai Hing Industrial Building, 16-18 Hing Yip Street, Kwun Tong Kowloon, Hong Kong 852-2342-5194 Fax: 852-2343-8644 Web: www.mayor.com.hk E-mail: kevin@mayor.com.hk

1574

290 Executive Drive, Suite 200 Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania 16066 USA 724-779-9555 Fax: 724-779-9556 Web: www.mecco.com E-mail: sales@meccomark.com

METTLER TOLEDO

650

2915 Argentia Road, Unit 6 Mississauga, Ontario L5N 8G6 Canada 800-523-5123 Fax: 905-821-0004 Web: www.mt.com E-mail: canadiansales@mt.com

79 River Street; P.O. Box 27 Salamanca, New York 14779 USA 716-945-2270

120 Trillium Drive Kitchener, Ontario N2E 2C4 Canada 519-576-2480

MECCO MARKING & TRACEABILITY

METRO LABEL COMPANY LTD.

1167

999 Progress Avenue Toronto, Ontario M1B 6J1 Canada 416-292-6600 Fax: 416-292-6133 Web: www.metrolabel.com E-mail: rwalmsley@ metrolabel.com

CATAPULT YOUR BRAND TO NEW HEIGHTS with the IMS Heat-Shrink Sleeve Label

Unit 13, 85 W. Wilmot Street Richmond Hill, Ontario L4B 1K7 Canada 905-482-3106 Fax: 905-482-3107 Web: www.maplejet.com E-mail: chris.coyne@maplejet.com

IMS Identification for today and beyond

DRESS UP YOUR PACKAGING WITH HEAT�SHRINK SLEEVE LABELS BY IMS

› Display surface optimized to 360° › Can be applied to containers with non traditional shapes

MARKEM-IMAJE

› Improves safety and security through tamperproof seals

1247

150 Congress Street Keene, New Haven 03431 USA 866-263-4644 Fax: 603-352-7938 Web: www.markem-imaje.com E-mail: sales@ markem-imaje.com

› Reverse printing protects against wear, friction, and scratches › Pre-production samples available

Seduce your clients!

MARS SCALE 1294 MANUFACTURING INC. 697 Petrolia Road North York, Ontario M3J 2N6 Canada 416-667-9557

MAY 2011 • CANADIAN PACKAGING

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Montreal • Quebec • Toronto

106

en.imsinc.ca • Montreal 514-336-3213 • Toll Free 1-888-336-3213

SHOW PREVIEW MEYER SERVICE AND SUPPLY LTD.

1449

5705 Warner Drive Long Sault, Ontario K0C 1P0 Canada 613-938-2185 Fax: 613-933-8726 Web: www.meyer.on.ca E-mail: meyer.service@ bellnet.ca

MICROZONE CORP.

86 Harry Douglas Drive Ottawa, Ontario K2S 2C7 Canada 877-252-7710

MISUMI USA INC.

MOD-PAC CORP.

1801 Elmwood Avenue Buffalo, New York 14207 USA 716-873-0640 Fax: 716-873-6008 Web: www.modpac.com

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MORRISON 1663 ENTERPRISES CORP. 865

939

1717 Penny Lane, Suite 200 Schaumburg, Illinois 60173 USA 847-843-9105 Fax: 847-843-9107 Web: www.us.misumi-ec.com E-mail: inquiry@misumiusa.com

185 Kung Kuan Road Taichung, 40344 Taiwan, R.O.C. 886-423714161 Fax: 886-423711022 Web: www.morrison.com.tw E-mail: morris@morrison.com.tw

MSE-FORKS/GCA EQUIPMENT INC.

55 Scott Avenue; P.O. Box 21099 Paris, Ontario N3L 4A5 Canada 519-442-1102 Fax: 519-442-3336 Web: www.gcaon.ca E-mail: info@gcaon.ca

1479

MULTIVAC CANADA

6221 Highway 7, Unit 8 Woodbridge, Ontario L4H OK8 Canada 905-264-4376

1213

988

NEW WAY PACKAGING MACHINERY INC.

1254

17817 Leslie Street, Suite 43 Newmarket, Ontario L3Y 8C6 Canada 647-728-4433 Fax: 905-836-1214 Web: www.myostat.ca E-mail: info@coolmuscle.com

210 Blettner Avenue; P.O. Box 467 Hanover, Pennsylvania 17331 USA 717-637-2133 Fax: 717-637-2966 Web: www.labeler.com E-mail: linda@labeler.com

920

40 Catamore Boulevard East Providence, Rhode Island 02914 USA 401-434-1680 Fax: 401-431-0237 Web: www.nordsonefd.com E-mail: info@nordsonefd.com

NOREN PRODUCTS INC.1285 1010 O’Brien Drive

Menlo Park, California 94025 USA 650-322-9500 Fax: 650-324-1348 Web: www.noren products.com/cts E-mail: sales@norenproducts.com

NORLEANS 1395 TECHNOLOGIES INC. 6273 Paddler Way Ottawa, Ontario K1C 2G5 Canada 613-834-9313 Fax: 613-834-4693 Web: www.norleanstech.com E-mail: aminduik@ norleanstech.com

1553

2411 Anson Drive, Unit A Mississauga, Ontario L5S 1G1 Canada 905-405-9777 Fax: 905-405-9888 Web: www.omnifission.com

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ORBIS CORP.

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1055 Corporate Center Drive; P.O. Box 389 Oconomowoc, Wisconsin 53066 USA 262-560-5000 Fax: 262-560-5841 Web: www.orbiscorporation.com E-mail: info@orbiscorporation.com

PAC - THE 785 PACKAGING ASSOCIATION 1 Concorde Gate, Suite 607 Toronto, Ontario M3C 3N6 Canada 416-490-7860 Fax: 416-490-7844 Web: www.pac.ca E-mail: pacinfo@pac.ca

NORDSON EFD LLC (FORMERLY KNOWN AS EFD INC.)

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1390

592 Colby Drive Waterloo, Ontario N2V 1A2 Canada

MYOSTAT MOTION CONTROL INC.

OMNIFISSION INC.

ONTRACK AUTOMATION INC.

PACKPRO SYSTEMS INC.

1225

PAKTEK PACKAGING INC.

1355

PEARCE WELLWOOD INC.

1275

PEMBERTON & ASSOCIATES INC.

1647

10 Paisley Lane Stouffville, Ontario L4A 7X4 Canada 905-642-1300 Fax: 905-642-1500 Web: www.packproinc.com

1-2299 Drew Road Mississauga, Ontario L5S 1A3 Canada 905-673-7760 Fax: 905-673-9483 Web: www.paktek.com E-mail: dgenua@paktek.com

240 Summerlea Road Brampton, Ontario L6T 4E6 Canada 905-792-7092 Fax: 905-790-8474 E-mail: joanne@ pearcewellwood.com

3610 Nashua Drive Mississauga, Ontario L4X 1X9 Canada 416-219-7694 Fax: 905-678-8989 Web: www.pemcom.com E-mail: billf@pemcom.com

CANADIAN PACKAGING • MAY 2011

SHOW PREVIEW PFM PACKAGING MACHINERY CORP.

1623

1271 Ringwell Drive Newmarket, Ontario L3Y 8T9 Canada 905-836-6709 Fax: 905-836-7763 Web: www.pfmnorthamerica.com E-mail: info@ pfmnorthamerica.com

PREFORM SOLUTIONS INC.

1174

301 S. Garfield Avenue, Suite 9 Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57104 USA 605-335-6478 Fax: 605-335-6480 Web: www.preformsolutions.com E-mail: dennisc@ preformsolutions.com

PHOENIX 1388 PACKAGING MACHINERY 5700 St. Francois St. Laurent, Quebec H4S 1B4 Canada 514-956-1525 Fax: 514-956-1831 Web: www.phoenixwrappers.com E-mail: gnicholson@ phoenixwrappers.com

PLASTICSTODAY

2113

1499 W. 120th Avenue, Suite 210 Westminster, Colorado 80234 USA 303-254-4756 Fax: 303-254-4760 Web: www.plasticstoday.com

PLEXPACK

1431

1160 Birchmount Road, Unit 2 Toronto, Ontario M1P 2B8 Canada 416-291-8085 Fax: 416-298-4328 Web: www.plexpack.com E-mail: johnl@plexpack.com

POLY-CLIP SYSTEM CORP.

1336

1000 Tower Road Mundelein, Illinois 60060 USA 847-949-2800

PNEUMATICS ONLINE

976

P.O. Box 21033 Cambridge, Ontario N3C 4B1 Canada 519-740-7162 Fax: 519-740-6689 Web: www.pneumaticsonline.com E-mail: mail@ pneumaticsonline.com

PPG AEROSPACE

1051

5676 Timberlea Boulevard Mississauga, Ontario L4W 4M6 Canada 905-629-7999 Fax: 905-629-7009 Web: www.semcopackaging.com

PREMIER TECH SYSTEMS

1241

1 Premier Avenue Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec G5R 6C1 Canada 418-868-8324 Fax: 418-862-6642 Web: www.premiertech systems.com E-mail: info@premiertech systems.com

PROGRAMMABLE CONTROL SYSTEMS

966

774

1936 Silicone Drive Pickering, Ontario L1W 3V7 Canada 800-723-5799 Fax: 905-683-4039 Web: www.qualitypackaging canada.com

QUALITY TRANSMISSION COMPONENTS

942

125 Railroad Avenue Garden City Park, New York 11040 USA 516-437-6700 Fax: 516-328-3343 Web: www.econobelt.com E-mail: qtcsupport@qtc gears.com

QUICKLABEL SYSTEMS

1550 Yorkton Court, Suite 16 Burlington, Ontario L7P 5B7 Canada 905-681-1096 Fax: 905-681-6323 Web: www.pcntrl.com E-mail: cyler@pcntrl.com

PRIME TAG AND LABEL INC.

QUALITY PACKAGING CANADA

QUICKPOUCH, A DIV. OF ADAPTIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGIES

1548

R & D ERGO SOLUTIONS INC.

1379

R.E. MORRISON EQUIPMENT

1057

181 Remington Boulevard Ronkonkoma, New York 11779 USA 631-580-5400 Fax: 631-580-5455 Web: www.quickpouch.com E-mail: elarocca@ amtautomation.com

409 Harmony Road Ayr, Ontario NOB 1EO Canada 647-477-2146 Fax: 647-477-5559 Web: www.rdergo.com E-mail: info@rdergo.com

1441

600 E. Greenwich Avenue West Warwick, Rhode Island 02893 Unired States 877-757-7978 Fax: 401-822-2430 Web: www.quicklabel.com E-mail: info@quicklabel.com

3615 Laird Road, Unit 21 Mississauga, Ontario L5L 5Z8 Canada 905-828-6301 Fax: 905-828-3674 Web: www.remequip.com E-mail: info@remequip.com

Holds Fast.

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610 4th Street S.W., Suite 10 Hickory, North Carolina 28602 USA 828-327-4012 Fax: 828-327-4018 Web: www.ptlabel.com E-mail: sales@victrixgroupusa.com

PRIMERA TECHNOLOGY INC.

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PUSH MANUFACTURING

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Dot Shot Pro Applicator

Two Carlson Parkway N. Plymouth, Minnesota 55447 USA 763-475-6676 Fax: 763-475-6677 Web: www.primeralabel.com E-mail: sales@primeralabel.com

8620 Escarpment Way, #8 Milton, Ontario L9T 0M1 Canada 905-603-5637 Fax: 905-602-8536 Web: www.pushmanufacturing.ca E-mail: info@push manufacturing.ca

Glue Dots present your product and preserve your brand while reducing your costs. Simple and versatile, Glue Dots produce visible results for a variety of packaging applications in a wide range of industries.

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SHOW PREVIEW RACKOW POLYMERS CORP.

1258

475 Thomas Drive Bensenville, Illinois 60106 USA 877-722-5691 Fax: 630-766-6742 Web: www.rackowpolymers.com E-mail: emelnitzke@ rackowpolymers.com

REHRIG PACIFIC CO.

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4010 E. 26th Street Los Angeles, California 90058 USA 323-262-5145 Fax: 323-269-8506 Web: www.rehrigpacific.com E-mail: info@rehrigpacific.com

REA ELEKTRONIK INC.1079 7307 Young Drive

Walton Hills, Ohio 44146 USA 440-232-0555 Fax: 440-232-5335 Web: www.rea-jet.com E-mail: rturchi@rea-jet.com

REDEMAC INC.

1447

9470 Henri-Bourassa W. Montreal, Quebec H4S 1N8 Canada 888-335-9570 Fax: 877-735-4087 Web: www.redemac.com E-mail: italo@redemac.com

REISER CANADA CO.

1513

1549 Yorkton Court, Unit #4 Burlington, Ontario L7P 5B7 Canada 905-631-6611 Fax: 905-631-6607 Web: www.reiser.com E-mail: gtaylor@reiser.com

REPACK CANADA/ THE FREELANCE PORTFOLIO INC.

425 Norfinch Drive Toronto, Ontario M3N 1Y7 Canada 877-804-4841; 416-736-4441 Fax: 416-736-4442 Web: www.retailreadyexperts.com E-mail: info@repackcanada.com

RESOLUTION 1169 INPLANT SERVICES INC.

RYSON 1047 INTERNATIONAL INC.

1244 Speers Road, Unit 15 Oakville, Ontario L6L 2X4 Canada 905-827-6695 Fax: 905-827-6590 Web: www.resservices.ca

300 Newsome Drive Yorktown, Virginia 23692 USA 757-898-1530 Fax: 757-898-1530 Web: www.ryson.com E-mail: sales@ryson.com

RFID INC.

964

RN MARK INC.

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1475

SAFETY SEAL PLASTICS

1466

SAGE AUTOMATION INC.

1459

SCHMALZ VACUUM TECHNOLOGY LTD.

1584

14100 E. Jewell Avenue, Suite 12, Aurora, Colorado 80012 USA 303-366-1234 Fax: 303-366-1222 Web: www.rfidinc.com E-mail: info@rfidinc.com

RFPATHWAYS WMS

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Hitachi features; • A unique fluid management system allowing for extremely low fluid consumption • Auto Printhead cleaning resulting in maximum uptime productivity • Extended Warranties.

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Lower your total cost of ownership with FoxJet’s reliable printing solutions offering low maintenance and increased uptime. FoxJet Features; • High Resolution case coding equipment with the best warranty available – three years with ink agreement.

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Begin saving today, contact Harlund and let us show you how you can benefit from Hitachi’s superior technologies.

To lower your costs of Case Coding, contact Harlund and your luck can change in achieving marked savings!

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c/o Automation Associates Inc., 7025 Tomken Road, Unit 29 Mississauga, Ontario L5S 1R6 Canada 905-565-6560 Fax: 905-565-6510 Web: www.rfpathways.com E-mail: info@rfpathways.com

RHEON USA EAST

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RIPACK PACKAGING

1536

375 North Street, Unit K Teterboro, New Jersey 07608 USA 201-487-0600 Fax: 201-487-0610

4118 N. Nashville Avenue Chicago, Illinois 60634 USA 773-267-2526 Fax: 773-267-2579 Web: www.ripack.com E-mail: andru.ryniec@ripack.com

25-16 Sims Cres Richmond Hill, Ontario L4B 2P1 Canada 416-548-5650 Fax: 416-548-5651 Web: www.rnmark.com E-mail: sales@rnmark.com

120 Nebo Road, Unit #2 Hamilton, Ontario L8W 2E4 Canada 905-575-9669

4925 Fannett Road Beaumont, Texas 77705 USA 409-842-8040; 800-731-9111 Fax: 409-842-9141 Web: www.sagerobot.com E-mail: rodney@sagerobot.com

3190 Ridgeway Drive, Unit 17 Mississauga, Ontario L5L 5S8 Canada 905-569-9520 Fax: 519-624-1759

SCHMERSAL

978

15 Regan Road, Unit #3 Brampton, Ontario L7A 1E3 Canada 905-495-7540 Fax: 905-495-7543 Web: www.schmersalcanada.com

Over the past 30 years Harlund has gained extensive and valuable experience is all aspects of product coding and identification. Quality of product, reliability and a quick return on investment is our focus. We will meet your needs and wants, eliminate your concerns, solve your problems, and meet or exceed your expectations.

If you have a product that needs to be coded, labeled, or identified then you need to talk to us! Call us today, Coders and Labelers are not commodities. Don’t leave it to chance! Let us help you.

1.877.HARLUND (427.5863) www.harlund.com sales@harlund.com Vancouver • Edmonton • Montreal • Toronto PackEx Toronto Booth #1430 FOR MORE INFORMATION CIRCLE

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SIDEL offers

Robotic & Traditional PALLETIZING SOLUTIONS for both low level and high level applications.

PRODUCT CARE - To answer the need of eco-friendly packaging and

increasingly demanding consumers, protecting your packaging from physical damage is of particular importance. Sidel can successfully address this through smooth continuous motion handling and precise layer formation.

MANAGING PRODUCT DIVERSITY - Do you have to manage a wide range of different products, formats and container types each day? For more complex production, Sidel can design solutions that favor flexibility for format changeover, ergonomics and smooth flow management. Using Sidel’s PLACE software will reduce the changeover time and simplify the creation or modification of new palletizing patterns.

PERFORMANCE AND PRODUCTIVITY - The reliability and productivity of your line is essential to efficient logistics, together with Sidel’s know-how in end-of-line engineering, and use of traditional or servomotors for driving both the package gripper and the layer handling, Sidel will deliver repeatable precision and output adapted to suit your line speed demands.

LOCAL SERVICE - By choosing Sidel End of Line equipment you will benefit from Sidel’s local presence to develop solutions, manage your capital investment, optimize your operations and provide fast and effective support.

Call us today at 450 973 3336 or visit us www.sidel-ec.com FOR MORE INFORMATION CIRCLE

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SHOW PREVIEW SCHMIDT TECHNOLOGY CORP.

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280 Executive Drive Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania, 16066 USA 724-772-4600 Fax: 724-772-4688 Web: www.schmidtpresses.com E-mail: info@schmidt presses.com

SCIEMETRIC INSTRUMENTS INC.

1575

359 Terry Fox Drive, Suite 100 Ottawa, Ontario K2K 2E7 Canada 877-931-9200 Fax: 613-254-5313 Web: www.sciemetric.com E-mail: inquiries@sciemetric.com

SCOTT’S DIRECTORIES

1180

12 Concorde Place, 8th Floor Toronto, Ontario M3C 4J2 Canada 416-510-6769 Fax: 416-510-6870 E-mail: pstuckey@ scottsdirectories.com

SDI PACKAGING INC.

1385

10310 Ray-Lawson Anjou, Quebec H1J 1M1 Canada 866-533-3939 Fax: 514-352-7745 Web: www.sdipackaging.com E-mail: solutions@ sdipackaging.com

SENSOR PRODUCTS INC.

1190

300 Madison Avenue Madison, New Jersey 07940-1868 USA 973-884-1755 Fax: 973-884-1699 Web: www.sensorprod.com E-mail: sales@sensorprod.com

SHELLEY AUTOMATION

41 Coldwater Road Toronto, Ontario M3B 1Y8 Canada 416-447-6471 Fax: 416-447-9313 Web: www.shelley.com E-mail: info@shelley.com

1585

SHUTTLEWORTH, 1237 A DIV. OF PRO MACH 10 Commercial Road Huntington, Indiana 46750 USA 905-581-5980 Fax: 260-359-7810 Web: www.shuttleworthcanada.com E-mail: inc@shuttleworth.com

SIJOVY PLASTIC INC.

1619 rue de l’Industrie Beloeil, Quebec J3G 4S5 Canada 450-446-7070 Fax: 450-446-6527 Web: www.sijovy.com E-mail: info@sijovy.com

SIPROMAC INC.

240 Boul Industrial St. Germain, Quebec J0C 1K0 Canada 819-395-5151 Fax: 819-395-5343 Web: www.sipromac.com E-mail: sipromac@ sipromac.com

SONICS & MATERIALS INC.

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1676

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SQUID INK 1250 MANUFACTURING INC. 7041 Boone Avenue Brooklyn Park, Minnesota 55428 USA 763-795-8856 Fax: 763-795-8867 Web: www.squidink.com E-mail: jnelson@squidink.com

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1088

1317 Cardiff Boulevard Mississauga, Ontario L5S 1R1 Canada

40 Dynamic Drive, Unit 4 Toronto, Ontario M1V 2W2 Canada 416-286-7116 Fax: 416-286-8595 Web: www.starquip.com E-mail: info@starquip.com

913

201 Parkway W. Duncan, South Carolina 29334 USA 864-433-1980 Fax: 864-486-5497 Web: www.staubli.us E-mail: robots.usa@staubli.com

STERLING 1339 MARKING PRODUCTS INC.

493 Main Street E., Units 7&8 Milton, Ontario L9T 3J2 Canada 905-876-8883 Fax: 905-876-8884 Web: www.spantechcanada.com E-mail: sales@spantech canada.com

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STAINLESS PROCESS EQUIPMENT LTD.

1903 Maryland Avenue Niagara Falls, New York 14305 USA 716-297-1922

STÄUBLI CORP.

2266 Drew Rd., Unit 8, Mississauga, Ontario L5S 1B1 Canada

SPANTECH CANADA

1140

STARQUIP 1363 INTEGRATED SYSTEMS

53 Church Hill Road Newtown, Connecticut 06470 USA 203-270-4600 Fax: 203-270-4610 Web: www.sonics.com E-mail: info@sonics.com

SORT PRODUCTION PRODUCTS LTD.

S+S INSPECTION LTD.

349 Ridout Street N. London, Ontario N6A 2N8 Canada 519-434-5785 Fax: 519-434-9516 Web: www.sterling.ca E-mail: sales@sterling.ca

STOCK PACKAGING CANADA INC.

1141

STRONGARM DESIGNS INC.

1136

815A Techumseh Point-Claire, Quebec H9R 4B1 Canada 514-426-1266 Fax: 514-426-1200 Web: www.stockcanada.ca E-mail: eric@stockcanada.ca; info@stockcanada.ca

425 Caredean Drive Horsham, Pennsylvania 19044 USA 215-443-3400 Fax: 215-443-3002

STRUCTURAL 1150 PANEL INDUSTRIES INC. 4741 Highway 45 N.; P.O. Box 129, Baltimore, Ontario K0K 1C0 Canada

CANADIAN PACKAGING • MAY 2011

SHOW PREVIEW SUPREME TOOLING GROUP

1453

2 Norelco Drive Toronto, Ontario M9L 2X6 Canada 416-742-9600 Fax: 416-742-7969 Web: www.supremetooling.com E-mail: grant.hagemeister@ abcgrp.com

SWANSON SYSTEMS INC.

967

P.O. Box 1217 Erie, Pennsylvania 16512 USA 814-453-5841 Fax: 814-455-5109 Web: www.agileassembly.com E-mail: sales@swanson-erie.com

TACONIC

1580

3070 Skyway Drive, Suite 203 Santa Maria, California 93455 USA 805-925-8070 Fax: 805-925-7484 Web: www.4taconic.com E-mail: nancyh@4taconic.com

TAIPAK ENTERPRISES LTD.

1448

Unit 125 - 23000 Fraserwood Way Richmond, British Columbia V6V 3C7 Canada 604-522-1218 Fax: 604-522-1208 Web: www.taipakconverting.com E-mail: sales@ taipakconverting.com

TANOS USA

1818 Nicola Drive Petaluma, California 94954 USA 877-498-2667 Fax: 707-778-7759 Web: www.tanosus.com E-mail: fte@tanosus.com

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TECHNICOR INC.

450 Richardson Road Orangeville, Ontario L9W 4W8 Canada 519-941-6120 Fax: 519-941-5141 Web: www.technicor.ca E-mail: generalmail@ technicor.ca

TECHNO-TEST INC. 2345 Michelin, #100 Laval, Quebec H7L 5B9 Canada 450-681-5777

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1175

213 S. Temkin Way Payson, Utah 84651 USA 800-235-5263; 801-465-1300 Fax: 801-465-1301 Web: www.temkin international.com E-mail: cellane@temkin international.com

1474

5 Penn Plaza New York, New York 10001 USA 212-629-2112 Fax: 212-629-1146

TRI-MACH GROUP INC.

1567

315 Breithaupt Street Kitchener, Ontario N2H 5H6 Canada 519-744-6565 Fax: 519-744-6829 Web: www.tri-mach.com E-mail: kdarling@tri-mach.com

TÜV RHEINLAND OF NORTH AMERICA 12 Commerce Road Newtown, Connecticut 06470 USA 888-743-4652 Fax: 203-426-4009 Web: www.tuv.com E-mail: info@tuv.com

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UBM CANON – EVENTS

UBS NORTH AMERICA

635 Newbold Street London, Ontario N6E 2T8 Canada 519-681-2980 Fax: 519-685-9318 Web: www.londonmat.com

TOSHIBA TEC CANADA INC.

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1550

938 S. Andreasen Drive, Suite G, Escondido, California 92029 USA 858-205-0551

UFP 1166 TECHNOLOGIES INC. 172 E. Main Street Georgetown, Massachusetts 01833 USA 800-372-3172 Fax: 866-372-8747 Web: www.ufpt.com E-mail: info@ufpt.com

2020 Dagenais Boulevard W. Laval, Quebec H7L 5W2 Canada 800-668-4437 Fax: 800-668-4439 Web: www.tiger-vac.com E-mail: sam@tiger-vac.com

1248

366

11444 W. Olympic Boulevard Los Angeles, California 90064 USA 310-445-4200 Fax: 310-445-4299 Web: www.canontradeshows.com

TIGER-VAC 1246 INTERNATIONAL INC.

TOPSYN FLEXIBLE PACKAGING

TAPESWITCH 930 CANADA - LONDON MAT INDUSTRIES LTD.

1162

3380 S. Service Road Burlington, Ontario L7N 3J5 Canada 905-632-8722 Fax: 905-632-1458 Web: www.tpackaging.com E-mail: davet@tpackaging.com

TEMKIN 1478 INTERNATIONAL INC.

THOMASNET

TRANSPARENT PACKAGING INC.

18 Stapleton Street Winnipeg, Manitoba R2L 2E2 Canada 888-886-7796 Fax: 204-663-9326 Web: www.topsyn.com E-mail: frank@topsyn.com

370 Britannia Road E., Unit 1 Mississauga, Ontario L4Z 1X9 Canada 905-890-8283 Fax: 905-890-0082 Web: www.toshibateccanada.com E-mail: ddemea@ toshibateccanada.com

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SHOW PREVIEW UNITRAK CORPORATION LTD.

1330

299 Ward Street; P.O. Box 330 Port Hope, Ontario L1A 3W4 Canada 905-885-8168 Fax: 905-885-2614 Web: www.unitrak.com E-mail: info@unitrak.com

UNIVERSITY OF 1554 GUELPH, AGRICULTURE & FOOD LABORATORY (AFL) 95 Stone Road W. Guelph, Ontario N1H 8J7 Canada 519-767-6299 Fax: 519-767-6240 Web: www.labservices. uoguelph.ca E-mail: aflinfo@uoguelph.ca

VICTORY COMPUTER & MACHINERY CO.

VC999 CANADA LTD.

1013

153 Rue Sylvestre St-Germain de Grantham, Quebec J0C 1K0 Canada 877-435-4555 Fax: 819-395-6444 Web: www.vc999.com E-mail: sales.canada@vc999.com

VERICK INTERNATIONAL

1650

461 Alden Road, Unit 28 Markham, Ontario L3R 3L4 Canada 905-944-1288 Fax: 905-944-1281 Web: www.packaging machinesonline.com E-mail: allen.victory@ rogers.com

WEPACKIT 2009 INC. 1125 5 Centennial Road Orangeville, Ontario L9W 1R1 Canada 519-942-1701 Fax: 519-942-1702 Web: www.wepackit2009inc.com E-mail: bkerr@ wepackit2009inc.com

WESTERN UNION 1350 BUSINESS SOLUTIONS VIDEOJET TECHNOLOGIES CANADA LTD.

1523

WATER STEM INC.

1335

6500 Viscount Road Mississauga, Ontario L4V 1H3 Canada 877-225-2241 Fax: 905-673-8725

Save Space and Increase Throughput.

75 Shields Court #7 Markham, Ontario L3R 9T4 Canada 905-604-7836 Fax: 905-604-7834

WEBER MARKING 1257 SYSTEMS OF CANADA 6180 Danville Road Mississauga, Ontario L6X 4Y1 Canada 905-564-6881 Fax: 905-564-6886

WEIGHPACK SYSTEMS INC. Like to minimize the cost of ownership? Ryson can help. Our Spiral Conveyors need less floor space than conventional conveyors and are faster and more reliable than any elevator or lift. All our products are designed for low maintenance and long life and our proprietary modular construction makes future reconfiguring cost effective.

Quality and service come first at Ryson. We are the number one spiral manufacturer in the USA. For application assistance or more information, give us a call or visit www.ryson.com.

917

3860 Ben Hur Avenue Willoughby, Ohio 44094 USA 440-269-8031 Fax: 440-269-8036 Web: www.weissna.com E-mail:info@weissna.com

1185

7550 Highway 27, Units 7 & 8 Vaughan, Ontario L4H 0S2 Canada 905-458-7121 Fax: 905-458-7422 Web: www.verick.com E-mail: richard@verick.com

WEISS NORTH AMERICA INC.

517 Fort Street Victoria, British Columbia V8W IE7 Canada 888-987-7612 Fax: 250-483-1209 Web: www.business. westernunion.ca E-mail: solutions@business. westernunion.com

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June 21-23 Toronto: PACKEX Toronto, national packaging technologies exhibition by Canon Communication LLC. Concurrently with the Plast-ex national plastics technologies exhibition, ATX (Automation Technology Expo) Canada, Design & Manufacturing Canada, PTX/PBS (Process Technology/Power Bulk Solids) Canada and Green Manufacturing Expo Canada. All at the Toronto Congress Centre.

Contact Jim Beretta at (289) 971-0534; via email jim.beretta@cancom.com; or go to: www.packextoronto.com

June 21-14 Mexico City, Mexico: Expo Pack Mexico 2011, packaging technologies and materials exhibition for Latin America by the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI). At Centro Benamex. Contact PMMI at (703) 243-8555; or go to: www.expopack.com.mx

June 22 Toronto: Walmart Sustainable Packaging Conference

V, by Walmart Canada Corp. and PAC - The Packaging Association. Concurrently with PACKEX Toronto at the Toronto Congress Centre.

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Aug. 31 - Sept. 3 Bangkok, Thailand: Pack Print International 2011, international packaging and printing exhibition for Asia by Messe D端sseldorf Asia. Contact Messe D端sseldorf North America at (312) 781-5180; or go to: www.mdna.com

Sept. 15-18 Istanbul, Turkey: Eurasia Packaging 2011, international packaging industry trade fair by TUAP Fairs Inc. At TUYAP Fair, Convention and Congress Center. To register, go to: www.packagingfair.com

Sept. 19-23 Halifax, N.S.: Conference on Canadian Stewardship (CCS), biennial national environmental stewardship and waste management conference hosted by RRFB Nova Scotia. To register, go to: www.canadianstewardhship.com

Sept. 28 - Oct. 1 Brussels, Belgium: Labelexpo Europe 2011, labeling technologies conference and exhibition by Tarsus Group plc. At Brussels Expo. Contact Camilla Colborne at +44 (0) 20 8846 2731; via email ccolborne@labelexpo.com; or go to: www.labelexpo-europe.com

Sept. 26-28 Las Vegas, Nev.: PACK EXPO Las Vegas, international packaging technologies exhibition and conference by the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI). At Las Vegas Convention Center. Contact PMMI at (703) 2438555; or go to: www.packexpo.com

Nov. 1-4 Chicago: Process Expo 2011, global food equipment and technology exhibition by the Food Processing Suppliers Association (FPSA). At McCormick Place. Contact FPSA at (703) 761-2600; or go to: www.myprocessexpo.com

Nov. 8-10 Munich, Germany: ICE Europe 2011, international converting exhibition (ICE) by Mack Brooks Exhibitions Ltd. At Munich Trade Fair Center. To register, go to: www.ice-x.com

Nov. 29 - Dec. 2 Shanghai, China: Labelexpo Asia 2011, labeling technologies conference and exhibition by Tarsus Group plc. At Shanghai New International Expo Center.

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2012 Feb. 28 - March 3 Milan, Italy: IPACK-IMA 2102, international processing and packaging exhibition by Ipack-Ima Spa. At the Fiera Milano exhibition center. To register, go to: www.ipack-ima.com

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 Leading material handling systems manufacturer and integrator Intelligrated has commenced operations of the company’s Alvey Robotics Lab facility in St. Louis, Mo., which the company says will focus on concept development and application of new robotic innovations, as well as offer customers access to equipment testing and demonstrations prior to installation. (See Picture) Operated by the company’s Robotics Integration Group unit, the 5,050-square-foot R&D (research-anddevelopment) lab was built to help advance the use of industrial robotics in automated material handling applications such as palletizing, depalletizing, case-packing and pick-and-place packaging, according to executive vice-president Steve Ackerman, with emphasis on innovation in endof-arm tooling, vision systems, operator interface, controls and the development of associated equipment. Ackerman adds the facility provides an ideal venue for current and potential customers to preview how robotic solutions handle their products and interact with proposed solutions first-hand with “proof-of-concept demonstrations,” as well as provide end-use clients with hands-on operator and maintenance training. States Ackerman: “The new lab will increase credibility for the use of robotics in material handling applications by providing concrete evidence that these solutions are not just theoretical, but viable, effective and profitable solutions for this industry.”  Dallas, Tex.-headquartered specialty materials and polymers group Celanese Corporation is planning to increase the production capacity of its Celanese EVA Performance Polymers unit’s production facility in Edmonton—specializing in the manufacture of EVA (ethylene vinyl acetate) polymers for medical packaging, photovoltaic cell and other high-end applications—by 15 per cent before the end of the year to meet growing demand

from customers in Asia. “This capacity expansion supports our strategy of geographic growth and delivering specialty products and solutions to our customers, and it enhances our ability to support customer growth globally,” says Celanese EVA general manager Mark Murray. According to Celanese, the Edmonton facility has been a leading EVA producer for more than 50 years—today boasting the most advanced high pressure EVA resin production technology in North America, with the plant’s diverse reactor capabilities and unique footprint enabling it to produce a diverse range of EVA copolymers, specialty LDPE (low-density polyethylene) and other compounds for a growing range of end uses.  Broomfield, Colo.-headquartered metal can manufacturing group Ball Corporation has announced plans to build a new beverage can production plant in the Brazilian state of Bahia, located in the country’s northeast. To be operated by Ball’s majority-owned Latapack-Ball Embalagens Ltda. joint venture, the new plant—scheduled for startup in early 2012—will initially run one line to make multiple aluminum can sizes, according to the company. “The beverage can continues its strong growth in Brazil, and Alagoinhas is located in northeast Brazil, which is one of the fastest-growing regions in the country,” explains Raymond Seabrook, Ball’s chief operating officer for global packaging operations.

“Increasing demand for specialty sizes in Brazil is providing additional opportunities for the can, and the output from our first line is contracted under a long-term agreement. The durable, lightweight and 100-percent recyclable beverage can is a perfect match for the developing Brazilian market and is the package-of-choice for consumers there and elsewhere in the world.”  Leading product coding systems and equipment manufacturer Domino Printing Sciences plc has achieved a key company milestone last month with 10,000th installation of a scribing laser system at a dairy products processing facility in Indonesia.

Having originally introduced dot matrix lasers to its portfolio of product coding and marking technologies back in 1994, Domino launched the first generation of scribing lasers—developed primarily for food-and-beverage and pharmaceutical indus-

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tries with high-speed permanent coding requirements— in 2001, selling its first scribing laser to PT Frisian Flag Indonesia (FFI), the country’s largest dairy producer, two years later. The new installation of the D-Series scribing laser system at the company’s Pasar Rebo plant in Jakarta— now housing 55 Domino systems installations, with new order placed for six more— was prompted by challen- Domino president Nigel Bond ging application (left) presents a commemorative plaque to FFI’s operational direcrequirements of high-sped tor Jarig Langhout to mark a milesachet lines run- stone installation of a D-Series ning at up to 60 scribing laser (inset above) at the cycles per minute dairy producer’s Pasar Rebo milk to produce 12 products manufacturing facility. sachets per cycle, according to technical manager Iwan Perdana. “We needed a reliable and high-quality coding system to apply two-line codes on pack formats including printed cartons and printed and metallized aluminum foil sachets,” he says. Adds Perdana: “One of the key advantages of the Domino D-Series is that we can code across 12 lanes with a minimum number of lasers and then use a single controller for all heads—making for a streamlined installation and fast and easy batch start-up. Also, the system’s adjustable focus enables the Domino lasers to be attuned to the substrate for clear marking right across the foil web, with no danger of perforation.”  Philadelphia, Pa.-headquartered metal packaging products group Crown Holdings, Inc. has selected the northern Brazilian city of Belem as the location for its next beverage can production facility in that country—to be built by its local subsidiary CROWN Embalagens S.A. Scheduled for operational startup in the first quarter of 2012, the new plant will produce two-piece aluminum beverage cans in multiple sizes, with initial annual output capacity of one billion cans. “With a population of over two million people, Benen is strategically located at the entrance to the Amazon region, making it an ideal location from which to expand to meet growing customer demand for beer and soft-drink cans,” says Raymond McGowan, president of Crown’s Americas Division.  Naperville, Ill.-based Portola Packaging, Inc., manufacturer of plastic closures and containers for the dairy, juice and other beverage industries, has reached a deal to acquire the assets of Integra-Seal Industries, LLC, Kingsport, Tenn.-based supplier of LDPE (low-density polyethylene) tamper-evident closures for dairy, juice and bottled water packaging applications, for an undisclosed amount. “Integra-Seal has been able to build long-lasting brand-owner relationships due to its exceptional product quality and customer service [and] we look forward to growing those relationships even further, especially with small- to medium-sized dairy and water customers,” says Portola president and chief executive Kevin Kwilinski.

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PEOPLE  Philadelphia, Pa.-headquartered food-and-beverage packaging products manufacturer Crown Holdings, Inc. Wilson has appointed James Wilson as president of the globallyoperating company’s Crown Food Packaging North America division.  Hartsville, S.C.headquartered consumer packaging products manufacturer Sonoco has appointed Barry Saunders as Saunders the company’s vicepresident and chief financial officer.  Econocorp, Inc., Randolph, Mass.based manufacturer of cartoning, trayforming and casepacking equipment, Livingston has appointed Rhonda Livingston as the company’s controller.  Dallas, Tex.-based printing press technologies supplier KBA North America, a subsidiary of German printing press manufacturer Koenig & Bauer AG (KBA), has appointed Bruce Richardson as the company’s web national sales manager, and George Drew as the project manager for North America.  Davis-Standard, LLC, Pawcatuck, Conn.-based manufacturer of extrusion systems, feedscrews, barrels, and process controls for the f lexible web converting, plastics processing and rubber industries, has appointed Joseph Guigli Guigli Promoted as aftermarket sales engineer, and Zsolt Katona as the technical director of liquid coating, to be based at the company’s office in Katona Fulton, N.Y.  Luxembourg-headquartered Flint Group, globally-operating supplier of inks, coating and other consumables for printing and converting applications, has appointed Antoine Fady as chief executive officer.  3 Sigma Corporation, Troy, Ohiobased supplier of specialty custom adhesives and top-coated materials for the pressure-sensitive label industry, has appointed Brad Beck as product marketing manager for the western region; Jason Hellman as product marketing manager for the eastern region; and Al Ammerman as technical products business manager.

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AMSP, Division of Designatronics 37

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Lapp Canada

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ATI Industrial Automation

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Markem-Imaje

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Abbey Packaging Equipment Ltd. 13

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Metro Label Co.Ltd.

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Atlantic Packaging Products Ltd.

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Multipond Wagetechnik GmbH

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Balluff Canada Inc.

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Multivac Inc.

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Bucan Electric Heating Devices

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PMMI Packaging Machinery

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Capmatic Ltee

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Chep Canada Inc.

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Pillar Technologies

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CombiScale Inc.

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Premier Tech Ltd.

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Corrupal

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QTC, Division of Designatronics

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Deco Labels & Tags

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Eagle Packaging Machinery

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Emballages Jean Cartier

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R.E. Morrison Equipment Inc.

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Eriez Magnetics

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Repack Canada

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Farm Credit Canada

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Robert Reiser & Co. Inc.

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Festo Inc.

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Ryson International

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Flexlink Systems Inc.

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Fortress Technology Inc.

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Salbro Bottle Inc.

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Glue Dots International

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Scheider Electric

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Harlund Industries Ltd.

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Sidel Canada Inc.

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IMS

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TricorBraun

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Intelligrated

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Videojet Technologies Canada

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Kuka Robotics Canada Ltd.

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s most mothers everywhere will attest, grocery shopping with kids is almost always a study in contrasts, when rarely do the items that catch the parents’ eyes on the shelf match what their kids are looking at with eager hope and anticipation.

Keeping the family’s food budget in line in these days of rising food prices naturally requires budgetconscious households like ours to devote more time looking at bulk-sized packages of our favorite brands and products as a cost-effective alternative to buying multiple bags and boxes of the same stuff, which also seems to be a less eco-friendly purchasing option in terms of packaging disposal.

I know I am not the only busy, multitasking parent out there, so there must be a vast demand for these types of larger product packages, to which many prominent CPG (consumer packaged goods) manufacturers have responded with a growing selection of easy-to-use, time-saving and efficient packaging solutions.

With growing demand for healthier options of common household staples like salt, the Redmond Trading Company has come up with a wonderful new large-sized stand-up pouch to package its RealSalt Gourmet All Natural Sea Salt brand.

Holding a hefty 737gram load of the product, the sturdy stand-up pouch is outfitted with a consumer-friendly pouring spout topped off with a tight-fitting, screw-on plastic cap to prevent any accidental spills of salt in case it accidentally topples over when stored in the cupboard— inviting bad luck for the superstitious among us—while filling my tabletop shaker has never been more of a breeze than when using this attractive, space-saving, easy-to-use f lexible package.

My kids absolutely adore raisins, and I could not be happier about allowing them to indulge with what I hold to be “Mother Nature’s candy”—an infinitely healthier snack alternative to a multitude of processed-sugar options out there.

So I was naturally delighted, and very pleasantly surprised, to come across a two-kilogram (!) box of Sun-Maid Raisins on one of my recent forays to a nearby Costco outlet.

This single-wall, fully-recyclable paperboard box boasts two perforated handles to make the sweet cargo easy to carry, with a clearly-stated “open here” instruction on the package’s back panel offering relief from the prospect of having to fight with the box to tear it apart, or resorting to boxcutters or scissors to get at the product.

Opening the box springs up another nice packaging surprise in the form of two resealable “stay fresh” bags splitting the loot in two more

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manageable one-kilo loads: one for storage and one ready-to-go.

Unlike with the more commonplace zipperslider closures, these bags tear open along a dotted line and reclose with the use of a strip of reclosable tape attached to the bag, enabling consumers to roll or fold the open bag and secure it with tape as tight or loose as they see fit until the next snack time rolls around.

With orange juice being another much-loved kid favorite at our household, it is nice to see Tropicana Products Inc. continue to make notable improvements in the way it packages its freshly-squeezed, Florida-grown “liquid sunshine” to make my life run just a little smoother in the mornings.

Distributed here by PepsiCo Beverages Canada, the new family-size, 2.63-liter recyclable plastic jug holds 50 per cent more Tropicana brand juice than the gabletop cartons it has replaced, while its cleverly-designed pour spot and f lip-top lid enable me to snap it back to reclose after pouring with just one finger, while leaving my other hand free to multitask around the busy kitchen table to get other important stuff out of the way.

Having never harbored any pretensions of being a great home gourmet chef, anything that makes my life easier in the kitchen gets full two thumbs up in this corner—especially when it comes to spices and seasonings.

Few things are as exasperating as making an honest attempt to succeed with a new recipe just pulled out of a cookbook and finding yourself missing one or two off beat spices that the recipe requires to ensure the desired finished f lavor.

So off to the store, then, to purchase these essential ingredients—usually in quantities far above and beyond what the dish requires, meaning more cupboard space being eaten up at best, and ultimate product waste at worst.

Having had this happen to me far more than once, I am very encouraged to see McCormick Canada address this peculiar dilemma with the recent launch of the Club House Recipe Inspirations Premeasured Spices & Recipe Card blisterpacks.

Holding together six little square-shaped, clearplastic clamshells containing preciely pre-measured doses of six different ingredients to match the recipe, these handy blisterpacks have already enabled me to add some real culinary f lair to family dinners with a couple of mouthwatering entrées that were almost too easy to make, thanks to the easy-to-follow instructions on the back of the packages’ perforated recipe cards, with complete recipe details printed on the opposite sides of each card for back-up.

Offered in six highly appetizing recipes and six different spice combinations—Rosemary Roasted Chicken and Potatoes, Mexican Lasagna, Garlic Lime Chicken Fajitas, Pasta Primavera, Cran-Apple and Sage Pork Chop and Asian Sesame Salmon—there is something for everyone with these superbly convenient and time-saving Club House packages.

After a long day at work and back at home with the kids, sitting down with a glass of wine to unwind is a highly rewarding and gratifying form of little ‘me time’ relaxation—recently enhanced with a chance discovery of VOGA Italia wines on a visit to the neighborhood LCBO (Liquour Control Board of Ontario) outlet.

While the wine’s reasonable price was undeniably one of the attractions, it was undoubtedly the highly distinctive and uniquely upscale packaging—an elongated, clear-glass cylinder with its cork hidden underneath an oversized plastic twistoff cap that nicely maintains the bottle’s sleek, elegant shape— which originally inspired me to give it a try.

In the finest tradition of Italian design aesthetics, the company’s name is spelled out vertically on the side of the bottle in a fairly prominent, yet understated way that allows the bottle’s clear sightlines to project a pristine image of Old World purity and craftsmanship. Salute!

Shannon Kaup is a licensed doctor of naturopathic medicine living and practicing in Toronto.

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