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FROM THE EDITOR 4 George Guidoni Chasing elusive packaging innovation. CHECKOUT 112 Jeff May Packaging hits and misses. January/February 2024 · CANADIANPACKAGING

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How lack of balance can doom innovation efforts

86% Consumers under 45 years of age willing to pay more for sustainable packaging (SOURCE: TRIVIUM PACKAGING)

othing dampens the spirit of innovation like consumer indifference, ridicule or outright scepticism and hostility. Many of us will remember when PepsiCo launched a compostable bag for its popular SunChips back in 2010—only to be blasted online and across social media for the allegedly excessive noise these bags made while being handled. As fickle and capricious that reaction was, it speaks volumes about the importance of getting consumers on-board when developing new packaging solutions, and having the fortitude to stand up to consumer resentment through focused consumer education and engagement when it runs counter to science and common sense. As such, not every invention automatically transforms into innovation when there is no audience or appetite for it, especially at a time when sustainability has become the prime force behind much of new packaging development. According to a study from global marketing agency Lux Research, Inc., packaging designers, consultants and suppliers have a much better chance of their new packaging being embraced in the marketplace if they follow a holistic design strategy that accounts for three critical intertwined elements that will ultimately determine its success. According to the Lux Research’s new e-book, fittingly titled Finding the Sweet Spot of Packaging Innovation, these three elements include: • Technological Development, focusing on achieving a balance in packaging performance, cost, processing, and end-of-life (EoL) considerations, whereby the goal is to make packaging more sustainable without sacrificing effectiveness.. • Global Regulations: Taxes, extended producer responsibility schemes, labeling requirements, or bans on specific items or chemical formulations can drive development and adoption of new technologies and materials, embedding innovative solutions into corporate strategies. • Consumer Acceptance: Because it’s not enough for a product to be well-designed or technologically advanced to be automatically accepted and adopted by consumer, brands need to keep consumer preference

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and perceptions at the forefront of their decision-making process. “A successful sustainable packaging strategy lies in finding the intersection— or sweet spot—where these three elements overlap, but this sweet spot can be elusive,” the study states. “If one or more of these elements isn’t sufficiently developed, the sweet spot may be too small or nonexistent, making it hard to find a viable solution.” Among the three variables mentioned above, consumer acceptance is by far the most unpredictable element, more prone to wide swings and kneejerk reactions than sound science and empirical evidence. One disturbing fallout of widening consumer cynicism has been the entrenchment of the anti-plastic agenda amongst regulators and the public alike, with little regard for the unintended negative consequences. “This anti-plastic sentiment is significant for companies to understand and align with,” Lux Research states. “Consumers believe plastic is unsustainable because it’s too complicated to recycle effectively. “They perceive paper as simpler and compostable, glass as easily recyclable and reusable, especially if aesthetically pleasing, and aluminum as having a more reliable recycling history,” the report’s authors point out. Alas, this simplistic view overlooks the high energy usage and carbon emissions associated with glass packaging, as well as various limitations in durability and application for recycled aluminum. “If consumers were fully embracing aluminum, glass, or paper, consensus would be mainstream and a transition away from plastic would be straightforward,” the report says. “But they’re not embracing them because plastic serves many practical purposes for consumers that alternatives can’t match. “The convenience and functionality of plastic in products like squeeze bottles are unmatched by aluminum tubes or glass bottles with multiple components.” When it comes to sustainable packaging innovation, having your cake and eating is rarely on the menu.

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hol wine brands to cater to consumers’ evolving drinking habits. According to Arterra Wines, the new products will initially debut at The Wine Rack stores, also owned and operated by Arterra, before being gradually introduced across the country throughout 2024. The company says the launch is part of its evolving strategic approach to diversify its offerings to reflect many consumers’ evolving relationships with alcohol.

Alcohol moderation is trending and continuing to grow in Canada with no- and less-alcohol wine sales expected to grow by 21 per cent and 24 per cent respectively, according to global research company Wine Intelligence. With that in mind, Canada’s leading wine producer Arterra Wines Canada, is getting right on top of many New Year resolutions with the launch of two new less- and no-alco-

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Bestselling cookie brand goes full-on interstellar with space-themed launch

Having conquered the world, the iconic OREO cookie brand is literally reaching out into space with a limited-time launch of OREO Space Dunk cookies. Launched in mid-February, the new cookies feature five different galactic design cut-outs and an ‘interstellar” stuffing made of layers of blue and magenta “cosmic crème” with a marshmallow flavor, further infused with popping candies that create a supernova-like bursting sensation with each bite. “With over 110 years of history, OREO continues to show up in cultural moments and give fans new, unexpected ways to live our brand purpose and stay playful”, says OREO brand manager Lexie Lubov. “That’s why we’re launching a first-of-its kind OREO cookie that not only gives Canadians a ‘taste’ of space, but also comes with a chance to experience Zero Gravity.”

According to brand-owner Mondelēz International, Inc., OREO cookie fans in Canada can enter for a chance to win the Zero Gravity Experience, as well as instant OREO-branded space-themed prizes online either at www. OREOLIFTOFF.ca, or by scanning the QR (quick reponse) code on each OREO Space Dunk package, designed by global branding and packaging design agency Bulletproof. To ensure a memorable

product launch, the company actually sent one of its packs on a journey to space 120,000 feet above the Earth, filming the extraordinary footage and posting it on the product website. Says Lebov: “To give OREO cookie fans in Canada a similar weightlessness experience, they will have the chance to win a once in a lifetime Zero Gravity Experience with Zero-G, where they can float, flip and soar as if they are in space. According to Mondelēz, OREO is the world’s favourite cookie, available in more than 100 countries around the globe. With over billion OREO cookies are sold each year—with more than 20 million in the U.S. alone—it is estimated that more than 500 billion OREO cookies have been sold worldwide since the first OREO biscuit was developed in 1912.

Iconic whisky brand gets wiser with age

Legendary Canadian whisky brand J.P. Wiser’s is always raising the bar. With a legacy spanning over 165 years, the iconic product has been a leader in the Canadian whisky category since its inception, thanks to its intricate distilling process, smooth style, and unparallelled cocktail creations. And now it’s charging forward with a transformation that celebrates its Canadian heritage, while giving it a bold new look. Created by international design agency JDO, the new look exudes simplicity and confidence with an updated logo that features modern typography and a color palette paying homage to the brand’s industrial origins to project boldness and authenticity.

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Crystal Lake, Ill.-based medical device manufacturing group Aptar Pharma has formally opened up its new production facility in Mumbai, India, to increase its manufacturing capabilities in Southeast Asia. Located in the Palava Industrial and Logistics Park at Taloja, Mumbai, the 7,000-square-meter facility will enable the company to expand its production of metered dose valves

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and pumps with more innovative solutions and services to the region’s pharma customers, according to Aptar, while improving its product delivery times. “Over the past 11 years, Aptar Mumbai has continuously supplied safe, highquality products that meet even the highest of regulatory Requirements,” says Aptar Pharma president Gael Touya. “This new facility is a key step in serving the needs of our customers in the region, which will ultimately benefit patients,” says Touya, citing the new facility’s ISO 15378 standard certification for the design, manufacture and supply of primary packaging materials for medicinal products. “Our Aptar Pharma business in India has shown robust growth in recent years,” says Touya, “and this expansion marks yet another milestone in our investment in the Southeast Asia region.” Kent, Ohio-based AMETEK Dynamic Fluid Solutions has competed the integration of the recently-acquired assets of the former Bison Gear and Engineering Corp. with formation of a new corporate entity under the Bison corporate banner. Specializing in the design and manufacture of motors, blowers, pumps and other power transmission product and technologies, Bison will continue to manufacture its products at AMETEK’s U.S.-based production facilities in Whitsett, N.C. and St. Charles, Ill., as well as in Reynosa, Mexico, and Shanghai, China. “By combining the strengths of AMETEK and Bison Gear and Engineering, the new Bison business will meet the evolving needs of customers worldwide in various industries and applications, including agriculture, combustion, construction, energy, floor-care, food and beverage, industrial machinery, medical, motion control and more,” says Bison business unit manager Matt Fuss. “Together, our dedication to delivering the highest quality motors, blowers and pumps—combined with our customization, integration and manufacturing expertise—gives our customers the winning edge in today’s highly competitive global marketplace.” St. Louis, Mo.-headquartered rigid packaging product manufacturer TricorBraun has completed the acquisition of German glass packaging producer Glassland for an undisclosed amount. Based in Bonn, Glassland serves a variety of customers in the distilled spirits

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business across Germany and Switzerland with an expansive portfolio of high end glass bottle and closure designs. “The Glassland team is equally passionate about customer service as they are about design, and as a result they’ve built a longstanding business with an impressive reputation,” says Declan McCarthy, president of TricorBraun Europe. “We welcome Glassland to TricorBraun and look forward to supporting the team’s continued growth.” Leading global printing press manufacturers Koenig & Bauer and Durst Group have announced plans to expand the R&D (research-anddevelopment) capabilities of their joint-venture company Koenig & Bauer Durst GmbH with additional capital investments at its main manufacturing plant in Radebeul (picture above) to capitalize on new opportunities in the global folding carton and corrugated markets. As part of the announcement, the two partners had also appointed Daniel Velema (above) as the joint-venture

service to brands and retailers, leading to significant cost reductions in the long term.”

company’s new managing director. “Koenig & Bauer Durst’s machinery, software and services offering is well positioned to support and accelerate our customers’ journey and I look forward to working together with our customers, partners and suppliers,” says Velema. “Corrugated and folding carton printers and converters continue to digitize their production environment to increase efficiency, flexibility, and to provide a better

Global beauty products packaging supplier IBG (Innovative Beauty Group) has completed the acquisition of Roberts Beauty, a full-service beauty industry services supplier of custom-designed packaging and turnkey solutions, headquartered in Los Angeles. Founded in 1979, Roberts Beauty specializes in custom-designed tubes, containers, closures and other packaging containers used in the global cosmetics and beauty product markets, as well as co-packing services for some of the world’s leading cosmetics brands. Austrian plastic packaging products group ALPLA has completed the acquisition of Fortiflex, Inc.,

Carlos Torres, ALPLA Managing Director for Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean. manufacturer of high-volume buckets, lids, crates, tubs and other industrial packaging products headquartered in Puerto Rico. Founded in 1975, Fortiflex is one of the leading packaging manufacturers in Central America and the Caribbean, manufacturing more than 700 different products at locations in Puerto Rico, Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic.

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BANDS ON THE RUN Designed for automatic application of tamper-evident shrinkbands onto tiny bottles, the new Pharmafill NB1 neck banding machine from Deitz Co. features proprietary engineering that accommodates bottles as small as one inch in height, caps as small as 14-mm in diameter, shrinkbands with a lay flat width as short as 25-mm, and band lengths as short as 20-mm after cutting. Well-suited for securing essential oils, nail polishes, tinctures, perfumes, chemicals and other products liquid products, the NB1 neck bander is designed to ensure high-speed application of neck bands and sleeve labels are consistently applied at high production speeds. Offering the precision and alignment required to ensure proper seal integrity after the heat shrinking process, the NB1 bander provides a highly efficient and safe solution for banding glass, metal, and plastic bottles with screw caps, droppers, misters and spray pumps, while being compatible with most types of heat-shrinkable banding materials. Deitz Co. FOLLOW THE CODE Formulated for use with Markem-Imaje’s 5940 G Touch Dry high-resolution inkjet coder, the new pick-off resistant 5016 ink is said to be an ideal solution for high-speed printing on horizontal flow wrappers used in the confectionery and nutraceuticals industries. According to Markem-Imaje, the new 5016 ink offers multiple benefits for manufacturers looking to continue using Touch Dry hot-melt inks in primary package printing applications with the ability to run high-speed, high-volume production lines, while maintaining optimal code integrity and ensuring superior code adhesion, legibility and longevity. Markem-Imaje TAKING MEASURES The new PCS700-IOT quality control system from Antares Vision Group is designed to perform high-speed pressure and gas measurement for carbonated, nitrogen-dosed and hot-filled beverages to detect leaks and optimize the process. Suitable for all transparent and semi-transparent bottles, the non-invasive, inline pressure measurement system utilizes advanced laser spectroscopy technology to precisely determine whether a container headspace has appropriate pressure levels. As the company explains, the PCS700-IOT incorporates the Tunable Diode Laser Absorption Spectroscopy (TDLAS) technology to analyze specific molecules 12

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in their gaseous state, in particular the ability to absorb light at certain telltale wavelengths, as the laser beam passes through the bottles in the product-free headspace. For carbonated beverages like seltzer, soda and beer, this enables CO2 levels and pressure concentration to be measured quickly and accurately, revealing whether a leak or micro-leak is occurring. Leak-determining pressure inspection also can be performed on nitrogen-dosed products such as water and teas, as well as hot-filled beverages including various juices. For the wine sector, PCS 700-IoT enables the inline oxygen measurement system to evaluate the efficiency of inertiazation process after bottle closing. Antares Vision Group PICK AND CHOOSE Jointly designed by the Pacteon Group’s subsidiary companies ESS Technologies, Inc. and Schneider Packaging Equipment Company, Inc., the new Dual Cell collaborative robotic palletizer with case conveyor employs a FANUC CRX-25iA collaborative robot and features one or two pallet positions—each equipped with advanced safety sensors that allow the robot to operate safely alongside employees by stopping the moment it comes in contact with anything solid. Available in dual-cell or single-cell configurations, the robot can accommodate unit load heights up to 1,524-mm (60 inches) and has a reach of 1,889-mm (74 inches), with the custom-designed, vacuum-style end effectors to pick up one or two pieces, depending on payload and speed. Compact enough to fit any floor-plan, the robot includes intuitive software that allows for quick start-up. As production parameters change, additional pallet patterns can be easily and quickly programmed on-site, allowing the system to remain in service for years. According to ESS, this ergonomic automation solution is perfectly suited for palletizing vacuum-pickable pharmaceuticals, consumer packaged goods, cosmetics and many other products with a maximum payload of 30 pounds. ESS Technologies, Inc. DUAL PURPOSE The new DualMove pallet conveyor system from Dorner Mfg. Co. utilizes twin-strand timing belts to precisely place, orientate, and transfer pallets to workstations for robotic or human interaction. The fully configurable conveyor can accommodate seven different pallet lengths and widths, with seven different accessory modules available to allow users customize it to their unique requirements. Because of the variety of pallet sizes, it can carry a load of up to 100 pounds per pallet—making it perfect for small to medium-sized appliances and electronics January/February 2024 · CANADIANPACKAGING

that require further assembly and/or packaging Dorner Mfg. Co. THE SATURN RINGS The new Movitec Saturn S8 rotary ring stretchwrapper from Mosca GmbH features a doublehead design to achieve robust throughput of up to 160 pallets per hour. In operation, the high-speed wrapper creates a secure stack by first applying a vertical cardboard edge protector to the corners of the load unit, after which the ring moves from top

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Touting environmental benefits of the aseptic filling process By Matt Hale

ver the last decade or so, the benefits of aseptic filling technology compared to traditional hot-filling techniques have become well known in the food and drink sector. While the benefits in terms of product quality have been well documented and discussed, environmental benefits, both in terms of energy consumption and typical life cycle analysis of this packaging method, are less understood. A number of Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) studies have shown that aseptic filling techniques using ultra heat treatment (UHT) systems of pasteurization or sterilization, which are based on heat exchangers, generally have lower environmental impacts. This is down to two main factors: the packaging used in the two different processes and the energy footprint of the process itself. The thermal processing of food and drink products, and the production of the relevant packaging, have significant environmental impacts. Despite this, however, there have been few studies looking at the energy footprint and other environmental impacts of these processes. Aseptic filling provides robust product quality, minimal thermal impact on the beverage, and greater bottle design flexibility with the ability to use lighter-weight PET (polyethylene terephtalate) bottles or cartons. In contrast, hot filling requires a higher energy requirement, has a thermal impact on the beverage itself, and has less flexibility of bottle design than aseptic filling. In an aseptic (cold fill) system, the product is pasteurized or sterilized using UHT systems and then cooled immediately. It is then placed in the packaging which has either been pre-sterilized or, sometimes, sterilized at filling. Heat exchangers are generally used for both the heating and cooling processes, enabling very efficient heat transfer and the use of heat regeneration to minimize the overall energy requirement. In these situations,‘considerable energy is saved by using the hot product’s heat to pre-heat the cold one, and vice versa.

The use of heat exchangers for pasteurization and cooling as part of aseptic filling provides significant energy savings.

Orange juice produced via aseptic filling has a lower greenhouse gas (GHG) footprint than that produced with hot-filling techniques.

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In a hot-filling system, the product is pasteurized or sterilized using heat exchangers or other thermal technologies). The packaging is then filled at a high temperature—typically between 80°C and 92°C—which has the result of sterilizing the packaging. The packaging is then tilted or agitated to ensure complete contact with the hot product and the temperature is maintained for a specified period, such as two minutes. After this the packing and the product are cooled. How this is done, and how soon after filling the process is carried out, depend on the product and the packaging. Typical methods include blast tunnels, falling water coolers or even cold storage. While the initial capital investment in an aseptic system is often higher than for a comparable hot-fill system, aseptic systems have lower daily operational costs—including reduced energy usage—and allow for the use of lighter-weight PET bottles. As a result, the total cost of ownership (TOC) of an aseptic system is lower than for a ho- fill system. In practice there are many different types of packaging used in both systems, although in general terms board-based cartons and light-weight PET bottles are used with aseptic systems, while hot-fill machines are associated with heavier PET bottles, glass, or cans. In an effort to accurately compare the environmental impact of both systems, some researchers compared aseptic and hot-fill systems based on the production of 500-ml PET plastic bottles of orange juice.

Because a thicker gauge of plastic bottle is required to withstand the higher temperatures in hot filling systems, more plastic is used (in this example 24 grams for hot filling versus 16 grams for aseptic filling). As a result, the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with the packaging are 80.4 g CO2 per bottle for the hot fill process, compared to 61.8 g CO2 per bottle for aseptic filling – a saving of 23.1 per cent. The difference in energy consumption between the two systems due to different heat treatment, filling and cooling methods has often been ignored by researchers. Some of the benefits are less clear cut than may be supposed and vary according to the heating medium source (such as steam), as well as the electrical and compressed air consumption of different system components. However, using heat exchangers with energy recovery provides significant energy savings. Using the same 500-ml PET bottles of orange juice example above, GHG emissions associated with energy consumption by the process were 31.6 grams of CO2 per bottle for the hot-fill process compared to 24.4 grams of CO2 per bottle for aseptic filling – a saving of 5.32 per cent. While this may seem like a fairly insignificant amount, when applied up to a theoretical production of 250 million bottles per year it represents annual savings of more than 1,500 metric tons of CO2. Based on our experience of thermal processing systems around the world, at HRS Heat Exchangers we believe that the GHG impacts of hot filling technology are in fact higher than this. As energy prices around the globe rise rapidly, and the need to act on climate change intensifies, more and more food and drink manufacturers are looking to reduce the energy costs of their production processes. Switching from hot-fill to aseptic production lines is becoming an increasingly attractive proposition, while for the brand new lines, the arguments for adopting aseptic techniques are becoming more clear with each passing day.

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A neat row of Trayfecta G Series carton formers being assembled and tested at the Delkor Systems state-of-the-art production site in Minneapolis, which manufactures over 400highly automated machines annually.

THE DREAM MACHINES Midwest U.S. packaging machinery manufacturer embraces bold innovative thinking and leading-edge automation technologies to become a leading force in the retail-ready packaging market By George Guidoni, Editor

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he ability to think outside the box can be an exceptionally powerful competence and competitive advantage in the packaging machinery business—especially when it results in a much better box. Founded in 1973 in Minneapolis, Minn., family-owned endof-line packaging equipment manufacturer Delkor Systems has enjoyed a remarkable period of brisk growth and expansion in recent years by leveraging its expertise in robotics and automation technologies to not only provide world-class robotic corrugated case and paperboard carton packaging lines, palletizing and other related packaging equipment for its CPG industry customers, but also set new retail industry benchmarks for shelf-ready pack-

aging excellence and sustainability. Nowadays employing about 350 people at a state-of-the-art, 300,000square-foot manufacturing complex located nearby the main bridge connecting Minneapolis with its Twin City of St. Paul, the company’s relentless rise to industry prominence began in earnest in 1999 when its former sales manager Dale Andersen purchased the company from its original founder Jim Duddleston, himself a notable packaging pioneer credited with inventing one of the first machines for packaging liquid milk in paperboard cartons. A graduate of the University of Minnesota with a B.S. in Food Science and Technology, along with an MBA from the Carlson School of Management, Andersen’s thorough knowledge of the company and its key customers— CANADIANPACKAGING.COM

acquired in his 12 previous years as a Delkor employee—were an exceptionally useful asset in transitioning the company from a standard “brown box” cartoning machine-builder into an innovation-driven, high-tech manufacturing powerhouse focused on providing complete automated packaging solutions for clients demanding maximum shelf impact for their brands. “The one key thing I learned during those early years was just how important packaging design is to a successful machinery solution,” Andersen told the Canadian Packaging magazine in a recent interview. “Making package design an integral part of the entire circle of responsibility is what makes Delkor different from much of our competition,” says Andersen, citing the company’s on-site Package Lab packaging design center equipped with state-of-the-art package prototyping and testing equipment. “We’re one of the few OEMs, maybe the only OEM making case-packers and carton equipment that has a dedicated packaging lab and packaging engineers on staff,” says Andersen, adding the company employs 50 full-time engineers across its operations. “It’s a value-added service that we provide free of charge to our customers,” he says, “because we believe it’s critical for us to be able to work with the customer on the package design. Says Andersen: “We are very focused on innovation and are willing to spend the money to have the right team in place to provide valuable innovation in terms of packaging designs, machinery designs, and the way they come together on the packaging lines. “We can do a design turnaround in 24 hours,” he relates, “and we often have customers come here to see us test the designs, validate them, and see how they work on the machine. “We know what designs work best with our equipment,” says Andersen, “and being able to test them on our machines internally is an amazingly powerful capability. “So instead of taking months going back and forth with corrugated companies testing different designs to suit the application, we can quickly provide our customers with innovative solutions that streamline the customer’s usage of packaging materials and making their packaging process more efficient. “We also understand what the mass merchandisers are looking for,” says Andersen,” citing relentless pressures by leading mass merchandisers and Club Store operators across North America to make their vendors supply more of their products in efficient and attractive retail-ready packaging and shelf displays CANADIANPACKAGING.COM

Delkor makes extensive use of FANUC high-end robotics across its end-of-line packaging machinery range.

“We are willing to spend the money to have the right team in place to provide valuable innovation in terms of packaging designs, machinery designs, and the way they come together on the packaging lines.”

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(Top) Cabrio Case boxes being loaded with pouched product inside the Delkor LSP Series case-packer. (Bottom) Delkor’s vice-president of engineering Rick Gessler.

Moreover, the one-piece corrugated construction used to requiring minimal in-store handling. As Andersen relates, the company’s knack and affinity for make Cabrio Cases helps to reduce the corrugated usage by up 30 retail-ready packaging were first unleashed about eight years per cent compared to conventional two-piece box designs, acago when its vice-president of engineering, Rick Gessler, came cording to Delkor, which Andersen says was also a major factor up with an innovative new shelf-ready box design, called in Walmart’s quick embrace of the innovative new box design. As Andersen recalls, the Cabrio Case was originally deCabrio Case, initially intended to facilitate upright shelf packaging for bags and stand-up pouches of cheese products. veloped for leading U.S. dairy producer Schreiber Foods, Made from a single corrugated blank for optimal material who asked Gessler to join its marketing team for a presentation usage and die-cutting precision, the patented tray-hood re- at Walmart’s global headquarters in Bentonville, Ark., just as tail-ready package quickly attracted interest from retail giant the retailing giant was deciding what its first generation of Walmart as an alternative to displaying the bags of cheese by retail-ready packaging was going to look like. According to Andersen, the presentation went so well that hanging them on steel racks by the pre-applied hang-holes just Walmart soon began redesigning the cheese aisles of its stores above the upper seal. Easy to open on the shelf with a single swift motion with no soon after to accommodate what was at first simply called cutting required, the Cabrio Case—easily produced alongside “Rick’s box” before being granted a patent. “Today, approximately 65 per cent of all cheese sold at other traditional cases on Delkor’s Trayfecta line of case formers—features a perfectly-pre-cut tray front to provide Walmart in the U.S. is packaged in Cabrio cases,” states Anperfect presentation for the product inside the case, standing dersen, crediting the design’s flexibility, material savings and up or laid-down flat, with its wrapped tray corners and ma- ease of handing for enticing packaged foods manufacturers chine-cut front edges and sides facilitating a clean and tidy across many other product categories for adopting the Cabrio Case for their retail-ready packaging solutions. look for the entire shelf.

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As Andersen points out, Cabrio Case packaging allows users to save an average of 20 per cent per box in material costs compare to other retail-ready designs while helping them improve their packaging sustainability profile. “It provides a tremendous reduction in the use of corrugated,” he extols, “and you can only imagine what it means in terms of sustainability.” Notably, the use of the Cabrio Case design is offered to customers for free with the purchase of a Delkor case-packer, says Andersen, as one of the many value-added features used to market the company’s high-end equipment. According to Andersen, the introduction of the Cabrio Case and other innovative packaging to the market will hasten the end of the CPG industry’s long-standing reliance on using the standard RSC CANADIANPACKAGING.COM

(Above) Offering remarkably quick format changeovers, the versatile Trayfecta S Series case forming machine running Cabrio Case boxes during machine testing on the Delkor Systems plant floor.

(regular slotted case) boxes for their secondary packaging needs. “The RSC box was originally invented by corrugated companies about 60 to 70 years ago as a pop-open box designed specifically for manual hand-loading of packaged products into a brown box—it was never intended for automation,” he states. “The RSC box doesn’t really fit into the plan for a highly efficient and sustainable solution for corrugated packaging,” says Andersen, adding that automating secondary packaging lines simply to run RSC boxes faster dilutes the efficiency and productivity benefits that automation is expected to deliver. “When we first developed the Cabrio case, we saw there was a lot of so-called retail-ready packaging out there that were really just RSC cases with tearaway

perforations,” he recalls, “and it just looked terrible on the shelf with the bits of torn corrugated debris messing up the shelves, terrible graphics and generally poor product presentation. “Also, using robots to top-load RSC cases present a lot of problems because there is a lot of dimensional variance between the RSC cases themselves, just because of the way they are made,” Andersen adds. “Because it is not a precision process, you may have up to a quarter-inch variation from box to box, which really doesn’t work well with robots.” In contrast, the robotic loading of precision-cut Cabrio Cases on Delkor case-packing equipment results in highly repeatable, high-efficiency, high-speed loading process with exact product placement and great shelf impact at the point of sale, Andersen contends. “I predict that five years from now there will be very few large and mediumsized companies using RSC boxes,” he proclaims. “You will probably see some small companies using it simply because they may not yet have the money for automation,” he allows, “but we are seeing a huge trend in the market towards widespread replacement of the RSC box.” As Andersen explains, the widespread use of robotic technologies across all of Delkor’s machinery product lines has also enabled the company’s engineers to significantly reduce the changeover times on Delkor machinery—making it a highly attractive capital investment proposition for busy high-volume packaging lines across a fast-growing swath of CPG industries. For companies serving multiple Club Store and other large retailers, the quick changeover capability is a priceless asset, Andersen asserts. “There are probably close to 20 different designs of Clubs Store retail-ready packaging used by Walmart, Costco, Sam’s Club and other mass merchandisers,” Andersen explains, “and being able to switch from one to another within minutes, without any human intervention, is a big part of the efficiency equation. “We spent about three to four years developing a new approach to how you design a packaging line,” he relates, “which resulted in the launch of new patented case forming technology that enables producers to switch from one shipper [box] style to another in under three minutes,” he states. “That three minutes for the case former and eight minutes for the entire line,” he enthuses. “There is no other machine in the world I’m aware of that has this capability. “That innovation alone has enabled Delkor to more than double its sales over

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(Top) Delkor Systems owner Dale Andersen (left) welcoming NBC reporter Tom Costello to the company’s plant last August to film a story on the role of automation and robotics in today’s fast-changing job markets. (Middle) A peek inside the sanitary design case-packer undergoing testing and validation at the Delkor Systems plant. (Bottom) Delkor Systems director of field service Justin Marquardt (front center) surrounded by his team of about 30 highly skilled field technicians in front of a robotic case-packer.

the last three years,” Andersen reveals, “because it solves a very important problem. “It allows a producer to be able to ship whatever the mass merchandiser wants efficiently—without having an adverse impact on production or having to have two lines instead of one.” Andersen adds the company is eagerly looking forward to displaying its latest patented case-packing technology at the upcoming Bakery Showcase 2024 trade show and conference in Toronto, May 5-6, 2024, signalling the company’s growing interest in the promising Canadian market. Says Andersen: “We will be running our Trayfecta G corrugated case former and our Model 350 corrugated case closer and demonstrate the ability to change over to any shipper style—including brown boxes, retail-ready formats, and the full range of Club Store trays—in just three minutes.” As Andersen relates, Delkor Systems has already completed 10 different packaging line installations for Cabrio Case packaging at some of Canada’s largest CPG manufacturers—including the country’s leading confectionery and cheese producers—and the overwhelmingly positive feedback from those Canadian customers to date has been exceptionally encouraging. The continuous improvement and refinement of leading-edge technologies is firmly embedded in the company’s culture, according to Andersen, because it enables Delkor to respond faster to the ever-growing packaging changes upgrades that major retailers demand from their vendors.

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“All mass merchandisers compete with each other via their packaging,” he says, “so accommodating any changes to that packaging in timely manner is critical. “Whatever the market wants today, it will be different next year,” Andersen declares. “For us, that means having a flexible machinery design that can handle all the different shapes, sizes and product diversity of whatever the cusCANADIANPACKAGING.COM

tomer needs. “I am very proud to say that about 80 per cent of the machines we sell today did not even exist six years ago,” says Andersen, citing several recent new machinery innovations that include a new high-speed case-packer for glass bottles, capable of packing 380 bottles per minute, and a case-packer for small confectionar y pouches, offering throughput speeds of up to 360 pouches

per minute. Nowadays manufacturing about 300 machines per year, Delkor’s key product lines include: • The Trayfecta series automatic case-forming machinery; • Several brands of automated and robotized case-packing equipment, including LSP, MSP and V series machines; • Various carton and case closing machines for tri-seal and flange seal cases, cartons, stackable club store trays and retail-ready packages; • Robotic palletizers incorporating FANUC brand palletizing robots. As Andersen estimates, “About 60 per cent of all the machines we make are intended for processing flexible packaging, with the reminder for rigid packaging formats. “Our machines can work with glass bottles, flexible plastic pouches and bags, large-sized industrial bag weighing up to 10 kilograms … pretty much the whole gamut of product shapes and sizes,” says Andersen, adding all Delkor equipment installations are looked after by the company’s highly skilled field service technicians. “Our field service department reports directly to me,” Andersen states. “These people are given a very high profile because they interact with our customers every day. “Every machinery solution we supply to the market has our total technical support because that is the best way to establish ourselves as a real partner to our customers,” he concludes. “And our customers really appreciate that partnership as a critical factor for the efficient operation of their packaging line for many years to come after the initial installation.”

(Above) Aerial view of the 300,000-squarefoot Delkor Systems manufacturing campus. (Left) Samples of Cabrio Case retail-ready packaging already being used by Some of Delkor Systems’ highprofile Canadian customers.

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Beneco’s production manager Shyam Sasidharan (left) stands alongside director of sales Jim Wickware in front of the new Heidelberg printing press.

DOUBLING DOWN Ontario paperboard converter taking bold steps toward marketplace leadership with back-to-back installations of world-class printing press technology By George Guidoni, Editor

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ften touted as one of humanity’s greatest technological achievements since invention of the wheel, the printing press has undergone countless redesigns, upgrades and refinements since Johannes Gutenberg first developed the original mechanical device for transferring large quantities of ink onto paper in the middle of 15th Century. And while the novelty of that breakthrough invention may have worn off somewhat with the passage of time, its contribution to the development and enrichment of the modern consumer society and commerce cannot be overstated. With modern printing technology making printing more affordable and

accessible than ever before, printing companies are often spoiled for choice nowadays when it comes to investing in the latest print technologies to keep their businesses running. However, making that choice has become a fairly straightforward decision in recent years for the privately-owned Canadian folding carton producer Beneco Packaging, whose familiarity and comfort with the offset printing presses made by German-based manufacturer Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) is handsomely paying off with brisk continuous growth in business volumes and client base. Founded in 2004 by company president Carol Jiang, the company’s remarkable rise through the ranks of the Canadian paperboard industry has gone hand-in-hand with its considerable CANADIANPACKAGING.COM

capital investment in Heidelberg offset printing press technology, including a late 2023 installation of a brand new Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106 six-color printing press at Beneco’s new folding carton production facility in Cobourg, Ont. Acquired less than two years ago, the sprawling 600,000-square-foot building that once housed food processing lines for the likes of Kraft and General Foods is now home to two state-of-theart Heidelberg printing presses—including the Speedmaster CX 104 seven-color press installed about a year ago—with plenty of room to accommodate more in the future. “Beneco has been a long-time customer, and it’s been a privilege for me to deal with them,” says Steve Thomson, senior account representative at Heidelberg Canada Graphic Equipment Limited in Mississauga, Ont. “It’s a very valued relationship,” says Thomson, citing Beneco’s proactive approach to making timely and far-sighted major capital investment decisions to support its growth. “They have really embraced technology, which is a necessity in today’s market,” says Thomson. “If you don’t embrace technology, you get left behind.” Says Thomson: “Printing today is very much like manufacturing—it’s all about getting the highest number of printed sellable sheets on the floor in the shortest amount of time.” With throughput rates of 18,000 sheets per hour, the new Speedmaster XL 106 is a remarkably befitting companion to the Speedmaster CX 104 press installed a Cobourg a year earlier, which has throughput capacity of 16,500 sheets per hour. Between the two presses, the Cobourg plant can execute more print runs with a much broader range of run quantities and design complexities with minimal downtime for job changeovers, according to Beneco’s director of sales Jim Wickware. “What drives Beneco’s growth is the desire to be one of the most efficient folding carton producers in Canada,” says Wickware, who joined Beneco a little over five years ago. “Our owner Carol Jiang has built a wonderful environment here, with everybody on the same page both in Cobourg and at the company’s headquarters facility in Scarborough (Toronto),” says Wickware, pointing out the relatively short time-frame in which the once-mothballed Cobourg facility, which lay dormant for about three years, has been transformed into a modern, state-of-theart printing plant housing world-class printing and converting equipment. “Our team has done a wonderful job CANADIANPACKAGING.COM

(Top) Top view of the Heidelberg Speedmaster CX 104 press installed in Cobourg just over a year ago. (Middle) Overview of the six color stations and drying unit at the heart of the new Speedmaster XL 106 press. (Bottom) Production manager Shyam Sasidharan takes in the vew in front of the new Speedmaster press. January/February 2024 · CANADIANPACKAGING

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“Our team has done a wonderful job on retrofitting the old Kraft Heinz building into a wonderfully efficient, high-performing folding carton converter.” on retrofitting the old Kraft Heinz building into a wonderfully efficient, high-performing folding carton production converter,” says Wickware. “Because of the size and scope of this building, we were able to accommodate a lot of storage facilities for our raw materials and for some finished goods under one roof,” he states. “Combined with our strong production capabilities, we can turn our rollstock board into sheet very quickly,” he says, “which gives us a significant competitive advantage in the marketplace. “And as our expertise and our capacity continue to grow, we are able to bring on larger and larger clients that have multiple SKUs (stock-keeping units) and all sorts of other different demands that we are now very capable of managing,” Wickware states. “We also have a lot of smaller companies as clients,” Wickware points out. “That’s the beauty of Beneco: We can 24

(Above) Close-up of the ESKO platemaking equipment in action inside the plant’s prepress department. (Right) The 600,000-squarefoot facility housing Beneco Packaging these days is a long-time Cobourg landmark that used to be home to large food multinationals including Kraft Heinz.

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satisfy customers’ demands anywhere from 5,000 to five million cartons.” Designed to accommodate frequent job changes, the Speedmaster XL 106 provides steady production speeds of 18,000 sheets per hour, along with parallel make-ready processes for enhanced productivity. According to Heidelberg, the intelligent interaction of the automation components of the press, and continuous process optimization through artifi-

cial intelligence, enables cost-effective production of all printing products. Moreover, the machine’s automated air settings eliminate the need for additional make-ready time when changing substrates using characteristic profiles, while the patented AutoPlate XL 3 technology enables plate changes in under one minute. The user-friendly press is operated via the Prinect Press Center XL 3 control station with intuitive Intellistart 3 CANADIANPACKAGING.COM

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operator guidance system for fast, process-oriented setup, user-friendly operation, predictable results and improved performance. For its part, the versatile Speedmaster CX 104 can easily handle all materials from lightweight paper up to packaging carton stock for packaging at speeds up to 16,500 sheets per hour. Like its counterpart, Speedmaster CX 104 offers user-friendly control through intuitive touch operation on the Prinect Press Center XL 3 control station featuring a 24-inch multi-touch interface. Incorporating integrated support systems for short set-up times and reliably high print quality, the machine’s ergonomic design allows for easy and safe access to all areas of the press, while its flexible configuration allows users to switch between conventional and instant-drying UV colors, supported by the additional washing cycle for the inking unit, blanket, and printing cylinder. For Beneco’s production manager Shyam Sasidharan, adding a second Speedmaster to the Cobourg plant was an eagerly anticipated milestone moment for the plant, allowing for an unprecedented degree of production flexibility and OEE (overall equipment effectiveness). “We have crews of very well-trained multiple operators for each machine who know the presses inside out,” says Sasidharan, who joined Beneco about six years ago. “They are really experienced operators, many of them with over 10 years of experience running printing presses, and all the new operators joining our facility get several days of training with Heidelberg experts to learn the technologies and all the technological updates on these presses. “It’s all part of our on-boarding process,” says Sasidharan, noting that the plant’s Speedmaster CX 104 press installed a year ago has been found to be the highest-performing Heidelberg press anywhere in the world, according to the “real time” production data and analytics compiled by Heidelberg. “These two presses feature the most advanced technology out in the market right now,” says Sasidharan, noting that choosing to go with Heidelberg again was not a hasty slam-dunk decision. “We actually evaluated four different press options for the plant,” he recalls, “and the Speedmaster was selected purely on merit and on the basis of its advanced production capabilities that will help the Cobourg plant achieve its full capacity and potential. “We were also really impressed with the level of service and technical support Heidelberg offered us with first press (Speedmaster CX 104) we had,” 26

Press operator applying ink onto the press rollers prior to the next print run.

The state-of-theart Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106 printing press can run at continuous speeds of up to 18,000 sheets per hour for hours at a time.

Operator making press adjustments on the fly via the user-friendly Prinect Press Center XL 3 control station with a 24-inch muti-touch user interface.

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“With the amount of capacity that we’ve added to our facilities, we can offer some unprecedented lead-times in the marketplace.” Sasidharan notes, “and service is one of and receive their orders shipped to them in under three weeks. the biggest things for Beneco. As Wickware points out, Beneco also “Machine parts and technologies get updated all the time,” Sasidharan points houses a large amount of raw material out, “and with Heidelberg we were sure on-site, storing dozens of giant rolls of that we would get all the support we paperboard at any one time from a varneeded to stay on top of it all without iety of different board suppliers. “One of the things that we do a lot incurring downtime. differently than most other converters is “Being able to support us and troubleshoot our machines in case anything that we bring in massive amounts of breaks down within an hour or two is the rollstock,” he says, which provides pricekind of service that really puts your trust less flexibility and supply reliability. “We have very good relationships with into a brand,” he adds. While the Cobourg plant is currently our vendors,” he says. “In fact, they will often contact us to producing about eight million boxes per week, according to Sasidharan, it only offer us surplus rolls, further enhancing represents about 50 per cent of plant’s to our competitiveness,” Wickware notes. “Adding the second press in Cobourg maximum manufacturing capacity at has improved our ability to manage and the moment. to accept all the business that our that “Once we reach about 70 per cent, we may well be looking on adding a third our clients require,” Wickware states. “With the amount of capacity that press, most likely another Heidelberg, and still have room for at least another we’ve added to our facilities, we can offer two presses down the road,” says Wick- some unprecedented lead-times in the ware, noting that being ahead of the marketplace,” says Wickware, citing curve is one of the many core competen- three-week lead-times as standard. “Being able to offer such short leadcies that have enabled Beneco to grow at times, and having the capacity to manage such impressive pace from the outset. For example, both of Beneco’s plants any volume, gives us a significant comare fully certified to the IFS PACSecure petitive advantage,” Wickware prostandard for assessing packaging materi- claims. “We now have clients running millions al manufacturing and converting processes concerning product safety, quality, of sheets on our equipment and getting and customer and regulatory compli- outstanding results, along with exceptionally quick turnaround,” Wickware ance. In addition, Beneco has recently em- remarks. “We have several well-known CPG barked on obtaining the vaunted international EcoVadis certification for (consumer packaged goods) manufacbusiness sustainability in terms of en- turers now buying 50 to 60 million boxes vironmental impact, labor, and human a year from us, says Wickware, saying rights standards, ethics, and procure- everyone at Beneco is committed to ment practices—just barely missing the driving the company’s growth well into the future. top-level certification on its first audit. “We are very excited about the future,” Moreover, the company’s SoOPAK. com subsidiary offers a truly unique Wickware states. “We have had many service that allows small start-ups and years of continuous growth,” he confides, mom-and-pop shops to order limited “and in the last five years that growth has quantities of boxes online with simple been really kind of on an uptick. “This year we are hoping for continued keyboard strokes choose the box format, shape, quantities, graphic, colors, etc., growth opportunities,” says Wickware. CANADIANPACKAGING.COM

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(Left) Neat stack of finished folding cartons coming off the high-end MK die-cutter installed at the Cobourg plant to handle smaller-quantity runs.

(Left) Finished sheets of freshly-printed folding cartons for leading Canadian ice-cream brand Chapman’s await their turn for shipment to customer. (RIght) Beneco Packaging’s director of sales Jim Wickware showing off samples of highquality paperboard packaging produced by the company for a fast-growing range of high-profile CPG manufacturers and brand-owners. (Left) Press operator using a handheld densitometer to measure color saturation in the finished product to ensure optimal consistency for the entire print run.

“Our client base is growing nicely, and we have some outstanding customer service reps doing a spectacular job for us in the market. “Most importantly, we have all our departments at both facilities pulling in the same direction of achieving our common goal of becoming one of the most efficient and highest-output paperboard converters in Canada.” As Wickware relates, “Our customers say the best part about working with Beneco is our customer service, our quality and reliability, being able to manage significant purchase orders and very complex ordering patterns, and very short lead-times. “With all the technology investments that we’ve made over the last several years, combined with our investment in people and the safety and quality programs, we are well on our way of reaching our goals,” he concludes. “What that means for our customers is that they’re going to have a very reliable supplier, someone they can depend on to come through in the clutch for them, while providing the highest-quality product at a very competitive price.”

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ich in history and home to one of the largest ports on the East Coast of the United States, the city of Boston has long been a major point of destination and departure for fish and seafood products from around the world. In modern times, the city has also become the host venue for the annual Seafood Expo North America/Seafood Processing North America exhibition and conference, the largest seafood industry event in North America and a must-attend gathering for all key players in the vast global seafood supply chain. Running next month at the beautiful Boston Convention Center, March. 10-12, 2024, the 42nd edition of Seafood Expo North America/Seafood Processing North America will once again feature a bustling exhibit hall with companies showcasing their latest product innovations.

Organized by Diversified Communications, the exhibition will welcome thousands of buyers and suppliers from around the world keen to meet, network and do business with key decision-makers from major importers, exporters, wholesalers, restaurants, supermarkets, caterers, hotels, airlines and cruise lines, and other retail and foodservice companies. With well over 20,000 visitors expected to attend the show this year, the exhibition will provide an expansive showcase of the newest seafood products, processing and packaging equipment, and services available in today’s burgeoning seafood market. As such, it is a perfect opportunity for suppliers from around the world to build relationships, display their latest seafood products, equipment and services, and conduct business with North American buyers. As in the past, the show floor will have a significant Canadian presence, with dozens of Canadian-based companies

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Under each heading appear the names of manufacturers who supply packaging to the Canadian market. Manufacturers are listed alphabetically.

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LINE INTEGRATORS Abbey Equipment Solutions 5030 South Service Rd Burlington ONTARIO L7L5Y7 Tel: 1-800-361-5919

Aesus Packaging Systems, Inc.

188 Oneida Ave Pointe-Claire QC H9R 1A8 Tel: 5146943439 Fax: 5146944107 President: Samantha Lewis Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1995 Services Offered: OEM of packaging machinery. Be it stand alone or fully integrated lines. Shrinklabeling machines, Patented Heat Tunnels, Standard and fully customized pressure sensitive labelers, Chuck Cappers and Cap Retorquers, Inline Cappers and Inline Cap Retorquers, Semi-automatic to fully automatic inline gear pump fillers. Markets/Industries Served: CBD / Cannabis / Pharmaceutical / Cosmetic / Nutraceutical / Vitamin / Personal Care / Beer / Craft Brewers / Wine / Medical Device / Food

Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd.

8-785 Pacific Rd Oakville ON L6L 6M3 Tel: 9058470166 Fax: 9058470123 President: Paul Duke Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1976 Services Offered: Sales and Service of “Best In Class” Fillers, Cappers, Labellers, VFFS, Scales, Cartoners, Case Packers, and Palletizer’s. Markets/Industries Served: All Markets Served

Bandall Canada Inc.

889 Pantera Drive Mississauga ON L4W 2R9 Tel: 8667791492 President: Bram van Roosmalen Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 2014 Services Offered: Bandall is a patent technology that eliminates the need for pressure-sensitive labeling on your products by securing a 360 degree band around the package of the product. Markets/Industries Served: Food and Beverage, Pharma, Industrial, Health and Beauty, Graphics, Logistics etc.

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1-8699 Escarpment Way Milton ON L9T 0J5 Tel: 9058643005 Fax: 9058646245 President: Dave Sweetland Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1987 Services Offered: 24-7 service all make Pallet Wrappers, 3M Case Sealers Markets/Industries Served: Food, Pharmaceuticals

CAM Packaging Systems

3-226 Industrial Parkway N Aurora ON L4G 4C3 Tel: 905-737-5400 President: Gareth Kennedy Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 2008 Services Offered: Machinery Manufacturer for Complete Weighing, Counting and Bagging systems. Full turn-key system solutions for VFFS, Stand-up Pouches and Variety Pack Automatic Solutions. We also 36

integrate other manufacturer’s systems such as shrink wrappers, case packers, pallet wrappers, cartoning, labeling and robotics. We provide full technical support staff to our clients in many categories. We also supply the materials that run on the machines.•Precise, Reliable, Affordable Solutions. Markets/Industries Served: Food, beverage, industrial, horizontal & vertical form fill and seal, primary and secondary packaging systems including end of line solutions.

Canapa Solutions

5605 Cypihot Street Montreal QC H4S-1R3 Tel: 2899873502 Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1991 Services Offered: Canapa Solutions is the leading manufacturer and supplier of automated packaging machines for the legal cannabis and hemp industries. From flower to edibles to infusions, we can help you automate your weighing, filling, bagging and wrapping processes and provide conveying, cartoning, case packing and palletizing options. We take pride in the machines we build for the cannabis industry and we are also passionate about helping you be more successful. We know our solutions will save you time and resources while boosting your bottom line. But we also know you need more than just innovative machines; you need a partner. We have a 30-year history of creating partnerships. And we will be here for another 30 years providing you innovative products, proactive service in real time and genuine customer care. Markets/Industries Served: Legal cannabis, THC/CBD Edibles, Pre-rolls.

Canpaco Inc.

7901 Huntington Rd Woodbridge ON L4H 0S9 Tel: 9057717791 Fax: 9057711115 President: Robert Appel Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1993 Services Offered: Buy and sell new and used packaging equipment. Sales and service.

Capmatic Ltd.

12180 boul Albert-Hudon Montréal-Nord QC H1G 3K7 Tel: 5143220062 Fax: 5143220063 President: Alioscia Bassani Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1964 Services Offered: Over 50 years of experience of providing Primary Packaging Solutions for the Global market. A reputation built on: quality, innovative design, accuracy and customer care. Our expertise is in: Monoblocks (Fill, Plug, Cap, Label), Feeders, Bottle Unscramblers, Bottle Orienters Cap Sorters, Elevators, Rinsers, Fillers: Liquid, Cream, Micro Powder, Tablet, Counters: Tablet, Capsule, Soft gel, Inserters: Desiccant, Cotton, Seal Induction, Orifice Reducer, Pluggers, Crimpers, Cappers, In-line Belt Cappers, Rotary Chuck Cappers, Labelers: Pressure Sensitive, Neck Band, Body Sleevers, Tamper Evident, Safety Seal,etc. Meeting your unique requirements

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differentiates us from the rest. Markets/Industries Served: Health, Beauty Care & Cosmetics/O.T.C. (Over The Counter) Pharmaceuticals/Nutraceuticals/ Pharmaceuticals/

Charles Downer & Co. Ltd.

7-52 West Beaver Creek Richmond Hill ON L4B 1L9 Tel: 9058822222 Fax: 9058820437 President: Jeff Downer Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1977 Services Offered: System engineering, planning, equipment supply, installation commissioning, training,parts,service, preventative maintenance programs Markets/Industries Served: All

Delkor Systems, Inc.

4300 Round Lake Rd W St. Paul MN 55112 Tel: 651-348-6700 Fax: 6513486705 President: Dale Andersen Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1973 Services Offered: Delkor Systems engineers and manufactures premier secondary packaging equipment solutions including case forming, robotic case packing, case closing and palletizing. Markets/Industries Served: Cheese

Descon Integrated Conveyor Solutions

1-1274 Ringwell Drive Newmarket ON L3Y 9C7 Tel: 1-866-985-4324 President: Steve Nixon Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1993 Services Offered: Descon is a complete integration partner through the entire packaging project lifecycle -- including but not limited to, layout design, engineering, project management, manufacturing, installation, and ongoing service and maintenance. Markets/Industries Served: Food, Soft Drink, Juices, Bottled Water, Dairy, Beer, Ciders, RTDs, Wine, Spirits, Co-Packers.

Domino Printing Solutions Inc.

loading, pick & place and robotic palletizing machines, making us the industry’s true single source for end-of-line packaging. While our priority is to help you improve your end of line efficiencies by providing flexible packaging machinery that is easy to use, quick to service and lasts the test of time, we also know you need more than a machine. You need a partner. With more than 20 years of experience designing and building end of line solutions, you can rely on us to be your packaging solutions partner Markets/Industries Served: Food, Non-Food, Legal Cannabis, Ecommerce, Furniture, Apparel

Fortress Technology Inc.

51 Grand Marshall Dr Toronto ON M1B 5N6 Tel: 4167542898 Fax: 4167542976 President: Steve Gidman Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1996 Services Offered: Metal Detector Solutions, Checkweighing Solutions, X-ray, Combination Systems, Product Testing, Custom Applications, Contaminant Risk Consultation, Preventive Maintenance Inspections, Pre-Audit Inspections, Operator Training Markets/Industries Served: Food and Consumable goods industries

Harlund Industries Ltd.

100 17934 105 Ave Edmonton AB T5S 2H5 Tel: 7804844400 Fax: 7804843646 President: Bruce Hartfelder Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1982 Services Offered: We fully service and support the products we sell with Factory Trained Technicians. Our support facilities are located across Canada. Markets/Industries Served: Food and Beverage, Wire/Cable, Automotive, Agriculture, Building Materials, Pharmaceutical, Confectionery, CoPackers. Any Industry that Manufactures any type of product requiring Best Before and Traceability Codes, and Package Identification.

1-200 North Service Rd E Suite 317 Oakville ON L6M 2Y1 Tel: 800-387-7972 Fax: 905-829-1842 President: Frank Eickenberg Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1978 Services Offered: 24/7 Technical Help Desk, Renowned Training Academy, Consumable agreements that work for YOU, National network of tenured service engineers, Financial Services options. Markets/Industries Served: Food, Beverage, Life Sciences, Industrial, Beauty / Personal Care

Harpak-ULMA Packaging, LLC

EndFlex LLC

Heat and Control, Inc.

4760 NW 128th St Opa Locka Miami FL 33054 Tel: (305) 622-4070 Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1991 Services Offered: EndFlex is a US-based manufacturer of flexible end-of-line packaging solutions. We offer a diverse product line for all production requirements and budgets including case erecting, tray forming, case sealing, case packing, tray

85 Independence Drive Taunton MA 02780 Tel: 5088842500 Fax: 5088842501 President: Kevin Roach Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1994 Services Offered: Harpak-ULMA Packaging offers customer service, technical assistance, spare parts, and complete integration services of primary and secondary packaging equipment. Markets/Industries Served: Meat, poultry, produce, bakery, seafood, ready meals and medical 3-7 Edinburgh Road South Guelph ON N1H 5N8 Tel: 519-623-1100 Fax: 519-623-1052 Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1950 Services Offered: Machinery for weighing, checkweighing, metal detection, X-ray inspection, snack bag making, snack case packing, conveying, accumulation, coating and seasoning, blending, tray sealing, container filling, packaging;

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LINE INTEGRATORS controls and information management systems; spare parts, service, installation, engineering and training; machinery demonstrations; food processing machinery systems. Markets/Industries Served: Snack foods, meat, poultry and seafood, process prepared foods, fruit and vegetables, bakery foods, and pharmaceutical products.

JG Packaging

900 Wilson Road, North Suite # 1104 Oshawa ON L1G7T2 Tel: Cell 416-352-8808 Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 2000 Services Offered: Sales and service of packaging equipment.

Loma Systems, an ITW Company

Pemberton & Associates Inc.

3610 Nashua Dr Mississauga ON L4V 1X9 Tel: 9056788900 Fax: 9056788989 President: Dennis Hicks Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1930 Services Offered: Established in 1930, we supply packaging solutions to the Canadian food processing industry including equipment, parts, consumables and technical support. Markets/Industries Served: Canadian Food Processing Industry

Pineberry Manufacturing Inc.

1-2300 Bristol Cir Oakville ON L6H 5S3 Tel: 9058290016 Fax: 9058294637 President: David McCharles Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1984 Services Offered: Pineberry Manufacturing Inc. is a precision manufacturer of high quality friction feeders, dispensers, inserters, pick and place, tray denesters, batch counters, collation systems, serialization and track & trace solutions, aggregation systems, foil stamping equipment, affixing / tipping systems, plastic card equipment, labeling systems, inkjet printers, on serters, top serters, hot melt glue systems, flow and shrink wrapping systems, packaging solutions and custom automation.

550 Kehoe Blvd Carol Stream IL 60188 Tel: 1-800-872-5662 President: Simon Spencer Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1969 Services Offered: Metal Detectors, X-Ray Inspection, Checkweighers, Combination Systems, Service, Spare Parts, Technical Support

MD Packaging Inc.

5A-141 Reach St Uxbridge ON L9P 1L3 Tel: 4162919229 Fax: 4162912906 President: Jaime Alboim Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1989 Services Offered: MD Packaging is a distributor of product inspection and packaging automation solutions for the manufacturing sectors in the food, beverage, pharma, consumer goods and industrial products industries. We are industry experts when it comes to x-ray, check weighing, metal detection, induction sealing, case forming, case packing, labeling, tray forming, palletizing & stretch wrapping. Markets/Industries Served: Food and Beverage, pharmaceutical

Mettler-Toledo Inc.

6-2915 Argentia Rd Mississauga ON L5N 8G6 Tel: 8006388537 Services Offered: Support & Repair,•Maintenance & Optimization,•Calibration & Quality,•Training & Consulting

Paxiom

2037 E Maule Ave Las Vegas NV 89119 Tel: (702) 450-0808 President: Louis Taraborelli Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1991 Services Offered: The Paxiom Group designs, builds, and delivers state-of-the-art packaging machines around the world. Manufactured through our WeighPack, EndFlex, and ValTara brands, and supported by Paxiom Service, our primary, secondary and end-of-line packaging solutions are engineered to fit almost any production requirement and budget. We provide a complete range pf packaging machines from weighing, filling, bagging, wrapping and labeling to cartoning, case erecting, tray forming, case packing and robotic palletizing. And since we take full responsibility form line layout design, manufacturing and testing through to factory acceptance, installation and technical support, you get peace of mind that your investment is safe. You get much more than a machine at Paxiom. You get a partner with over 30 years of experience engineering, manufacturing, integrating and servicing innovative packaging solutions globally. From versatile entry-level solutions to sophisticated options featuring automatic loading, our products are affordable, reliable, and easy to use day in and day out. Our priority is to help you achieve your packaging automation goals. But our commitment to you runs deeper than our machines. We aim to create long-lasting partnerships based on mutual trust, respect, and a genuine desire to see you succeed. Markets/Industries Served: Food, Non-Food, Legal Cannabis

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LINE INTEGRATORS Markets/Industries Served: Printing, Packaging, Pharmaceutical, Food & Beverage, Fulfillment & eCommerce

Plan Automation Inc.

5 Loring Dr. Bolton ON L7E1Y1 Tel: 4164790777 Fax: (416) 479-0787 President: Jean-Pierre Perreault Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 2009 Services Offered: PLAN Automation’s primary focus is in assisting clients implement quality downstream Package Automation and Food Safety Inspection Solutions. We offer comprehensive planning, organizing, procurement, and management of resources to achieve these goals. PLAN provides this service at no expense to our clients and only benefits if we are successful within our own sponsored bids. Ultimately our process is totally transparent and provides clients with our years of packaging automation expertise for risk management and effective project execution. NO CHARGE - What PLAN Offers Your Company: *** PROJECT INITIATION | ANALYSIS / BID BUILDING *** 1. Co-development of URS (User Requirement Specifications) and scope of work (aka rfq) / clear definition of project - production objectives 2. Co-development of project risk analysis 3. Line Layout Mechanical Plan View Drawings | establish physical installation parameters 4. Multi-vendor sourcing | qualify vendors based on established project needs and thresholds. 5. Evaluation Matrix | full due diligence analysis of vendor capability, financial risk analysis (DB), system technological offering *** BID EXECUTION *** 1. Centralized project financial responsibility | single purchase contract based on total vendor individual selection 2. Development of packaging specifications in association to each individual machine efficient requirements 3. Contract development including by example | late delivery penalties, efficiency guarantees, operational “costof-ownership” limitations Markets/Industries Served: Food & Beverage, Meat and Poultry, Cannabis, Pharmaceutical, Cosmetics, Consumer Goods, Industrial

Propack Processing & Packaging Systems Inc.

4902 Union Rd Beamsville ON L3J 0V8 Tel: 9055639400 Fax: 9055637224 President: Chris Follows Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1996 Services Offered: Propack Processing & Packaging Systems Inc. is an industry leader in robotics and automation, manufacturing and supplying highperformance packaging and processing machinery for the global market. At Propack, we pride ourselves on working collaboratively with our customers to ensure 38

the best solutions are developed for their unique requirements. For over 25 years we have been specializing in robotic loading of wrapped and unwrapped products into trays and cartons. We provide automation with outstanding quality, reliability and flexibility to deliver customer-specific solutions. • Robotic loaders • Processing equipment • Vision systems • Expert design and engineering • Integrated complete packaging and processing solutions • System project management • Parts, service and support Markets/Industries Served: Bakery, Meal supplementary Bars, Granola Bars, Baked Soft Cake, Cookies, Snack Foods, Frozen Foods, Confectionery Market, Consumer Packaged Goods, Personal Care, Pet Food.

R.E. Morrison Equipment Inc.

21-3615 Laird Rd Mississauga ON L5L 5Z8 Tel: 9058286301 Fax: 9058283674 President: Ray Ralph Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1985 Services Offered: Modular pre-assembled bottle drying systems to dry bottles/cans prior to labeling or coding Markets/Industries Served: Bottle and can packaging, food packaging

Reiser (Canada) Co.

4-1549 Yorkton Crt Unit #4 Burlington ON L7P 5B7 Tel: 9056316611 Fax: 9056316607 Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1959 Services Offered: Reiser is the food industry’s leading supplier of processing and packaging knowledge, equipment and solutions. We are committed to providing efficient and intelligent solutions that fulfill our customers’ needs. We partner with our customers, utilizing our in-depth knowledge and decades of application experience, to determine their ideal solutions. We focus on delivering the best customer experience possible, so we provide comprehensive support and service before, during and after purchase. Our state-of-the-art Reiser Customer Center and application specialists are available to help develop new products and expand existing ones, while our worldwide team of dedicated support professionals and field technicians are always available to help improve processes or minimize interruptions. Markets/Industries Served: Sausage, meat, poultry, seafood, prepared food, bakery, cheese, produce, and pet food industries

Rychiger Canada (O.A Nuspark Inc.)

400 Steeprock Dr Toronto ONTARIO M3J2X1 Tel: 4166637071 Fax: 4166630233 President: Marco Stalder Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1999 Services Offered: Rychiger Canada formerly known as Nuspark Inc. continues provide turn-key secondary & tertiary packaging machinery solutions for the food & beverage, pharmaceutical, and personal care industries. As part of the Rychiger family, we will combine our advanced

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automation capabilities with their deep expertise in primary packaging equipment to make factories and plants smarter, more productive, and sustainable. • Over 125 years’ of combined experience • Leader in secondary packaging • Innovative custom engineering • Customer satisfaction driven • In house manufacturing Rychiger Canada provides equipment solutions for cartoning, case/tray loading, forming, sealing and palletizing machinery. Offering solutions for all your end of line packaging needs – from standalone machine to highly complex, automated, fully integrated packaging lines. With 30+ patents to our name so far, our gifted and highly educated engineers go above and beyond to deliver innovative custom solutions. Rychiger Canada has a reputation for creative innovation. We maintain this reputation through constant analysis of new and emerging technologies, ensuring that our customers benefit from state-of-the-art design and construction. All our equipment is proudly built and manufactured in our Canadian facility located in Toronto, Ontario, giving us complete control over the quality of our equipment. Our commitment from proposal to installation: • Attention to detail • Precise execution • Deliver complete turn-key solutions • Mechanical design • Electrical/control engineers • In-house manufacturing facilities • Dedicated after sales service team We look forward to working with you on your next project! Markets/Industries Served: Food and Beverage; Beverage, Dips, snacks, coffee, single serve, pods, boxes, food, household goods, chemical, healthcare and automotive

Ryson International Inc.

300 Newson Dr Yorktown VA 23692 Tel: 7578981530 Fax: 7578981580 President: Dave Wineman Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1995 Services Offered: Ryson specializes in Spiral Conveyors and other Vertical Conveying Solutions. Ryson Spiral Conveyors need less floor space than conventional incline conveyors and are faster and more reliable than any elevator or lift. All Spirals are available in powder coated carbon steel, hybrid, stainless steel, wash-down and freezer versions. We manufacture a full line of Spiral Conveyors that can satisfy most vertical conveying needs, and a broad range of Bucket Elevators for conveying bulk materials. Markets/Industries Served: Ryson Spiral Conveyors are today being used in a rapidly growing number of small and large companies across a broad spectrum of industries. Our spirals effectively handle any conveyable loads including bags, bundles totes, trays, pales, cans, bottles, containers, wrapped and unwrapped items. They are especially well suited for Consumer Packaged Goods companies and any warehousing operations.

Schubert North America, LLC

8848 Red Oak Boulevard, Suite H Charlotte North Carolina 28217 Tel: 1 980 244 3171 President: Hartmut Siegel, Chief Executive Officer Services Offered: Flexibility, high efficiency and reliable technology are the hallmarks of the modular packaging machines from Schubert. For over 50 years, this innovative market leader from Germany has relied on simple mechanics and intelligent control technology in its digital packaging machines. Manufacturers in the confectionery, food, dairy, beverages, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals industries worldwide rely on the German packaging machine manufacturer and its robot technology. The eight system components of the TLM lines ensure a flexible machine design. This allows all the various functions, such as feeding, erecting, loading, lidding/ closing, labelling and palletising, to be combined. Schubert’s service and planning team supports customers throughout the service life of their TLM lines in order to ensure maximum line efficiency. Where required, we take on responsibility for the execution of your project as a general contractor. Schubert is actively expanding its customer proximity and support across North America. With our Canadian sales and services office in Mississauga, Ontario as well as our two offices in the USA in Dallas, Texas and in Charlotte, North Carolina we’re offering high-level accessibility, preventive service as well as extensive training for our customers. Customers in North America benefit from the expansion of the training center in Charlotte, where two training machines are used for hands-on operator training. The training sessions ensure that customers can count on reliable and smooth operation with the TLM system. Markets/Industries Served: Food, Beverage, Confectionery, Bakery, Pharmaceutical, Cosmetics, Technical Products

Shawpak Systems Ltd.

10 - 760 Pacific Rd Oakville ON L6L 6M5 Tel: 9058470122 President: Nigel Turnpenny Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1984 Services Offered: Established in 1984 Shawpak Systems are 100% Canadian owned and operated. The Centre Of Excellence is located in Oakville, ON Canada with satellite offices in Edmonton, AB & Montreal, QC. We are proud to provide full product support through Factory Trained service Technicians and PMMI Certified Trainers as part of our total commitment to excellence. The Entire Shawpak Systems Team are GFTC trained to better understand your Food Safety Programs, from GMP HACCP & CCP implementation and advise on global standards BRC/SQF/GFSI/SFCCA/FSMA from a Product Inspection perspective. Shawpak Systems extensive experience and knowledge base in the Product Inspection / Primary & Secondary Packaging & Food Safety makes Shawpak the obvious choice to provide inspection and packaging solutions: Checkweighers, Hygiene CANADIANPACKAGING.COM

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LINE INTEGRATORS Equipment, Metal Detection, X-Ray & Vision Inspection Nationwide across Canada we represent the following Equipment Manufacturers: • Mettler Toledo Safeline Metal Detectors • Mettler Toledo Hi-Speed Checkweighers • Mettler Toledo X-ray Inspection Systems • Mettler Toledo CI Vision Inspection • Mettler Toledo Track and Trace • Kohlhoff Hygiene Technology • PackRite Sealers/Conveyers • Shawpak Conveyor Systems • Shawpak Test Pieces • Triangle Packaging Machinery • Uhlmann Packaging • Frontmatec / ITEC Hygiene • Texwrap Markets/Industries Served: Beverage / red meat / poultry / bakery / Dairy / Industrial / Pharma / cosmetic

SPS / PHIN Limited

15-440 Tapscott Rd Scarborough ON M1B 1Y4 Tel: 4162982151 Fax: 4162982170 President: Hugh McCrie Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1948 Services Offered: Original equipment manufacturer (Phin labellers) and designer of complementary packaging machinery. Project Management, line integration, commissioning and training. Markets/Industries Served: Food, beverage, pharmaceutical, personal care, household chemical.

Squid Ink Manufacturing

7041 Boone Ave Brooklyn Park MN 55428 Tel: 7637958856 Fax: 7637958867 President: David R. Mylrea Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1991 Services Offered: Squid Ink is a manufacturer of coding and marking systems for product identification and traceability, providing superior quality inks and low maintenance printing equipment. Our systems include a full family of hi-resolution piezo, large character DOD (drop-on-demand), small character CIJ (continuous ink jet), TIJ (thermal ink jet), and laser marking systems. Our printers and ink are designed to print the highest quality bar codes, batch numbers, date codes, logos and large or small character text, directly onto corrugated cases, plastics, metals, glass, wood and other substrates. Markets/Industries Served: Food Beverage, Consumer Goods, Pharmaceutical, Health and Beauty, Building Products, Other manufacturing

Starview Packaging Machinery Inc.

1840 boul Saint-Régis Dorval QC H9P 1H6 Tel: 514-920-0100 ext.310 Fax: 5149200092 President: Mario Carlomusto Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1991 Services Offered: Starview offers the most complete line of food tray, blister, clamshell, medical device, pharmaceutical and skin sealing machines in the industry. Each machine group has multiple seal area sizes and configurations. Starting with manual shuttle machines to semi-automatic rotaries to fully automatic rotaries, carousels and 40

inline machines. Ideal machine models are available for startups, to contract packagers to high volume CPG companies. Innovative, flexible and fast are the tenants of our business. See why Starview is the leading provider of packaging machines to the high visibility packaging marketplace. Markets/Industries Served: Food, medical, pharmaceutical, cosmetics, electronics, hardware and industrial

loading, our products are affordable, reliable and easy to use day in and day out. Our priority is to help you achieve your packaging automation goals. But our commitment to you runs deeper than our machines. We aim to create long-lasting partnerships based on mutual trust, respect and a genuine desire to see you succeed. Markets/Industries Served: Food, NonFood, Legal Cannabis

Stock Canada

5080 Timberlea Blvd. Ste. 34 Mississauga ON L4W 4M2 Tel: 816-560-2483 Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 2021 Services Offered: Industrial Slicing Sliced Meat and Cheese Packaging Full Line Solutions Markets/Industries Served: Food Processing

815 A Tecumseh POINTE-CLAIRE Quebec H9R 4B1 Tel: 514 426 1266 Fax: 514 426 1200 President: Eric Williamson Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 2007 Services Offered: STOCK Canada-Reputed packaging materials and machine specialist. Full Technical Support, MAP expertise and Machinery Installation and Integration. STOCK supplies Trays, custom and standard, Flexible Packaging, Lidding Film, Pouches as well as full Machinery lines with Professional and Quality service. Markets/Industries Served: Food, Consumer, Medical packaging

STORCAN

215 Boulevard Industriel CHATEAUGAY QC J6J 4Z2 Tel: 4503652158 Fax: 4506981178 President: Jean Martin Savoie Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 2000 Services Offered: Storcan is a manufacturer and integrator of conveyor systems and equipment for food production, bottling and packaging lines. Since 1976, we have integrated thousands of projects in Canada and USA. Thanks to our 360 Integration Service, we can support your project from design to installation, start-up and maintenance: • Consultation and Analysis, • Engineering, • Project Management, • Manufacturing of conveyor systems and handling solutions, • Installation, Control and Programmation, Commissionning, • Distribution of bottling, food processing and packaging equipment, • After-sales services, Preventive Maintenance, Spare parts. Markets/Industries Served: Food, Beverage, Food and Beverage Distribution Center, Personal and Household care, Cosmetics, Pharmaceutic, etc

ValTara

Via Lago di Alleghe, 15 Schio VI 36015 Tel: +39 0445 576224 President: Louis Taraborelli Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1991 Services Offered: Based in Italy, a global center of automated packaging machinery technology, Valtara is a global manufacturer of innovative, reliable automated flow wrapping solutions. Designed and built for most any application, budget and production rate, our flow wrapping machines reflect our dedication to provide our customers with the highest quality products at fair prices. From versatile entry level solutions to sophisticated options featuring automatic

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Weber Inc.

Weber Marking Systems of Canada

6180 Danville Road Mississauga ON L5T 2H7 Tel: 9055646881 Fax: 9055646886 President: Mark Quinn Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1932 Services Offered: For over 90 years, Weber has been a leading innovator in the design, manufacturing, and supply of high-performance pressure-sensitive labels, labeling systems, and ink jet systems. As a family-owned company, Weber offers a wide range of reliable labeling product solutions to both local and global customers. With headquarters in Mississauga, Ontario, and direct sales offices across the country, Weber Marking Systems Canada provides high-quality products to the Canadian marketplace. Our 24,000 sq ft, state-ofthe-art, ISO-9001-certified, high-efficiency manufacturing and administration facility can support all your company’s labeling and coding requirements. Our high-speed label presses and extensive library of die shapes meet any labeling application. Our custom labels are featured on thousands of products worldwide, and our blank labels are a favorite for shipping identification and other variable imprint needs. When you need eye-catching labels to enhance your brand, look to Weber in selecting the right label for every industry. Markets/Industries Served: Food and Beverage, Manufacturing, Automotive, Cannabis, Chemical, Healthcare, Horticultural, Personal Care, Household Products, Pet (Food & Care)

provider, meaning we provide you with the peace of mind that comes from working with ONE manufacturer, ONE service department and ONE point of contact. We’re your partner. A partner with over 30 years of experience building reliable, state-of-the-art packaging solutions built by our engineers in our manufacturing facilities and serviced by our technicians. We were here 30 years ago, and we will be here in another 30 years. Providing service after the sale, parts when you need them and 24/7 online support. Markets/Industries Served: Food, nonfood, legal cannabis etc.

Yaskawa America, Inc.

Motoman Robotics Division 100 Automation Way Miamisburg OH 45342 Tel: 9378476200 Fax: 9378476277 President: Steve Barhorst Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1989 Services Offered: Founded in 1989, Yaskawa Motoman is a leading robotics company in the Americas. Our integrated packaging solutions are designed around industry-specific requirements and are accompanied by application enabling software and vision capabilities. Yaskawa packaging systems bring ease of use, speed and flexibility to help you meet the demands of today’s food, beverage and consumer products marketplace. Markets/Industries Served: Yaskawa provides automation products and solutions for virtually every industry and robotic application; including arc welding, assembly, coating, dispensing, material handling, material cutting, material removal, packaging, palletizing and spot welding.

Weighpack Systems Inc.

5605 rue Cypihot Saint-Laurent QC H4S 1R3 Tel: 5144220808 President: Louis Taraborelli Year Established as a Packing Line Integraotor: 1991 Services Offered: Since 1991 we have designed, manufactured, integrated and serviced state-of-the-art packaging machines around the globe. From weighing and filling to bagging and wrapping or complete turnkey systems, we are passionate about helping you be more successful. We are not a typical packaging manufacturer. We are a single-source CANADIANPACKAGING.COM

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NINE SIMPLE RULES Selecting monitoring controls to protect your production machinery ince electricity powers the wide majority of industrial and infrastructure equipment, it is becoming more important to ensure that this incoming power does not damage the equipment it’s meant to power. Besides monitoring DC signals, one-phase AC signals, or the three-phase AC mains voltage entering into a building or a room, monitoring of the equipment or machinery within the building is just as important. Machine and equipment monitoring devices detect abnormalities in the incoming power, and permit preventative actions to be taken to protect equipment before any serious damage can occur. Here are nine helpful tips on selecting the proper monitoring device for your machinery.

1. Know What to Monitor

Machinery monitoring devices and relays provide a multitude of preventative options. You’ll want to select a relay or device that is capable of monitoring the most critical aspects of the supplied power for your application. Monitoring relays are designed for voltage, current, frequency, three-phase power, power factor, or temperature. For each relay type, you’ll want a clear delineation of the acceptable tolerances and measurement parameters for your application.

2. Phase Factor

Many types of heavy industrial equipment rely on 3-phase power. Inconsistencies or anomalies in this power quality can cause disastrous damage to machinery or equipment. Inconsistencies in the three-phase power can include phase loss, improper phase sequence, and/ or an imbalance between the three phases. Many of these situations can be averted through the use of a three-phase monitoring relay. If a motor operating on three-phase power were to suddenly receive two phases out of sequence, it will reverse direction. This not only poses a threat of damage to the motor, but it could also pose a safety risk in applications such as elevators, moving walkways or conveying equipment. Losing one of the three phases of incoming power can render a motor unable to operate, or force it to operate at a lower efficiency rating. In addition to decreased performance, the latter mentioned consequence can lead to heat generation within the motor, which shortens component life. A similar result can occur if all phases are present, but one or more of the phases is underpowered because one-phase

loads are drawing power unequally on one or more of the three phases.

3. Voltage Verification Essential

Powering devices, such as motors, on a voltage that is lower than specified causes the load to draw more current. This then leads to inefficiencies and excessive heat that will lead to shortened component life. Overvoltage can also cause component stress, resulting to permanent damage of some parts. Voltage monitoring relays can handle anywhere from a low millivolt range up to several hundred volts. There are, however, versions that monitor under and/or overvoltage, some offering adjustable hysteresis and time delays. Voltage relays for DC voltage are often used to monitor back-up battery status, such as those found on generator sets or solar power systems. Relays designed for one-phase AC work well for motors, which could possibly be used in a variety of countries, where different supply voltages are present and/or in areas where voltage fluctuates, causing brownouts and/or voltage surges.

4. Keeping Current

Current can be used as an indication of proper machine function. Equipment that suddenly starts drawing more current might be experiencing a voltage imbalance, an impending bearing failure, or a number of other issues. Current monitoring relays help detect these variances, allowing for action to be taken before equipment damage occurs. Low-current AC or DC inputs can be directly connected to most monitoring relays, and AC currents up to 100 A can be monitored by some modules directly. However, higher currents need to be monitored through a shunt or current transformer. Power monitoring relays can also detect variations in the power consumption of various loads. Depending on the relay, you can detect and react to load excess or absence, motor load variation, and motor direction.

5. Compact Current Monitoring

In addition to DIN rail mount or plug-in monitoring relays, some manufacturers of these protective devices have integrated monitoring relays with current transformers, creating an all-in-one solution. They typically provide a relay, transistor, or analog output, with some even requiring no supply voltage. The current monitoring device with

integrated current transformer is an innovative concept which allows you to run the wire carrying the AC current right through the device’s throughhole, therefore simplifying installation and minimizing wire connections.

6. Tackling Temperature

Knowing the temperature of your equipment can help prevent equipment downtime or even fire. Temperature monitoring relays use PTC thermistors, mounted in motors, whose resistance increases with rising motor temperature. They are capable of monitoring the temperature of up to six motors or motor windings simultaneously, and can be used to shut down motors during overheating, thereby preventing damage to the motor.

7. Flexibility is Key

With monitoring relays, you can set up the device to immediately interrupt power to the equipment, similar to the operation of a fuse. More commonly, the monitoring relay signals a shutdown relay that is applied to safely power down the equipment. If minor variations of voltage, current, or frequency are tolerable, you can utilize a monitoring relay with adjustable hysteresis and time delays. These types of relays can prevent nuisance tripping in the instance of occasional sags or spikes in the incoming power, but the choice is ultimately up to you.

8. Preventative Protection

Many design engineers look at machine monitoring relays like an insurance policy. Some higher efficiency industrial motors can cost thousands of dollars, whereas monitoring relays typically cost from a few hundred dollars, usually one-tenth of the equipment cost. When considering the initial cost, remember that machine monitoring relays can protect machinery and help reduce the cost of both downtime and damaged products, which in turn provides immediate payback. To get that extra peace of mind, always specify and select relays with approvals like UL or CE appropriate for your application.

9. Get Help

For more help in selecting machine monitoring relays, turn to automation experts such as Carlo Gavazzi, who have extensive product literature and selector guides on their websites to help you get the right product. They also have international distribution and experienced personnel who can assist you by email, phone, Skype or in person.

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Aesus Packaging Systems, Inc. Bradman Lake Capmatic Ltd. General Conveyor Inc. Honeywell Intelligrated MD Packaging Inc. MULTIVAC Canada Paxiom Pineberry Manufacturing Inc. PPI Technologies Group Regal Rexnord Canada Ltd. Rockwell Automation, Inc. Siemens Canada Limited Tri-Mach Group Inc. ValTara Weber Inc.

CONVEYOR CHAIN

Ahearn & Soper Inc. ATS - Tanner Banding Systems Inc. Bosch Rexroth Canada Capmatic Ltd. Chisholm Machinery Solutions Cousineau Packaging Inc. Flexlink Systems Canada, Inc. Honeywell Intelligrated MD Packaging Inc. Pineberry Manufacturing Inc. Plan Automation Inc. Regal Rexnord Canada Ltd. Septimatech Group Inc.

Tri-Mach Group Inc. Tsubaki of Canada Ltd. Wulftec International Inc.

DRIVES: AC AND DC

ABB Inc. Bosch Rexroth Canada General Conveyor Inc. Mecano Industrie Omron Canada Inc. Schneider Electric Canada Inc. Septimatech Group Inc. Siemens Canada Limited Tri-Mach Group Inc. Unitronics Wainbee Limited

GUARDING SYSTEMS

Balluff Canada Inc. Bosch Rexroth Canada Capmatic Ltd. Cousineau Packaging Inc. Edson Packaging Machinery Ltd. General Conveyor Inc. Mecano Industrie Omron Canada Inc. PACKPRO SYSTEMS Inc. Pineberry Manufacturing Inc. Plan Automation Inc. Rockwell Automation, Inc. Schneider Electric Canada Inc. Siemens Canada Limited Sort Production Products Ltd. Tri-Mach Group Inc. Zarpac Inc.

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AUTOMATION DEVICES HYDRAULICS

Bosch Rexroth Canada Mecano Industrie Rockwell Automation, Inc. Siemens Canada Limited Wainbee Limited

INPUT/OUTPUT SYSTEMS

ABB Inc. Ahearn & Soper Inc. ATS - Tanner Banding Systems Inc. B&R Industrial Automation Inc. Balluff Canada Inc. Bosch Rexroth Canada Capmatic Ltd. Emerson Gebo Cermex Canada Inc. General Conveyor Inc. Lenze Americas Newmapak Ltd. Omron Canada Inc. Plan Automation Inc. Rockwell Automation, Inc. Siemens Canada Limited Sort Production Products Ltd. Unitronics Videojet Technologies Wago Corporation Zarpac Inc.

INSPECTION EQUIPMENT: FILL LEVEL

Abbey Equipment Solutions Aesus Packaging Systems, Inc. Ahearn & Soper Inc. Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd. B&R Industrial Automation Inc. Capmatic Ltd. Eagle PI Filamatic Loma Systems, an ITW Company MD Packaging Inc. Mettler-Toledo Inc. Plan Automation Inc. Robatech Gluing Solutions (Robatech Canada) Rockwell Automation, Inc. Shawpak Systems Ltd. Siemens Canada Limited Techno Pak Packaging Systems Inc. VC999 Canada Ltd. Zarpac Inc.

INSPECTION EQUIPMENT: LABEL

Aesus Packaging Systems, Inc. Ahearn & Soper Inc. Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd. ATS - Tanner Banding Systems Inc. B&R Industrial Automation Inc. Balluff Canada Inc. Bandall Canada Inc. Bizerba Canada Inc. Capmatic Ltd. Eagle PI Edson Packaging Machinery Ltd. Harlund Industries Ltd. MD Packaging Inc. Mecano Industrie Mettler-Toledo Inc. MULTIVAC Canada Nita Labeling Equipment Omron Canada Inc. Paxiom Pineberry Manufacturing Inc. Plan Automation Inc. 46

Rockwell Automation, Inc. Shawpak Systems Ltd. Siemens Canada Limited Techno Pak Packaging Systems Inc. VC999 Canada Ltd. Videojet Technologies Weber Marking Systems of Canada Zarpac Inc.

INSPECTION EQUIPMENT: METAL DETECTORS

Abbey Equipment Solutions Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd. Bizerba Canada Inc. Capmatic Ltd. Eagle PI Eriez Fortress Technology Inc. Heat and Control, Inc. Loma Systems, an ITW Company MD Packaging Inc. Mettler-Toledo Inc. MULTIVAC Canada Paxiom Plan Automation Inc. Rockwell Automation, Inc. Sesotec Canada Ltd. Shawpak Systems Ltd. Siemens Canada Limited Thermo Fisher Scientific Tri-Mach Group Inc. ValTara VC999 Canada Ltd.

INSPECTION EQUIPMENT: VISION

Abbey Equipment Solutions Aesus Packaging Systems, Inc. Ahearn & Soper Inc. Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd. ATS - Tanner Banding Systems Inc. B&R Industrial Automation Inc. Balluff Canada Inc. Bizerba Canada Inc. BluePrint Automation (BPA) Capmatic Ltd. Charles Downer & Co. Ltd. Cognex Corp. Eagle PI Edson Packaging Machinery Ltd. Filamatic Harlund Industries Ltd. MD Packaging Inc. Mecano Industrie Mettler-Toledo Inc. MULTIVAC Canada Nita Labeling Equipment NJM Packaging Omega Design Corp. Omron Canada Inc. Paxiom Pineberry Manufacturing Inc. Plan Automation Inc. PMR Packaging Inc. Propack Processing & Packaging Systems Inc. Robatech Gluing Solutions (Robatech Canada) Rockwell Automation, Inc. Sesotec Canada Ltd. Shawpak Systems Ltd. Sort Production Products Ltd. Techno Pak Packaging Systems Inc. Valco Melton

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INSPECTION EQUIPMENT: X-RAY

Abbey Equipment Solutions Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd. Balluff Canada Inc. Bizerba Canada Inc. Charles Downer & Co. Ltd. Eagle PI Fortress Technology Inc. Heat and Control, Inc. Loma Systems, an ITW Company MD Packaging Inc. Mettler-Toledo Inc. MULTIVAC Canada Paxiom Plan Automation Inc. Sesotec Canada Ltd. Shawpak Systems Ltd. Techno Pak Packaging Systems Inc. Thermo Fisher Scientific ValTara VC999 Canada Ltd. Zarpac Inc.

INTEGRATED LOGIC NETWORK SYSTEMS

Aesus Packaging Systems, Inc. Ahearn & Soper Inc. B&R Industrial Automation Inc. Bosch Rexroth Canada Capmatic Ltd. MD Packaging Inc. Newmapak Ltd. Omron Canada Inc. Plan Automation Inc. Rockwell Automation, Inc. Siemens Canada Limited Sort Production Products Ltd. VC999 Canada Ltd. Zarpac Inc.

MACHINE VISION

Abbey Equipment Solutions Aesus Packaging Systems, Inc. Ahearn & Soper Inc. ATS - Tanner Banding Systems Inc. Balluff Canada Inc. BluePrint Automation (BPA) Capmatic Ltd. Cognex Corp. Edson Packaging Machinery Ltd. MD Packaging Inc. Mecano Industrie NJM Packaging Omron Canada Inc. Plan Automation Inc. PPI Technologies Group Propack Processing & Packaging Systems Inc. Raytec Vision Robatech Gluing Solutions (Robatech Canada) Rockwell Automation, Inc. Schubert North America, LLC Shawpak Systems Ltd. Siemens Canada Limited Sort Production Products Ltd. Techno Pak Packaging Systems Inc. VC999 Canada Ltd. Yaskawa America, Inc. Zarpac Inc.

MOTION CONTROLLERS

ABB Inc. ABB Inc. - Business Unit Robotics Ahearn & Soper Inc. B&R Industrial Automation Inc. Bosch Rexroth Canada Capmatic Ltd. Festo Inc. igus Inc. Lenze Americas Mecano Industrie Omron Canada Inc. Plan Automation Inc. Rockwell Automation, Inc. Schneider Electric Canada Inc. Siemens Canada Limited Unitronics Wainbee Limited Zarpac Inc.

PNEUMATIC DRIVES & CONTROLS

Ahearn & Soper Inc. B&R Industrial Automation Inc. Capmatic Ltd. Emerson Festo Inc. Filamatic Flexlink Systems Canada, Inc. Gebo Cermex Canada Inc. General Conveyor Inc. Mecano Industrie Omron Canada Inc. Plan Automation Inc. Rockwell Automation, Inc. Schneider Electric Canada Inc. Siemens Canada Limited Tri-Mach Group Inc. Wainbee Limited Zarpac Inc.

PROGRAMMABLE LOGIC CONTROLLERS

ABB Inc. ABB Inc. - Business Unit Robotics Ahearn & Soper Inc. B&R Industrial Automation Inc. Bosch Rexroth Canada Capmatic Ltd. Cousineau Packaging Inc. Edson Packaging Machinery Ltd. Festo Inc. Flexlink Systems Canada, Inc. Gebo Cermex Canada Inc. Honeywell Intelligrated Lenze Americas MD Packaging Inc. Mecano Industrie Newmapak Ltd. Omron Canada Inc. Pineberry Manufacturing Inc. Plan Automation Inc. Rockwell Automation, Inc. Schneider Electric Canada Inc. Siemens Canada Limited Sort Production Products Ltd. Tri-Mach Group Inc. Unitronics Yaskawa America, Inc. Zarpac Inc.

ROBOTIC EQUIPMENT: CASE PACKING

ABB Inc. - Business Unit Robotics Abbey Equipment Solutions Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd. ARPAC LLC ATS - Tanner Banding Systems Inc. CANADIANPACKAGING.COM

AUTOMATION DEVICES Bizerba Canada Inc. BluePrint Automation (BPA) Bradman Lake Canapa Solutions Charles Downer & Co. Ltd. Chisholm Machinery Solutions Consolidated Technologies Inc. Cousineau Packaging Inc. Delkor Systems, Inc. Edson Packaging Machinery Ltd. Euroimpianti Spa FANUC Canada, Ltd. Flexi-Pack Machinery Solutions Inc. Flexlink Systems Canada, Inc. Gebo Cermex Canada Inc. General Conveyor Inc. Harpak-ULMA Packaging, LLC Honeywell Intelligrated KUKA Robotics Canada Ltd. MD Packaging Inc. Mecano Industrie Mpac Group MULTIVAC Canada Nalbach Engineering Company, Inc. Newmapak Ltd. Omron Canada Inc. PACKPRO SYSTEMS Inc. Paxiom Pineberry Manufacturing Inc. Plan Automation Inc. PMR Packaging Inc. PPI Technologies Group Premier Tech Chronos Propack Processing & Packaging Systems Inc. Reiser (Canada) Co. Robatech Gluing Solutions (Robatech Canada) Rockwell Automation, Inc. Rychiger Canada (O.A Nuspark Inc.) Schubert North America, LLC Standard Knapp Inc. Syntegon Syntegon Packaging Technology, Inc.

Techno Pak Packaging Systems Inc. Yaskawa America, Inc. Yaskawa Canada, Inc. Zarpac Inc.

ROBOTIC EQUIPMENT: END-OF-ARM TOOLING

ATI Industrial Automation Charles Downer & Co. Ltd. Consolidated Technologies Inc. Edson Packaging Machinery Ltd. Emerson Festo Inc. General Conveyor Inc. Honeywell Intelligrated MD Packaging Inc. Mecano Industrie MULTIVAC Canada Omron Canada Inc. Pineberry Manufacturing Inc. Plan Automation Inc. PMR Packaging Inc. Premier Tech Chronos Propack Processing & Packaging Systems Inc. Robatech Gluing Solutions (Robatech Canada) Rockwell Automation, Inc. Schubert North America, LLC Yaskawa Canada, Inc. Zarpac Inc.

ROBOTIC EQUIPMENT: PALLETIZING

ABB Inc. - Business Unit Robotics Abbey Equipment Solutions Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd. ARPAC LLC Beumer Corporation BluePrint Automation (BPA) Bradman Lake Canapa Solutions Charles Downer & Co. Ltd. Chisholm Machinery Solutions Consolidated Technologies Inc. Cousineau Packaging Inc. Delkor Systems, Inc.

Edson Packaging Machinery Ltd. Euroimpianti Spa FANUC Canada, Ltd. Flexi-Pack Machinery Solutions Inc. Flexlink Systems Canada, Inc. Gebo Cermex Canada Inc. General Conveyor Inc. Harpak-ULMA Packaging, LLC Honeywell Intelligrated KUKA Robotics Canada Ltd. MD Packaging Inc. Mecano Industrie Mpac Group MULTIVAC Canada Nalbach Engineering Company, Inc. Newmapak Ltd. Omron Canada Inc. PACKPRO SYSTEMS Inc. Paxiom Plan Automation Inc. PMR Packaging Inc. PPI Technologies Group Premier Tech Chronos Propack Processing & Packaging Systems Inc. Robatech Gluing Solutions (Robatech Canada) Rockwell Automation, Inc. Rychiger Canada (O.A Nuspark Inc.) Samuel Packaging Systems Group Schubert North America, LLC Syntegon Techno Pak Packaging Systems Inc. Toptier Yaskawa America, Inc. Yaskawa Canada, Inc. Zarpac Inc.

ROBOTIC EQUIPMENT: PICK & PLACE

ABB Inc. - Business Unit Robotics Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd. ATS - Tanner Banding Systems Inc. BluePrint Automation (BPA) Bosch Rexroth Canada

Bradman Lake Capmatic Ltd. Charles Downer & Co. Ltd. Chisholm Machinery Solutions Consolidated Technologies Inc. Cousineau Packaging Inc. Delkor Systems, Inc. Edson Packaging Machinery Ltd. Emerson Euroimpianti Spa FANUC Canada, Ltd. Festo Inc. Flexi-Pack Machinery Solutions Inc. Gebo Cermex Canada Inc. General Conveyor Inc. Harpak-ULMA Packaging, LLC Honeywell Intelligrated igus Inc. MD Packaging Inc. Mecano Industrie Mpac Group MULTIVAC Canada Nalbach Engineering Company, Inc. Newmapak Ltd. Omron Canada Inc. PACKPRO SYSTEMS Inc. Paxiom Pineberry Manufacturing Inc. Plan Automation Inc. PMR Packaging Inc. PPI Technologies Group Propack Processing & Packaging Systems Inc. Reiser (Canada) Co. Robatech Gluing Solutions (Robatech Canada) Rockwell Automation, Inc. Rychiger Canada (O.A Nuspark Inc.) Samuel Packaging Systems Group Schneider Electric Canada Inc. Schubert North America, LLC Siemens Canada Limited Syntegon Syntegon Packaging Technology, Inc.

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AUTOMATION DEVICES Techno Pak Packaging Systems Inc. ValTara Weber Inc. Yaskawa America, Inc. Yaskawa Canada, Inc. Zarpac Inc.

SAFETY PRODUCTS: ELECTRONIC MACHINE GUARDING ABB Inc. ABB Inc. - Business Unit Robotics ARPAC LLC Bosch Rexroth Canada

Carlo Gavazzi (Canada) Inc. Cousineau Packaging Inc. Edson Packaging Machinery Ltd. General Conveyor Inc. Omron Canada Inc. Plan Automation Inc. Rockwell Automation, Inc. Samuel Packaging Systems Group Schneider Electric Canada Inc. Siemens Canada Limited Sort Production Products Ltd. Zarpac Inc.

SAFETY PRODUCTS: LIGHT CURTAINS ABB Inc. - Business Unit Robotics ARPAC LLC Balluff Canada Inc. Cognex Corp. Cousineau Packaging Inc. General Conveyor Inc. Omron Canada Inc. PACKPRO SYSTEMS Inc. Plan Automation Inc. Rockwell Automation, Inc. Sort Production Products Ltd. Zarpac Inc.

SAFETY PRODUCTS: SAFETY RELAYS ABB Inc. - Business Unit Robotics ARPAC LLC Carlo Gavazzi (Canada) Inc. Cousineau Packaging Inc. General Conveyor Inc. Omron Canada Inc. Plan Automation Inc. Rockwell Automation, Inc. Schneider Electric Canada Inc. Siemens Canada Limited Sort Production Products Ltd. Zarpac Inc.

SENSORS: BARREL

Ahearn & Soper Inc. ARPAC LLC Balluff Canada Inc. Carlo Gavazzi (Canada) Inc. Emerson Festo Inc. Pineberry Manufacturing Inc. Rockwell Automation, Inc. Schneider Electric Canada Inc. Siemens Canada Limited Sort Production Products Ltd. Zarpac Inc.

SENSORS: COLOR MARK Ahearn & Soper Inc. ARPAC LLC Balluff Canada Inc. Capmatic Ltd. Omron Canada Inc. Pineberry Manufacturing Inc. Rockwell Automation, Inc. Schneider Electric Canada Inc. Sick, Inc. Siemens Canada Limited Sort Production Products Ltd. Zarpac Inc.

SENSORS: LIMIT SWITCHES Ahearn & Soper Inc. ARPAC LLC Balluff Canada Inc. Carlo Gavazzi (Canada) Inc. Emerson Festo Inc. Gebo Cermex Canada Inc. General Conveyor Inc. Omron Canada Inc. Pineberry Manufacturing Inc. Rockwell Automation, Inc. Schneider Electric Canada Inc. Siemens Canada Limited Sort Production Products Ltd. Zarpac Inc. 48

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AUTOMATION DEVICES SENSORS: OBJECT DETECTION

Ahearn & Soper Inc. ARPAC LLC Balluff Canada Inc. Capmatic Ltd. Carlo Gavazzi (Canada) Inc. Cognex Corp. Emerson Festo Inc. Omron Canada Inc. Pineberry Manufacturing Inc. Rockwell Automation, Inc. Schneider Electric Canada Inc. Siemens Canada Limited Sort Production Products Ltd. Zarpac Inc.

SENSORS: PHOTOELECTRIC

Ahearn & Soper Inc. ARPAC LLC Balluff Canada Inc. Capmatic Ltd. Carlo Gavazzi (Canada) Inc. Cognex Corp. Festo Inc. Gebo Cermex Canada Inc. Omron Canada Inc. Pineberry Manufacturing Inc. Rockwell Automation, Inc. Schneider Electric Canada Inc. Sick, Inc. Siemens Canada Limited

Sort Production Products Ltd. Tri-Mach Group Inc. Zarpac Inc.

SENSORS: PROXIMITY

Abbey Equipment Solutions Ahearn & Soper Inc. ARPAC LLC Balluff Canada Inc. Carlo Gavazzi (Canada) Inc. Cognex Corp. Emerson Festo Inc. Gebo Cermex Canada Inc. Omron Canada Inc. Pineberry Manufacturing Inc. Rockwell Automation, Inc. Siemens Canada Limited Sort Production Products Ltd. Zarpac Inc.

SENSORS: ULTRASONIC Ahearn & Soper Inc. ARPAC LLC Balluff Canada Inc. Carlo Gavazzi (Canada) Inc. Cognex Corp. Omron Canada Inc. Rockwell Automation, Inc. Schneider Electric Canada Inc. Siemens Canada Limited Sort Production Products Ltd. Zarpac Inc.

SERVO

SIGNAL TOWERS

SERVO MOTORS

SOFTWARE PROGRAM

Bosch Rexroth Canada Capmatic Ltd. Festo Inc. Filamatic Omron Canada Inc. Pineberry Manufacturing Inc. ValTara ABB Inc. Aesus Packaging Systems, Inc. Ahearn & Soper Inc. ARPAC LLC B&R Industrial Automation Inc. Bosch Rexroth Canada Capmatic Ltd. Edson Packaging Machinery Ltd. Festo Inc. Filamatic Gebo Cermex Canada Inc. Lenze Americas Mecano Industrie Omron Canada Inc. Pineberry Manufacturing Inc. Rockwell Automation, Inc. Schneider Electric Canada Inc. Siemens Canada Limited Unitronics ValTara Wainbee Limited Zarpac Inc.

Ahearn & Soper Inc. ARPAC LLC Balluff Canada Inc. Rockwell Automation, Inc. Schneider Electric Canada Inc. Siemens Canada Limited Sort Production Products Ltd. Ahearn & Soper Inc. ARPAC LLC B&R Industrial Automation Inc. Bosch Rexroth Canada Capmatic Ltd. Edson Packaging Machinery Ltd. Gebo Cermex Canada Inc. Honeywell Intelligrated MD Packaging Inc. Mettler-Toledo Inc. Omron Canada Inc. Plan Automation Inc. Rittal Limited Rockwell Automation, Inc. Schneider Electric Canada Inc. Siemens Canada Limited Yaskawa Canada, Inc. Zarpac Inc.

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2-36 in. wide, up to 48 in. long As above minimum 50 X 50 mm maximum 600 X 1000 mm

PE, PP, foil, laminates, nylon As above

all flexible materials

Roll stock, heat sealable OPP Up to 7.5 in.W x 12 in.L and laminations ARTY 130V Up to 60 bpm As above Up to 12 in.W x 17 in.L ARTY 75H Up to 350 bpm As above Up to 8 in.W x 24 in.L AUTOMATED PACKAGING SYSTEMS INC. (in Canada: Pack Pro Systems, Inc. Stouffville, ON) HB-65 PaceSetter Autobagª to 20 bpm various 2-11.5” x 2-22”L AB 180 Autobagª to 80 bpm various 2-11”W x 2.5-22”L AB 145 Autobagª to 45 bpm various 3.5-11”W x 3.5-22”L Autobagª AB 255 Wide Bagger to 55 bpm various 4-16”W x 5-26”L Autobagª AB 255 Horizontal to 55 bpm various as above Wide CAM PACKAGING SYSTEMS CAM CL2-200 15 ppm 5 panel premade bags, flat 4” x 7” up to 8 “x 16”;additional bottom bags sizes upon request CAM CR8-300Z 40 PPM Premade bags with and 6” x 8” - 12” x 17.75” without Zipper CAM CR8-250Z 50PPM Premade bags with zipper 4 x 6” - 10 x 13.7 5” opening CANAPA SOLUTIONS Swifty Bagger pouch filling Varies pillow, stand-up, gusseted, and Varies machines quad bags with zipper closures Wholesale bulk packaging Varies pillow pouches, zippered Varies machines pouches and stand up pouches CANTRELL-GAINCO (in Canada: Abbey Equipment Solutions) Wicketed bag 2 to 20 pound bags. Cantrell Gainco ® AccuFill Up to 3,600 lbs. of Weigh/Bagging System product per hour (+/6 cycles per minute) with one operator ... dual systems process up to 7,200 lbs. per hour (+/- 12 cycles per minute) with two operators. Cantrell Gainco ® AccuFill Weigh/Bagging System FORMOST FUJI CORPORATION (in Canada: Abbey Equipment Solutions) Formost bread, roll, bun & To 90 pm Preformed wicketed bags-of To 14x24 in. variety baggers (5 models) PE, nylon or pp

Various sizes, Quad, Tucked, Block Bottom, and Pillow Bag Pouch

Roll Stock, Various Materials

120 ppm

Automatic

Gainco Infiniti¨ Plus programmable controller

Fed via a conveyor or other infeed device, product falls through the open buffer hopper into the weigh hopper until the target weight range is achieved. Once that weight has been met, the operator pushes the bagger button the bag blaster opens the wicketed bag the weigh hopper open and the product falls into the bag.

Automatic Liquid Filling and Sealing

Automatic

Semi-automatic Semi to fully automatic Semi to fully automatic as above as above

As above Horizontal flow wrapper

Automatic form fill and seal

Automatic As above

Intermittent and Continuous motion, Servo Driven Intermittent Motion Intermittent Motion. Designed with ease of use in mind Hygienic design and performance are at the core of the ISB. Intermittent motion. Servo Driven Continuous Motion. Its overall design specifically takes into account the hygienic and sanitary requirements of wet environments.

Intermittent and Continuous motion, Servo drive.

As required

Various

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Operation

Up to 300cpm

Various

Various Speeds

Speed

Variety

Wide variety of shapes and sizes to meet different target audiences and their needs.

Size Range

Roll Stock, Various Materials

Roll Stock, Various Materials Roll Stock, Various Materials

60 - 90 ppm 110 ppm

130 ppm

Roll Stock, Various Materials

Type and Materials of Bags

160ppm

ALL PACKAGING MACHINERY CORP. (APM) APM VCBS ® 1/4TX ® 6’x5’ 45 fpm APM HCBS ® 1/8TX ® 12’x8’ 100 fpm ANYPACK PACKAGING MACHINERY INC. Rovema vertical form fill up to 500 per minute and seal ARTYPAC AUTOMATION INC. ARTY 80V Up to 75 bpm

BW Flexible Systems ® Hayssen ® CM Verus

BW Flexible Systems ® Hayssen Ultima Series SP Thermoforming BW Flexible Systems ® Hayssen IM Verus BW Flexible Systems ® Hayssen ISB

ALEX E. JONES & ASSOCIATES LTD. BW Flexible Systems ® up to 150ppm Hayssen CM Verus

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Materials

FILAMATIC (in Canada: Bellatrx, Pointe-Claire, QC) Complete range Liquid Variety KRONES Low acid Aseptic Low Acid products, Milk, Milk based, PET, HDPE Soy, Juices and Liquid Food Products Extended Shelf Life Juice and High acid products PET, HDPE

EFFYTEC (in Canada: Abbey Equipment Solutions) Effytec ® Ultra-clean Series Dairy beverages, fruit purees and juices, or a combination of both.

Aseptic Packaging Maker & Model Products Packaged Bags product up to 60 units/min (can operate at speeds up to 90 bags/min) Operate at speeds up to 90 packages/ min

Automatically bags a wide variety of products from tortillas, buns, hash browns, to textiles Wide range of products bread loaves, crackers, bar soap, frozen ears of corn...

Type and Materials of Bags

Wide range of bag formats

Bag Sizes

GEA VERTICAL FLOW PACKAGING SOLUTIONS (in Canada: Abbey Equipment Solutions) GEA Smart Sealing System Allows for a 20% Pillow and gusset bags of Varies increase in machine frozen meat, seafood, and output meat alternatives. HARLUND INDUSTRIES LTD. EMPLEX Bag Sealing Equipment HARPAK-ULMA PACKAGING, LLC ULMA ® TFS 10-18 cpm All Various ILAPAK INC. Vegatronic JG PACKAGING Riqtech Band Sealers JUNAPACK (in Canada: Abbey Equipment Solutions) Junapack ® Side Gusset 20 ~ 30 Rotary Pouch Packer Many different styles and Pouch ® JG-8S0815 sizes of pre-made pouches including; flat, stand up, shaped, zipper, caps, side gussets for retail sizes as well as club store and bulk pack sizes. Junapack ® Simplex Model ® 10 ~ 30 Rotary Pouch Packer as above JR-6S2540 Junapack ® Side Gusset 20 ~ 30 Rotary Pouch Packer as above Pouch ® JG-8S1520 Junapack ® Simplex Model ® 30 ~ 50 Rotary Pouch Packer as above JR-8S1024 & JR-10S1024 Junapack ® Simplex Model ® 30 ~ 50 Rotary Pouch Packer as above JR-8S1530 Junapack ® Simplex Model ® 20 ~ 30 Rotary Pouch Packer as above JG-8S0815 Junapack ® Simplex Model ® 20 ~ 30 Rotary Pouch Packer as above JG-8S1520 Junapack ® Duplex Model ® 30 ~ 80 Rotary Pouch Packer as above JR-7D1024 Junapack ® Duplex Model ® 60 ~ 100 Rotary Pouch Packer as above JR-8D0915 Junapack ® Duplex Model ® 60 ~ 100 Rotary Pouch Packer as above JR-8D1024 Junapack ® Powder Pouch Many speed options Rotary Pouch Packer as above Packers Junapack ® Granule Pouch Many speed options Rotary Pouch Packer as above Packers Junapack ® Liquid-Paste Many speed options Rotary Pouch Packer as above Packers Junapack ® Spout Pouch 60 ~ 80 Rotary Pouch Packer as above Packer ® JSP-10S500 PAXIOM Swifty Baggerª Mini up to 18 cycles /min DOY pack, SUP and SURP 3.5-6’’ wide, 5-8’’ tall. pouches, pillow, gusseted, quad and carry handle. Swifty Baggerª Junior up to 15 cycles /min The Swifty Bagger stand-up 5.5-11’’ wide, 5.5-15’’ tall. pouch machine can fill DOY pack, SUP and SURP pouches, pillow, gusseted, quad and carry handle. SwiftyBagger 1200 up to 30 cycles / min as above 6-12’’ wide, 7-18’’ long. Swifty Baggerª 1200 up to 30 cycles / min as above 6-12’’ wide, 7-18’’long. Swifty Baggerª 3600 Up to 45 cycles / min as above 3.5-8’’ wide, 5-11’’ long. Swifty Baggerª Rotary Duplex Up to 80 cycles / min as above 3.5-7.5’’ wide, 3.9-11.8’’ long. VerTek 800 around 50 cycles stick pack, pillow and gusseted 2-8’’ wide, 3-12’’ long. / min pouches. VerTek 1200 5o cycles / min stick pack, pillow and gusseted 3-12’’ wide, 3-16’’ long. pouches VerTek 2400 pillow or gusseted pouches 16-24’’ wide, 9-36’’ long.

Formost Fuji ® Horizontal GTS Bagger

Formost Fuji ® Horizontal FFB Bagger

Bag Packaging Closing, Sealing Maker & Model Speed

Pre-made pouch packer

Automatic

Semi Automatic

Automatic bag closure device, Wide product capability, Rear infeed configuration, In-line infeed configuration, Continuous or multiwicket bag feed, FO bag openers Automatic bag closure device, Rear infeed configuration, Continuous rotary or multiwicket bag feed, Product backlog monitoring system to maximize operation

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up to 100 cycles pillow and gusseted pouches / min up to 50 cycles / min stand-up DOY pouches and both 3-sided seal and 4-sided seal pouches with zipper closures as well as shaped pouches requiring die cuts up to 60 cycles / min as above up to 100 cycles as above / min up to 80 cycles / min as above Varies

Type and Materials of Bags

up to 200mm wide Varies

up to 200mm up to 150mm wide

up to 300mm

3-12’’ wide, 2.5 - 16’’ long.

Bag Sizes

Operation

Engineered to load and fill pre-made pouches horizontally. PEARSON PACKAGING SYSTEMS (in Canada: Alex E. Jones and Assoc.) BI18 Bag Inserters 18cpm Poly bag roll stock Varied Opens, inserts and cuffs PEMBERTON & ASSOCIATES INC. Tipper Tie casing stuffing/ up to 40 ppm Shirred casings, collagen, Various Automatic clipping systems Model fibrous, plastic RS4204 Tipper Tie automatic clipper up to 200 ppm, Shirred casings, collagen, 25mm to 120mm stuffed Automatic model TT18-15 fibrous, plastic diametre PLEXPACK Emplex MPS6100, 6300, 500 ipm Poly’s, wax type bags, coated All sizes Manual/semi-auto 6500, 6700 papers, moisture barrier bags, laminated foils, multiwalled paper/medical bags. Emplex MPS7100, 7500, 750 ipm Heavy duty polys, wax type All sizes Manual, Semi-automatic or fully automated 7300, 7700 bags, coated papers, moisture barrier bags, laminated foils, multiwalled paper/medical bags Emplex ACS6200, 7200, 7300 1000” / min (25 m Poly’s, wax type bags, coated Any Semi-automatic or fully automated / min) papers, moisture barrier bags, laminated foils, multiwalled paper/medical bags PMR PACKAGING INC. OMAG ® All Models Varioius Stick Pack, Sachet, Stand-Up Pouches PPI TECHNOLOGIES GROUP (in Canada: Aesus Packaging Systems, Pointe Claire, QC; Charles Downer & Co., Ltd, Richmond Hill, ON; Kelloggs Corn Flakes Toronto Ontario) PSG LEE 80 Laminate 4” to 14” W Premade PSG ABT 120 Laminate 6” to 10” W Premade PREMIER TECH CHRONOS Stonepak Pinch Bottom Bag Open-mouth multiwall and Closer 90J woven PP bags R-J MACHINERY INC. Pacemaker Model 624 Drop 30 bags per minute Wicketed Poly Bags 24” W x 24” Long Seal & Blow off trim Sealer Pacemaker Model 402 Bag 30 bags per minute Wicketed Poly Bags 24” W x 24” Long Blow bag open & guide product into bag Blower RILEY PRODUCT HANDLING Syntegon PAUD Full Range All All Heat, Hot air, Ultrasonic SHAWPAK SYSTEMS LTD. Mettler-Toledo Packrite Application Any (Food, IQF, Pet Food, Any Bag is run through the Band / Heat Jaw or Dependent Consumer Products etc.) Rotary Sealer SUPERVAC MASCHINENBAU GMBH (in Canada: Reiser (Canada) Supervac GesmbH Various All All sizes Manual and auto. SYNTEGON PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY, INC. SVC Series Up to 200 bags/min Pillow, block-bottom, gusseted; imprinted or non-imprinted off the reel, heatsealable packaging material and weldable monofilm SVE 2520 DZ Up to 200 bags/min Pillow, gusseted, block-bottom, (pillow); up to 100 corner seal, full corner seal, 3-sided and 3-sided zip, doy doy zip bag/min and doy zip TECHSIGHT INSPECTIONS Matrix Mercury Up to 300 bpm All heat sealable films 2” - 15” Intermittent TRIANGLE PACKAGE MACHINERY CO. (in Canada: Showpak Systems) Model XYS08 150/min. Pillow, Flat Bottom, Gusseted; Up to 8” W Constant Poly and laminated Model XYM15 120/min. Pillow, Flat Bottom, Gusseted; Up to 15” W Constant Poly and laminated

R2B 800 DUPLEX Swifty Bagger Side Load

R2B 3600 SIMPLEX R2B 600 DUPLEX

R2B 1200 SIMPLEX

XPdius Elite i130

Bag Packaging Closing, Sealing Maker & Model Speed

70 bags/min (120140 as twin)

Compact Sanitary Bagger ® Model CSB

up to 45 cycles / min up to 80 cycles / min around 30 cycles / min

Swifty 3600 Swifty Baggerª Rotary Duplex Bingo Baggerª for large wicket bags Zippy Baggerª for retail wicket bags

All

Various

Taped shrink bags

BOPP, Kraft Paper, PLA Film

Stainless Series

Both single and combination banding Heat seal

Single or Combination

Both single and combination banding Heat seal

Type of Film BOPP, Kraft Paper, PLA Film

Type of Sealing

All sizes

All

24” W x 24” Long

6-14’’ wide, 6-20’’ long.

3.5-8’’ wide, 5-11’’ long. 3.5-7.5’’ wide, 3.9-11.8’’ long. 8-14’’ wide, 8-20’’ long.

3.5-6’’ wide, 5-8’’ tall. 5.5-11’’ wide, 5.5-15’’ long. 6-12’’ wide, 7-18’’ long.

3.5-6’’ wide, 5-8’’ tall.

BANDALL CANADA INC. Bundling Series

Bandstretch Maker & Model

SUPERVAC MASCHINENBAU GMBH (in Canada: Reiser (Canada) Supervac GesmbH 40/min VC999 CANADA LTD. VC999 BL420 20bpm

Wicketed Poly Bags

up to 18 cycles / min up to 15 cycles / min up to 30 cycles / min

Swifty Mini Swifty Junior Swifty 1200

30 bags per minute

Various 18 cycles / min

CHARLES DOWNER & CO. LTD. PSG Leepack PAXIOM Swifty Mini

R-J MACHINERY INC. Pacemaker Model 402 Bag Blower

All The Swifty Bagger stand-up pouch machine can fill DOY pack, SUP and SURP pouches, pillow, gusseted, quad and carry handle. as above as above The Swifty Bagger stand-up pouch machine can fill DOY pack, SUP and SURP pouches, pillow, gusseted, quad and carry handle. as above as above Can fill both polyethylene and laminate materials. Opens, fills and seals both laminated and polyethylene materials.

Varies

Intermittent

Constant

Operation

Rotary Motion Pick, Fill Seal of various Prodcuts. Coupled with Scale or Auger Filler.

Operation

Custom Arch sizes to handle all types of bundled products. Patented and unique vacuum arch which enables our systems to run the thinnest film in the industry (down to 1.4mil or 35micron or 0.035mm)

Special Features

All automatic

Semi automatic

Blow bag open & guide product into bag

Pre-made bagging system

width 3.25”-12” height 4” to 15” pre-made pouch fill an seal

Various Sizes

pillow, stand-up, gusseted, and Varies quad bags with zipper closures Varies pillow pouches, zippered pouches and stand up pouches as well as provide a vacuum package or nitrogen flush if required.

pre-made pouches

Pre-Made Pouches, Standup, Gusseted, Wippered

Bag Sizes

2.5” - 13” wide, up to 15” long

Up to 15” W

Bag Sizes

Type and Materials of Bags

Pillow, Flat Bottom, Gusseted, Quad-Seal, Zippered; Poly and Laminated Pillow, Flat Bottom, Gusseted, 3-sided seal pouch, Stand-Up Pouch, Zippered; Poly and Laminated Pillow, Flat Bottom, Gusseted; Poly and laminated pillow, flat bottom; laminated and poly

Type and Materials of Bags

Wholesale bulk packaging machines

ANYPACK PACKAGING MACHINERY INC. JDD Packaging jrpm-8812 40/min CANAPA SOLUTIONS Swifty Bagger Pouch filling machines Varies

ALEX E. JONES & ASSOCIATES LTD. Standup and Sachet Pick Fill Seal 50 ppm

Bag Packaging Opening Maker & Model Speed

120/min.

Up to 120/min.

Model XM15

Model XYRJ

Model XYT15

Bag Packaging Closing, Sealing Maker & Model Speed

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1D (linear)

Inkjet

VIDEOJET TECHNOLOGIES Accusort Scanners

VALCO MELTON Code Readers MS-911

CoPilot Flex Viper TIJ Printing System

Code 39, Codabar, Code 128, interleaved 2 of 5, Code 93, UPC/EAN/ Pharma, OMR, AR, Datamatrix, Braille

Code 39, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-A, EAN-8, EAN-13, Code 128, UCC-128, SCC-14 ITF, SCC-14 28, SSCC-18, MSI, DataMatrix, QR, MicroQR and PDF417 bar codes standard

ROBATECH GLUING SOLUTIONS (ROBATECH CANADA) Barcode SQUID INK MANUFACTURING CoPilot Code 39, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-A, EAN-8, EAN-13, Code 128, UCC-128, SCC-14 ITF, SCC-14 28, SSCC-18, MSI, DataMatrix, QR, MicroQR and PDF417 bar codes standard CoPilot 128 As above CoPilot 256 As above CoPilot Max Turbo As Above

PCE Track & Trace

1&2D QR 1&2D 1&2D

1&2D, QR

1&2D QR

Hi Res, up to 72mm height. Barcode, text, graphics, logos. Replace labels.

Integrated or Standalone

Integrated or Stand-Alone

Easy Installation

.5” print height, up to 600 dpi resolution

.7” print height. Run up to two print heads from a controller. 1.4” print height. Run up to two print heads from a controller. 2.8” print height. Run up to two print heads from a single controller.

Real Time Quality Control, Perfect Product Presentation, Product Tracking Capabilities Full Database Connectivity, Full Integration & Performance, Fast & Reliable Visual Inspection

Ensure Package Seal Integrity, Perfect Product Presentation, Easy To Use Compact, Accurate, Washdown

Easy to Install, Intuitive Vision Software, Standard Parts for Quick Setup Effective 360Deg Product Data Checks, Quick & Simple Product Changeovers, Efficient & Compact Design Flexibility, Adaptability, Usability

High-resolution thermal inkjet (TIJ) with bulk option Compact, precise label applicator Compact, high-resolution laser coder

High Resolution Compact Series requires no air for operation Mperia Controller can operate all of your marking technologies.

Highest Speed Barcode and multi-line text printer

Lowest Cost of Operation - Environmental Friendly

Small footprint from Cartons to Pallets

ANSI/ISO 1D & 1D/2D Barcode Testing and Reporting

Desktop

Thermal Transfer/Direct Thermal Inkjet

ANSI/ISO 1D Barcode Testing and Reporting

Hand Held, Portable, and Fixed Mount

1&2D, RFID QR

QL-30 can print up to 11.8 ips at 300 dpi while the 600 dpi QL-60 can print up to 5.9 ips. With the ability to print labels as small as 4 mm in length, high accuracy and fast print speeds

Heavy Duty, High Resolution

Thermal and Hot Stamp, Intermittent, Continuous, Thermal transfer

Omni directional bar code scanner, 300 sps Windows based configuration software.

Features

Fixed Mount

Operation

Inkjet Thermal transfer DOD Valve Jet, Hi-Res Bubble Jet MATTHEWS MARKING SYSTEMS (in Canada: CYBERNITECH, Saint-Eustache, QC) VIAjetª T-Series Piezoelectric Inkjet VIAjetª L-Series ABIS Thermal Inkjet MPERIA ¨ A-Series Print & Apply Print and apply labeler eMark ECO Laser CO2 Laser Laser coder METTLER-TOLEDO INC. V11 Oriented Line Vision Inspection V15 Round Line Vision Inspection V31 Oriented Line Vision Inspection V33 Flat Pack Line Vision Inspection V35 Round Line Vision Inspection Custom Line V57

HARLUND INDUSTRIES LTD. EvoLabel Label Printer Applicator Hitachi Continuous InkJet UX Series Hitachi Continuous InkJet UX Series Foxjet Easyprint Matthews Mperia Series

BARCODE GRAPHICS INC. Axicon 6015, 6515 & 7015, UPC/EAN, GS1, Code 128, Code 39, 1D, Continuous Scan & Code 93, GS1-128, GS1 Databar. ITF, Portable Verifier, Winª & ITF-14, Pharmacode Android Verifiers Axicon 15000 Series Barcode Data Matrix, GS1-Databar, QR, UPC/ Verifiers EAN & Standard 1D Symbologies CODING PRODUCTS OF CANADA LTD. UBS, APLINK MRX 1D/2D, GS1

ASTRONOVA QL-30/60

ALEX E. JONES & ASSOCIATES LTD. Diagraph Multiple

AHEARN & SOPER INC. Accusort Mini-X Series II

Barcoding & Barcode Scanning Equipment Maker & Model Compatible Symbologies Products Handled

Turnkey system Post consumer PET Bottles Compact Bottle-to-Bottle Recycling Lines for Converters and Bottlers. Inspection of PET Preforms for defects Camera inspection of PET containers for defects PET microwave technology, multiple colors

Types of Closures

PET Bottle-to-Bottle Recycling Plant

PET-View Inspection Confiform FlexWave Beverages - 8 cavity only

Bottle Capping, Sealing Maker & Model Speed

PackWest ® In-Line Fitment Up to 300cpm Placer & Capping div of ProMach PackWest ® Torquer div of Up to 300cpm ProMach

ALEX E. JONES & ASSOCIATES LTD. PackWest ® In-Line Capper Up to 300cpm div of ProMach

AESUS PACKAGING SYSTEMS, INC. PREMIER Starcapper up to 90 bpm

CAP Max Diameter

To suit specific blowmolder applications To suit specific blowmolder applications

Various Sizes

Round, Metal, Plastic, Laundry Various sizes Pour Back Caps

Various Sizes

Up to 8-1/4”

Various Sizes

Various sizes

Build to suit

Build to suit Contiform

Output range of 500 kg/h or 1,000 kg/h

Confiform FlexWave

Sterile monobloc concept with preform decontamination, aseptic blow module and aseptic filler/capper concept Safe and economical sterilization Wet-section block. Block moulds, labels, fills and caps up Includes bottle sorting (colour and on conformance materials) thru to clean PET flake material. Integrated at preform infeed rail recovery of low and high pressure air for reuse. Integrated at blowmolder discharge starwheel

Low energy consumption ease of operation and maintenance. Saving compressed air, saving working time

Features

Up to 15 cpm Up to 22 cpm

Up to 10 cpm

As above

Best-in-class, are extremely rugged and versatile, available in Chemical Resistant, Explosion Proof Arrangement As above

Servo Starwheel indexing with Servo pre-spin cap station and servo retorquing on final torquing station.

CONTAINER Features Max Size

Output range of 500 kg/h or 1,000 kg/h

Up to 81,000 pbh

Depending on Contiform

Various sizes

Round, Metal, Plastic, Press On, Push On Cap, Laundry Pour Back Caps Round, Plastic, Press On, Push On Cap

Up to 81,000 bottles per hour

Up to 3.5L bottles Up o 58,500 bottles per hour Up to 3.5L bottles Up to 63,000 bottles per hour Up to 3.5L bottles liter Up to 48,000 bph

All screw on closures including 120 mm dia. CR

PET

ErgoBloc

PreformCheck Air Wizard air-recovery

Sterilization of Preforms L

Contipure

AseotBloc

Heat Set PET Nitro Hotfill PET

From 0.1L bottles up to 3.5L bottles

PET

KRONES Contiform 3

Contiform 3 Contiform 3 Contiform

Products Made Max Size

Materials Handled

Dry Cycle Per Min

Up to 560x640mm Up to 650x1300mm

PE Sealant

Up to 420x400mm

As above As above

Package Size Min to Max Speed

All heat sealable materials

Material Combinations

Blowmolding Maker & Model Type

ALEX E. JONES & ASSOCIATES LTD. SP Thermoforming KOMCAN INC. Komori GLX MULTIVAC CANADA R145 Food, Medical Consumer Industrial R245 As above R535 As above SHAWPAK SYSTEMS LTD. Uhlmann BLU400 STARVIEW PACKAGING MACHINERY INC. SB & MS Series 1418, 1824, 2430 & 2436 RB Series Semi-Automatic ERB Series Semi-automatic Rotary FAB Series Fully Automatic Rotary BSC Series Carousel STORCAN ORION UHLMANN PACKAGING SYSTEMS L.P. BEC 500 VC999 CANADA LTD. RS i-Series PA/PE/PET/PVC WEBER INC. wePACK 7000

Blister Packaging Maker & Model

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10 - 20 cpm Up to 40 cpm

ZALKIN ® TM-3 Capper ZALKIN ® TM ® 150

CAP Max Diameter

Crew Cap and Push on Cap Aluminum Cap

Aluminum Cap

Rotary Capper ® triple head up to 150 cycles per min PMR PACKAGING INC. SureKap ® SK6000 Inline up to 150 bpm PallayPack ® Rotary 3 to 16 heads; Capper up to 500/min R-J MACHINERY INC. Pressmatic 120 cpm Air-operated cap tightener 50 cpm SHAWPAK SYSTEMS LTD. Uhlmann IBC 150 150 STORCAN Fimer UHLMANN PACKAGING SYSTEMS L.P. IBC 150 150 various sizes various sizes 89 mm 89 mm 30mm

100 mm

Screw, CT, CRC, snap cap All

Press-on caps Screw caps

All types

All

AROL USA (in Canada: Chisholm Machinery Sales Limited, Niagara Falls, ON) AROL Quasar R, F and RF 50-900bpm R: Natural & Synth Flat Corks, vairous F: Nat. Sparkling Wine Corks, RF:Both BUZZ EQUIPMENT DS 200A Capper 60-150 pbm Screw caps 10mm - 98mm CANAPA SOLUTIONS Chuck style capper up to 80 caps Varies Varies per minute Induction Sealer Varies Varies Varies CAPMATIC LTD. Capmatic Alpha 144 Up to 60 bpm Screw cap Any Capmatic Rebel up to 120 bpm any any Capmatic Road Runner A Up to 600 BPM Any Any Capmatic Beltstar In-line up to 300 bpm Cap & retorquer any Capmatic BeltStar ReUp to 300 bpm Cap & Retorquer Any Torquer Capmatic RoadRunner X5 Up to 400 bpm Any Any Capmatic RoadRunner M Up to 600 BPM Any Any Capmatic RoadRunner S Up to 600 BPM Any Any Capmatic RoadRunner Up to 600 BPM Any Any Pharma Bambino A 40 BPM Cap/Crimp/screw Pump Alpha 60 BPM Plug/Stopper/Cap/Crimp/ ROPP /Screw Pump/Stem Inserter Rebel 120 BPM Plug/Stopper/Cap/Crimp/ ROPP /Screw Pump/Stem Inserter FERRUM (in Canada: Chisholm Machinery Sales Limited, Niagara Falls, ON) Ferrum F4 40 to 360 cpm Round Cans 200-601 Ferrum F5 210 to 625 Round Cans 200-401 cpm Ferrum F6 250 to 750 cpm Round Cans 200-315 Ferrum F12-2 580-1,750 Round Cans 50-73mm KRONES Krones Capper Up to 1200 bpm Metal and Plastic Inquire Krones Crowners KK 72,000 bph Crown Inquire Krones Corker Inquire Natural and sythetic cork Inquire Krones roll-on closing Custom Speed ROPP Inquire system Range Krones Rotomat Decapper 70,000 bottles/h Metal and Plastic Inquire PAXIOM Rotary Capper ® single head Induction Sealer

Up to 58 cpm

Types of Closures

Up to 400cpm Round, Metal, Plastic, Laundry Various sizes Pour Back Caps Up to 40 cpm Screw Cap or Push On Cap Up to 1000 cpm Screw Cap and Push on Cap

PackWest ® Rotary Capper div of ProMach ZALKIN ® TM ® 200 ZALKIN ® CA Series Capper ZALKIN ® TM ® 125

Bottle Capping, Sealing Maker & Model Speed

Beverage Beverage Beverage Beverage

102 to 914 Ht 102 to 914 Ht 102 to 914 Ht 88-212mm

125 x 200 mm [diameter x height]

200mm

4 litre

various sizes various sizes

100mm diameter

Inquire

Monoblock Design including Desiccant inserter + tablet counter + cotton inserter + capper

pharmaceutically compliant

Also works as PS spot label station Conveyor indexer c/w gripper

Magnetic clutch or servo torque heads

Servo Mechanical Inteli-chuck Crimper

Any Any Any Any

Inquire Inquire Inquire Inquire

Servo/Mechanical/Air Servo/ Air/Mechanical Pneumatic/Servo In-line Servo In-Line servo

Cap Elevator and Conveyor

Multi-Head Rotary Corker for Flat and/or Mushroom Corks

Single Head Capper, available with Steam or Nitrogen injection Semi- Automatic Single head machine Single Head Capper, available with Steam or Nitrogen injection

Electric Height Adjust, Steam or Nitrogen injection 3 to 24 head rotary capping machine

Best-in-class, are extremely rugged and versatile

Any any Any any Any

Varies

150mm

Various Sizes

CONTAINER Features Max Size

Air Knife Drying system

Air knives, spyder manifolds and cone air delivery systems; ionizing systems

Products

Can bottles complete conveyorized stand alone unit Shrink tunnel exit dryer of packages/pouches

Operation ALEX E. JONES & ASSOCIATES LTD. Pearson Automatic Bag Inserter In, L Packaging ® BI25 Bag Inserter Pearson Automatic Bag C, S Packaging ® UC Uncuffer 15 Bag Uncuffer Hartness ® CM/TP Wraparound

Cartoning Maker & Model Type

Tube labeling, Cartoning, Side load bagging tube labeling, cartoning, side load bagging

1 to 30g typically Varies

Various Sizes Various Sizes

RSC, HSC, RSC, HSC,

Various Sizes

Carton Size

Possibility to add weighting stations

30 cpm

Up to 15 bpm

Features

Stainless steel construction, Chain roller conveyor, for product transport and grading; with movable rollers, PVC made conveyors for product evacuation, Mechanic and electric safety system, Electric control panel

Meets Health Canada accuracy requirements

Varies of lanes

Features

Automatic

Manual or Fully automated Bag Uncuffer Automatic filling for bulk packaging lines

Manual or Fully automated Bag Inserter Automatic filling for bulk packaging lines

Filling

size sorter that gently grades flowers by width/diameter using a series of accurate forward-moving grading rollers.

Multi head weighing system

1-man pre-roll work center

Automatic

Operation

Up to 25 bpm

Speed

Bottle or Pouch Filler, Net Weighing

Varies

Tube cartoning, Tube labeling, Side load bagging Tube labeling, cartoning, side load bagging

Varies

Style

CANAPA SOLUTIONS JuanaRoll weigh, fill, compact, twist, trim Varies up to 4,000 pre-rolls per hours JuanaOne weigh and fill up to 500 preVaries rolls per hour MULTIPOND (in Canada: Abbey Equipment Solutions) Multipond Up to 100/minute Various Weighing Systems options available PAXIOM JuanaRoll weigh, fill, compact, twist, trim Varies up to 4000 cones per hour JuanaOne weigh, fill, compact up to 500 Varies cones per hour TURATTI (in Canada: Abbey Equipment Solutions) Turatti Grader Grading speed controlled by n/a System inverter

Independent system that mounts onto existing line or part of new line design

Features

Oil-free warm dry HEPA quality air, compact blower

Clean design, fully automatic operation, quick changeover

GMP design with easy repeatable set ups and integrated bulk hopper

Features

Cans up to 1,400 pm; bottles Energy savings, turnkey system, to 680 pm; food trays to 60 pm compact, low noise Model 301 complete dryer package with enclosure as required Self contained conveyorized system with VFD belt drive blower enclosure base air knife enclosed with drip pan

up to 600 bp

Secondary Packaging Type

Continuous enclosed drying unit

Air knife drying system

Self contained system that is used to dry bottles prior to bottle labelling

Speed

As required

Blower driven air knife with static elimination

Operation

various speeds up to 300 cpm

50-1200bpm

Air cleaning, liquid rinsing, steam rinsing or gas flushing

Fully Automatic

Up to 400 bpm

Up to 150 bpm

Up to 200 bpm

Belt & Hook design of bottle unscrambler will clean using ionized air Vacuum aspirator with HEPA filter Integrated Bottle inverting System

Speed

Operation

Cannabis and Hemp Cone Filling System Maker & Model Speed Cone Fill Weight Type

Food Package/Pouch dryer Brand Model 302

Adamark Air Knife Drying

R.E. MORRISON EQUIPMENT INC. Republic Blower Systems Cans, bottles, food packs

NEWMAPAK LTD. Newmapak Ltd

ECKERT MACHINES INC. Paxton Drying Systems

Bottle Drying Maker & Model

PMR PACKAGING INC. McBrady Engineering ® Model Any rigid container Orbit Bottle Cleaner/Rinser R.E. MORRISON EQUIPMENT INC. Adamark Air Knife Cleaning Cans, bottles air rinser Systems

DESCON INTEGRATED CONVEYOR SOLUTIONS Low level gripper rinser PET, Glass, Metal

Capmatic RotoCleanStar

CAPMATIC LTD. Capmatic CleanStar

Products

AESUS PACKAGING SYSTEMS, INC. AesSort 200 Bottle Plastic bottles only Unscrambler

Bottle Cleaners Maker & Model

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Top and End Load

Semi Automatic

Side load

Side-Load Cartoner

Maestro-i

RSC corrugated cartons

Variocol carton lid sealer MPAC GROUP Maestro-c

Indexing

Continuous

Varies

1-4 forming heads

Glue-style, lock-style, or fold-over end

Servo-driven

Hor. as above as above Vert.

D.C.S. O,In,L,C,S F,O,In,L,C,S IN,L,C,S

Box, case & tray erector

Intermittent

Inquire

Varies

Up to 15” wide

Blanks up to 42” x 50”

Wide range as above as above as above

Various

A - 20-95mm B - 1270mm C - 70-230mm A - 15-90mm B 12-70mm Small-Medium

Hot melt or closing flap Hot melt or closing flap

Continuous

various

Various Sizes

Carton Size

Available in Varies three carton models: Tucked carton, Popup auto-lock carton and Glued top carton.

RSC, HSC

Style

form, load, and close vertical chip board cartons.

Custom per application

Semi and Fully Automatic

Operation

HARPAK-ULMA PACKAGING, LLC RAMA Batpack Sleever KRONES Variocart C-40 RSC corrugated cartons Variocart C-50 RSC corrugated cartons Variocart CM-40 RSC corrugated carton

Carton Tray Varies Former with Display Insert HARLUND INDUSTRIES LTD. Econocorp

ENDFLEX LLC Kartnrª Vertical Cartoner

Delkor Capstone S Servo-Driven, Tri-seal Series Closers Closer

CONSOLIDATED TECHNOLOGIES INC. HC 120 HC-3200 HC-4100 VDC 2900 DELKOR SYSTEMS, INC. Delkor Trayfecta Forms cartons, cases, Series Formers and trays - including Cabrio Case RRP

CAPMATIC LTD. Capmatic Carton Horizontal Star 200 Capmatic Carton Horizontal Star 100 Capmatic Horizontal CartonStar V106 CELPLAST PACKAGING SYSTEMS Arpac Masters Case & tray erectors

ANYPACK PACKAGING MACHINERY INC. Rovema Intermittent and Continuous motion BEST PACKAGING SYSTEMS Combi Case Erectors Combi Ergopack semi automatic case packer CANAPA SOLUTIONS Kartnr automatic Vertical, Horizontal carton forming, loading, closing machine

Cartoner

Cartoning Maker & Model Type

up to 100 cpm

500 cpm

8 - 40 cartons/ min 15 - 50 cartons/ min 8 - 40 cartons/ min 60 - 120 packs/ min

up to 200/min

Form, load & close up to 60 cartons per minute Varies

Up to 150 cpm

Up to 200 cpm

to 120 cpm to 130cpm to 300cpm to 120

Various

Up to 100 cpm

Up to 300 cpm

Varies

up to 20 cases per minute

Up to 30cpm

Dependent on Application

Speed

Manual Auto as above Auto

All types

Varies

manual

Manual or Automatic

Filling

Hygienic design, SST construction, full access doors Flexible & small footprint machine with unique hygienic & ergonomic features.

Fully electronic

Carton medical devices, beauty/health aids & consumer electronics

Available in hand, automatic & robotic loading.

Simple 3-minute tool-less changeover. Ability to share tooling between machines. Paperboard and corrugated materials. Delivers perfectly square cartons with Intelligent Positioning technology

St-St construction as above as above as above

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Pharma Design

Manual/automatic load, automatic infeed.

Features

hand / automatic / robotic load option

Side Load

Intermittent motion

Leaflet insertion, Collation systems

Manual load, automatic infeed

Continuous

Operation

End load

Vertical or Horizontal

autolock / glue / tuck

Style

Horizontal Linear Cartoner

Tray Former

Forms, Inserts, Seals

Forms

Tray forming Per project from blanks Specification (wide range accepted)

Min 110mm x 80mm x 25mm

various sizes

Up to 28”

60-127mm tall

Carton Size

Up to 60 trays/ minute

Up to 25 trays/ minute

Up to 50 trays/ minute

Up to 30 trays/ minute

Up to 10 trays/ minute

to 160 cpm

up to 90 CPM

Up to 500 per minute

open, insert, close 600-3000 cartons / hr

500 cpm

Speed

SHAWPAK SYSTEMS LTD. Triangle Flex 1 Cartoner

Continuous Motion

Horizontial

Pre-glued Carton

Max 10.13”L x 7”W x 14”D

Up to 40 Per project Specification (wide cartons/minute range accepted) VRC-60 Vertical Rotary Forms, Pre-glued Length: min - 1/2” Up to 60 Cartoner Inserts, Seals Carton (13mm) max - 5” cartons/minute (127mm) Width: min 1/2” (13mm) max - 4” (101mm) Height: min - 2” (50mm) max - 15” (380mm) SCHUBERT NORTH AMERICA, LLC (in Canada: Schubert Packaging Automation Inc., Mississauga, ON) TLM (customized) Carton, Tray Former Top-Load Glue-Style Various sizes variable and Carton Closer NHC-40

NTF-60

Tray Former

NTF-25

Forms

Single Cell Tray Packer Forms, Inserts, Seals

NTP-50

RYCHIGER CANADA (O.A NUSPARK INC.) NTP-10 Single Cell Tray Packer Forms, Inserts, Sealing Optional NTP-30 Single Cell Tray Packer Forms, Inserts, Seals

Manual Load and Automatic Load PROPACK PROCESSING & PACKAGING SYSTEMS INC. Propack Robotic Loader In Top Load

PMR PACKAGING INC. MGS Machine ® Horizontal, glue or tuck Eclipse Consolidated HC-3200 Cartoner Technologies Econocorp Inc. ® Horizontal & Vertical All Models Cartoners

PINEBERRY MANUFACTURING INC. Servo Pineberry HSF Series Friction Feeder

Kartnr horizontal cartoner

PAXIOM Kartnr vertical cartoner

Vento-c

Cartoning Maker & Model Type

available for leaflet dispensing and insertion.

Hygienic, available with dedicated infeed systems for many different packaging styles

Features

ABB Robot, A-B Controls

small footprint, all servo, notool changeover +

Bag

Top-Load

Automatic Change Over

Fully automated, quick change-over, gentle operation, high Schubert quality, high flexibility, high modularity, customized

Tool-less changeover, Smallest industry footprint, Stainless steel frame, Washdown available. Top Load Tool-less changeover, Smallest industry footprint, Stainless steel frame, Washdown available. Top Load Tool-less changeover, Smallest industry footprint, Stainless steel frame, Washdown available. N/A Tool-less changeover, Smallest industry footprint, Stainless steel frame, Washdown available. N/A Tool-less changeover, Smallest industry footprint, Stainless steel frame, Washdown available. Automatic Side Delicate handling, Tool-less Load changeover, Smallest industry footprint, Stainless steel frame. Automatic or Delicate handling, Tool-less Manual Top changeover, Smallest industry Load footprint, Stainless steel frame.

Top Load

Manual or automatic

Auto or Manual Open Source Touch Screen Fiction Feeder

Filling

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Operation

Top Load Hot melt, Hor

Many

TTL TTC

Syntegon Kliklok

L C

3 seal 3 seal

3 seal

3 seal seal

Style

Various Various

Various

various

Carton Size

Bottom Load / Upstacker

Varies

Alex E. Jones ® CE- 10 - 17 3/4 in. L x 6 - 15 3/4 in. R-CAN Case Erector W x 4 - 15 3/4 in. H Bottom Taper Alex E. Jones ® 8 - 23 1/2 in. L x 6 - 19 1/2 in. CS-R-CAN Case W x 4 - 19 1/2 in. H Tape Sealer ANYPACK PACKAGING MACHINERY INC. Rovema BEST PACKAGING SYSTEMS 3M 7000a 6” - no limit L 6.5 - 25W x 4.25 - 28H 7000r random 6” - no limit L x 6.5 - 22W x 4.25 - 26H 8000a 6’ - no limit L x 4.25 - 22W x 3.5 - 28H BUZZ EQUIPMENT DJS Carton Sealers 24” X 24” CANAPA SOLUTIONS Pick & Place Case Varies Packing Cell

6”-no limit L x 6”-21.5”W x4.75”- 21.5” HWx21.5”H max a70 6”-no limit L x 6”-21.5”W x 4.75”-21.5”H r70 6”-no limit L x 6”-21.5”W x 4.75”-21.5”H a80-b 6”-no limit L x 6”-21.5”W x 4.75”-21.5”H ALEX E. JONES & ASSOCIATES LTD. various Hartness ® Model 2800 Servo (Bottle and Can packer) Hartens 875 Case Various Packer

3M CANADA INC. a20

Case Packaging Maker & Model Case Size Range

Fully Random Semi-Automatic, Adjustable Fully Automatic, Servo Top Loads RSC cases

up to 15 cpm

up to 30

Up to 40cpm

25 Cases Per Minute

Semi-Automatic Fully Semi-automatic Top and bottom sealers Pick and place bags, containers, cartons, widgets and more with our flexible robotic end of line case packing solutions. Varies

Up to 40cpm

Up to 19cpm

Up to 40cpm

1,000 p/h

Varies

Automatic Flap Folding and Case Taping

Up to 18 cases per minute

Up to 8 - 12 cases per Vacuum Pick and Opening provides minute reliable operation

Semi-Automatic, Adjustable

up to 30 cpm

Small footprint, Quick & Easy Auto Changeover

Two axis robot Tray turning with servo controlled tray aligning Flexible, High Speed Changeovers

Single & dual

Gentle handling features, 5 minute changeover

Servo-regulated leaflet index and product loading for process reliabilityCarton magazine for approx. 1,500 cartonsRotary carton pick-up with mechanical pre-break function allows the processing of practically all carton qualitiesInterchangeable closing station

Features

Adjustable side belt drive

Random top & bottom drive

Adjustable top & bottom drive

Flexible and rigid containers

Gentle and flexible handling, Multiple tray or case configuration, Seamless laning and conveying of unconventionally shaped bottles, Split infeed conveyor, Superior case and tray handling, Dual case capability, Tool-less changeover

Pack cases or trays, 2oz up to 2.5 gallon containers

Upper & Lower belt drive; 2” AccuGlide II+ taping heads Upper & Lower belt drive; 2” AccuGlide II+ taping heads Bottom seal only; side beltdrive; 2”AccuGlide II+ taping heads

Bottom belt drive; 2” AccuGlide II+ taping heads

Features

belt load

100cpm

Semi-Automatic, Adjustable

Operation

Various

Robotic

Filling

up to 600 min

up to 1,500 products/min. 150 cartons or trays/min 30-120 cartons/ min 1000 loads/min 120 cartons/min

Speed

Up to 30 cpm

Speed

Horizontal Many Various Cartoners TRIANGLE PACKAGE MACHINERY CO. (in Canada: Showpak Systems) Triangle Flex 1 Horizontal Bag-In Box Intermittent 4” L x 1.56” W x 6.13” D to 10.13”L x 7”W x14”D

Hot melt, Hor

Integrated Top Loading Cartoning System Toploading

blisters, bottles, vials, or pillow packs

TTF

STORCAN AFA Systems Wexxar Bel SYNTEGON TTM TTM1 TTM2

Uhlmann C 2155

Cartoning Maker & Model Type

Up to 24” wide

Fully Automatic

Up to 30

Up to 30 CPM

Up to 20 CPM

Up to 30 CPM

Up to 30 cases/min

Up to 80 cases/min

up to 6kg payload

3.5

M16iB up to 20 kg payload HARLUND INDUSTRIES LTD. Econocorp

M6iB

Edson 3200

To 520Deg/sec

Semi Automatic

Picking and Packing 0.08 mm repeatability, large work envelope Picking and Packing

As above

5 or 6 degrees of free dom, +/-0.04 mm repeatability, tabletop size 6 degrees of freedom, +/-

Pneumatic & Servo Drive

Fully Automatic Picking, Packing and Assembly

Pneumatic & Servo Drive

Pneumatic or servo

¥ Plug-in and go operation ¥ Powder coated 12 gauge steel ¥ Interchangeable top and bottom tape cartridges ¥ Industrial strength side belts ¥ Adjustable leg extensions ¥ Fast and easy box size changes ¥ No air required ¥ Low maintenance ¥ Accommodates wide box size change

Sealer Type - Fully automatic uniform side belt, top and bottom case sealer; Machinery Makeup - Industrial strength 12 gauge steel, powder coated for durability; Belt Speed - 75 feet/per minute (23 meters/minute); Tape Speed - 20 cases/per minute, depending on box size and operator efficiency; Height Adjustment - Standard adjustable legs for 27” (685.8mm) to 34.6” (878.8mm) conveyor heights, Tape Size - 2” wide pressure sensitive tape, up to 15” diameter rolls, optional 3” wide tape, Tape Cartridge As Above

Plug-in and go operation; Fast and easy box size changes; Industrial strength side belts; Interchangeable top and bottom tape cartridges; Emergency stop button; Adjustable leg extensions; Casters for transportation within plant; Front and rear pack tables to allow for case packing; Top squeezers push top flaps together for accurate case sealing; Powder coated 12 gauge steel; Low maintenance, no air required As Above

Fast tool-less changeover in less than 10 minutes, washdown, clear or print-registered film, available with tray/shrink and case-packing flexibility for a true multi-format line. Loads cups, tubs, bottles, and sleeved products into SRP and standard cases. Fast tool-less changeover in less than 10 minutes. Loads flexible pouches into the Cabrio Case SRP as well as standard shippers. Highly automated changeover. Ultra flexible system with jam-proof robotic collation style.

Stainless Steel

Features

load cartons, bottles, containers into corrugated cases

Fully Automatic

Semi-Automatic

Top-Load

Loads flat corrugated pads and shrink-bundles unit to form a complete shipper

Intermittent

20 Cases per minute

Up to 60 bundles/min

Manual or Automatic

Operation

Varies

22cpm

Speed

Varies

Up to 5 cases per minute Up to 22 cases per minute Edson 3300 6 Up to 10 cases per minute FANUC CANADA, LTD. (in Canada: FANUC Canada, Ltee) LR Mate Series up to 6kg payload

Minimum Box Size - 5” (Length) 4” (Width) 4” (Depth); Maximum Box Size - infinite (Length) 19.5” (Width) 19.5” (Depth) ¥ Minimum Box Size - 4.5” (Length) 4” (Width) 2” (Depth) ¥ Maximum Box Size - infinite (Length) 20” (Width) 25” (Depth)

Minimum Box Size - 5” (Length) 6” (Width) 4” (Depth); Maximum Box Size - infinite (Length) 21” (Width) 20.5” (Depth) Minimum Box Size - 5” (120mm)(Length) x 4.5” (110mm)(Width) x 5.0” (120mm)(Depth), Maximum Box Size - 24” (610mm) (Length) x 19.5” (500mm) (Width) x 19.5” (500mm) (Depth)

Minimum Box Size - 5” (Length) 4” (Width) 4” (Depth); Maximum Box Size - infinite (Length) 19.5” (Width) 19.5” (Depth)

EDSON PACKAGING MACHINERY LTD. Edson Model 1000 3

SB-2HD Side Belt Case Taper

Easy Packer Side Belt Case Taping Sysytem

SB-2EX Auto

BB-2 Case Taper

EASTEY SB-2EX Case Taper

Delkor MSP-i Series Up to 15”W x 20”L x 14”D

Delkor Flex Loader Series

Side load case Varies packer CONSOLIDATED TECHNOLOGIES INC. Robotic Case Wide range Packer Unicell 20R Side Load Case Wide Range Packer SLP25 Wrap Around Case/ Wide range Tray packer DELKOR SYSTEMS, INC. Delkor Spot-Pak Up to 20” wide Packaging System

Case Packaging Maker & Model Case Size Range

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Random case tapers offer automatic adjustment for a variety of case sizes.

Automatic case tapers eliminate the need for operator involvement.

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Intermittent motion

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Robot Series Contipac Linapac II Blitzpac ErgoBloc

Varies

3N1-T Case Packer PAXIOM Top Load Case Packer / Pick & Place

Side Load Case Packer

Variable

Alisio

Varies

15 cpm

Variable

Solano

Gravity Drop Case Packer

Top load robotic packaging

200-500 ppm

Varies

up to 15 cpm

up to 25 cpm

Automatic

Up to 1800 cph For demanding applications requiring small footprint in combination with quick change-overs Open design allows a 360-view inspection & great accessibility for cleaning and maintenance Features Mpac Langen’s advanced HMI, positive case handling for square format cases, Fast changeover <5 minutes Compact with open frame for operator access

Runs on 110/220 VAC, 60 or 102 in. length, tape or hot melt glue

230 VAC, sets up cases on demand

Servo motor controlled Cam controlled Handles all steps from the individual container to the finished

Handles wraparound, trays, pads, U Board, bundles Places cans, containers into paperboard or corrugated packs

Automatically top load with a multi-axis robot. This modular case packing cell can fit into any existing production line or can be integrated as part of a complete packaging solution to include automatic case erecting, tray forming, sealing and robotic palletizing. This compact machine can pick and precisely place bags, containers, cartons and widgets and is a perfect option for delicate products. We offer automatic and robotic Our drop case packers can also glue or tape your case packing machines specifically corrugated case at efficient speeds with minimal engineered for today’s end-of-line required maintenance. packaging needs. Our modular drop packing solutions are designed to case pack a wide variety of products packaged in pouches, bags, cartons, boxes, jugs and containers. These machines can be integrated with any downstream case erecting system and customized to run at your required output. We offer a wide variety of automatic side load case packing machines to load cartons, boxes, jugs, bottles and containers into corrugated cases. Side load case packing is commonly used for higher speed applications and products requiring delicate handling.

Side-Load

Top-Load

Automatic

Up to 1200 cph

Continuous motion packer Intermittent motion Intermittent motion Inquiry

Continuous motion

MARQ PACKAGING SYSTEMS INC. MARQ Series 6X5.25X3.5 to27X18.5X18 erector/sealer 220 MARQ HPA top & 8x8x5 to 22x22x20 in. bottom case sealer MPAC GROUP LRC-500 Variable

Inquire Inquire Inquire Inquire PET

Continuous motion

30 - 80 pack/min

Inquire

Varioline Packer

Fully automated changeovers requiring no tools, flexible pack pattern

Bag sorting/packing, case erecting, case closing/taping

Continuous

Air transfer Positive handling, all sizes and shapes, minimal space needed

Bottles & cans Auto

Wexxar Bel SemiAutomatic Form Pack and Seal Systems HARTNESS INTERNATIONAL (in Canada: Alex E. Jones & Assoc.) 835 Packers 30 cpm Model D-1000 Full range 30 cpm Decaser Global Pack 3500 wide range 60+ HEAT AND CONTROL, INC. Various Max: 150bags/10 Ishida ACP-700 Series Automatic cases per minute Case Packer KRONES Modulpac Inquire 10 - 25 Output packs per min. Variopac Pro Inquire 30 - 100 packs/min

Features

Operation

Speed

Case Packaging Maker & Model Case Size Range Speed

Wide size range (RSC and Wrap-Around) SHAWPAK SYSTEMS LTD. Uhlmann EC12 Max - 440 x 150 x 250 mm

TLM (customized)

500

Variable

https://www.paxiom.com/bag-uncuffing-andinserting/

as above

Features

Small footprint, fast changeovers Fully automatic changeover available

Fully automatic Automatic

Up to 100lbs payload, Tape or Glue capable, Tool-less changeover, Smallest industry footprint, Stainless steel frame Up to 100lbs payload, Tape or Glue capable, Tool-less changeover, Smallest industry footprint, Stainless steel frame, Washdown available Up to 100lbs payload, Tape or Glue capable, Tool-less changeover, Smallest industry footprint, Stainless steel frame, Washdown available various models of case erecting and case sealing wide range of case packers available from side load, top load, hot melt, tape, etc..

Case erecting and loading within single frame, sealing optional Top loading only, sealing optional

Top loading only, sealing optional

case erecting and case sealing case packing

Automatic

Robotic Top-Load

Case packer EC 12 offers flexible and extremely efficient tertiary pharmaceutical packaging. It quickly and accurately packages cartons or bundles in cases - the cardboard blanks are erected, the cases filled, and closed on two sides.

Fully automated, quick change-over, gentle operation, short delivery times, fast commissioning, pre-configured, high Schubert quality Fully automated, quick change-over, gentle operation, high Schubert quality, high flexibility, customized, high modularity

Up to 100lbs payload, Tape or Glue capable, Tool-less changeover, Smallest industry footprint, Stainless steel frame, Washdown available

Robotic, quick change, very flexible RRP, Wraparound, RSC

Vertical & or horizontal Fully automatic servo

Case erecting, loading and sealing within single frame

5 min changeovers, very flexible

Robotic

All Models

All Servo

Intermittent and continuous

Loads four 6-pack carriers, six 4-pack In-line or crossflow feed of carriers & cases carriers, or three 8-pack carriers into trays/cases High speed multipacker for beverage & brewing

Semi-automated

as above

Operation

as above

SCHUBERT NORTH AMERICA, LLC (in Canada: Schubert Packaging Automation Inc., Mississauga, ON) TLM Lightline Wide size range (RSC and Up to 15 cpm (RSC), Robotic Top-Load (preconfigured) Wrap-Around) up to 20 cpm (WA)

14.25-15.5L, 8.75-11.3W, 15” 50 cpm open depth max PLAN AUTOMATION INC. Douglas Machine 4” x 18” Up to 60 cpm PMR PACKAGING INC. MGS Machine ® up to 20 x 12 x 13 up to 15 cases/minute MatriX Consolidated various ranges up to 35 cases/minute Technologies ® Horizontal & Vertical Case Packers Consolidated Technologies RILEY PRODUCT HANDLING Syntegon Sigpack Various Up to 40 cases/min Systems Syntegon PAUD Various Up to 25 cases/min Syntegon Paal Various Up to 50 cases/min ROBATECH GLUING SOLUTIONS (ROBATECH CANADA) Concept A RYCHIGER CANADA (O.A NUSPARK INC.) NCP-25 Single Cell Length: 6” (152mm) - 24” Up to 25 cases/ Case Packer (610mm); Width: 5” (127mm) minute - 16” (406mm); Height: 4” (100mm) - 16” (406mm) NRCP-5 Robotic Length: 6” (152mm) - 24” Up to 5 cases/minute Case Packer (610mm); Width: 5” (127mm) - 16” (406mm); Height: 4” (100mm) - 16” (406mm) NTL-50 Robotic Top Length: 6” (152mm) - 24” Up to 50 picks/minute Loader (610mm); Width: 5” (127mm) - 16” (406mm); Height: 4” (100mm) - 16” (406mm) NTL-R Robotic Top Length: 6” (152mm) - 24” Up to 120 picks/ Loader (610mm); Width: 5” (127mm) minute - 16” (406mm); Height: 4” (100mm) - 16” (406mm) SATURN PACKAGING EQUIPMENT Case-It various sizes to 25cpm CP Series 5 to 50 cpm

MP50 Multipacker

BoxxPak Semivaries varies automated case packer BoxxPak Semivaries varies automated case packing system BoxxPak Case Varies Varies Packing System PKR Delta Pick & Up to 110 pieces per Place minute Turnkey Bag-in-Box System ® BI bag inserter, BU bag uncuffer, Boxxer T case erector, EZ Tape case sealer PEARSON PACKAGING SYSTEMS (in Canada: Alex E. Jones and Assoc.) MP35 Multipacker 21”L x 17”W 35 cpm

Case Packaging Maker & Model Case Size Range

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Speed Capacity

Weight Capacity

Up to 5 Kg

Accuracy Tolerance

Varies dependent on product

400 products/ min x 2-lane, 150 products/ min x 6-lane 220-600 products/min

Anritsu ® Multilane Checkweighing (up to 12 lanes)

Range of Accuracy Range of speeds - 40-400 +/-0.02g, +/-0.5g, products/min +/- 1.5g, +/- 2g

110-350 product/ +/-0.2 - 1.5 min

Anritsu ® SSV-f Checkweigher/Metal Detector Combination System

+/- 0.01g, +/0.015g, +/- 0.1g

Maximum accuracy is +/-0.010

+/- 10mg

+/- 0.2g

+/- 0.01g

Anritsu ® Versatile: SSV-f series

Anritsu ® High Accuracy: SSV-h series

10 to 600 packs per minute

400ppm

Anritsu Infivis Inc. SSVf Versatile Series

Anritsu ® Washdown: SSV-i series

600ppm

Anritsu Infivis Inc. SSVh High Accuracy Series

Weight Ranges 0.4-100g, 1.2600g, 6-3000g Various weight capacity 6-300g, 12-3000g, 60-600g, 6015000g 6-600g, 12-3000g, 60-6000g

Weigh product ranging from 0.5 to 60 g

0.5g to 25Kg

6g-25kg

0.4g-3kg

As required

Various

QUICCA Data Collection Software

Various

Reject Record Mechanism Control

Change Over

Wide range of product sizes

Combined Metal Detector Washdown, Variable Speed, High Accuracy, Touch Screen, GMP/HACCP, Ethernet and USB Metal Detector, Variable Speed, Touch Screen, GMP/HACP, Ethernet and USB, High Accuracy, Force Balance Combined Metal Detector, Variable Speed, Touch Screen, GMP/HACCP, Ethernet and USB Painted, Stainless Steel and Full Wash-down models, Small footprint, Combo Systems Tool-less, Remote, Automatic

Toll-Free

Available for various Tool-Less applications, such as mixing and blending. Can be paired with VFFS, HFFS or multiple point discharge packaging machinery

Special Features

Wexxar’s patented Pin & Dome technology mechanically captures and positively squares each case with precision and reliability unmatched by any other system.

WISE smart controls system allows for easy machine operation, troubleshooting and maintenance

Up to 30 cpm

Features

Increased manufacturing efficiencies

The HS Sanitary has a maximum changeover time of only 30 seconds.

Operation

Multiple line speeds

Varies

Up to 110 pcs / min

Up to 30/min

Up to 110 pcs / min

12 CPM

Speed

Varies dependent on product ANRITSU ® PRODUCT INSPECTION & DETECTION (in Canada: Abbey Equipment Solutions) Anritsu Infivis Inc. SSVi 330ppm +/- 0.1g 6g-15kg Various Washdown Series

Yamato

ALEX E. JONES & ASSOCIATES LTD. BW Flexible Systems Varies dependent on product

Checkweighing Maker & Model

UHLMANN PACKAGING SYSTEMS L.P. EC12 600 x 400 x 400mm VALTARA PKR Delta Pick & Varies Place Cell MS/HS WEIGHPACK SYSTEMS INC. PrimoLinear V-25 Up to 100 lbs PrimoLinear V-5 PrimoLinear T-25 PrimoLinear C-10 PrimoLinear C-25 PKR Delta case Varies packers MS & HS PKR Scara Pick & Varies Place Cell WESTROCK WestRock/Meta¨ Multiple case sizes Systems WEXXAR BEL WEXXAR WF Series Case Formers

Case Packaging Maker & Model Case Size Range Speed Capacity

up to 150 ppm

+- 1.5 grams

0.1g-5g

0.1g-20g

HARPAK-ULMA PACKAGING, LLC DIGI Various HEAT AND CONTROL, INC. Ishida DACS-G to 600 ppm

COMBISCALE LLC CS 5L Up to 70/min CS 1.5L Up to 120/min PrimoWeigher 200+/min PrimoWeigher 200+/min COUSINEAU PACKAGING INC. Matrix Scales FORTRESS TECHNOLOGY INC. Raptor Checkweigher upto ~150 ppm

to +/0.1g

down to 0.25g (@1 standard deviation)

600-1500/30060,000g multi-range

50g - 8kg

Up to 55 lbs Up to 7 lbs Up to 7 lbs Up to 18 lbs

Rugged load cells are designed to withstand the harsh rigors of poultry processing operations.

10-2500 grams

6kg /15 kg

20g-15,000

750g-60kg

up to 50 lbs

6-600g, 12-1200g, 30-3000g, 60-6000g

+/- 0.1, +/- 0.2, +/- 0.5

+/- 1 gram

0.4-100g, 1.2600g, 6-3000g

Weight Capacity

+/- 0.01-0.015g

Accuracy Tolerance

CANTRELL-GAINCO (in Canada: Abbey Equipment Solutions) Cantrell Gainco ® Grading and AccuSizer belt AccuSizer Belt Graders/ sizing at speeds grader systems Classifiers up to 180 use the latest load portions per cell technology to minute. provide the highest levels of weight accuracy and speed.

CAM PACKAGING SYSTEMS CAM 320 CW 0-100ppm

400 ppm

GLM-I G5 series Label and Checkweigh

250 ppm

CWE

BIZERBA CANADA INC. Bizerba CWM Series

Anritsu SSV-h Checkweigh 170-400 Metal Detector product/min Combination System Anritsu ® SSV-i 70-280 products/ Checkweigher Metal min Detector Combination System Anritsu SSV Checkweighers ANYPACK PACKAGING MACHINERY INC. Spee-Dee up to 400/min

Checkweighing Maker & Model

Various

An auto-tare feature ensures weighing accuracy by continuously updating the weigh belt tare weight to compensate for scrap buildup on the belt links. Special proprietary “autozero” software finetunes weighing accuracy by automatically compensating for load cell drift, as well as any scrap buildup on the weigh deck.

Air blast, Pusher, Arm, Line Stop

variable

Air Blow

air/pusher/ diverter

Touchscreen integrated with metal detector Touchscreen integrated with metal detector Air Blow, Tamp Applicator, Full Wrap, C-Wrap : CleanCut: Trays , Boxes , Clamshells: Integrated MD.

magnetic force registration

Special Features

Various

Exportable Batch statistics

18.5 touch screen, Stainless steel sanitary design, Toolless removable conveyors.

AccuSizer systems are InterSystems¨ control to available in single- and dualmanage multiple line models. lanes using a single controller.

Yes

software

Air Blow

through USB or ethernet

Reject Record Mechanism Control

Versatile, multi-range weighing capacity

Infeed, weighing and outfeed units are designed for easy access for cleaning and maintenance checks.

Tool-less belt removal for cleaning

Change Over

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Metal detectors detect all ferrous and non-ferrous metals in your food production – with highest detection sensitivity.

Dynamic checkweighers ensure product quality of your packed or unpacked goods through precise weighing results.

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X-ray inspection systems detect a variety of foreign objects as well as the number & completeness of your products.

Vision inspection systems offer comprehensive solutions to ensure the quality of products and packaging.

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to 600 bpm

Speed Capacity

Typically +/- 0.18 g

Typically +/- 0.12 g

Weightable dependent

Typically +/- 0.18 g Typically +/- 0.30 g

200 mg

CW3 1500UL Ultra115 m/min Lightweight Checkweigher CW3 400UL Ultra115 m/min Lightweight Checkweigher 75 m/min

50 m/min 75 m/min

400 ppm

IQ4/CW3 Combination Metal Detector & Checkweigher System X5C/CW3 X-Ray and Checkweigher Combination System X5 SpaceSaver/CW3 X-ray and Checkweigher Combination System METTLER-TOLEDO INC. C3000 Checkweigher

+- 0.5g

200 ppm 300 ppm 600 ppm

C33 Plus Line C35

0.01 g

+- 0.05 g

200 mg

20 g 500 ppm

80 ppm

300 mg

200 ppm

200 mg

100 ppm

400 ppm

200 mg

300 ppm

Checkweigher Metal Detector Combination High Load and End of Line Checkweighers Pharmaceutical Checkweighers C31 Standard Line

X Series Modular Checkweighers XS Series Compact Checkweighers XD Series Checkweighers

Typically +/- 0.30 g

115 m/min

CW3 6000M Checkweigher

Typically +/- 0.48 g

115 m/min

CW3 12000HW Heavyweight Checkweigher

Typically +/- 1.14 g

54 m/min

10,000 g

7,500 g

6,000g

600 g

100 kg

10 kg

6 kg

3 kg

6 kg

10 kg

6 kg

1.5 kg

Weightable dependent

400 g

1.5 kg

6 kg

12 kg

60 kg

Option

Pusher, air-blast, plough, flipper, declining Pusher, air-blast, plough, flipper, declining Pusher, air-blast, plough, flipper, declining Pusher, air-blast, plough, flipper, declining Pusher, airblast (single or dual nozzle), retracting band Pusher, airblast (single or dual nozzle) Pusher, airblast (single or dual nozzle)

IP66 rating, combined features of X5C and CW3

Yes

Data Collection to Support Compliance Data Collection to Support Compliance Data Collection to Support Compliance

Option

Yes

Highly customizable for complicated and precise applications. Unparalleled performance in challenging environments.

Highly Configurable and versatile

Serialization track and trace

Custom Metal detection available

IP66 rating, combined features of X5 SpaceSaver and CW3

IP65 rating, graphical color touchscreen, MID/ R51 approved, TRACS compatible IP65 rating, graphical color touchscreen, MID/ R51 approved, TRACS compatible IP65 rating, graphical color touchscreen, MID/ R51 approved, TRACS compatible IP65 rating, graphical color touchscreen, MID/ R51 approved, TRACS compatible IP65 rating, graphical color touchscreen, MID/ R51 approved, TRACS compatible IP65 rating, graphical color touchscreen, MID/ R51 approved, TRACS compatible IP65 rating, fully integrated machine with single color touchscreen, TRACS compatible

System designed to suit customer application

Special Features

Yes

Soft push, continuous motion or case divider. Designed to suit application

Various

Pusher, plough Yes

Pusher, airblast, diverter

Typically +/- 0.24 g

Various

Reject Record Mechanism Control

Soft push, continuous motion or case divider. Designed to suit application 6 kg

Weight Capacity

Per application

to +/0.1g

Accuracy Tolerance

CW3 60000SHW Super Heavyweight Checkweigher

LOMA SYSTEMS, AN ITW COMPANY CW3 DragLink 115 m/min Checkweigher

KRONES Checkmat

Ishida DACS-GN Checkweighers

Checkweighing Maker & Model

All models 1 min or less All models 1 min or less All models 1 min or less All models 1 min or less All models 1 min or less All models 1 min or less All models 1 min or less All models 1 minute or less All models 1 minute or less All models 1 minute or less

Up to 500 products stored in memory Up to 500 products stored in memory Up to 500 products stored in memory Up to 500 products stored in memory Up to 500 products stored in memory Up to 500 products stored in memory

Touchscreen

Digital load cell technology, sanitary design, integrated test mode

Change Over

SMART SIMPLE LOW COST SOLUTIONS

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to 50Kg

0.2

0.1g

SHAWPAK SYSTEMS LTD. Mettler-Toledo Hi Speed 500

various

n/a

blow off/T-Push/slide down/ belt push

0.01 ~ 9.999kg

Longest tube life on the market, no factory air required for cooling. IP54. High resolution permanent marking. Longest tube life on the market, no factory air required for cooling. IP54/65. High resolution permanent marking. Longest tube life on the market, no factory air required for cooling. IP65. High resolution permanent marking.

Varies

10 watt; over 100 m/min 30 watt; over 250 m/min 60 watt; over 900 m/min Stamp Laser Laser Inkjet printer

Linx CSL30 Laser Coder Linx CSL60 Laser Coder Reiner jetStamp 970/990 Hand Held

18 characters per line, 2 lines

Varies

Entry Level

167’/min. 135’/min.

Squid ink PZ Pilot Pro Hi-Resolution Squid Ink AutoPilot Hi-Resolution CODING PRODUCTS OF CANADA LTD. Linx CSL10 Laser Coder Laser

variable

Variable

variable

Various

.75’ or .5” W 7- dot character

Touch screen user interface

The single controller drives up to 8 print heads at industry-leading print speeds of up to 300 mm/s. 175’ /min.

Unlimited Various

Intermittent motion, Low cost ribbon usage, Clear reliable UPC code. Intermittent motion, Low cost ribbon usage, Clear reliable UPC code.

None contact DOD inkjet

48mm x 30mm

Unlimited

Features

Manual or automatic

Immediate

seconds

5-10mins

Push Button

Less than 1 minute (recipe controlled)

All models 1 minute or less

Change Over

800 ppm 300mm/second

Up to 300 ppm

Package Size

IP-67 washdown (IP-69K option), auto tuning, reject verification, and optional printer.

Belt size and weighing range can be customized

In-line weighing of wet or dry application packages

Allen Bradley Controls, PACK ML, OMAC, Forced Restoration Hi Accuracy Load Cell ethernet IP

Codes of Practice Software, Servo driven reject systems

can be used to check the weight of a variety of packages including bags, bottles, cartons and cases and are easily integrated into existing packaging systems where automatic bagging, container filling, flow wrapping and case filling is performed.

Highly modern technology with an optimum efficiency

Combine C series Checkwiegher with advanced Safeline Metal detector.

Special Features

Hot Stamp Imprinting 8 Print Heads - Print on Sachet and Stick Pack Machines

38mm x 25mm

Up to 150ppm

ALEX E. JONES & ASSOCIATES LTD. Diagraph ® Norwood Marking ® Hot Stamp Imprinting Model AK-15 Diagraph ® Allen 40/25c Hot Stamp Imprinting Diagraph ® Allen 50/30 Diagraph ® ALLEN MLI-NE Near Edge Thermal Transfer Printer BEST PACKAGING SYSTEMS Squid Ink JetLine

2” x 2”

Speed

Air, diverter, drop or push

blow off/T-Push/slide down/ belt push

Rejects custom per application

OMAC

Print Area

Rejects custom per application

Air, diverter, drop or push

Multiple Options

Maximum 10,000 grams

Customizable

pusher, airblast, driven Full Statistical drop belt analysis, Emailed Reports

various

n/a

up to 50Kg

Up to 50 lbs Up to 0.5lbs Up to 5 lbs Up to 1 lbs UP to 5 lbs Up to 0.5 lbs Up to 7 lbs Up to 18 lbs Up to 55 lbs

Pusher, air blowing nozzle, diverger

Data Collection to Support Compliance

Record Control

Application Dependent Application Dependent

Pusher, air blowing nozzle, diverger

Option

Reject Mechanism

Coding Marking, Imprinting Maker & Model Application

Mettler Toledo C Series up to 1000 PPM 50mg THERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC (in Canada: MD Packaging) Thermo Scientificª 10-120 meters/min 0.25-4g depending VersaWeighª on application Checkweigher VC999 CANADA LTD. Packaging Plus CW7220 30-70 bag / min +/-1-4 g Checkweigher (adjustable) WEIGHPACK SYSTEMS INC. PrimoLinear V-25 Up to 15/min. PrimoLinear V-Mini Up to 50/min. PrimoLinear V-5 Up to 45/min. Star Auger 100 Up to 90/min. Star Auger 200 Up to 70/min. PrimoCombi 0.5L Up to 140/min PrimoCombi 1.5 L 200+/min PrimoCombi 2.5 L 200+/min PrimoCombi 5 L Up to 80/min YAMATO CORPORATION I-Series Checkweigher 480ppm +/- 0.15g

0.5g to 226 kg

application dependent

100kg

10lbs.

To 1 gram

Up to 100lb

Varies

up to 6,000g (e=2.0g)

Weight Capacity

PLEXPACK Weigh Right IQ-1E Up to 14pm PMR PACKAGING INC. Thompson Scale ® up to 350 units/minute various models SESOTEC CANADA LTD. Weycon/ Weycon Combo 400ppm

Down to 0.01g

Varies

0,1gram, 0,2gram, 0,5gram, 1gram

up to 170 m/min

High speed

Accuracy Tolerance

Speed Capacity

PLAN AUTOMATION INC. Alpha Checkweighers Up to 500ppm

PAXIOM WeightCheQ 3-100

CM31/33/35 Combination Units MULTIVAC CANADA Multivac 210 Checkweigher

Checkweighing Maker & Model

The new UX2 InkJet Printer-Developed for Tomorrow’s production line ON BOARD VIDEO GUIDANCE

QUICK CHANGE CONNECTORS

FIRST IN INDUSTRY SAFE PRINTHEAD CLEAN STATION

CLEARER CODES & FASTER SPEEDS LONGER PRINTING CYCLES

Call us today for more details or to book a demonstration 1-877-427-5863

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CIJ

Linx 10

The V320i prints large area, Intermittment high resolution codes, text 700mm/s; Continuous and images on flexible foils, 10 mm/s - 1400 mm/s films and labels.

V320i

High resolution Large character inkjet for outer cases, trays and sacks

Cx350i

210m/min. @100dpi, 100m/min. @200dpi, 70m/min. @300dpi

For flexible, safe and easy 12-15 labels per minute to use pallet labelling - Print & Apply Industrial thermal inkjet 300m/min (984 ft/min) printers dpi dependent or 60 m/ min @ 300dpi

M230i Pallet Labeller

Unlimited

Max print height of 65mm Unlimited (2.56”)

Max print width - up to Unlimited 168 mm; max distance to product 450mm Gx150i Model - 25.4 Unlimited mm/1” (2x12.7mm); Gx350i Model 50.8mm/2” (4x12.7mm); Gx-OEM Model 50.8mm/2” (4x12.7mm)

(1) 53mm Version: Intermittent - 53mm x 115mm; Continuous 53mm x 2700mm and (2) 128mm Version: Intermittent - 28mm x 115mm; Continuous 128mm x 1000mm 12-15 labels per minute Label sizes - up to 150 x 254mm

For Accurate & reliable corner wrap labelling - Print & Apply

Gx-Series

Intermittent - 32mm x Unlimited 55mm; Continuous 32mm x 500mm

Unlimited

50 x 50 up to 180 x 180 mm (character height from 0.6mm to size of mark field)

Unlimited

up to 4 lines of print; 255 characters per line

Variable

variable

Variable

Whether your line is simple or complex, the Gx-Series range has the capability to integrate easily, with up to four print heads managed by a single controller. In addition, the Gx-Series offers Domino Cloud connectivity and Coding Automation, giving you 24/7 visibility of the printer’s performance and utilization. Prints multiple line text, on-line graphics and all major barcodes, including GS1 compatible codes. Storage of 100 x 8 line messages up to 200 characters per line; Connectivity: centralized control of factory-wide printing; central message storage

The M-Series Corner Wrap i-Tech units are flexible and reliable automated Print & Apply tamp solutions. Incorporating the latest i-Tech features, the innovative corner wrap functionality and high labelling speed allow it to keep pace with most carton erector and filling lines. The M230i Pallet Labeller is compact in size, yet rugged and

9 drop quality at 7 drop speeds; Designed for even the most demanding applications, meet the new generation in precision ink drop technology The key to the D-Series flexibility is a smaller i-Tech scan head, connected to the laser tube on a multi-position mount. The head can be rotated through 90 degree steps to allow for many mounting positions, and because it is so much smaller, it can easily fit where bigger lasers cannot. Increased power and speed, combined with an optional IP65-rated version, result in the D620i laser, that is equal to the most demanding applications and environments. RapidScan makes our lasers 20% faster for high-speed applications than other scribing lasers. Domino’s i-Tech Ribbon Drive offers 4 ribbon save settings including ‘Economy Mode’ which allows you to use up to 60% less ribbon per print - without affecting print quality. The V230i prints high resolution codes, text and images onto flexible foils, films and labels. Unlike other thermal transfer coders, the V230i uses intelligent Technology to meet all your general purpose coding needs while keeping your costs as low as possible. The i-Tech Ribbon Drive uses up to 60% less ribbon With the largest ribbon rolls in the industry and unique ribbon save features, the V320i also delivers the lowest cost of ownership of all thermal transfer printers.

Replace labels, pre-printeed boxes. Text, barcodes and logos. Two colors option. Print logo, text, barcode, dates, counters, etc.

Longest tube life on the market. IP56. High resolution permanent marking. FullFlush system, no mess, IP55, IP65. Up to 6 lines. Dye based and pigmented inks. Traverse, food grade, barcodes. Affordable & Economical design. Up to 3 lines. IP55. FullFlush, mess-free, mistake-proof. Self service, up to 18 months interval, up to 35 starts w/o cleaning. Fixed or variable text, logos, images, barcodes.

Pkg Size Features

Up to 400mm p/second Intermittent - 32mm - 32 Unlimited x 55 & 53mm 53 x 55mm; Continuous - 32mm - 32 x 500 & 53 - 53 x 500mm

M230i Corner Wrap

V230i

Intermittemnt 400mm/s; Continuous 10 mm/s - 750 mm/s

The smart upgrade to digital coding - and the most cost effective solution for flexible packaging in its class. For general purpose digital TTO coding with reduced total cost of ownership labels, the V220i delivers the coding performance

V120i

2000 characters per second; 600 m/min; 1970 ft/ min

Ideal for high speed beverage packaging or serialisation requirements, both human readable and 2D data matrix coding.

D620i

D120/ D320i

1.8 to 8.8 mm or 20 mm height

Height 1.8 to 17 mm

Varies

Print Area

Print Height - Up to 12.7 mm (0.5 in) Varies. Print Height - Up to 144 mm. Print speed up to 50 m/ Print height up to 72 mm min (164 ft/min)

Up to 120 m/min (393 ft/min) Up to 110 m/min

Up to 2.66 m/s

120 watt; up to 1200 characters/s up to 10 m/s

Speed

Rapidly print messages and multiple line codes at the fastest possible speeds D120-800 characters Compact, scribing Laser coders ideal for coding on a per second; 200 m/ wide variety of materials at min; 650 ft/ min - D320i 1500 characters per low to high line speeds. second; 400 m/min; 1300 ft/min

DOMINO PRINTING SOLUTIONS INC. Ax350i Ink jet The reinvention of continuous ink jet printing

UBS Code Aplink Hi Resolution MRX UBS Code Aplink LCX Hi Resolution

UBS Code TJX Series TIJ

CIJ

Linx SHLP Laser Coder Linx 8900 Series

Laser

Coding Marking, Imprinting Maker & Model Application

The laser coding solution for beverage cans

F720i Fibre Laser

Call

.04 to 19.7” (1-500mm) 0.1 to 1” ( 3-25.4 mm) height x 14” (35.6 cm) length 6”x16” (150 X 400mm)

1200 fpm (365 m/min) 1800 Character/s 682 fpm (208 m/min)

Thermal Transfer CO2 and Fiber Laser Printing HotMelt Ink-Jet

Ink-jet coder 200 fpm per line, max 8 lines LCP DLi As above As above As above, max. 2 lines Marsh Unicorn As above 1 line Mini-Mark As above 20-250 fpm Hi-Res As above 250 fpm 40in. Overture LT, Overture Ink-jet coder 250 fpm Max length for message LX 40in. Overture ES Ink-jet coder 200 fpm Max message 40 in. ML8, Patrion Hi-Res 250 fpm MATTHEWS MARKING SYSTEMS (in Canada: CYBERNITECH, Saint-Eustache, QC) High Resolution Inkjet Secondary (case coding) 276 fpm 4” from each head/ unlimited stitching Laser Primary package coding Up to 200 mm x 200 mm

LCP/ML8

Code 1 2 of 5, Code 39-42 characters

Up to 5” (128 mm)

0.04 to 8” (1-203 mm)

660 fpm (200 m/min)

Thermal Ink-Jet

0.04 to 1.79” (1-20 mm)

36mm print height 1300 fpm (396 m/min)

up to 40m/min Continuous ink-jet printing

Porous Substrates

Call

12.7mm Height (1/2”)

Call

Up to 114 m/min

Call

Print Area

Print widths range from a single print module, printing an image area of 108mm (4.25”) up to 782mm (30.79”).

Call

350 m/min, 1000 char / sec

600 m/min; 90,000 cans per hour

Speed

75m/m (246ft/min)

Markem-Imaje 2000 Print & Apply Labelling 125 case/min Series MARSH CO (in Canada: Videojet Technologies Canada) LCP Symbol Jet Barcode printer 60 fpm

Hx Cartro Carton Coder MARKEM-IMAJE INC. Markem-Imaje 9000 Series Markem-Imaje 1000 Series Markem-Imaje SmartDate Series Markem-Imaje Laser Series Markem-Imaje 6000 Series

The U510 UV Laser is ideally suited for creating indelible, highly-precise coding on plastic packaging materials, flexible films, high and low-density Polyethylene (PE) and Polypropylene (PP) in both dark and light colors. FINELINE BARCODE TECHNOLOGIES Domino HARLUND INDUSTRIES LTD. Hitachi UX Series High speed small character Continuous Inkjet Printer Foxjet Carton InkJet Printer High Resolution Easyprint Compact Electronic foil printing Series Matthews Mperia Drop on demand Inkjet Series ID TECHNOLGOY Integra 1 Thermal Inkjet Printing X1 Jet Thermal Inkjet Printing ciSeries Continuous Inkjet Printer (CIJ) MAPLEJET CO Hx Nitro TIJ Printer Porous and Non-Porous Sustrates

U510 UV Laser

Digital ink jet Designed for sheet or web - printing onto labels, tags, tickets, forms, security products and direct mail.

K600i

Coding Marking, Imprinting Maker & Model Application

Various

No limit

No Limit

No limit

45x40x17 cm Retail Box

All

Pkg Size

Unlimited

High speed permanent coding

High res. graphics and barcodes

Hi-res printing, bar codes & logos, low cost Hi-res graphics, barcoding

24-hr clock calendar; large characters; bar-coding Prints logos, large or double lines Counting logic 3/32 in. 7x7 matrix or 1/16 in. 5/5 matrix 3/16 to 1in. High resolution printing, bar codes & graphics

Direct to carton UPC symbologies

Modular, compact, easy integration, one print engine

Modular design, Best Warrenty, Beam Orientation Unit Store up to 50 messages and up to 8 lines of text.

Compact, Low TCO, up to 8 lines of codes, ethernet Flexible print-head, low TCO with bulk ink delivery modules, low maintenance Fast, ribbon to 1100m, large print area

IoT, Build-in Message design, Wi-Fi Connection, and control using any smartdevice

Built in Message design, WIFI Connection, IOT Enabled, 600 DPI

IP65

Mperia Controller can operate all of your marking technologies

Airless Operation

TRUE Windows OS, network controllers

Lowest Fluid Usage. Environmental friendly

Features

Printing on to a wide range of uncoated and coated, as well as plastic media, the K600i combines productivity with 600dpi print quality. The K600i, configured to the print width required, can be integrated into an existing handling system for digital imprinting or can be in the format of a monochrome digital press. IP65 rating - ready for the humid, sugar-laden beverage environment; Non-stop production at temperatures up to 45DegC; Exceptional productivity even on concave surfaces; Designed for uninterrupted production runs, Communicates via Dynamark protocol, EDC (serial, TCP, USB), Domino Cloud Interface (DCI), 10.4” TouchPanel with Software

Continuous Ink Jet, Thermal Transfer, Case Coding & Laser solutions for

Food

Beverage

We know your industry We can provide industrial coding and marking solutions to meet the requirements of your industry.

Pharmaceutical

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Hi Resolution

Small character coding on a variety of substrates: porous, non-porous, smooth, textured, curved, concave and more

Product Marking

CoPilot Max Turbo

JetStream

Viper TIJ Printing System

2.8” per printhead, up to 2 printheads 0.07” - 0.59” (1.8mm - 15mm); up to 32 dot high font with single line of text

Up to 220 ft/ min

Up to 1,200 ft/min

JetStream Sonic

Up to 5 lines of print

5.6” Print Height

Up to 197 fpm (60 Up to 0.5” (12.7mm) m/min) at 300 dpi standard; up to 787 fpm (240 m/min) at 300 dpi optional 480 ft/min 2.8” (7.1 cm) per print head

Up to 1,000 ft/min

220 ft/min

Greater than 120m/min 50mm X 50mm - 175mm X 175mm

CoPilot Gemini

CoPilot Max 512i Turbo

Permanently mark onto paper, cardboard, plastic, glass, wood, coated metal, leather, and more.

SQ-Laser

Squid UV LED Curing System

CoPilot 500 Turbo

Variable Variable

Variable

.7” print height. Run up Variable to two print heads from a controller. Hi Resolution 135 ft/min 1.4” print height. Run up Variable to two print heads from a controller. Hi Resolution 205 ft/min 2.8” print height. Run up Variable to two print heads from a single controller. Curing of ink on non-porous Up to 35m /min *Dual head 40mm x substrates depending on substrate 80mm or 20mm x 160mm

135 ft/min

.25” to 1.75” As above

.25” to .75”

Print up to 2.8” of hi-resolution characters, razor-sharp text, scannable bar codes, and great-looking logos at 180 dpi; CoPilot Max’s 4.3” full-color touchscreen provides access to the system’s internal messages and print functions; Compatible with Squid Ink’s easy-touse Orionª message creation PC software Piezo impulse printhead technology; Vertical Print Resolution - 360 dpi capable of printing razor-sharp graphics, small character text, and scannable bar codes; Horizontal Print Resolution - 150 or 300 dpi CIJ technology; Character Height - 0.07” - 0.59” (1.8mm - 15mm); up to 32 dot high font with single line of text; Throw Distance - Up to 1.2” (30mm) distance from printhead to substrate; Display - 1280x800, 10.1” LCD touchscreen; Message Storage - 8GB

Squid UV LED offers instant on / instant off curing; Standard bracketry allows Squid UV LED to mount directly to your existing manufacturing line; Adjustments are easily made with the simple-to-use touchscreen interface. Permanent coding of text, time and date, bar codes, serial numbering and more; Quick and easy installation for both stationary and moving products; Easily fits into production environments where space is limited; Laser head can be rotated 90Deg in less than 5 minutes. Time/Date AM or PM, Shift Codes, Bar Codes, Variety of Fonts, Logos, 1 GB of Storage CleanJetª - Quick and easy one button start/ stop process for automatic self-cleaning operation; Touchscreen/Display - Revolutionary wi-fi tablet HMI, 10.1” LCD touchscreen, printer may run with/without tablet; one tablet may be used to communicate with multiple Streamline printers or other Squid Ink printing systems using Orion software platform; Font Matrix Configurations - 5x5, 7x5, 9x7, 12x12, 16x16, 24x24, 32x32 600 dpi bar codes, text, characters, logos

Time & Date AM or PM, Shift Codes, Bar Codes, Variety of Fonts, Logos 1GB storage

Hi Resolution

CoPilot 128

CoPilot 256

Large Character Hi Resolution

Vector XII CoPilot

200 ft/min 135 ft/min

200 ft/min

Large Character

Variable

SQ/2 Scorpion

.25” to .75”

24-hour clock, Julian date, counter, lot counter, dot size adjustment, print delay, character width adjustment, photocell on/off, invert print, reverse print, purge routine. Counter, lot counter, 24-hour clock, shift code, Julian date, 3-letter month name, 3-letter weekday name, expiration date, expiration month, expiration day, expiration year, expiration Julian. As above Time & Date AM or PM, Shift Codes, Bar Codes, Variety of Fonts, Logos 1GB storage Time & Date AM or PM, Shift Codes, Bar Codes, Variety of Fonts, Logos 1GB storage

Rugged, reliable printheads

Features

200 ft/min

Pkg Size Custom design for Just inTime printing

3/32” - 5” character sizes

Print Area

Wide Range

780 fpm

Speed

Drop-On-Demand Secondary coding PACKAGING EQUIPMENT SOLUTIONS INC. Hapa Blisters, labels, cartons SQUID INK MANUFACTURING SQ/2 Large Character

Coding Marking, Imprinting Maker & Model Application

Laser Printing on Various Substrates High power 120W laser High Resolution Large Character Printer Thermal Transfer Overprinter for flexible films, pouches, and similar packaging. Thermal Inkjet Printer for printing High Resolution Codes and Images on films, labels, and other substrates. High Resolution Large Character Printer Thermal Inkjet Printer for High Resolution coding and marking

Linx CSL 10/30/60 Series Laser Linx SLHP Linx IJ355/IJ375 Linx TT500/750/1000 Series TTO Printer

Sojet Elfin TIJ

As above As above As above

Series 1620 Series 1710

CIJ - Dual Head Array non-contact ink jet system Thermal transfer Fibre laser Small character ink jet as above Continuous Inkjet

Laser Laser As above Laser Hi Resolution Hi Resolution Hi Resolution DOD Thermal transfer CIJ

Series 1520

Videojet Dataflex 7130 Videojet 43S Excel 2000 Series 1220

3120 S320 Alltech Smarts 3430 Marsh 8000 2351 2361 Marsh Unicorn Dataflex TTO EXCEL Series HiResolution 1620 PrintoPro

Up to 888 fpm

Up to 960 fpm

Up to 914 ft/min

Mode dependent Up to 60fpm to 1600 char/sec/line 916 ft/min Up to 533 ft/min

110-916 ft/min Up to 967 ft/min

As above 800mm/sec 25-170 ft/min.

10 watts 30 watt 60 watt 50 watt Up to 250fpm

Up to 1,066fpm As above

Up to 5 lines

Mode dependent Variable 0.08 to 0.4” print heights 1/6 to 1/3” print heights Up to 3 lines

1/8 - 1/4 in. char heights Up to 4.9 in print band

Varies As Above As above As above As above Varies Varies Varies As above 1/32 - 1/4in

As above .08 to .5

CIJ CIJ - Pigment

1520, 1620 1720

Up to 12.7mm per head. Multiple heads can be stacked up to 76mm height 32mm x 40mm up to 125mm x 400mm

Up to 72mm print height

12.5mm print height

32mm (W) x 47mm (L) up to 107mm (W) x 300mm (L)

1.4mm to 53mm

Up to 210mm x 210mm

Up to 440mm X 601mm

1.8mm - 8.8mm. Up to 2 lines of print

1.8mm - 17mm height . Up to 6 lines of print.

.5”-2” print window

Print Area

.08 to .4

Up to 60m/min

Up to 110m/min

Up to 180m/min

Up to 700 prints/min. Up to 1000mm/s

5mm/s to 550mm/s

Up to 900m/min line speed. Up to 2100 characters/sec. Up to 1,200 characters/ sec at 2mm height

Up to 2.66m/sec (520 ft/min)

Up to 9.1m/sec (1790 ft/min)

Speed

Thermal Transfer Overprinter Up to 1000mm/sec for flexible films, pouches, and similar packaging. VIDEOJET TECHNOLOGIES P9550A, P2500A Labelling 1860 CIJ Up to 1800 fpm

Savema TTO

UBS LCX/MRX72e

Markoprint IP-Jet/ X1 Jet

Continuous Inkjet Printing

Linx 10

TIGERPAK INDUSTRIAL SUPPLIES Linx 89XX Continuous Inkjet Printing

Best Code CIJ printers Best Code CIJ printers

STERLING MARKING PRODUCTS Anser Thermal Inkjet Thermal Inkjet printerprinters Porous & Non-Porous

Coding Marking, Imprinting Maker & Model Application

Variable

Variable Variable Variable Variable Variable

Variable Variable

As above As above As above As above As above As above As above As above As above Variable

As above As above

Variable

Unlimited

Pkg Size

Intermittent & continuous modes from one unit Fibre High Speed laser Automatic printhead cleaning to 4 lnes of print 9,000 hour run life; smart cartridge fluid delivery system; IP55 washdown 12,000 hour run life; Make-up consumption as low as 2.4ml/hr 14,000 hour core life; no plantair required; dust protection Modular core design; easy maintenance; advanced printhead cleaning for pigmented inks

4 lines of print each from 2 printheads codes High resolution

Label Applications Airles, patent self clean, no mess, no waste, IP 54 As above Airless patent self clean, no mess, no waste, IP66 High resolution permanent codes As above As above As above Bar coding, Hi resolution High quality - 4 lines High quality - 4lines DOD low cost ownership touch screen High quality micro-sized codes

Available with colour touch screen controls. 300dpi resolution. 1D & 2D barcode capable.

Colour touch screen controls. Cartridge ink system. Available with UV instant curing ink system. 4” or 7” colour touch screen. Low upfront cost and easy installation. Easy cartridge replacement. No regular maintenance required.

Simple operation. Cartridge loading ink supply. IP65 (IP-Jet). 300dpi resolution for 1D & 2D readable codes and high quality images.

IP65 rating standard. Extended service interval up to 18,000 hours/24 months. One touch fluid cartridge replacement while printing. Remote monitoring and control via Linx Printernet. Small and easily portable between production lines. Low operating costs. Mistake -proof cartridge refills. Remote monitoring and control via Linx Printernet. Available IP65 rating. Robust construction with 45,000 hour tube life. Simple setup. High resolution for 1D and 2D codes. High power 120W laser. Particularly suitable for difficult substrates such as glass, rubber, and PET. Can code in excess of 70,000 bottles per hour. Excellent choice for case coding applications. Colour touchscreen monitor. Low operating cost with ReFRESH ink recycle system. No compressed air needed. Robust system for challenging environments. 8” colour touchscreen.

Maintenance free, simple system, low cost. Low cost conveyors and dispensing conveyors available. Up to 4 lines of print, reliable printer with long warranty, made in USA. Low cost conveyors and dispensing conveyors.

Features

THE COPILOT GEMINI PRINTING SYSTEM

HI-RESOLUTION CASE CODING

WIDE RANGE OF SUBSTRATES

MORE PRINT HEIGHT

HI-RESOLUTION PRINTING

The CoPilot Gemini utilizes oilbased, solvent-based, or UV curable inks for printing on a wide range of porous or non-porous substrates.

With a massive 5.6” of print height and print speeds up to 220 ft/min, the CoPilot Gemini provides a cost effective solution for making your mark on a wide variety of products and substrates.

Squid Ink’s proven inks and fluids print hi-resolution characters, razor-sharp text, scannable bar codes and great looking logos at up to 360 dpi.

A coding and marking leader for over 25 years, Squid Ink printers and inks are made in the USA and are designed to keep your production line up and running day after day. For more information, visit www.squidink.com or call 1-800-877-5658 for an Authorized Squid Ink Distributor in your area.

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Hi Res large character

Prints data directly to labels

Markoprint X2 Jet ® Thermal Inkjet Coder (TIJ)

Varies

Print speeds up to 1500 Prints 1-5 lines of text, ft/min barcodes or graphics

Varies dependent Up to 5 Kg on product

BW Flexible Systems ® Various Makes

Varies dependent on product

Varies dependent Up to 5 Kg on product

Weight Capacity

Combination - Multihead Weighing Maker & Model Speed Capacity Accuracy Tolerance

ALEX E. JONES & ASSOCIATES LTD. BW Flexible Systems Varies dependent ® Radial Combination on product Weigher

Various; all electric, air-operated

All packaging, paper converting, print finishing All packaging, paper converting, print finishing All packaging, paper converting, print finishing

Up to 24 weigh heads

Change Over

Various; all electric, air-operated

Available for various applications, such as Tool-Less mixing and blending. Can be paired with VFFS, HFFS or multiple point discharge packaging machinery As above Tool-Less

Configurations Special Features

As needed, single or multiple bead, ribbon pattern As needed, single or multiple bead, spot gluing Fine (narrow) or fan (wide) patterns

Use on folder gluers

High speed

Piston pump

Easy

Piston pump

Operation

The most affordable Continuous Ink Jet printing system. A complete range of dye and soft pigmented inks available in a variety of colors for a wide range of applications. The easy to use Quantum is simplified to allow anyone to operate, minimizing operator touches, extending time between human interaction. The Markoprint X1 Jet HP Pro is based on the reliable Markoprint line of inkjet systems and is designed for various applications such as food & beverage, chemical, coated/ uncoated packaging materials, timber and the pharmaceutical industry. The small compact integrated controller/printer comes in a single unit. This innovative system codes smooth-absorbent and semi-absorbent surfaces - quickly, accurately and reliably. The Weber Markoprint X2 Jet Thermal Ink Jet Coding System is a two-head system that allows printing up to 1-inch of text or bar codes/ graphics in either 300 or 600 dpi. The X2 Jet system uses remote controller that has a large 3.5 inches x 4.5 inches TFT display. The easyto-use prompts allow the fast changeover from one job to the next.

10.4” colour LCD touch interface

Folding carton, corrugated bag Extrusion gun pressure & sack, envelope mfrg. Manual, automated Extrusion gun, pressure applications.

Dots and Lines

Packaging applications

Varies

Pattern/Size

Up to 1” of text or bar codes/ graphics

Uses

Up to 590’/min

Varies

Print speeds up to 1500 Print 1-4 lines of text ft/min

Print height up to 12.5 mm

Varies

Print speeds up to 1500 Print 1-4 lines of text ft/min

Up to 295’/min

Varies

Print 1-3 lines of text

Print speeds up to 1,500 ft/min

Varies

Features

All cartons Replace pre-printed boxes/labels with hir-res text, barcordes & logos. Micropluging for high point quality and clean operation

Pkg Size

Print 1 or 2 lines of text

Up to 2.7”

Print Area

Print speeds up to 600 ft/min

Barcoder: 1-108 fpm; Text: up to 433 fpm

Speed

BAUMER HHS CORP. Baumer hhs ® Various All Manufacturers NORDSON CANADA, LIMITED LA Series Liquid Adhesive Low to high viscosity Pumps adhesives and sealants Rhino 5 Gal 55 Gal High viscosity adhesives, sealant, mastics, varnishes ROBATECH GLUING SOLUTIONS (ROBATECH CANADA) Robatech Equipment PVA, acrylics cold glue VALCO MELTON Contact Extrusion Series Medium to high viscosity formulas Non-Contact Extrusion Series Low to Medium viscosity formulas Spray Series Low to Medium viscosity formulas

Cold Glue Applicators Maker & Model Adhesive

Prints data directly to labels

Markoprint X1 Jet ® Thermal Inkjet Coder (TIJ)

WEBER MARKING SYSTEMS OF CANADA BestCode 82 Print best by, lot code, sell Continuous Inkjet by, expiration codes and Printer (CIJ) other identifying marks/ codes BestCode 86 Print best by, lot code, sell by, expiration codes and Continuous Inkjet Printer (CIJ) other identifying marks/ codes BestCode 88 Prints best by, lot code, sell Continuous Inkjet by, expiration codes and Printer (CIJ) other identifying marks/ codes BestCode 88 Prints best by, lot code, sell Continuous Inkjet by, expiration codes and Printer (CIJ) other identifying marks/ codes BestCode Quantum Print real-time Best By, Lot (CIJ) Code, Sell By, Expiration Codes and other identifying marks to any substrate.

Series 2300 (3 models)

Coding Marking, Imprinting Maker & Model Application Weight Capacity

Recipe recall Recipe recall

Integration, wash down Integration, wash down

No tools needed

Tool-less

Tool-less Tool-less

Ultra-low target weights

High Speed/Accuracy, Mixing, Counting, Customized solutions for difficult applications High Speed/Accuracy, Mixing, Counting, Customized solutions for difficult applications High Speed/Accuracy, Mixing, Counting, Customized solutions for difficult applications High Speed/Accuracy, Mixing, Counting, Customized solutions for difficult applications As above As above

All stainless steel, all options available and plateforms, different surface finish

Belt-Fed infeed for fresh protein, sticky, or hard to handle products

InLine design, product blending options, dust enclosure option Designed for large piece items; InLine design

InLine design

Feeding systems

Smooth / Dimpled

No tools needed

Granular, dry product; fits single and twin tube bagmakers

Automatic

Tool-less

No tools needed

up to 8-part blend weighing

Screw feeders move fresh meats, pasta, other sticky foods; IP66 washdown

High speeds, gentle handling products

Varies

Program Recall, Program Recall,

n/a

Change Over

Integration, wash down Integration, wash down

Available in stainless steel. Fully automatic

Configurations Special Features

AUTOMATED PACKAGING SYSTEMS INC. (in Canada: Pack Pro Systems, Inc. Stouffville, ON) Autobagª Linear to 45 bpm n/a 8 lbs 1-4 heads CAM PACKAGING SYSTEMS CAM 10MHW 0-80ppm +- 0.5 grams up to 5.0 Lt 0.5 - 7.0Lt buckets CAM 14MHW 0-120ppm +- 0.5 grams Up to 7.0Lt Plain Stainless Steel or Dimpled CAM 16MHW 0-120ppm +- 0.5 grams upto 5.0Lt Plain Stainless Steel or Dimpled CAM 24MHW 200ppm +- 0.5 grams up to 2.5Lt Plain Stainless Steel or Dimpled CANAPA SOLUTIONS PrimoCombi¨ Varies tight accuracy 0.5L, 2.5L, 5L 10, 14, 16, 24 automatic cannabis tolerances heads weigh filling machine COMBISCALE LLC CS 5L Up to 70/min Up to 55 lbs CS 1.5L Up to 120/min Up to 7 lbs CS 2.5L Up to 120/min Up to 18 lbs PrimoWeigher 200+/min Up to 7 lbs PrimoWeigher 200+/min Up to 18 lbs PrimoWeigher Up to 80/min Up to 55 lbs HEAT AND CONTROL, INC. Ishida CCW-AS Series Multihead Weigher Ishida CCW-RVE Series Multihead Weigher Ishida CCW-SE3 Series Multihead Weigher Ishida CCW Screwfeeder Series Multihead Weigher Ishida CCW-RV-232B up to 440 wpm 0.1gram up to 400g or IP69K, high-speed 800g weighing, blending Ishida CG-R circular up to 240 wpm 100g - 1,000g Compact circular weigher and 1,000g 3,000g Ishida CCW-RV to 120 wpm <0g - .01g to 40g 14 head MICRO JG PACKAGING RJP Packaging MULTIPOND (in Canada: Abbey Equipment Solutions) Multipond GmbH 400 500+ <<0.1g 0.5g to 50g 28 and 36 Heads Series Multipond GmbH Up to 450wpm <<0.1g 0.5g to 500g 10 to 36 Heads 1000/1000S5 Series Multipond GmbH Up to 200wpm <<0.5g 10g to 1.5g 10 to 36 Heads 2400/2400S5 Series Multipond GmbH 3800 Up to 200wpm <<0.5g 100g to 5kg 10 to 24 Heads Series Multipond GmbH 7100 Up to 140wpm <<0.5g to 7.5kg 10 to 24 Heads Series Multipond GmbH 9600 Up to 120wpm <<1.0g 5g to 10kg 10 to 24 Heads Series PAXIOM PrimoCombi Multi0.5L, 2.5L, 5L 10, 14, 16, 24 head weigher heads SHAWPAK SYSTEMS LTD. Triangle Weighers TRIANGLE PACKAGE MACHINERY CO. (in Canada: Showpak Systems) Model A612 Up to 135 4 x 4” or 6 x 6” weighments/min. buckets Model A918 Up to 165 +/- 1 oz. 4 x 4” buckets discharges/min. Model A918-4/6 Up to 160 +/- 1 oz. 4 x 6” buckets discharges/min. Belt-Fed Model Up to 65 discharges/min. VC999 CANADA LTD. Packaging Plus Model 20 to 120 WPM 0.3 to 0.8 Gr 25 to 500 Gr from 4 to 24 heads DWA Series

Combination - Multihead Weighing Maker & Model Speed Capacity Accuracy Tolerance

Conveyor Models at Your Fingertips Customize and download conveyor models in minutes with mk’s CAD360.

Belt Conveyor Roller Conveyors Timing Belt Conveyors Flat Top Chain Conveyors

Individual conveyors and entire conveyor systems.

Registration is FAST and FREE!

Maintenance Free, Tensionless Belts, Standard High Efficiency Motors, Modular Link Style Belting, Custom Design Using Standard Components, Lightweight, Plug & Play Drives and Controls, Accessory Options, 5-Year Warranty Patented Toolless Disassembly Design, Maintenance Free, HDPE, VHMW, UHMW Materials, Tensionless Belts, Standard High Efficiency Motors, Customizable Belting, Removable Belting, Plug & Play Drives and Controls, Various Accessory Options, 5-Year Warranty

Belt Driven - Modular

DynaClean

Ranges from 1” to 48” usable belt, up to 100’ in length

AquaPruf 7600 VBT (Vertical Belt Technology) DYNAMIC CONVEYOR CORPORATION DynaCon Ranges from 4”- 72” Wide Up to 100’ feet long

2200 Series Precision Move Pallet Systems AquaGard 7100 Series

FlexMove Pallet Systems

FlexMove Conveyors

3200 Series

Belt Driven - Modular

Small or light weight product movement, low profile height, clean room certified Small to medium part handling, tight transfers, precision part movement, automated and manual assembly High speeds, long runs, inclines and declines, precision part movement, mainline packaging Tight transfers, accumulation, curves, jogs, inclines and declines, long lengths, complex configurations Modular design, accurate positioning and routing, pin tracking system, cushioned pallet stops Dual belt pallet system, pin tracking system, corner and merge modules Sanitary conveyor, inclines and declines, multiple curves, fast belt speeds 90 degree elevation change, open frame design, staggered sidewall belt

Varies

DORNER 1100 Series 2200 Series

Air, high speed single filing/deceleration, accumulation, servo, merging/indexing, vacuum, vertical, incline/decline, bucket.

Full & empty case/carton/shell Built to Order

S.S., Derlin Chain S.S.Construction,Unscrambling,Round Container

Comprehensive range of conveyor chains.

Fully automatic, pressure less accumulation, diverse, flexible product handling As above

Bottles, cans, boxes Cartons, Pack Off

150-225 Linear Flat, Helical Design 180-540 Linear Flat, 2-6 Levels, Helical design

Handles lightweight containers, continuous motion flow, smallfootprint

Global Laner quietly and efficiently moves containers to their respective lanes Single file FIFO accumulation conveyor Mass Flow FIFO accumulation conveyor

BOSCH REXROTH CANADA Vario Flow Chain Conveyor Extreme 1,000 Capacity Vario Flow S ® Stainless Steel 1,250 N Rexroth Vario-Flow CANAPA SOLUTIONS Container indexing conveyor Varies CAPMATIC LTD. Capmatic Table Top Conveyor Varies Capmatic Belt Conveyor Varies COUSINEAU PACKAGING INC. Cousins, Almac DESCON INTEGRATED CONVEYOR SOLUTIONS Descon Varies

Hartness ® Dynac 7000

Hartness ® Dynac 6400

Features

Size

Conveyors Maker & Model

2.4” Graphical Display, alpha-numeric keypad and onboard IOs: Complete Control

Change Over

Operation

20 micro sec per 1K of typical application

up to 256 IO points

ALEX E. JONES & ASSOCIATES LTD. Hartness ® Global Laner Up to 200 feet per minute

5 micro seconds per 1,000 instructions

IP-67 washdown, load cells can withstand 150kg of force, tapered body design, polygonal-shaped weigh buckets, and 12. inch touchscreen monitor.

Single and multipoint discharge

Features

Different surface finish, stainless steel

Up to 2.5 liter bucket, different surface finish

6-24 heads

10 to 24 heads

High Performance

Speed

25 to 500 gr

up to 750Gr

Configurations Special Features

UNITRONICS Vision130 (Unitronics)

0.5 - 2 gr

1 - 3 Gr

Weight Capacity

BOSCH REXROTH CANADA Rexroth MLC Controllers

Controllers - Logic Maker & Model Capability

Packaging Plus TSH up to 120 WPM Series ® High Speed VFFS Packaging Plus SMW up to 120 WPM line (standard weigher) YAMATO CORPORATION 200 weighments/ Omega Combination Weigher min

Combination - Multihead Weighing Maker & Model Speed Capacity Accuracy Tolerance

CANADIANPACKAGING.COM Supplied in a powder coated mild Steel finish or optional Stainless Steel Perfect Choice for Freezer Applications

Teansfer of packaged goods

Size sort and remove fines, gentle handling, easy cleaning

Load cells accurately, meter different ingredients, gentle blending Up to 52 cu. feet capacity Inline short-term accumulation

Fully automatic, pressure less accumulation, diverse, flexible product handling As above As above

Print station for Inkjet Printers

Equipment is easier to clean, inspect, and maintain

Open easy to clean stainless steel Construction

Stainless Steel Sanitary Closed Top New Economical stainless steel modular conveyor system

Fully Automatic Transfer of packaged products

Stainess Steel flat wire belting or optional Plastic Balting Transfer of bulk food (cereal) products etc. Conforms to 3-A Sanitary Standards design criteria

UHMWPE tracks provide smooth quiet ride with full cleanability Stainless steel, table top chain Painted cold rolled steel

¥ Designed to handle up to 226 pounds per linear foot ¥ All steel construction for maximum strength ¥ Plastic wheel bearing conveyor ¥ Heavy-duty casters for easy transportation within the plant ¥ Adjustable in height from 19.7” up to 31.5” (500mm - 800mm) ¥ Adjustable in length from 59” up to 177” (1500mm - 4500mm) ¥ Fixed width of 19.7” (500mm) ¥ 180 degree configuration capable for easy package return ¥ End of conveyor box stop doubles as ergonomic handle

¥ Magnetic control box mounting ¥ Extrusion rail to easily mount ink jet printing systems and guide rails ¥ Pre-drilled hole for encoder mounting ¥ Shelf for various storage ¥ Small space-saving footprint ¥ Seamless selftracking belt ¥ 1/4” cold rolled steel ¥ Variable speed drive ¥ Optional guide rails available ¥ Safety cover over pinch points ¥ Smooth, consistent belt speed

Features

Zone Powered, Maintenance Free, Omnidirectional Transfer Unit, Drive Components Enclosed in Side Channel, Mechanical & Controls Design Simplicity, Timing Belt Rather than Bands, Multiple Roller Configurations, Controls Integration, Energy Efficient Design, 2-Year Warranty Unattended Filling Solution, User Defined Fill Weights/Counts, Visual & Audible Alarms, Maintenance Free, HMI with 150 “Recipe” Options, Plug & Play Drives and Controls, Various Accessory Options, 5-Year Warranty 0-5 day lead time, Low Profile Flat Conveyor, Tensionless Belts, High Efficiency Motors, Modular Plastic Link Style Belting, Integration Package, Maintenance Free, 5-Year Warranty Fully customizable to meet unique needs, Clean Room and Full Washdown options available, Standard High Efficiency Internal or External Motors, Modular Link Style Belting, Plug & Play Drives and Controls, Various Accessory Options, Maintenance Free, 5-Year Warranty

Quiet clean stainless steel Modular as above

Belt Driven - Modular

Operation

Motor Driven - Modular

HARLUND INDUSTRIES LTD. Custom Print Station Various Electric Conveyors HARTNESS INTERNATIONAL (in Canada: Alex E. Jones & Assoc.) Dynac 6100 150 -225 linear fat. helical Single file, FIFO accumulating design conveyor Dynac 6200 Variable length floor level As above Dynac 7000 180-540 linear fat. 2-6 Mass flow, FIFO accumulating levels, helical design conveyor HEAT AND CONTROL, INC. FastBack Blending Conveyor Various Horizontal motion Fastback Switchback Various Horizontal motion accumulation Fastback sizing/separating Various Horizontal motion Conveyor

FLEXLINK SYSTEMS CANADA, INC. FlexLink table top conveyor, UC Industries belt conveyor, Hitrol case conveyor and sortation GARVEY CORPORATION Infinity Series Varies 9000 Series Varies 3600 Series Varies GENERAL CONVEYOR INC. SaniTop 3.25 to 4.5” chain width Easy-Veyor 3.25” to 4.5” wide chain width Standard “C” Channel Flextop 3.25” to 12” wide chain Conveyor widths Lo-tension Spiral Conveyor Custon Widths to suit application Sanitary Bulk Handling Belt Varible Belt Widths and Conveyor lengths to suit application 3-A Sanitary Belt Conveyor To Suit Application

Flex Conveyor

EASTEY Eastey Variable Speed Conveyors ¥ With 9” leveling legs: 20” - 33.5” (50.8cm - 85.1cm) ¥ With 9” legs and casters: 24” - 37.5” (61cm - 95.3cm) ¥ With 17” leveling legs: 28” - 41.5” (71.1cm - 105.4cm) ¥ With 17” legs and casters: 32” - 45.5” (81.2cm 115.6cm) ¥ Adjustable in height from 19.7” up to 31.5” (500mm - 800mm) ¥ Adjustable in length from 59” up to 177” (1500mm 4500mm) ¥ Fixed width of 19.7” (500mm)

Variety of Sizes - 12”, 18”, 24”, 30” Wide, 3’, 4’, 6’, 8’, 10’ Long Variety of Sizes - 1” to 120” Wide, Up to 150’ Long

DynaPro Hybrid

Variety of widths, 12”, 18”, 24”, Box Tote sizes 6”-27” Width

Size

Variety of widths 13”-33” wide and 2-10’long

BoxFilling

DynaRoller

Conveyors Maker & Model

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Various Various Various Various

MinuteMan accumulation Varilift Bucket Conveyor FastBack 400E Heat and Control Vibratory

Container conveyors

KRONES Case Conveyor

Empty corrugate conveyor

Right angle transfers

Casemat

Brake meter conveyor

V-belt live roller conveyor

Accumat

Motor Driven Roller (MDR) conveyor E-Z Set live roller conveyor

Accuglide ZoneFlex

HONEYWELL INTELLIGRATED IntelliQ ZoneFlex

Incline Transfer Conveyors

Built to suit application

Horizontal motion

Various

FastBack 260E-G3 Horizontal Motion Conveyor

Hortizontal motion

Various

Touch screen operation and changeover Touch screen operation and changeover

Positive transportation and lowpressure accumulation Rollerless plastic-belted zero pressure accumulation Flexible configurations to transport product through curves, skews, merges and sorters Control merge releases and provide consistent gaps between cartons at high speeds Modular plastic belt surface well-suited for food, beverage and consumer product applications 90-degree change in pallet flow direction Designed specifically for corrugate trash and bulk conveyance

Belt-driven, zero presure accumulation Chain-driven, zero-pressure accumulation Zero contact accumulation

Live Bottom Belt Bucket Horizontal motion Electromagnetic, indirect, or direct drive

Horizontal motion

Operation

Various

Size

Fastback ClimbBack uphill Conveyor Fastback Weighback Weigh Conveyor Fastback FDX

Conveyors Maker & Model

Stainless steel construction - low back pressure design-low energy consumption Stainless steel construction - low back pressure design- low energy consumption

Compact, re-usable drive, conveys up to 2,500 lbs on 100 feet long runs Up to 180 cubic feet capacity No Spill; S,C Horizontal Configurations 400 lb. pan capacity accepts distribution gates, various pan sizes Configure for conveying, grading, alignment, dewatering, spreading, bi-directional conveying The FastBack 260E-G3 provides the fastest product travel rate of any horizontal motion conveyor, delivering twice the rate of comparable conveyors and making it ideal for high-volume production. Incline Transfer Conveyors move dry, fresh, and frozen products where you need them. Choose from a variety of belt styles and conveyor configurations to reduce product damage and spills, simplify sanitation, and fit most any equipment layout.

Move product on slopes up to 8 degrees, easy cleaning, quite compact 3 load cells for high accuracy, easy-to-clean

Features Built to suit application

Size

Built to suit application

Gravity, powered, and zoned Product supply, removal

100 mm and up Several widths, lengths and heights upon request

R-J MACHINERY INC. Brinerline conveyors 3 to 12 in. width Tabletop conveyors As above Efficiency line As above RYSON INTERNATIONAL INC. Mass Flow Vertical Spiral Available in Slat Widths Conveyors 6” to 20”

Different configurations for specific applications are available

All stainless steel construction All stainless steel construction

All stainless steel construction

Hygenic deisgn, food safe, modular. Integration into packaging equipment. Speed upon request

A wide variety of drive and idler options, and belting to accommodate any packaging need Plastic modular belt conveyors are highly diverse and allow for cleats, air flow or friction top Long lengths, a variety of widths and roller types and roller spacing

mk offers a wide variety of aluminum frame and stainless steel conveyors. Please inquire to learn about the best solution for you. Flexible flat top chain conveyor which is ideal for many packaging applications

Custom built to meet specs and performances

Vertically Convey cans, jars & bottles, full or empty

Products are conveyed up or down in a continuous single file or mass flow at a rate of 2000 units per minute. Smooth entry into and out of spiral

Plastic mesh, open chain Stainless steel panels & drip trays DC powered, plastic slats One piece SS panels, sanitary design, inboard bearings Conveyor integrated onto SS table Table will support filler-capper-labeler

Bottles, cans, cartons, bags, etc. applications vary from manufacturing to distribution operations

various

Continuous and Intermittent

Steady, accumulating, storage

Steady, accumulating, horizontal, incline, wedge, alpine and so much more Steady or accumulating

24-7

Reject Design Capabilities

Patented belt design, ideal for wet, difficult or sticky products,scraper at discharge and clean in place capability

Flat belt incline conveyor, no flights, zero product loss

Features

Soft start VFD operation - stainless steel construction-low energy consumption Stainless steel construction - low back pressure design-low energy consumption gentle container handling, automatic guiderail adjustment

Operation

Touch screen operation and changeover Touch screen operation and changeover

80 to 3,000 mm

NEWMAPAK LTD. Newmapak modular table top conveyor Newmapak case conveyor Newmapak pallet conveyor PLAN AUTOMATION INC. Storcan Various PMR PACKAGING INC. PMR Packaging Inc. ® various Custom PREMIER TECH CHRONOS Gescofab Belt Conveyor Various

mk MBF-P 2040 Plastic Modular Belt Conveyor mk RB Roller Conveyors MULTIVAC CANADA Multivac MCS Conveyors

mk GUF-P 2000 Belt Conveyor 50 to 800 mm

LOMA SYSTEMS, AN ITW COMPANY Loma Systems Various MECANO INDUSTRIE Mecano conveyors Any MK NORTH AMERICA, INC. mk North America ® Various models mk VersaFlex 63 to 295 mm chain width

LIFVRAC (in Canada: Abbey Equipment Solutions) LIFVRAC As required

Airveyor

Pallet conveyors

Conveyors Maker & Model

Compact Spiral lifts your line to a new level

The Compact Spiral elevators give you increased access to the production floor and the possiblity to transport goods vertically. The unique spiral-shape is key to its compact construction, offering 40% smaller footprint.

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• • • Small footprint, using less space Gentle product handling Compact design Continuous product flow avoiding stop losses

Read more at Flexlink.com or contact us at info.ca@flexlink.com

FlexLink is part of Coesia, a group of innovationbased industrial and packaging solution companies operating globally, headquartered in Bologna, Italy. www.coesia.com

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6” or 9” wide nesting slats

16” and 24” wide conveying surface

30” or 36” wide slats

16” - 36” Wide Slat Conveying Surface

Narrow Trak Spiral Conveyor

High Capacity Spiral Conveyors

Wide Trak Spiral Spiral Conveyor

Multiple Entry and Exit Spiral Conveyors

We also make a full line of Bucket Elevators for your bulk material conveying needs.

Allows loads to enter or exit the High Capacity Spirals and Wide Trak Spirals at intermediate elevations. This is a perfect application for multi-level warehousing and order picking operations. Loads can enter or exit the spirals at multiple elevations. This concept is also commonly used in applications where a single spiral is utilized for multiple production or packaging lines.

The High Capacity Spiral can handle double the capacity of our regular spirals. They ship in one piece which drastically reduce the time and cost of installation. They are ideally suited for warehousing and order picking operations There are many features. benefits and options to the Ryson Spiral Conveyors.

Convey bulk material horizontal and Vertical Continuous Vertical Flow for cartons, cases, trays, totes and all sorts of packaged goods A new super-compact vertical conveyor for handling small loads

Each spiral is built to exact customer specifications, and can even be field modified if needed - thanks to our proprietary modular design. These spirals can handle a variety of load sizes, big and small with their 30” or 36” wide slats. The Wide Trak Spiral Conveyor can handle double the weight capacity of our standard spirals, and can provide an elevation change of up to 35 feet with only one drive Induction or Divert out ancillary motorized conveyor included

The Narrow Trak Spirals offer a significantly larger elevation change capacity than what is currently available in the small package marketplace. They are also a good alternative to side gripper conveyors because they can run at high speeds and do not need to be adjusted for varying product sizes. The load capacity is 75 lbs. per linear foot of conveyor for speeds up to 200 FPM. The total weight capacity in the spiral at any one time is 3600 lbs

Gentle handling, fully enclosed, custom inputs and outputs, individual tipping buckets Small Footprint, Energy Saving, Low Maintenance

Features

Whether you are handling cases, trays and packs or bottles and cans in mass or a single file we can help. Ryson Spirals need less floor space than conventional conveyors and are faster and more reliable than any elevator or lift.

Operation

Ryson is the Right Vertical Conveying Solution for the Packaging Industry.

300, 700, and 1800 cubic ft/hr Slat Widths of 12” - 36”

Size

Small Footprint Low Maintenance Reliable Conveying...

Ryson Unit Load Spiral Conveyors (Case Spiral)

Bucket Elevators

Conveyors Maker & Model

Operation

LM SUPERVAC MASCHINENBAU GMBH (in Canada: Reiser (Canada) Supervac GesmbH Various Automatic UNITRAK CORPORATION LIMITED TipTrak Bucket Elevators Various Continuous Powderflight Aeromechanical Various Non-continuous Conveyor

Size

SATURN PACKAGING EQUIPMENT SaniPlus Sanitary Conveyors custom made to your needs Modular Belt Conveyor custom made to your needs Table Top Conveyors custom made to your needs Elevation Conveyors custom made to your needs Accumulation Conveyors custom made to your needs Spiral Conveyors custom made to your needs Compact Curve Conveyor custom made to your needs Activated Roller Conveyor custom made to your needs Knife Edge Transfer Conveyor custom made to your needs SEPTIMATECH GROUP INC. Septimatech Group Inc. Adjustable Guide Rails for conveyors to be installed on existing conveyors or new new conveyor SHAWPAK SYSTEMS LTD. Belt Conveyors To suit To suit application Chain Conveyors To suit As above Cooling Conveyors Up to 300 ft.L, 50 in.W Variable speed Metal Detector Conveyors To suit For use with all brands of metal detectors Accumulation Tables 24, 36 & 48 in. rotary & Fixed & variable speed table top STORCAN Storcan

Conveyors Maker & Model

Interlocking buckets, operates horizontally & vertically. High throughput rate, dust-free conveying with a small footprint

Food Conveyor, Bottle and Can conveyor, Case conveyor and Pallet Conveyor Curve belt, belt Conveyor

Stainless steel construction, sanitary design As above Auto on demand operation, manual indexing Stainless steel construction, sanitary design with automated reject device Stainless steel construction, sanitary design

Repeatable plus / minus 1 mm, Washdown Capable, Rapid Changeover with no Tools

sanitary washdown conveyors wide range of belts available

Features

Vertical Conveying Simplified

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up to 1500cc

Desiccant / Cotton Inserter

Peristaltic Pump

Capmatic SteelHeart

PEMBERTON & ASSOCIATES INC. Unifiller volumetric, piston

fill zones and is easily integrated with automatic thermoforming machinery and tray indexing conveyors. jars, bags, trays

automatically filling multiple product from weighers

kettle, hopper

dependent on models

Varies

Bead and dot patterns, high-speed, superior accuracy and repeatablity

<10ms minimum on time with viscosity range of 1,000 to 10,000 cps 2ms minimum on time with viscosity range of 500 to 5,000 cps 15ms minimum on time with viscosity range of 500 to 15,000 cps 15ms minimum on time with viscocity range of 5,000 cps 15ms minimum on time with viscocity range of

Standard models can fill 1x2, 1x3, 2x2, 2x3 and 3x3 configurations. Additional configurations are available upon request.

Compact, high-speed, quiet operation, exceptional service life

1.8 ms minimum on time with viscosity range of 1,000 to 5,000 cps

Accurate dispensing of semi viscous products withor without particles

Perfect for products such as frozen foods, pastas, fresh produce, cheeses and meats.

Installs easily with Integrated slotted, gun mounting bracket quick change nozzle plates

Myritex seals for long life, EasyOn module mounting Self-cleaning, reduced cavity, changeable nozzles

Intermittent patterns, contact or non-contact nozzles

Industry fastest, longest life

Servo Drive

Integrated to existing lines and synchronize to other Tablet Equipment Servo driven, stainless steel contruction, easy clean exterior, adaptable for cleanrooms. Integrated to exhisting lines

Features

400 ppm

Up to 300 bpm 120 BPM 35 BPM

up to 250 BPM

Speed

Over 450 cartons/min

11x17

1 Lt

Feed To

High modular, adaptable, with open interface easy to integrate in existing digital production workflows; G3/D3 series accommodate up to 3 different tools (e.g. cutting, creasing, perforating) per beam; real-time/easy-to-use HMI, semi- and fully automated/robotic board loading/unloading for non-stop (even unattended) operation; digital, meta-data based workflows for intelligent picking & sorting.

Features

Electric. Eliminate product loss at seams; single or dual gun systems

Pneumatic, high speed applications requiring flexibility to change patterns, labeling Pneumatic AO/AC and AO/ SC styles Pneumatic AO/AC and AO/ SC styles

PatternJet Plus

SolidBlue Hot Melt Dispensing Guns SureBead Reduced Cavity Hot Melt Dispensing Guns SureSeal NonContact Sift Proof Gun PAXIOM Pocket Depositor

Pneumatic High speed, long life

MiniBlue II Guns

1”x1”

0.1ml

Feed From

Type

Capmatic SorbStar Desiccant Inserter CottonStar Cotton Inserter Mini- Fighter Plus Tablet/Capsule/Softgel LONGFORD INTERNATIONAL LTD. C350/C750 Sheet Feeder NORDSON CANADA, LIMITED e.dot+ Electric Guns Electric, high speed, accurate dot placement for labelling, coupons, pharma, specialty packaging E-400 Electric Guns Electric, high speed superior accuracy and repeatability

Operation

Control box, level sensors As above As above

Depending on application Digital, single or dual (21 different models up to beam, with various levels of 3,210x3200mm/10x10 ft; max. automation speed 55”/sec.)

Speeds/Dimensions

CAPMATIC LTD. Capmatic SynchroBlock

Dispensing Maker & Model

ZUND AMERICA, INC. G3, D3 (dualCorrugated, paperboard/ beam), S3 series folding carton, foams, rigid plastics, and more

Digital Cutting Maker & Model Substrates Cut

AC or DC drives As above As above

Open design permits fast and washdown duty drive, corrosion resistant bearings, optional portable easy in-place cleaning. FDA base, CIP system, guarding, controls approved belt in a patented tensionless drive system. Fabricated from type 304 stainless steel.

varies

Cost effective, reliable, portable conveyor with only one moving part

Features

Non-continous

Operation

Various

Size

WEIGHPACK SYSTEMS INC. Bucket infeed, Cleated Infeed Various Box indexing All sizes Bottle indexing, L-shaped, As above Screw conveyor, Exit conveyor

UniFlex Flexible Screw Conveyor KleanTrak Sanitary Vertical Conveyor

Conveyors Maker & Model

Open Source

To 30 cpm To 60 cpm

Up to 150ppm

Up to 100 ppm, dependent on product

Varies Up to 120 bpm

Coated/non-coated Tablets Capsules-Gel Coated/non-coated tablets Capsules-Gel Coated/non-coated TabletsCapsule-Gel Glass or plastic bottles Glass or plastic bottles Any

Rotary volumetric Travelling funnel Computer combination weighing with product transfer Multi-hopper fill statons

up to 200/min Various Various Various

Pre-made bag system

Various

Filler/Counter

Automatic & Semi-automatic

Automatic and semi-auto auger filler with Vectormotion drive system Automatic and semi-auto volumetric cup filler, single and multiple dump As above

Auger, semi-automatic Single-head automatic auger, conveyorized, automatic Weight-auger, bulk & dribble

Intermittent motion, Servo drive. VFFS Intermittent motion, Servo drive. VFFS. Intermittent and Continuous motion, Servo drive. VFFS

Operation

Micro dosaging Standard powder filling Tablet Count Validation Machine Semi-Auto Tablet Counter

Bags 2”W x 4L” to 13”W x 19”L. Weight up to 8KG

Fill Range

solid dose products of complex shape, caplets, multiphase preparations, ampoules, vials, and syringes

Servo drive, variable speeds and start/stop delays, product counting/ accumulating, FDA design features. Simple and dependable automation for product counting and accumulating, and PLC or sensor controlled for easy integration into other machinery. Vertical or Horizontal, NonProprietary Electronic Components, Touch Screen Display, FDA Design, Real-Time Performance Data, Get Information from a Smartphone App, Variable Speed and Start/ Stop Delays

Features

Up to 60 bpm Up to 60 bpm N/A

Up to 50 bpm

Up to 240 bpm

Varies Jars, Bags

Up to 80 cpm

Up to 60 cpm

Jars, bags

As above

Capmatic Mini Fighter Plus Any CHARLES DOWNER & CO. LTD. PSG Leepack Pouches HARPAK-ULMA PACKAGING, LLC DTT Rotary Cups, trays HEAT AND CONTROL, INC. Dual Axis Funnel Follower Box, tray Ishida CCW Multihead Bag, box, jar, can, tray Weighers Product Transfer Shuffle Multi-pocket thermoform

Capmatic NanoStar Capmatic PowderStar Capmatic Mini Fighter

Capmatic Street Fighterª 50

Capmatic StreetFighter 200

ROTOR 60 CANAPA SOLUTIONS PrimoCombi¨ automatic cannabis weigh filling machine Primo Linear Weigh Filler CAPMATIC LTD. Capmatic StreetFighter 100

As above

BD-600 Bags, cartons, rigid containers 50 cpm ANYPACK PACKAGING MACHINERY INC. Rovema bottles, bags 1-150/min ARTYPAC AUTOMATION INC. TORNADO 600 Bags, cans, cartons Up to 80 cpm ROTOR 40

Variable 8,000 inches per minute

Blister / bottle / vial Application Dependent

28” wide

Filling Speed

Vibratory feederBrush box feederFill box feederSimTap feeder Facts for solid dose products

1”x1” (25mm X 25mm)

Variable 8,000 inches per min

Variable 8,000 inches per minute

28” wide

1”x1” (25mm X 25mm) 2.5” x 2.5” (63.5 mm 20” wide x 63.5 mm)

Speed

Feed To

Feed From

ALEX E. JONES & ASSOCIATES LTD. BW Flexible Systems ® Ultima Bag Series BW Flexible Systems ® Bag Hayssen ISB Bw Flexible Systems ® Bags Hayssen CM Verus ALL-FILL INC. B-350e Glass, cans, cartons, bags SHA-600 Glass, cans, cartons

Filling Dry Products Maker & Model Containers Filled

SHAWPAK SYSTEMS LTD. Uhlmann Feeders

Open Source HSF Series Friction Feeder

Type

PINEBERRY MANUFACTURING INC. Pineberry HSF Servo Series Friction Feeder Pineberry SF Series Stepper motor and drive Friction Feeder

Dispensing Maker & Model

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Bulk bags in boxes

1.5 L 2.5 L 5L

AESUS PACKAGING SYSTEMS, INC. AF6 (6 Pump Gear Pump Any and all up to 1 gallon Filler AF1 Gear Pump Any and all up to 1 gallon

0 - 1 gallon 0 - 1 gallon

Variable

Fill Range

Varies

Variable

Filling Speed

Up to 15 /min Up to 50 /min Up to 50 /min 200+/min 200+/min Up to 80/min Up to 90/min Up to 70/min Varies

125 cpm

Sachets

Bags, jars, cups

1000 min

Variable Variable

Stick Packs

Filling Liquid Products Maker & Fill Method Containers Filled Model

SYNTEGON Stick Pack Machine (multilane) RA Vertical Flat Pouch Machine RX VC999 CANADA LTD. Packaging Plus filling system WEIGHPACK SYSTEMS INC. PrimoLinear V-25 PrimoLinear V-5 PrimoLinear V-Mini PrimoCombi PrimoCombi PrimoCombi Star Auger 100 Star Auger 200 Turnkey BI & BU bag-in-box system with V25

R-J FBW-CA R-J FBW-G R-J Model SV

Variable

<<1.0g 120wpm

Custom built to suit client specified container As above As above As above

Multipond GmbH 9600 Series

<<0.5g Up to 20wpm

<<0.5g 200wpm

Up to 100ppm

Portion weights for individual dump up to 10.000g

Multipond GmbH 7100 Series

Semi-Automatic and can be made to be automatic.

Fully Automatic

Operation

Automatic or Semi-Automatic As above As above As above As above As above As above As above

Automatic

Multi lane stick pack, highest accuracy filling As above

Fill by-Weight Fill by-Weight Adjustable volume Automatic Indexing

Fill by-Weight

Intermittent

High Speed/Accuracy, Mixing, Counting, Customized solutions for difficult applications, stainless hoppers, large applications High Speed/Accuracy, Mixing, Counting, Customized solutions for difficult applications, multipoint distribution, stainless hoppers, large applications

Combining, mixing, counting and dosing applications - Quiet Fast, High Accuracy, Multipoint distribution, Stainless Hoppers, High Speed Applications As above

<<0.1g 450wpm

<<0.2g 200wpm

Operation Combining, mixing, counting and dosins applications - High Speed/Accuracy, Mixing, Counting, Customized solutions for difficult applications As above

Fill Range

<<0.1g 450+wpm

Filling Speed

Rigid

Portion weights for individual dump to 5.000g Portion weights for individual dump to to 7.500g

Multpond GmbH 3800 Series

PAXIOM PrimoCombiª multi-head weigher PrimoLinearª automatic net weigh filling machine PrimoLinear C-series conveyorized net weigh filling machines The PrimoLinear V and T Series of bulk weigh filling machines PLAN AUTOMATION INC. Ohison Packaging R-J MACHINERY INC. R-J FBW-V

Portion weights for individual dump to 500g Portion weights for individual dump up to 1.500g/3.000g

Multipond GmbH 1000/1000S5 Series Multpond GmbH 2400/2400S5 Series

MULTIPOND (in Canada: Abbey Equipment Solutions) Multipond GmbH 400 Series Mini bags, soup mixes and dried ingredients

Filling Dry Products Maker & Model Containers Filled

Volumetric Piston Filler-Capsule Counter Peristaltic Piston Peristaltic Pump

Piston, peristaltic

up to 300 vpm Glass and /or plastic container up to 120 bpm

All types

up to 250 bpm

Modulfill Modulfill Modulfill Modulfill Modulfill Modulfill Modulfill Craftmate

NWJ VFS HEL VMJ-C VFS-C HES VMS-C

Glass PET, HDPE PET, HDPE Cans Cans Glass Cans Cans

Up to 60.000 bph Up to 72,000 bph Up to 72,000 bph Up to 130,000 cans per hour Up to 130,000 cans per hour Up to 78,000 bph Up to 130,000 cans per hour Up to 15,000 cans per hour

Edible oil and sauces Juice Juice Juice Juice, CSD, Beer CSD, Beer CSD, Beer Beer

Water, Juice, CSD, Beer Water, CSD, Beer Water, Juice Juice

Wines, Water, Juices

40ml min

Various

1ml-1000ml

0.5 ml - 30 ml

0.5 ml to 20 l

0.1 to 250 ml As above up to 300 bpm

10 ml to 5 l

As above

Up to 100 bpm

Up to 60 bpm Up to 120 bpm

As above

Up to 80 bpm

As above

10 ml to 5 l 0.1 to 1000 ml 100 ml to 5 l

up to 30 bpm up to 25 bpm Up to 50 bpm

up to 300/min

Up to 100 ppm, dependent on product

Varies dependent on product

0 - 1 gallon

Fill Range

Variable

Filling Speed

Capmatic Any Up to 30 BPM Bambino SF Capmatic Any Up to 40 bpm Bambino Capmatic Any Up to 120 bpm Accurofill SH CHARLES DOWNER & CO. LTD. PSG Lee Pumps, Pouches Up to 120 min displaement ELMAR WORLDWIDE (in Canada: Chisholm Machinery Sales Limited, Niagara Falls, ON) Elmar RPE 7-72 Volumetric Cans, Bottles, Cups to 1,600cpm Rotary Piston Filler EUROSTAR SRL (in Canada: Newmapak Ltd.) Eurostar Model Light Glass/Plastic 20 up to 450 bpm MEC LD Depression HARPAK-ULMA PACKAGING, LLC VF SPE Piston Cups, trays up to 200 KRONES Modulfill VFS PET, HDPE Up to 72,000 bph Modulfill HRS Glass, PET, HDPE Up to 78,000 bph Modulfill VFJ PET, HDPE Up to 72,000 bph Modulfill NWJ PET, HDPE Up to 60,000 bph

Capmatic Conquest Pharma Capmatic Verifill

AF12 (12 pump Gear Pump Any and all up to 1 gallon filler) ALEX E. JONES & ASSOCIATES LTD. Pacific Volumetric Bottles, Jars, Cans, Pails, Packaging ® filling, Positive Tubs Rotary Filler displacement pump Bottles, Jars, Cans, Pails, Volumetric Pacific Packaging ® filling, Positive Tubs In-Line Filler displacement pump BW Flexible Bag Systems ® Hayssen ISB ANYPACK PACKAGING MACHINERY INC. REB positive all containers displacement, fill to level CAPMATIC LTD. Capmatic CF-2V Vacuum Glass container Capmatic CF-2P Pistons All types Capmatic Gravity Rigid containers Flowthrough Capmatic As above As above Flowmatic Capmatic Pressure As above Versafill Capmatic Vacuum Glass container Vacufill Capmatic Patriot As above As above Capmatic As above As above Intrepid Capmatic Piston Glass and /or plastic container Conquest Capmatic Electromagnetic All types FlowStar

Filling Liquid Products Maker & Fill Method Containers Filled Model

Hot and cold filling Hot filling

Cold filling Both available: Cold filling; hot filling

Cold filling

Piston

Volumetric - Stand Alone & Monoblocks No Container/ No Fill Std.

Intermittent

Monoblock Count, Fill, Plug, Cap & Label Monoblock Fill, Plug, Cap & Label Monoblock Liquid Filler

Plug/Stopper/Cap/ Crimp/ ROPP Inline automatic to 12 mass flowmeter, heads volumetric pump Cont. motion filling/ pump stoppering/capping monoblock Auto Filler

Monoblock fill/plug/cap As above

As above

Inline automatic

Semi automatic As above Inline semi automatic

Intermittent motion, Servo drive, VFFS

Fully Automatic inline filling.

Fully Automatic

Operation

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Viscofill

Viscofill PET-Asept L2

various

30 to 40 cpm As above 90 cpm

90 cpm

2-12 lb.

various

Bottles, cans As above Bottles, jars, cans & bags

As above

Pails, drums, bag-in-box

R-J MACHINERY INC. R-J Model MR Pump Metered Pails, drums, Totes Variable Revolution R-J Model FBW-G Pails, drums, Totes Variable SOLBERN (in Canada: Chisholm Machinery Sales Limited, Niagara Falls, ON) Solbern 301 Cans, Bottles, Cups up to 500 cpm Solbern TPTF-DP Transfer Cans, Bottles, Cups Prod. Dependent Filler

Filling Speed

Operation Semi Automatic Semi automatic In-Line Portion Ctrl Carousel

Fill Range 5L to 1,000L 5L to 1,000L Container Dependent Various

2-250ml

Automatic

10-50 sachet/min

Sachet

Manual or automatic on skid weighing Semi-automatic Semi-automatic

As above

Semi-automatic As above Manual or automatic

semi-automatic & automatic

automatic

semi-automatic & automatic

Rotary monoblock

Continuous rotary In-line - Pneumatic & Servo

Semi-Automatic and Automatic filling machines for low speed production. Filling of Beer, Cider and all sparkling products

Operation

Rotary Fill Seal machines for cup filling and sealing/ closing. These machines are designed to satisfy medium to high output productions by compact and fully comprehensive automated lines.

5L to 1,000L 5L to 1,000L

Models to 750

To 5 L

4 oz to 1 gal As above To 1 L

various

2oz. - 2 litre

1 oz - 1 gal 2oz. - 4 litre

up to 1.5L

As above As above As above

Pet food, Spreads, Jam, Sauces, Dressings, Gourmet food, Baby food and Compote Spreads, Dairy Products, Jam, Sauces, Dressings, Gourmet food, Baby food and Compote, Food oil, Liquid and Paste-like candies As above Mixed milk beverages, UHT milk, Juice, Ice tea, Tea, Energy drinks, Beverages containing particles As above As above

Fill Range

Wide range of liquid and doughy products such as yogurt, cheese, milk, margarine, butter, jam, honey, sauces and soups

Variable Variable

various

cans, pails, drums, totes

Pails, drums, Totes Pails, drums, Totes

Up to 800 bpm

Rigid

up to 500 Bph

Glass, Plastic

Up to 800 bpm Up to 100 bpm

Inquiry Inquiry Inquiry

PET, HDPE PET, HDPE PET, HDPE

Rigid Rigid

Up to 48,000 bph Inquiry

Inquiry Up to 56,000 bph

Inquiry

Filling Speed

PET, HDPE PET, HDPE

PET, HDPE, Glass, Cans PET, HDPE

PET, HDPE, Glass, Cans

Filling Non-free-flow Maker & Model Containers

VC999 CANADA LTD. Packaging Plus Dosing pump / filling system piston filler

R-J FBW-G Gravity R-J FBW-P Pump SHAWPAK SYSTEMS LTD. Triangle STOCK CANADA Fill & Seal Rotary Tables Machines

PLAN AUTOMATION INC. US Bottlers Pressure gravity Hauser Piston & Machinery Volumetric Weight Pack PMR PACKAGING INC. Crandall Filling Fill by weight Machinery ® pail and drum fillers (various models) PallayPack ® Monoblock, fill/ VersaBlock plug/cap REB ® IVS Inline, piston & series fill-to-level R-J MACHINERY INC. R-J Model FTL Gravity R-J vacuum filler Vacuum R-J SDS-1000- Piston Style CV Check Valve R-J SDS-5000- Piston Style CV Model FBW Fill-by weight

PET-Asept D Contiform AseptBloc Modulfill Asept VFJ Modulfill Asept NWJ Modulfill Asept VFJ-D NEWMAPAK LTD. Newmapak Semi-Automatic Ltd Model and Automatic NewmaFill

Viscofill

Filling Liquid Products Maker & Fill Method Containers Filled Model

Containers Filled

Variable

All current market styles

CAM PACKAGING SYSTEMS CV-420 Food, loose granular, powders, liquids, confectionery, chips, hardware CV320 Food, loose granular, powders, liquids, confectionery, chips, hardware

BW Flexible Systems ® HFFS - Snacks, Confectionary, IQF, Bakery, Pharma, Rose Forgrove ® Merlin Blue Grains, Powders BW Flexible Systems ® VFFS - Snack, Confectionary, IQF, Bakery, Pharma, Hayssen IM Verus Grain, Powders Bw Flexible Systems ® VFFS - Snack, Confectionary, IQF, Bakery, Pharma, Hayssen ISB Grain, Powders ANYPACK PACKAGING MACHINERY INC. Rovema dry and liquids

Up to 150ppm

Varies dependent on product

Roll stock heat sealable films Roll stock heat sealable films

all heat sealble material

Up to 120 bpm

Bags 2”W x 4L” to 13”W x 19”L. Weight up to 8KG

60ppm 60ppm

3” x 3”” - 8” x 12” 2” x 2” - 6” x 8”

up to 500 per minute

Up to 120 ppm

Varies dependent on product

50 x 60mm to 600 x 1000 mm

Up to 200ppm

Varies dependent on product

Up to 20 cycles per minute.

Up to 200ppm

Bags 2”W x 4L” to 13”W x 19”L. Weight up to 8KG Varies dependent on product

Up To 24” x 10” x 4” deep

Up to 150 ppm

2.36

Laminate, Polyethylene Laminate, Polyethylene Laminate, Barrier Film Laminate, Polyethylene Laminate, Barrier, Poly, Tyvek, Shrink Film Laminate, Polyethylene Laminate, Polyethylene Laminate, Polyethylene

Up to 160ppm

Size Range

Materials

Speed

Manual or automatic Manual or automatic Manual or automatic on skid weighing Semi automatic Semi automatic

90 cpm As above 2-12 cpm Variable Variable

Products Packaged

Can integrate with container handling system

5 to 80 cpm

Bags, jars, bottles, pails & drums Bottles, jars, cans & bags As above Pails, drums, bag-in-box Pails, drums, Totes Pails, drums, Totes

Semi-automatic Inline automatic up to 12 heads Inline mass flowmeter

Up to 25 bpm Up to 120 bpm Up to 200 bpm

50 ml to 4 liter

All types All types All

up to 100/min

Up to 0.5 lbs Up to 7 lbs Up to 18 lbs Up to 80/min

Automatic or Semi-Automatic

Operation

In-Line with Product

Fully Automatic inline filling.

Fill Operation Range

Various

Fill Range

Varies dependent on product

Filling Speed

ALEX E. JONES & ASSOCIATES LTD. BW Flexible Systems ® VFFS - Snack, Confectionary, IQF, Bakery, Pharma, Hayssen ® Ultima Series Grain, Powders BW Flexible Systems ® VFFS - Snack, Confectionary, IQF, Bakery, Pharma, Hayssen CM Verus Grain, Powders BW Flexible Systems ® HFFS - Cheese, Pharma, Bakery Hayssen ® RT Series BW Flexible Systems ® HFFS - Snack, Confectionary, IQF, Bakery, Pharma, Rose Forgrove ® Integra Grain, Powders Series SP Thermoforming Various Products

Form-Fill-Seal Maker & Model

CAPMATIC LTD. Capmatic PVR-01 Piston Capmatic Accurofill Piston Capmatic FlowStar Electromagnetic R-J MACHINERY INC. R-J Digiflow Metered revolution, positive displacement SDS ® 1000-AV Piston SDS-5000-AV As above Model FBW Fill-by weight R-J Model FBW-G Pump R-J Model FBW-P Compatible Pump REISER (CANADA) CO. Vemag Different attachments

ALEX E. JONES & ASSOCIATES LTD. Pacific Packaging ® Volumetric filling, Bottles, Jars, Cans, Pails, Tubs Rotary Filler Positive displacement pump ANYPACK PACKAGING MACHINERY INC. Rovema BVC 310L pump bags

Filling Semi-liquids Maker & Model Fill Method

Filling Speed

Solbern HVOP High Volume Cans, Bottles, Cups Prod. Dependent Open Packer TRIANGLE PACKAGE MACHINERY CO. (in Canada: Showpak Systems) Triangle A612 Bags,cases, cartons, trays Up to 135/min. Triangle A612 Belt As above Up to 65/min. Triangle A918 As above Up to 165/min. WEIGHPACK SYSTEMS INC. PrimoLinear V-25 Up to 50 lbs Up to 15/min PrimoLinear V-5 Up to 5 lbs Up to 50/min PrimoLinear V-Mini Up to 0.5 lbs Up to 50/min PrimoCombi 1.5 L Up to 140 /min PrimoCombi 1.5 L 200+/min PrimoCombi 2.5 L 200+/min PrimoCombi 5L Up to 80/min

Filling Non-free-flow Maker & Model Containers

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Various

All

75-330mm W, 100-558mm L 75-330mm W, 75-711mm L 75-330mm W, 127-711mm L 75-330mm W, 127-711mm L Form/Fill/Seal Pillow, flatBottom, Hem Seal, Gusseted Bags 50-203mm W, 127-280mm L, up to 100g 50-330mm W, 100-650mm L, 15-123mm thick W 2.75” - 13” / L max. 28”

Various Various Various Various Various Various

Any type of laminated film Laminate/ Laminate/ Laminate/ Laminate/ Laminate/ Laminate/ Laminate/ Laminate All heat sealable materials as above as above as above as above All heat-sealable materials a cylindrical roll of film

Snacks, candy, nuts, non-foods Snacks, candy,nuts, non-foods Snack foods non-washdown non-washdown non-washdown any non-washdown any any any Food, Medical Consumer Industrial as above as above as above as above Various All heat sealable materials a variety of products including candy packaging, snack food packaging, chocolate packaging, vegetable packaging, fruit packaging, cheese packaging, meat packaging, poultry packaging, pet food packaging, bakery packaging, cannabis packaging, hemp packaging, vitamin gummy packaging, pharmaceutical packaging, medicinal packaging, frozen food packaging and grain packaging

Ishida Flexible strip-pack applicator Ishida TSC-RS seal checker Ishida Inspira Snack Bagmaker MATRIX PACKAGING MACHINERY, LLC Matrix Packaging Machinery 916 Matrix Packaging Machinery Pro S “shorty” Matrix Packaging Machinery Orion Matrix Packaging Machinery Mercury HS Matrix Packaging Machinery Proteus Matrix Packaging Machinery Elete DS13 Matrix Packaging Machinery Elete DS18 Matrix Packaging Machinery Elete QUAD MULTIVAC CANADA R105 R126 R145 R245 R535 R085 R3 PAXIOM VerTek 800

up to 8 inches wide (200mm)

Up to 420x360mm Up to 420x400mm Up to 560x640mm Up to 650x1300mm 381x300 mm

Up to 355x300mm

9”wide x 15” Long 13” wide x 8” Long 11” wide x 15.5” Long 11” wide x 15.5” Long 11” wide x 15.5” Long 13” wide x 23” Long 18” wide x 23” Long 13” wide x 18” Long

Full Range

All types

Various

Call

up to 50 bags per min

Up to 10 cpm Up to 10 cpm Up to 15cpm Up to 22 cpm

Up to 8 cpm

Max cycle speed 70 Max cycle speed 90 Max cycle speed 90 Max cycle speed 130 Max cycle speed 180 Max cycle speed 120 Max cycle speed 80 Max cycle speed 50

Up to 200 bags/min.

to 150 bpm

to 80 bpm

to 100 bpm to 250 bpm to 200 bpm 70-120 bpm

110 ppm

up to 20 cpm

Call

Vertical form, fill and Seal. Continuous Motion Maximum speed up to 100 bags per minutes (depending on product, film and dosing equipment)

80x80mm to 400x550mm 250mm x 250mm, 2” Gusset

Up to 250bpm Up to 110bpm, Intermittent Up to 500bpm Vertical form, fill and Seal.

Simplex, duplex, triplex and quadruplex machine Simplex and duplex machines

Simplex duplex triplex quadruplex available

Up to 600 min

Varies

35 PPM

Speed

60ppm

80x80 to 400x550 80x80 to 400x550 60 to 145 W x 300 L mm 80x80mm to 400x550mm

Film

Heat Seal and Poly Heat Seal and Poly Heat Seal Pillow, 4 corner seal, Doy-style Pillow, 4 corner seal, Doy-style Heat Sealable

Wide range of pouch formats Horizontal form fill and sealing machines Horizontal form, fill, Wide range of pouch formats sealing machines Horizontal form, fill, Wide range of pouch formats sealing machines

Varies

6” x 8” - 13” x 24”

Size Range

3” x 3” - 9” x 16”

flat roll stock

Materials

Roll stock heat sealable films Roll stock heat sealable films

HARLUND INDUSTRIES LTD. Sinlon Vertical Wrappers Dry goods HARPAK-ULMA PACKAGING, LLC TFS-Line Foods/All type medical disposables HAYSSENSANDIACRE (in Canada: Alex E. Jones & Assoc.) Rose Forgrove HFFS Line As above HEAT AND CONTROL, INC. Ishida Astro S Snack foods Ishida Atlas Snack foods Ishida Atlas 223 Snack foods Ishida Atlas 233 Potato chips, snack foods Ishida Flexible Packaging System Snack Foods

Suitable for a wide range of products from powders, granulated, tablets, liquids, pasty and solid. Effytec ® GPC-60, GPIC-60, GPIC Suitable for a wide range of products from powders, granulated, tablets, liquids, pasty and solid. GEA VERTICAL FLOW PACKAGING SOLUTIONS (in Canada: Abbey Equipment Solutions) GEA Food Solutions SmartPacker CX 250/400 Pillow, Zipper, Quatro Seal. Stand-up, Envelope, Bags GEA Food Solutions SmartPacker SX 400 Pillow, Zipper, Quatro Seal, Stand-up, Envelope Bags GEA Food Solutions SmartPacker Twin Tube Treat Size Bags GEA Food Solutions ® SmartPouch SX Suitable for a wide range of products from powders, granulated, tablets, liquids, pasty and solid. GEA Food Solutions ® SmartPouch CX Suitable for a wide range of products from powders, granulated, tablets, liquids, pasty and solid. GEA ® SmartPacker CX400 D-Zip Candy, Nuts, Frozen Fruits, Grated Cheese,

Effytec ® GP Series ® GP-32, GP-38, GP-40

CANAPA SOLUTIONS VerTekª automatic vertical form, fill and seal Cannabis flower, edibles etc. bagging machine for bulk wholesale packaging CHARLES DOWNER & CO. LTD. SN Horizontal Pouch machine All EFFYTEC (in Canada: Abbey Equipment Solutions) Effytec HP Series ® HP-10, HP-14, HP-15, HP- Suitable for a wide range of products from powders, granulated, tablets, 16, HP-20, HP-26, HP-32, HP-40 liquids, pasty and solid.

Food ,loose granulars, powders, liquids, confectionery, chips, hardward

CV-720

Food, loose granular, powders, liquids, confectionery, chips, hardware

Products Packaged

CAM CV-520

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Perfect for products such as frozen food, vegetables, snacks and pasta beer hop pellets, confections, pet food, rice, beans, flour, powders and polymers foods, pharmaceuticals, life sciences products, beverages, liquids and household care items.

as above

Products Packaged a cylindrical roll of film film

Materials

16’’ long

up to 24 inches wide (600 mm). up to 200mm wide

up to 13 inches (330mm) wide

up to 12 inches wide (300mm)

Size Range

150 per minute

UP TO 60 PER MINUTE

50 to 100 packages per minute

Varies

Speed

candy, snack, vegetable, meat, cheese, pet food, roduce pouches up to 17 50 to 100 packages per bakery inches minute PLAN AUTOMATION INC. Matrix Packaging Dry and liquid Heat sealable 2” - 1 5” up to 300 Cavanna ® Zero 4 All Flow Wrapped - Specialty Bakery & Confectionary Heat sealable films Variable Up to 800 ppm PPI TECHNOLOGIES GROUP (in Canada: Aesus Packaging Systems, Pointe Claire, QC; Charles Downer & Co., Ltd, Richmond Hill, ON; Kelloggs Corn Flakes Toronto Ontario) Laudenberg All All 4” to 11.8” W 360 REISER (CANADA) CO. Repak Various food products Flexible and semi- Various Up to 15 cycles/minute rigid films Variovac Various food products Flexible and semi- Various Up to 20 cycles/minute rigid films SHAWPAK SYSTEMS LTD. Triangle VFFS Doy, Pillow, etc Solids and Liquids Application dependent Application dependent SOLBERN (in Canada: Chisholm Machinery Sales Limited, Niagara Falls, ON) ere 33 33 33 33 SYNTEGON PACKAGING TECHNOLOGY, INC. SVI2620 Snacks, cereal, fresh produce, coffee, frozen Heat sealable & Flat: 60-260mm W Stand up: Up to 200 bpm vegetables & fruits, powders poly head seal 40-260mm W 30-120mm D, 250mm max W&D SVE 2520 DZ Confectionery, Nuts, Jelly Pack-styles: Pillow, Guseted, Up to 200 bpm Block-bottom, Corner Seal, full Corner Seal, 3-sided with and without zip, Doy with and without zip SVE 2510 QR As above As above Flat: 60-250mm W Stand up: Up to 100 ppm doy & 50-220mm W 45-100mm D, quad bags Up to 200 bpm 250 mm max W&D pillow bags SVE 2510 DR Snacks, cereal, nuts, pet foods, confectionary As above Stand up: 65-250mm W As above 60-500mm L TRIANGLE PACKAGE MACHINERY CO. (in Canada: Showpak Systems) Triangle B108 VFFS Cereal, Cheese, Coffee, Produce, IQF, Pasta, Poultry, Poly & Supported Bag widths up to 8” (208 mm) 140 bags/min. Seafood, Snacks, Nuts, Free Flow Triangle XYS08 VFFS Candy, Coffee, Grains, Produce, Nuts and Snacks, Poly and Supported Bag widths from 2.5” (64mm) - 150 bags/minute Powder 8” (208 mm) Triangle BT08 VFFS Snacks, nuts, free flow Poly and Supported Bag widths up to 8” (208 mm) 240 bags/min. Model XYRJ IQF products, meat, poultry, seafood, grains, cereal, Poly and Laminated Up to 15” W Up to 120/min. snacks Compact Sanitary Bagger ® Produce, other Poly and Laminated 2.5” - 13” wide, up to 15” long 70 bpm (120-140 as twin) Model CSB VC999 CANADA LTD. VC999 RS 285-720 Foods, pharmaceutical, furniture Pe,PA,PVC, Pet 285 to 720mmW 10-12 cycle Vacuum Gaz, MAP VC999 i-Series All Application Flexible & Rigid 320 to 720mm 14-20 cycle Vacuum thermoformers Gas, Map VC999 p-Series food & non food Skin, Vacuum, & 285web to 720 web width 8-14 cycle / MN thermoformer MAP packing. Rigid & flexible WEIGHPACK SYSTEMS INC. Xpdius Elite I-130 Roll Stock 3” - 12”W; 2” - 16”L Up to 120/min Vertek 1600 Roll Stock 10” - 16” W, 6” - 18”L Up to 30 cpm Vertek 2400 Roll Stock 16” - 24”W, 9” - 36” L Up to 20 cpm r2b 1200 Roll Stock 6” - 12” W, 8” - 18” L Up to 65/min r2b 3600 Roll Stock 3.5” - 8” W, 6” - 11”L Up to 120/min VerTek 1200 Roll Stock 3” - 12” W 3” - 16” L Up to 50 cpm VerTek 800 Roll Stock 2” - 8” W 3” - 12” L Up to 80 cpm VF 1200 bagger confectionery, bakery, snack food etc. Up to 12’’ wide bags For mechanical rates up to 9,000 bags per hour XPdius 1700 seafood, snack food, confectionery, vegetable, meat Up to 17’’ wide bag etc.

VF 1200 Continuous Motion Bagger XPdius 1700 bagger

R2B 3600 SIMPLEX

VerTek 2400

XPDIUS ELITE 130

VerTek 1200

Form-Fill-Seal Maker & Model

Bulk melter, 5g pail Bulk melter, 5g drum Case sealing, tray making, cartoning, packaging Case sealing, traymaking, cartoning, packaging

Case sealing, cartoning, traymaking, packaging, labeling Case sealing, cartoning, traymaking, packaging

Piston pump

230C

Top, bottom side As above

PS PS PS

2114 2115

Max 4” wide lbl Max 7” web

All All All types

PS PS PS

PS PS Label applicator Servo

AESUS PACKAGING SYSTEMS, INC. ECO Wrap Up to 24” DELTA Wrap Up to 24” PREMIER Plus Up to 12” Wrap AHEARN & SOPER INC. Label-Aire Max 3”x3” lbl

Container Style

425DegF/ 204DegC

12-200 kg/h

No limit No limit All types

to 1600 lpm to 1250 lpm

to 1000 lpm

0-120bpm 0-180bpm 0-320bpm

Container Speed Height, Diameter

20-300 L

Up to 9 kg/h

425DegF/ 204DegC

26 lbs/12 kg/h

10 - 53 lb

547x469x318 609x469x322 613x505x344

4, 8 and 14 lt

450DegF

Superior cut-off performance

Tamp-Blow Wipe-on

Air-Blow

Prism StarPrism StarPrism

Special Features

Gear pump, pulse-tree output

Integrated auto feed/ remote storage adhesive bin

Microprocessor-based with touch pad interface LCD Operator Panel for ease of use and programming

Hot melt adhesive on all types pkg. lines

Integrated adhesive tracking system combined with tankless technology

Tankless dispensing system

AC gear pump Gear pump with preset motor speed Long life and 2 mg cycle times compact design and energy efficient with insulating cover. provides clog-free operation and easy nozzle changes for different applications Integrated adhesive tracking system

14:1 piston pump, non-circulating tank, status-at-a-glance indicators, disposable filter, graphic controls, opt. 8 hose/gun channels, opt. 400/480V 686x547x345 Large tank capacity, high output piston pumps graphic controls, up to 6 hose/ gun channels Opt. 400/480V 334x478x552 Variable speed AC motors, key to line capacity. status-at-a-glance indicators, disposable filler, graphic court 885x1382x582, Variable speed AC motors, grid 1445x1382x831, reservoir, status-at-a-glance indicators, 1000x1382x782 disposable filter, touch-screen interface 349x260x476 Reduce adhesive density and costs and use by 50%

547x469x318

Varies

4.2 to 13.05 kg/h 240DegC

11 to 50 lb/hr

7 & 14 kg/hr

Features

Uses pre-set temerature modules to dispense all adhesives. 4.3 lb pneumatic Trigger regulator; Lighted on/off switch

20 oz

Size of Unit

230C 1268x1180x540 1268x1180x540 1830x1570x945 190C Maximum

4.3kg/hr 8.2kg/hr 230C 11kg/hr

203 lb (92kg) 595 lb (270kg)

Label Adhesion Method

Label Size Range

230C

Varies

260DegF to 450DegF 385DegF (196C)

Melter dependent 38 to 230C

14kg/hr, 25kg/hr, 50kg/hr

4.7kg/hr, 12.5kg/ hr, 20kg/hr

18.1kg./hr

4.3kg/hr

Varies

up to 7.5 lb/hr

5.5 lb/hr

Max Melt Rate Max Melt Temp

Label Style

Labelling Maker & Model

ProBlue Liberty Piston pump System ProBlue Liberty Piston pump ATS ProBlue Flex with Packaging BBconn Controls ROBATECH GLUING SOLUTIONS (ROBATECH CANADA) Robatech Automated and Equipment semi automated TECHNICAL ADHESIVES LTD Hot Melt VALCO MELTON D-Series Case and carton sealing, All-electric, motorpalletizing driven gear pump EC-Series Case and carton sealing, Multi-function palletizing control, pneumatic piston pump Melt on Demand Case and carton sealing, All-electric driven Electric Kube tray sealing, case erecting gear pump or air operated piston pump VDrum, VPail Bulk melter series For use with pail or drum

ProBlue ATS

SureBead

DuraPail DuraDrum MiniBlue II

Spur-Gear Pumps Auto or manual guns 2 to 4 guns Metering Spur-Gear pumps Auto 2, 4 or 6 guns Retrofit to existing or new Nordson adhesive melters, 1 gun as above as above

AltaBlue TT Melters 4, 10 and 16 Liter Melters VersaBlue 12, 25 and 50 Liter Melters SureFoam Dispensing System

Case sealing, cartoning, traymaking packaging

Piston pump, Auto guns, 8 guns

Piston pump, Auto guns 4 to 8 guns

All

ProBlue 15, 30 and Packaging, case sealing, 50 Liter Melters cartoning, traymaking

BAUMER HHS CORP. Packaging Baumer hhs ® Various NORDSON CANADA, LIMITED ProBlue 4, 7 and Case sealing, tray10 Liter Melters making, cartoning packaging, labelling

Handgun

As above

Carton sealing & various

3M CANADA INC. Polygun EC Polygun ll

Type

Hotmelt Applicators Maker & Model Application