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Case Studies

Rigid Container Packaging

Miracle Sealant's new home-improvement retail products come in this two-layer teal-pigmented bottle with a sleeve label.

Package Case Study

| October 31, 2002

Home Depot customers receive a Miracle package

Primarily an institutional supplier, Miracle Sealants opens up new retail business thanks to new fluorinated bottles and sleeve labels.

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Package Case Study

| September 30, 2002

Michelob's teardrop bottle to be replaced

After testing on specialty Michelob brands, a new slope-shouldered longneck bottle will be introduced for Anheuser-Busch’s super-premium Michelob and Michelob Light beers.

Package Case Study

| September 30, 2002

Top Oil out to 'end' counterfeiting

San Francisco-based Top Oil Products Co. is waging war against counterfeiting of its premium synthetic motor oils in Indonesia. It’s weapons: top and bottom aluminum closures.

New packaging materials at Clougherty Packing include barrier plastic trays and barrier lidding material heat sealed to tray fla

Machine Case Study

| September 30, 2002

MAP protects fresh pork

Barrier materials, MAP technology, and automation upgrades all combine to help Clougherty Packing extend shelf life and improve quality of ground pork and sausage.See in-plant video

Package Case Study

| July 31, 2002

Vitamin gumballs bounce into new canister

Bloomfield, CT-based Amerifit Nutrition released its Vitaball Vitamin Gumball product to the warehouse club market.

Package Case Study

| June 30, 2002

Everything but the brush!

Sherwin-Williams’ Dutch Boy Dirt Fighter paints are debuting in an extravagant four-piece square plastic container.

Package Case Study

| May 31, 2002

Nestea's new look

Nestle replaces canister with shaped HDPE plastic with dosing cap.

Shown is Superior's unique bottle shape in 1/2 -gal, 3-L, and 1-gal sizes.

Machine Case Study

| May 31, 2002

Superior likes caseless shipping

This Ohio dairy manufacturer is rewriting the rules that govern distribution in the dairy industry. Caseless shipping is key. See in-plant video

Machine Case Study

| April 30, 2002

New bottle line brewing at Molson

In February, Molson announced plans to invest $34.8 million in upgrades at its Toronto brewery as the first installment in a $100 million plan to increase the facility’s production and efficiency.

Package Case Study

| March 31, 2002

Winston debuts 'flask' pack

An injection-molded “flask” of polypropylene is the revolutionary new container for Winston’s new blends, Rich and Light from R. J. Reynolds Tobacco, Winston-Salem, NC.

Package Case Study

| March 31, 2002

Ocean Spray goes rectangular

Ocean Spray, the firm that brought the first hot-filled PET bottle to the U.S. marketplace way back in ’85, is launching the Ripple Grip bottle, a new variation on the same hot-fill theme.

Package Case Study

| February 28, 2002

Hot cocoa mixes up a four-pack

Coco Caffe Gourmet Hot Cocoa beverage mixes from Cobblestone Kitchens, Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, warmed up to store shelves last fall in a new 6.25-oz composite canister.

A finished bottle with aluminum overcap and pressure-sensitive label is shown above.

Machine Case Study

| January 31, 2002

'Scaling up' on vaccine filling

Now the world’s fourth largest supplier of poultry vaccines, Lohmann Animal Health maintains its ranking through capital investment. See in-plant video

Machine Case Study

| December 31, 2001

Stretching the limits of aseptic packaging

Low-acid dairy products aseptically packaged in plastic bottles are common in Europe. Will Morningstar bring such technology to the U.S? See in-plant video

Backside view shows the cam-operated platforms under each bottle that raise and lower during the filling cycle to minimize splas

Machine Case Study

| December 31, 2001

HBA filler's range speaks volumes

A ‘showcase’ 18-station filler at Stanford Personal Care fills products from watery to pastes at a rate of 180/min with an accuracy of 0.3%. See in-plant video

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machinery: Container handling/feeding

Graphic Packaging Int'l - Minnesota Automation Products

Theresa Lashyro,
Sales Manager - Minnesota Automation Products & Parts

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Feeders, denesters, hang tag mchs, sleevers, clamshell handling and custom pkg machinery.
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View videos and pictures of over 70 successful applications on our web site. Over 35 years of expertise in secondary packaging machinery, standard or customized with true collaboration with customers. 24/7 emergency parts service, 99+% on time shipments, ISO certified.

Product Feeding - Vacuumless Tray Denester
Dairy Sleever for Multipack Tub Wrapping
Onsert Feeder for Pharmaceutical or Precise Placement Requirements
Plastic Container Collating and Paperboard Sleeve Wrapping System
LANGGUTH AMERICA Ltd

David O'Keefe,
Sales Manager

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Hot Melt Labeler, Cold Glue Labeler, Pressure Senstive Labeler, Pail Labeler, Denester
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At 30 pails per minute or 1000 cans per minute LANGGUTH’s 80 years of labeler and product handling experience ensure efficiency. Cut paper labels, boolklet labels, no label look film clear labels, OPP labels, and shrink labels all run on LANGGUTH's labeler portfolio.

Cold Glue Labeler with Clean Design for Routine Sanitation
Rotary Hot Melt Labeler
Pressure Sensitive Labeler
Adjustable Pail Denester
Material Transfer & Storage, Inc.

Robert Meirick,
Sales Manager

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Industry leader in the custom design and manufacture of material handling equipment.
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MTS equipment includes exclusive, patented features not available from any other manufacturer. MTS responds quickly to quotation requests, equipment questions, and general information requests. We listen first, make recommendations second, & deliver the equipment.

Material Master™ Bulk Bag Discharger
Material Master™ Bulk Bag Conditioner
Material Master PowerFill™ Bulk Bag Filling System
Material Master™ Lift & Seal™ Drum Discharger
Morrison Container Handling Solutions

NIck Wilson,
President

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Timing Screws, Custom Drive Assemblies, Change Parts, Parts Cart, Custom Designed Machines
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Improving Your Container Handling Equipment, One Product at a Time -> Reduce change-over time and increase line efficiency! Each Morrison product is custom designed for your container handling system and we look forward to being your expert source in container handling!

Timing Screws
Rotary Orienter
Parts Carts/Storage Units
Combiner/Divider
Nalbach Engineering Co.

Gary Lange,
VP Sales

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Powder Fillers (Auger & Volumetric Cup Fillers), Unscramblers, Orienters, Aerosol Fillers
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For over 65 years, Nalbach Engineering has designed and manufactured low maintenance and highly reliable powder filling, aerosol filling and plastic bottle unscrambling machines for leading companies around the world. Why? The bottom line is lower costs and higher profits.

Rotary Auger Filler
3A Dual Head Automatic Auger Filler
NECOSORT-S3 Plastic Bottle Unscrambler
NECO-ORIENTER "0/180" Degree Bottle Orienter
National Bulk Equipment, Inc.

Mr. Todd Reed,
President

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Bulk material filling and unloading systems; and packaged product recovery systems.
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NBE bulk material handling systems and product recovery systems are designed and built to application-specific requirements for sanitary, and non-sanitary, packaging and processing operations. NBE systems meet FDA cGMP; and enable optimal compliance contribution (OCC).

Bulk material packaging system fills and weighs bulk bags and containers.
Bulk bag unloader provides accurate material introduction.
Sanitary bulk container dumper protects product during introduction.
Product recovery system automates product reclaim.