Candy company sweetens packaging efficiencies

Farley’s and Sathers adds versatile vertical cartoning line to keep pace with growing product demand.

Farley’s and Sathers Candy Co., Inc, headquartered in Round Lake, MN, wanted to add some packaging capacity at its Des Plaines, IL, plant to help meet growing product demand. A main criterion in choosing packaging equipment was the flexibility to accommodate the company’s broad range of candy products and package sizes to serve markets ranging from club stores to regular retail stores to vending machines.

Kevin Walsh, corporate engineering manager for Farley’s and Sathers, says, “We went with the CV15-100C vertical cartoner from Z Automation because this supplier was willing to meet our needs to build in flexibility to run multiple product lines with minimal changeover time. We run anywhere from single-serve theater-size boxes of candies to club store-size pouches in a carton. So we need versatility in our packaging lines.”

Building the new line

In June 2005, Farley’s and Sathers installed the new vertical cartoner. They integrated the cartoner with Ishida scale/check-weighing equipment, supplied by Heat and Control. Walsh says, “We selected the Ishida scale because Z Automation already had a good working relationship with them and because we saw a price, delivery, and equipment support advantage that met our company’s requirements.”

A metal detector from Fortress Technology, a case sealer from 3M, and an ink-jet case coder from Markem also were integrated into the new automated packaging line. The cartons are sealed using a ProBlue™ hot-melt adhesive system from Nordson Corp.

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