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Auger fillers bring productivity boost

With sales of nightcrawlers rising steadily, top management at DMF Bait in Waterford Township, MI, knew that an auger filling upgrade for the dirt-filling part of the business was essential.

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They also knew exactly who the source would be: AMS Filling Systems. According to Dan Beaudoin, one of the principals at DMF Bait, no RFQ was called for.

“When we realized we needed a boost in output, we didn’t even bid it out,” says Beaudoin. “The AMS auger filler we’ve had since 1997 is still running well today. And AMS has really backed it up over all those years.”

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