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Brown Machine Group Acquires aXatronics Robotics Capabilities Business
Brown Machine Group (BMG) announced the acquisition of the robotics capabilities from automation equipment supplier aXatronics.
Primary packaging
Case Packing System
Brown Machine Group introduces the ComPack Series case packing system designed to erect cartons and pack product sequentially within the same machine.
Sustainability
New plant goes from PET bale to rPET packaging
New facility with an 80,000,000-lb annual capacity sorts, cleans, and purifies PET waste to produce rPET rollstock, thermoformed containers, and molded bottle preforms.
Primary packaging
Brown Machine Group merges with Freeman Co.
Brown Machine Group announced its merger with Freeman Co. to enhance capabilities in thermoform tooling.
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Brown Machine: Servo driven horizontal trim presses
Brown Machine introduces its Elite Series line of Servo Driven Horizontal Trim Presses equipped with a multitude of cutting edge features for achieving greater speeds, superior precision trimming, longer tool life, ease of maintenance and faster changeover times.
Materials & containers
Blister pack components on demand
Plastic bags with preprinted header cards were too costly and too labor intensive to fill and staple shut. Thermoformed PVC blisters with ‘slider cards’ are a big improvement.
Materials & containers
Corn-based resin makes North American debut
Wilkinson Manufacturing Co. is the first North American converter to thermoform containers from corn-based polylactide polymer, or PLA. The converter welcomes the material’s sustainable, renewable characteristics, and its consumer-friendly properties.
Controls & automation
Brown Machine: Thermoformer
The CT-800 Trim-In-Place thermoformer from the Brown Machine Div. of John Brown Plastics Machinery (Beaverton, MI) uses an articulating mold to improve part ejection and stacking.
Primary packaging
Food retailers like OPS tub for in-store applications
Wilkinson extrudes and thermoforms a two-piece tub with a snap-fit seal that keeps food fresh. Resin consistency and the right copolymer modifier help a lot.
