PMMI adds 34 new members

PMMI's Board of Directors added 34 new companies to the PMMI membership at its April 13 meeting, held in conjunction with PMMI's Executive Leadership Conference in Ponte Vedra, FL.

Pat ReynoldsVP Editor Emeritus
Apr 16th, 2013

"This member class is among the largest in PMMI history, and it
reinforces the value of PMMI membership in the modern
marketplace," says Rick Fox, Jr., president & CEO of FOX IV
Technologies, Inc., and chairman of PMMI's Board of Directors.
"And they're here to take advantage of everything PMMI has to
offer: They're here to build relationships, they're here for
insight into domestic and global markets, and they're here to
make a difference in the quality of the workers in our field."

Applications for all membership categories are online at
PMMI.org. Interested companies can contact Andrew Dougherty,
director of membership at PMMI, for further information:
703.243.8555 or adougherty@pmmi.org.

GENERAL MEMBERSHIP
Advanced Manufacturing Technology (Loveland, Colo.) manufactures
air, mat-top, table-top, belt and drag chain conveying equipment.

Avatar (Exton, Pa.) manufacture vertical form, fill and seal
machinery.

Cablevey Conveyors (Oskaloosa, Iowa) manufactures conveying
equipment.

DDS Conveyor, Inc., (Las Vegas, Nev.) manufactures spiral and
belt conveying machines.

Graco, Inc., (Minneapolis, Minn.) manufactures systems and
equipment to move, measure, control, dispense and spray fluid
materials.

Mamata Enterprises, Inc., (Bradenton, Fla.) manufactures
horizontal form fill & seal and fill/seal pouching machinery.

Mexicana de Ingenieria y Maquinaria, S.A. de C.V., (Queretaro, QT
Mexico) manufactures form, fill & seal equipment.

Millwood, Inc, (Vienna, Ohio) manufactures stretch wrap systems,
roller conveyors and elevating/lowering conveyor equipment.

Modular Conveyor Express (Oshkosh, Wisc.) manufactures mat style,
case and belt conveyors.

National Bulk Equipment, Inc., (Holland, Mich.) manufactures bulk
material handling and automated product recovery systems.

NCC Automated Systems (Souderton, Pa.) manufactures accumulating,
conveying and feeding equipment.

OYSTAR USA (Edison, NJ) manufactures tube filling machines.

PolyROBOTeck Machine Inc. (Blainville, Quebec, Canada)
manufactures material handling systems.

Proco Machinery Inc. (Mississauga, Ontario, Canada) manufactures
take-out systems, robot case-packers and palletizers.

Shrink Tech Systems (St. Louis, Mo.) manufactures shrink
packaging machinery.

Sleeve Seal, LLC, (Neenah, Wisc.) manufactures labeling and
wrapping equipment.

SUPPLIER MEMBERSHIP
Athena Controls, Inc., (Plymouth Meeting, Pa.) manufacture
digital and analog temperature and process control
instrumentation for processing applications.

Flex-Line Automation Inc. (Chester, Ill.) manufacture conveying
parts and components.

General Electric (Charlottesville, Va.) manufacture machinery
systems and components.

Habasit America (Suwanee, Ga.) manufactures conveyor, plastic
modular, seamless, power transmission belts and gear motors.

Lapp USA (Florham Park, NJ) are cable manufacturers.

Leister Technologies (Itasca, Ill.) manufactures plastic welding
and hot-air blowers.

Molex Inc (Lincolnshire, Ill.) manufactures interconnects, power
connectors and cable assemblies.

Roxtec (Round Lake Beach, Ill.) manufactures sealing cable and
pipes.

MATERIALS MEMBERSHIP
Box On Demand, LLC, (Battle Creek, Mich.) manufactures corrugated
containers.

Flex Films (USA) Inc. (Elizabethtown, Ky.) produces flexible
packaging films.

Selig Sealing Products (Naperville, Ill.) manufactures closure
lining materials. 

Shurtape Technologies, LLC, (Hickory, NC) manufactures various
tapes.

Volm Companies, Inc., (Antigo, Wisc.) produces bags and pouches.

PROCESSING MEMBERSHIP
American Process Systems-Member Eirich Group (Gurnee, Ill.)
manufactures mixers, dryers, reactors, and ancillary equipment.

Anritsu Industrial Solutions USA (Elk Grove Village, Ill.)
manufactures quality control systems and inspection equipment for
use on processing lines.

Marchesini Packaging Machinery Inc. (West Caldwell, NJ)
manufactures equipment for aseptic process, fill/finish, and
packaging of pharmaceutical and biotech products. 

MG America, Inc. (Fairfield, NJ) manufactures inspecting,
detecting and check weighing equipment for the processing
industry.

North Star Engineered Products (Perrysburg, Ohio) manufactures
equipment for fresh-cut vegetable and fruit processors.
 

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