By 2005, Tropical Cheese Industries plans to double its business. One way the Perth Amboy, NJ, company expects to reach that lofty goal is to automate some of its packaging functions.
Early last year, for example, the small specialty cheesemaker added a new checkweigher and metal detector that have reduced product giveaway and freed operators to handle more pressing quality control tasks. And as Packaging World went to press, a label printer/applicator was also being integrated into the line. The Cornerstone(TM) checkweigher is from Hi-Speed Checkweigher (Ithaca, NY), the Zero Metal Free Zone detector from Safeline (Tampa, FL), while the print-and-apply unit is supplied by Auto-Labe (Ft. Pierce, FL).
