Kangaroo Brands, Inc. is a fast-growing maker of ready-to-serve pita bread and sandwiches, sold through a wide range of retailers and to national warehouse store chains. As sales have continued to increase, greater productivity and flexibility were clearly required. The Milwaukee-based firm got what it needed in a compact, servo-driven Veronica vertical cartoner machine from Ultra Packaging, Inc., which is powered by a complete electric drives and control solution from company Bosch Rexroth Corporation.
When Kangaroo initially introduced its pita pocket sandwiches, the company used a manual cartoning process. However, once Kangaroo began supplying large retailers such as Walmart and the like, its needs changed. Not only have sales risen steadily, so has the variety of SKUs.
