Picking Up The Pieces

By Andrew Joseph, Features Editor January 13, 2010

General

Can you imagine if the manufacturers of the television cared so little about the packaging as this particular manufacturer of cat litter? I’d be using that robot arm to pick up the pieces.

Somewhere neighborhood cats are visiting my driveway,
Andrew Joseph

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Machinery

Bag/Pouch/F-F-S

Abbey Equipment Solutions Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd. Delkor Systems Inc. Harpak-Ulma Packaging, LLC Heat and Control, Inc. Nordson Canada Limited Plan Automation Inc. Reiser (Canada) Co. Stock Packaging Canada Syntegon Tessera Group VC999 Canada Ltd.

Barcoding/Scanning

Bizerba Canada Inc. Dependable Marking Systems Ltd. Harlund Industries Ltd. MapleJet Co. Squid Ink Manufacturing Videojet Technologies Inc. Weber Marking Systems of Canada

Blister Packaging

Starview Packaging Machinery, Inc.

Capping

Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd. CAPMATIC LTD ESS Technologies Galick Packaging Equipment Ltd. Heat and Control, Inc.

Cartoning

Abbey Equipment Solutions Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd. Delkor Systems Inc. ESS Technologies Nordson Canada Limited Plan Automation Inc. Propack Processing & Packaging Systems Inc. Schubert Packaging Automation Inc. Syntegon

Case Packing

ABB Inc. Abbey Equipment Solutions Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd. CAPMATIC LTD Delkor Systems Inc. ESS Technologies Heat and Control, Inc. IMPERIAL DADE CANADA INC. Plan Automation Inc. Propack Processing & Packaging Systems Inc. Schubert Packaging Automation Inc. Standard-Knapp Syntegon Tessera Group

Case Sealing

Dependable Marking Systems Ltd. Harlund Industries Ltd. IMPERIAL DADE CANADA INC.

Checkweigh

Abbey Equipment Solutions Anritsu - Product Inspection & Detection Bizerba Canada Inc. Heat and Control, Inc. Loma Systems, an ITW Company Mettler-Toledo Canada Sesotec Canada Ltd Shawpak Systems Ltd. VC999 Canada Ltd.

Coding

Dependable Marking Systems Ltd. Harlund Industries Ltd. MapleJet Co. Squid Ink Manufacturing Sterling Marking Products Inc. Tigerpak Industrial Supplies Videojet Technologies Inc. Weber Marking Systems of Canada

Combo Multi-Head Weighing

Abbey Equipment Solutions Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd. Heat and Control, Inc. Loma Systems, an ITW Company Plan Automation Inc. VC999 Canada Ltd.

Conveyor

Bosch Rexroth Canada Corp. FlexLink Systems, Inc. Galick Packaging Equipment Ltd. Regal Rexnord Ryson International Sterling Marking Products Inc. Tessera Group Weber Marking Systems of Canada

Digital Cutting

Zund America, Inc.

Filling

Abbey Equipment Solutions Alex E. Jones & Associates Ltd. CAPMATIC LTD ESS Technologies Galick Packaging Equipment Ltd. Heat and Control, Inc. Stock Packaging Canada Syntegon

Food Safety

Anritsu - Product Inspection & Detection Bizerba Canada Inc. Emerson Loma Systems, an ITW Company Mettler-Toledo Canada Nordson Canada Limited Plan Automation Inc. Sesotec Canada Ltd Shawpak Systems Ltd.

Inks

Sterling Marking Products Inc. Weber Marking Systems of Canada

Labeling

Bizerba Canada Inc. CAPMATIC LTD Dependable Marking Systems Ltd. Galick Packaging Equipment Ltd. Harlund Industries Ltd. Plan Automation Inc. Squid Ink Manufacturing Sterling Marking Products Inc. Tigerpak Industrial Supplies Videojet Technologies Inc. Weber Marking Systems of Canada

Metal Detector

Abbey Equipment Solutions Anritsu - Product Inspection & Detection Bizerba Canada Inc. Heat and Control, Inc. Loma Systems, an ITW Company Mettler-Toledo Canada Plan Automation Inc. Sesotec Canada Ltd Shawpak Systems Ltd. Tessera Group VC999 Canada Ltd.

Modified Atmosphere

Harpak-Ulma Packaging, LLC MULTIVAC Canada Inc. Reiser (Canada) Co. Stock Packaging Canada VC999 Canada Ltd.

Palletizing

ABB Inc. Abbey Equipment Solutions Delkor Systems Inc. ESS Technologies Honeywell Intelligrated Nordson Canada Limited Standard-Knapp Tessera Group

Printing Presses

Heidelberg Canada Graphic Equipment Limited

Robotics

ABB Inc. Bosch Rexroth Canada Corp. CAPMATIC LTD Delkor Systems Inc. ESS Technologies Propack Processing & Packaging Systems Inc. Schubert Packaging Automation Inc. Syntegon

Shrinkwrapping

Delkor Systems Inc. IMPERIAL DADE CANADA INC. Standard-Knapp

Skin Packaging

Starview Packaging Machinery, Inc. Stock Packaging Canada

Slicing Machinery

MULTIVAC Canada Inc. Weber Inc

Stretchwrapping

IMPERIAL DADE CANADA INC. Reiser (Canada) Co.

Tamper-Evident

CAPMATIC LTD Nordson Canada Limited

Thermoform

Harpak-Ulma Packaging, LLC MULTIVAC Canada Inc. Plan Automation Inc. Reiser (Canada) Co. Schubert Packaging Automation Inc. Starview Packaging Machinery, Inc. Stock Packaging Canada VC999 Canada Ltd. Weber Inc

Tray Forming/Loading

Delkor Systems Inc.

Tray Seal

Harpak-Ulma Packaging, LLC MULTIVAC Canada Inc. Reiser (Canada) Co. Schubert Packaging Automation Inc. Standard-Knapp Starview Packaging Machinery, Inc. Stock Packaging Canada VC999 Canada Ltd.

Vacuum Packaging

Abbey Equipment Solutions Harpak-Ulma Packaging, LLC MULTIVAC Canada Inc. Reiser (Canada) Co. Stock Packaging Canada VC999 Canada Ltd. Weber Inc

Wrapping

Abbey Equipment Solutions Bizerba Canada Inc. Propack Processing & Packaging Systems Inc. Schubert Packaging Automation Inc. Standard-Knapp Syntegon

X-Ray/Vision

Abbey Equipment Solutions Anritsu - Product Inspection & Detection Balluff Canada Inc. Bizerba Canada Inc. Heat and Control, Inc. Loma Systems, an ITW Company Mettler-Toledo Canada Plan Automation Inc. Sesotec Canada Ltd Shawpak Systems Ltd.

Automation

Belting/Chain

Regal Rexnord

Controls/Sensors

Bosch Rexroth Canada Corp. Emerson Pilz Automation Safety Canada L.P. Tessera Group

Motion Controllers

Bosch Rexroth Canada Corp. Emerson

Motors/Pumps

Bosch Rexroth Canada Corp. Regal Rexnord

PLC’s

Bosch Rexroth Canada Corp. Emerson

Pneumatics

Emerson

Software

Bizerba Canada Inc. Emerson Pilz Automation Safety Canada L.P.

Timing Belts

BRECOflex CO.,L.L.C.

Materials

Adhesives/Tapes

IMPERIAL DADE CANADA INC. Uline Canada Corp.

Board

Kallima (produced by RYAM)

Can/Bottle Handles

PakTech

Cartons/Boxes

IMPERIAL DADE CANADA INC. Uline Canada Corp.

Flexibles/Pouches

Stock Packaging Canada

Inks

Dependable Marking Systems Ltd. Harlund Industries Ltd. Squid Ink Manufacturing Sterling Marking Products Inc. Videojet Technologies Inc. Weber Marking Systems of Canada

Labels

Dependable Marking Systems Ltd. Plan Automation Inc. Sterling Marking Products Inc. Uline Canada Corp. Weber Marking Systems of Canada

Protective Packaging

IMPERIAL DADE CANADA INC. Uline Canada Corp.

Services

Design/Graphics

IMPERIAL DADE CANADA INC. Plan Automation Inc.

Line Integration

Plan Automation Inc. Propack Processing & Packaging Systems Inc. Regal Rexnord

X-Ray Product Reclaim Services

Plan Automation Inc.

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