Equipment

Cartoning

Our two custom-designed Jones CMV-6 cartoners have the capability to handle glued and tuck end flap cartons of various sizes.Our system is manual-load, which makes it extremely versatile to carton various items while minimizing tooling costs.

Shrink-Wrapping

We have automatic and semi-automatic shrink-wrapping equipment. Our shrink-wrapper can handle sizes that range from a minimum of 2”W x 1/8”H x 3”L to a maximum of 16”W x 6 1/2”H x 48”L. The heat ranges are from room temperature to 400°F.

Labelling

We have various machines that can apply pressure sensitive, front and back labels, wrap-around labels, spot labels and multiple labels. Our equipment handles labels up to 200 mm high. We label empty bottles, filled product, finished packages and empty flat cartons. We produce high quality thermal transfer bar code labels which can be used for Club packs and various fixes, as well as customizing generic shipping containers. We do not handle glass containers.

Hand Assembly

We handle high volume assembly of floorstands, displays, endcaps, clip strips, gravity fed displays, display ready pallets and prepacks as well as specialty sample gift packs or baskets. We specialize in off-line labour-intensive packaging applications and make them economical for our customers.

Ink Jet Coding

Our sheet feeder facilitates ink jet coding and promotional labeling of instant rebate coupons onto pamphlets, carton flats, books and paper bags. Our state-of-the-art small character ink jet coders imprint up to four lines of code. We also have large character coders for printing on shipping containers, which are capable of sequential numbering and date and time coding applications. We have the capability to deboss lot and expiry dating.

Bar Code Printing

We have the capability to print Interleaved 2 of 5 bar codes and UPC bar codes which are printed onto pressure-sensitive labels and then applied to cartons, shippers or pallets. This is a thermal transfer process.

Bar Code Verifying/Scanning

Our RJS Bar Code Verifier can verify scannability of bar codes on any printed component which we release on a customer’s behalf.

High Speed Checkweighing

Our two Garvens VL-2 High Speed Checkweighers can easily be added to the end of any manual or automatic packaging line, to verify accuracy. This equipment can detect variances within one gram. We also have various Toledo counting scales.

Tip-on Glue Dispensing

We have Hot Melt Glue Dispensers for tip-on projects. This offers our customers flexibility in maximizing copy surface when promoting their products. The system allows application of pouches to a surface which has printed copy, using removable and replaceable pressure-sensitive glue. It can also handle promotions where an item is attached to a finished pack using pressure-sensitive removable adhesive that will not destroy the copy.

Sheet Feeders

We have two Kirk Rudy sheet feeders which can feed empty flat cartons, empty paper bags or pamphlets in order to apply instant rebate coupons, pouches or labels. They can also feed items in order to apply ink jet coding of up to four lines of information.

Bag Sealers

We have Emplex bag sealers which heat seal and trim the top from printed or plain plastic bags.

Flow Wrapping

We also offer horizontal flow wrapping services (also called overwrapping or pillow pouches).