Liquid Processing & Handling Equipment

Specialized equipment primarily related to beverage, dairy, pharmaceutical and chemical processing lines.

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Ingredient Handling Equipment

Specialized equipment used to convey, transport and separate bulk ingredients that go into food, beverage and pharmaceutical processing lines.

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Food Processing Equipment

Machinery that transforms edible ingredients into food products through dicing, mixing, baking, and related preparations.

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Capsules, Tablets & Soft Gelatin Equipment

Machinery used for processing, forming, dosing and filling of pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and foods into capsules, tablets and soft gelatin formats.

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Rigid Container Closing Equipment

Equipment used to seal, lid, or otherwise close highly rigid containers for solids or liquids including processes such as crimping aerosol cans, applying pumps to plastic bottles, and sealing pails of paint.

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Liquid Fillers

Equipment used to seal, lid, or otherwise close highly rigid containers for solids or liquids including processes such as crimping aerosol cans, applying pumps to plastic bottles, and sealing pails of paint.

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Dry Fillers

Filling systems that deposit dry solid products such as tablets, nuts, or screws into a variety of packaging formats.

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Cappers

Packaging equipment that applies caps or other closures to plastic or glass bottles on liquid filling lines.

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Wrapping Equipment

Machinery that envelops a product and sometimes a primary package with a thin plastic or paper layer.

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Pre-made Bag Loading & Sealing

Any machinery that takes bags that have been pre-formed on a separate line or operation (typically by a bag manufacturer) and fills and seals them, in contrast to the form/fill/seal method.

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Form/Fill/Seal

Machines that, in a single operation, transform printed or unprinted film rollstock into pouches, bags, or sachets, before filling them with product, and sealing them via heat, ultrasonically or other means, in either a vertical or horizontal orientation.

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Thermoform/Fill/Seal Equipment (TF/F/S)

Thermoform/fill/seal (TF/F/S) machines use heat and vacuum or pressure applied to continuous rolls of film to form rigid or semi-rigid containers of various shapes and sizes prior to filling, hermetically sealing and cutting them into individual units.

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Pre-made Tray/Cup/Bowl Packaging Equipment

Machines that handle, load, fill, and seal containers such as trays, blister packs, cups and bowls that have been manufactured offline on a separate operation.

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Blister & Clamshell Packaging Equipment

Machines that load products into pre-made, highly rigid containers as individual packages and then seal the container.

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Product & Package Handling

Systems related to handling products as well as empty or filled primary containers; often combined with conveyors or feeding equipment for specific handling functions.

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Feeding & Inserting Equipment

Packaging systems that sort, organize and insert packages or containers, usually associated with a filling operation.

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Conveyors

Common industrial systems that mechanically or pneumatically move materials such as empty or filled packages and product ready for packaging or another process from one location to another on a packaging or processing line.

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Accumulators

Devices that are used to buffer, accumulate and offload containers, package components and packages between machines or stages in a production operation.

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Standalone Printers

Dedicated printers for a wide variety of applications, such as machines that print peel-off barcode or shipping labels or direct coding of shipping cases in an offline application, as opposed to printing codes on containers on the packaging line.

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Labeling Machines

A machine that applies preprinted or blank labels, stickers and related applications such shrink sleeve labeling. Also includes specialty labeling equipment like RFID applicators or electronic article surveillance (EAS) technology applicators.

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Coding & Marking

Industrial printers used to imprint codes including lot/batch numbers, bar codes and best-by dates directly onto packages, containers or labels via technologies including laser, inkjet and thermal processes on a packaging line.

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QA Lab

Companies that sell equipment or consumables related to quality assurance (QA) and packaging integrity testing.

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Process Inspection Equipment

Testing and analytical equipment used specifically for food, beverage and other processing operations for product (as opposed to package) quality and safety.

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Packaging Inspection Equipment

A wide range of equipment to measure packages, detect anomalies in package integrity as part of a quality control or safety process, or otherwise test machinery on a packaging line.

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Package & Material Testing Equipment

Any equipment or device that tests the quality, integrity and performance of a packaging container or material.

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Multipacking Equipment

A wide range of equipment that consolidates multiple items for single sale (such as cans of soup on a shrink wrapped tray) or groups separate packages sold together as a single stock keeping unit (two water bottles shrink bundled together.)

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Case Packing Equipment

Any machinery related to the erecting, loading and sealing of cases and trays, usually at the end of a packaging line, for shipping and distribution.

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Cartoning Equipment

Cartoning equipment is defined as machinery that forms cartons as primary packages from flat blanks, including several related functions including erecting, folding, closing, side seaming and sealing of cartons.

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Robot Manufacturers

Companies that manufacture one or more types of single or multi-axis programmable robots that can be used in a variety of packaging and processing operations.

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End-of-Arm Tooling

Any tool, accessory or component that is attached to a robot arm to perform a specific function, such as gripping or assembly.

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Specialty Equipment

Equipment used for a set of highly specific and specialized functions within the packaging and processing industry.

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Adhesive Applicators • Air Drying Machines • Assembly Machines • Container Cleaning/Rinsing Machines • Corona Treaters • Industrial Recycling Equipment • Product/Package Recovery Machines • Splicers • Static Eliminators • Third-Party Replacement Parts

Palletizing

Palletizing equipment automatically stacks cases, heavy bags or empty containers onto pallets instead of relying on manual labor. There are a variety of different types of mechanical and robotic palletizers.

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Pallet Conveying, Dispensers & Slip Sheets

Tools, accessories and systems for augmenting pallets with extra stability or for moving pallets around a facility after the pallet has been loaded and stabilized.

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Load Stabilization

Any machinery, systems, or accessories used to secure and stabilize a pallet while it is being loaded, or in later distribution or storage. Includes stretch wrappers, the most common type of machine, but also alternatives such as stretch hooders.

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Depalletizing

Equipment that unloads empty containers such as glass or plastic bottles to be filled from a pallet onto a packaging line.

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Storage Solutions

Any system, tool or accessory related to the storage and retrieval of materials from a warehouse.

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Material Handling

Equipment used to lift, transport, or otherwise move materials such as plant supplies, consumables, raw materials and finished product in and about a facility.

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Printing Presses & Decorating Equipment

Any printing, decorating or embossing machine that uses inks and other materials to create graphics directly onto substrates that will become packaging containers.

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Package Forming Equipment

Any machine that takes flat substrates or raw thermoplastic material to form basic, single-unit empty containers across many flexible and rigid formats, separate from any form of later package filling.

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Converting

Machinery that transforms webs, or rolls of paper or plastic substrates, for later package formation processes, such as slitter/rewinders, coaters, plastic extruders, die cutting machinery and related equipment.

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Bulk Packaging

Containers that store or are used to distribute bulk items within a plant, for industrial distribution and related applications.

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Closures, Lids & Dispensing

Lids, caps, nozzles, lugs and other container parts used for functions such as sealing containers as well as re-opening and dispensing product.

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Consumables

Materials and tools used in packaging and processing operations in very high volumes during the course of regular operations.

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Containers

Any semi-rigid or rigid vessel that holds or contains raw product such as a liquid or solid. Many of the containers mentioned here can be used in a wide variety of applications; examples are for illustration purposes only.

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Flexible Packaging

Flexible packaging can be bags, wraps and films, made of one or more layers of plastic, foil, paper, or other materials that are usually lightweight or bendable in some way.

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Controls, Software & Components

Suppliers of a variety of machine controls, components, motors, software, instruments, accessories and related gear that are used to control machines, lines or facility systems.

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Controllers & I/O • Drives & Motion Controls • Instrumentation, Sensors & Actuators • Machine & Electrical Components • Mobility & Real-time Displays • Motors, Encoders & Gearboxes • Network Components • Operator Interfaces/HMI • Pneumatics, Vacuum & Hydraulics • Process Management • Production/Operations Software • Safety Components

Utilities & Ventilation

Systems for managing industrial utilities such as air, water and electricity within a facility.

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Sanitizing & Clean-In-Place (CIP)

Industrial cleaning and sanitizing systems, equipment and paraphernalia used to sanitize food, beverage and pharmaceutical processing equipment.

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Plant Operations

Products, tools, and consumables specifically related to day-to-day maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) within an industrial facility.

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Building Infrastructure

Products that are installed on the plant floor or into a facility’s walls, floors and ceiling.

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Plant Maintenance Services

Any product related to maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) of a facility, including repair tools, tool cribs and change part carts.

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Packaging Services

Companies that provide outsourced professional services related to package design, testing, validation, decoration, machinery selection and line layout.

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Logistics Services

Companies that provide transportation, warehousing and other services related to the distribution and storage of ingredients, work in progress, and/or finished packaged goods.

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Facility Design & Engineering Services

Design/build services related to the architectural design and construction of packaging and processing plants. Also includes companies that provide engineering and integration services such as building full processing or packaging lines within a facility.

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Contract Manufacturing & Packaging Services

Suppliers of manufacturing, contract manufacturing (co-man) and processing services or contract packaging (co-packing) services on behalf of a client.

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Industry Affiliates

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Education/Schools • Education/Training • Industry Associations • Publications

E-Commerce

Packaging features and materials related to shipping products sold online.

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Fulfillment & Secondary Package Solutions • Primary Package Solutions

Sustainability

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Bio-based • Biodegradable • Closed loop (industrial) • Machine utility cost reduction • Recyclable • Recycled content • Reduced carbon footprint of plant/offices • Reusable (consumer) • Source reduction • VoCs/hazardous materials elimination