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Processing Equipment

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Processing Equipment

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

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Processing Equipment

Food & Dry Ingredient Handling

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

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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Filling, Capping & Closing

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Filling, Capping & Closing

Suppliers in this category manufacture a wide range of equipment that fills liquid and dry product into containers such as bottles, cans, and other rigid plastic containers, as well as flexible packaging. The category also covers a range of equipment that seals or closes the package.

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Filling, Capping & Closing

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.

Liquid Fillers

Dry Fillers

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

Cappers

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

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Bagging, Pouching & Wrapping Equipment

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Bagging, Pouching & Wrapping Equipment

Features manufacturers of liquid and dry fillers that deposit product into flexible bags and pouches, including form/fill/seal machines and equipment for filling pre-made bags. Also includes suppliers of wrapping equipment for individual products, such as shrink wrappers and flow wrappers.

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Bagging, Pouching & Wrapping Equipment

Wrapping Equipment

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

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.

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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Tray, Clamshell & Blister Packaging Equipment

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Tray, Clamshell & Blister Packaging Equipment

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

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Tray, Clamshell & Blister Packaging Equipment

Thermoform/Fill/Seal Equipment

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.

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.

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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Conveying, Feeding & Handling

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Conveying, Feeding & Handling

Included here is a broad range of machinery and accessories for moving products and packages through a line, from conveyors, accumulators and lane dividers to vibratory feeders, unscrambling equipment and pick-and-place equipment.

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Conveying, Feeding & Handling

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.

Feeding & Inserting Equipment

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

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.

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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Coding, Labeling, Printing & Reading Equipment

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Coding, Labeling, Printing & Reading Equipment

The companies highlighted here make equipment for printing, stamping, and marking packages with graphics and codes and for applying labels, from ink jet coders and tabletop printers to pressure-sensitive labelers.

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Coding, Labeling, Printing & Reading Equipment

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.

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.

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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Inspection & Testing Equipment

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Inspection & Testing Equipment

Suppliers in this category make package integrity testing equipment used for quality and safety applications (metal detectors, fill level inspectors) as well as other equipment to analyze materials, test product attributes and log data.

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Inspection & Testing Equipment

QA Lab

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

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.

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.

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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Cartoning, Multipacking & Case Packing

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Cartoning, Multipacking & Case Packing

Includes suppliers who specialize in the manufacture of machines that erect, form, load and close paperboard cartons as well as those who make case erectors, packers and sealers, as well as equipment that packs primary containers into corrugated trays. Also in this category is a wide range of multipacking equipment from shrink bundlers and carrier equipment, sleevers and banders and related machines that package individual items together.

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Cartoning, Multipacking & Case Packing

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.)

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.

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 & Integrators

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Robot Manufacturers & Integrators

This category highlights companies that manufacture robots, robot arms, and end-of-arm tooling for robots, as well as robotic integrators.

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Robot Manufacturers & Integrators

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.

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.

Robotic Integrators

Companies that perform custom robotics integration services for hire.

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Specialty Equipment

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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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Specialty Equipment

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

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Palletizing & Load Stabilization

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Palletizing & Load Stabilization

Includes a range of mechanical or robotic systems that loads and unloads pallets or stabilizes them from stretch wrappers and palletizers to pallet conveyors and depalletizing systems. Also included here are related supplies, such as pallets and slip sheets.

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Palletizing & Load Stabilization

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.

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.

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.

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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Material Handling & Warehousing

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Material Handling & Warehousing

Highlighted here are PMMI members who supply systems and equipment used to move loads, finished packages, and raw materials in and around a facility, from AGVs and forklifts to warehouse storage solutions such as racking and warehouse management systems (WMS).

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Material Handling & Warehousing

Storage Solutions

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

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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Converting & Package Forming Equipment

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Converting & Package Forming Equipment

This category includes suppliers of machinery that forms packaging and containers from raw materials such as paper, film and foil materials (extruders, coaters, slitters and flexo printers) as well as rigid package forming machines ranging from injection blow molders to can making equipment.

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Converting & Package Forming Equipment

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.

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.

Converting Equipment

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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Materials, Containers & Consumables

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Materials, Containers & Consumables

PMMI members that supply packaging materials and containers are featured in this category, ranging from flexible packaging materials (pre-made bags, labels, and rollstock) to rigid containers (bottles, cups and trays). Also included in this category are closures, folding carton converters, protective packaging, bulk packaging containers and consumables (adhesives, tape, stretch film, machine knives and ink) and other supplies.

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Materials, Containers & Consumables

Bulk Packaging

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

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.

Consumables

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

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.

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

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Controls, Software & Components

Suppliers listed in this category make equipment that controls machines, lines and operations, such as motors, drives, controllers, network components, instrumentation and sensors. Also included are companies that develop production/operations.

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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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Plant & Warehouse Infrastructure and Operations

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Plant & Warehouse Infrastructure and Operations

Companies that supply building infrastructure (doors, ceilings, flooring, drains and lighting), plant operations supplies (lubricants, cleaning chemicals) as we and sanitizing, clean-in-place (CIP), HVAC, safety and related solutions.

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Plant & Warehouse Infrastructure and Operations

Utilities & Ventilation

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

Sanitizing & Clean-In-Place (CIP)

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

Plant Operations

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

Building Infrastructure

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

Productivity Software

Series of solutions designed to provide productivity data for production and warehousing operations.

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Professional & Outside Services

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Professional & Outside Services

A wide range of service providers are featured in this category from to design/build firms, engineering services firms, systems integrators, pest control services, and contract manufacturers and packagers and transportation service providers.

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Professional & Outside Services

Plant Support Services

Companies that provide outsourced professional services related to the maintenance and support of normal plant operations, not related to a specific processing or packaging operation.

Packaging Services

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

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.

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.

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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