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Freedonia Private Companies Report #1316 Packaging Machinery Hundreds of private companies are active in the U.S. packaging machinery industry.

Packaging Machinery - Private Companies Report profiles more than 130 private U.S. packaging machinery manufacturers and distribu- tors. This information will assist in making decisions concerning acquisitions, joint ventures and cooperative agreements. Report Publication Date: August 2000 Price: $3,200 Examine the report highlights, sample pages and table of contents Pages: 268 on the following pages and see how Packaging Machinery - Private Companies Report can serve as a valuable decision making tool for your company.

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Table of Contents and List of Tables ...... 2 List of Companies Profiled ...... 3 Sample Pages and Tables from: Private Company Profiles ...... 4 Market Overview ...... 6 Industry Structure ...... 7 Report Highlights ...... 8 About the Company ...... 9 Advantages of Freedonia Reports ...... 9 Our Customers ...... 10 Related Studies and Reports from Freedonia ...... 11 Ordering Information...... 12 List of Contents, I EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Tables and Charts II MARKET ENVIRONMENT General ...... 4 This new report profiles more than 130 private U.S. Manufacturers’ Shipments ...... 4 Table - Manufacturers’ Shipments ...... 6 companies active in the packaging machinery indus- Food & Beverage Trends ...... 6 try. To frame the industry, Freedonia analysts have Table - Food & Beverage Shipments ...... 8 Packaging Trends ...... 8 prepared an overview of the market and general Table - Packaging Shipments by Material ...... 10 industry. The analysis explores the key indicators that Packaging Machinery Products ...... 10 drive demand, highlights company capabilities and Table - Packaging Machinery Supply & Demand ...... 12 Chart - Packaging Machinery Shipments by Type, 1999 ...... 13 annual sales, identifies private company characteristics Wrapping & Film Packaging Machinery ...... 13 and shows regional concentration. Cartoning Machinery ...... 15 Labeling & Machinery ...... 16 Forming, Packing & Sealing Machinery ...... 19 Other Packaging Machinery & Parts ...... 19 Packaging Machinery Markets ...... 23 Chart - Packaging Machinery Markets, 1999 ...... 24

III INDUSTRY STRUCTURE General ...... 25 Table - Leading Private Packaging Machinery Companies, 1999 ...... 27 Consolidation Trends & Recent Acquisitions ...... 28 Table - Recent Private Packaging Machinery Company Acquisitions ...... 30 Market Share ...... 32 Chart - US Packaging Machinery Market Share by Company, 1999 ...... 34 Private Company Characteristics ...... 34 Wrapping & Film Packaging Machinery ...... 35 Table - Selected Private Wrapping & Film Packaging Machinery Companies ...... 36 Cartoning & Casing Machinery ...... 38 Table - Selected Private Cartoning & Case Forming, Packing & Sealing Machinery Companies ...... 39 Labeling & Printing Machinery ...... 40 Table - Selected Private Labeling & Printing Machinery Companies ...... 41 Other Packaging Machinery & Parts ...... 42 Table - Selected Private Producers of Other Packaging Machinery & Parts ...... 44 Regional Concentration ...... 50 Chart - Geographic Distribution of Private Packaging Machinery Establishments ...... 53

IV PRIVATE COMPANY PROFILES...... 61-268

Packaging Machinery - Private Companies Report #1316 2 Diamond Systems Machinery Corporation Doerfer Engineering Corporation Paris Art Company Inc. Key Tal Tuck Automatic Labeler Companies Douglas Machine LLC Pearson Packaging Systems AccuLift Permanent Label Corporation Dimension Industries PIA Group Incorporated Profiled Drug Package Incorporated Planet Products Corporation Dyco Incorporated Polypack Incorporated Elf Machinery LCC Portola Packaging Incorporated * Sample profiles Elmar Industries Incorporated Pro Mach Incorporated on pages 4 and 5 The Entwistle Company Axon Corporation Fischbein Company Belcor Industries Incorporated Fogg Company Incorporated Brenton Engineering Company Fowler Products Company Orion Packaging Incorporated Glassline Corporation Orion Packaging Systems Inc. Acma/GD USA Incorporated System Packaging Ossid Corporation Acro Automation Systems Inc. Goldco Industries Incorporated Rennco Incorporated Algus Packaging Incorporated Golden W Paper Converting Corporation Roberts PolyPro Incorporated All-Fill Incorporated Goodman Packaging Equipment Styrotech Corporation Allied Automation Incorporated Gordon (George) Associates Incorporated WEXXAR Packaging Machinery Ltd. Alloyd Company Incorporated Graham Packaging Holdings Company Prodo-Pak Corporation Callanan Company Hartness International Incorporated Quadrel Labeling Systems AMS Filling Systems Incorporated Heat and Control Incorporated Rapidac Machine Corporation Anchor Packaging Heat Seal Equipment Company RapidPak Incorporated Andex Industries Incorporated Ampak Raque Food Systems Incorporated Angelus Sanitary Can Machine Co. Highlight Industries Incorporated Redex Packaging Corporation Arpac LP Hollymatic Corporation Riverwood Holding Incorporated Great Lakes Corporation Rollstock Minnesota Automation Arrowhead Systems Horix Manufacturing Company Ro-An Industries Corporation Busse Incorporated Hot Melt Technologies Incorporated Rodico Incorporated SJ Industries Incorporated Hudson-Sharp Machine Company Inc. Ross Industries Incorporated Auto Labe Proven Designs Incorporated SAGA Packaging Machinery Auto Pak Impaxx Incorporated Sancoa International Company LP Automated Packaging Systems Inc. Gilbreth Packaging Systems Scandia Packaging Machinery Company Automated Production Systems Corp. Label-Aire Incorporated Schneider Packaging Equipment Company B&H Labeling Systems Trine Labelling Systems Incorporated B.A.G. Corporation International Plastics & Equipment Corp. Schreiber Foods Incorporated Super Sack Manufacturing Corp. International Systems Green Bay Machinery Company Inc. Barry-Wehmiller Companies Inc. Irwin International Incorporated Schuman (OP) and Sons Incorporated Accraply Incorporated JG Machine Works Incorporated Serac Incorporated Fleetwood Incorporated Kabar Manufacturing Shanklin Corporation Hayssen Incorporated Cosmos Sherwood Tool Incorporated Jetstream Systems Incorporated Kliklok Corporation Slidell Incorporated Pneumatic Scale Corporation Certipak Company Smyth Companies Incorporated Thiele Technologies Incorporated The Woodman Company Standard-Knapp Incorporated Zepf Incorporated KOCH Supplies Incorporated Stapling Machines Company LLC Bedford Industries Incorporated Labeling Systems Incorporated Superior Label Systems Bedford Technology LLC Lamb-Grays Harbor Company Creative Media Products Belco Packaging Systems Inc. Lantech Incorporated Superior Machine Systems Beseler (Charles) Company LMC International Company Tapecon Incorporated Better Packages Latini Products Company Tetra Pak Incorporated BluePrint Automation Incorporated Lowry Computer Products Incorporated TimeMed Labeling Systems Inc. Bosch (Robert) Corporation Martin Automatic Incorporated Tisma Machinery Corporation TL Systems MGS Machine Corporation Triangle Package Machinery Company Can Lines Incorporated TL Feeding Incorporated Trio Packaging Corporation Clamco Corporation Moellers North America Incorporated All Packaging Machinery Corporation Clements (Ben) & Sons Incorporated MPI Label Systems US Bottlers Machinery Company Inc. Cloud Corporation LLC National Instrument Company Incorporated Volm Company Incorporated Computype Incorporated Nercon Engineering and Manufacturing Inc. Watkins Aircraft Support Products Inc. Corrugated Gear and Services Inc. NJM/CLI Packaging Systems International Wayne Automation Corporation Cormac Lapierre (Charles) Incorporated Weber Marking Systems Incorporated General Corrugated Machinery Co. New Jersey Machine Incorporated Weiler Engineering Incorporated Cozzoli Machine Company Old Dominion Company Incorporated Weldotron 2000 Incorporated MRM/Elgin OPTIMA Machinery Corporation Whallon Machinery Incorporated Crown Simplimatic Incorporated Package Machinery Company Incorporated Willett America Incorporated Dalemark Industries Incorporated Package Systems Corporation WLGroup Diagraph Corporation Wisconsin Label Group

Freedonia Private Companies Report Order form on last page 3 Detailed Company Profile

More than 130 private PRIVATE COMPANY PROFILES company profiles are compiled

and range from detailed to Kliklok Corporation brief company descriptions. 5224 Snapfinger Woods Drive Decatur, GA 30035 (See Samples) County: De Kalb County Code: 13089

All companies are individu- Phone: 770-981-5200 ally contacted and the Fax: 770-987-7160 Web Address: http://www.kliklok.com majority of the companies PRIVATE COMPANY PROFILES verify the data. Annual Sales: SAMPLE PROFILE Employment: Key Executive:divisions Peter Black, operate. President The Company distributes its products worldwide. Hard to obtain sales and Key Products: Through packaging the machinery,Kliklok USA including division, cartoning the Company and related produces equipment a variety of cartoning employment figures, key Census Code SIC(s):and loading 3537; systems. 3565; 3596 Top-load forming machines include lock-style products and services and carton forming, hot melt glue forming, cold glue forming and heat-seal forming SIC Description(s):models. industrial For lock-style trucks, tractors,cartoning, trailers Kliklok and offers stackers; over packaging50 lock designs and an overview of corporate machinery; scalesvarious and machinebalances, widths. except laboratoryLock-style formers are marketed under the GENESIS operations are provided. brand name and feature single- or dual-head configurations, variable speeds and size versatility. One hot melt glue former is the ECT500. This machine is Kliklok designs,capable manufactures of speeds and up distributesto 100 packaging per minute machinery, and features including a unique, four- cartoning and relatedstation equipment.turret rotary former.The Company The Company’s operates throughcold glue four forming divisions: machines Kliklok USA andincorporate Certipak pressurized Company (cartoningglue application and loading with cartonsystems); nesting The for extended glue Woodman Companycompression. (bagmakers These and systems weighers); are often Kliklok used Internationalin the fast food (cartoning and ovenable systems); and Lerner-Burgesspackaging markets. Packaging Heat-seal Machinery formers Limitedare also (casing,offered by Kliklok . These shrinkwrapping,machines labeling, utilize cartoning special and heat-sensitive palletizing equipment)., which The are Lerner- applied by the Burgess divisionpaperboard was acquired or carton by Kliklok manufacturer International to specific from bondingGBE International areas or as an overall plc (United Kingdom). in Heated November air from 1998. specially Following designed the acquisition,nozzles on theKliklok formers reactivates International suppliesthese coatings. fabricated As parts the cartonfor machine is erected, completion a brief compressionby Lerner-Burgess. time allows the Kliklok maintainscoatings a 225,000-square-foot to seal. facility in Georgia, from which the Kliklok USA and Woodman divisions operate, and additional facilities in the United Kingdom,Kliklok from marketswhich theits Kliklokhorizontal International cartoning equipmentand Lerner-Burgess under the CAPTAIN brand name. These sleeve-style, end-load cartoners include the high speed CAPTAIN © Copyright by The FreedoniaH cartoner Group, and the Inc. hand-pack CAPTAIN K cartoner. A variety of models are available to fit different speed and automation requirements. CAPTAIN brand horizontal cartoners are designed to meet the requirements of frozen food environments and to meet specifications for most other applications.

The Company also offers a variety of carton closers. Closing can be executed through the use of a simple tuck, locks, patterned or straight line glue, or hot seal. Standard closing machine models are produced for tri-seal styles, dust-flap

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Packaging Machinery - Private Companies Report #1316 4 Brief Company Profile

These profiles give you insight into the operations of private companies, and can help you: PRIVATE COMPANY PROFILES

• Identify companies for investment, merger, and/or acquisition oppor- Hollymatic Corporation 600 East Plainfield Road tunities based on size, products, Countryside, IL 60525 and location. County: Cook County Code: 17031

• Evaluate the position of your Phone: 708-579-3700 Fax: 708-579-1057 competitors based on sales and/or Web Address: http://www.hollymatic.com employment figures. Annual Sales: SAMPLE PROFILE Employment: Principal Owner(s): Azzar Industries Key Executive: James Azzar, President

KeyPRIVATE Products: COMPANY manufacture PROFILES of food processing and packaging machinery, and distribution of waxed paper

Clements (Ben) & Sons Incorporated Census Code SIC(s): 3556; 3565; 5113 50 Ruta Court South Hackensack, NJ 07606 SIC Description(s): food products machinery; packaging machinery; wholesale County: Bergen miscellaneous industrial and personal service paper County Code: 34003

Phone: 201-440-5500 Hollymatic, a subsidiary of Azzar Industries, manufactures food processing and Fax: 201-440-1455 packaging machinery, and distributes waxed paper for meat patties. The Company specializes in hamburger equipment. Hollymatic participates in the Annual Sales: © Copyrightpackaging by The machinery Freedonia industryGroup, Inc.through its production of vacuum packaging Employment: SAMPLE PROFILE © Copyrightmachines. by The The Freedonia table model Group, VH10 Inc. and floor model VH20 machines are used in Key Executive: Alan Clements, President supermarkets, restaurants, delis, hotels, catering services, commissaries and smaller food processor businesses. The VH100 model is available for larger meat packing Key Products: bag opening, filling and closing machinery; cartoning and case operations. The machine produces packages which are designed to preserve color closing machinery; labeling equipment; ; shrink and stretch film and taste in meats and cheeses while reducing dehydration and weight loss. packaging; wrapping equipment; vacuum packaging; heat sealers; and materials Vacuum packaging machines are also produced through Rollstock (Kansas City, including bands, closures and fasteners Missouri), a sister company. Rollstock’s products include the RI-320 and RI-240 web width vacuum packaging machines. Census Code SIC(s): 3452; 3466; 3565

SIC Description(s): bolts, nuts, screws, rivets and washers; crowns and closures; packaging machinery

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Freedonia Private Companies Report Order form on last page 5 Market Overview

The Market Overview Section discusses factors influencing supply and demand, including food and beverage trends and the outlook for MARKET OVERVIEW

packaging machinery products. Case Forming, Packing & Sealing Machinery

Shipments of case forming, packing and sealing machinery are projected to rise This information helps you: 3.5 percent annually through 2004 million, below the expected average growth rate forSAMPLE packaging machinery PAGE in the aggregate. Growth opportunities will stem from increasing automation and the desire to expand throughput on the packaging • Determine what external factors line. However, gains will be restrained by competition from other forms of will impact future supply and packaging, such as film wrap and reusable . The switch to these other forms of packaging is motivated largely by the desire among packagers to control demand costs, reduce shipping weight and make the packaging more environmentally friendly.

• Measure your market and sales Case forming, packing and sealing equipment is used downstream of the main potential based on supply and packaging line to assemble groups of packaged products for further shipment. This function is performed manually at many small facilities. However, as labor demand forecasts. costs continue to rise and line speed becomes an important issue, small packagers will increasingly replace such manual tasks with machinery. The trend towards expanding product lines to provide customers with a single source for packaging • Propose new areas for product will also benefit demand for casing equipment. development based on market Other Packaging Machinery & Parts trends & innovations. FACTORS AFFECTING LABELING & PRINTING PACK MACHINERY BYOther TYPE packaging machinery products include filling and form/fill/seal; testing, weighing and counting; capping, lidding and sealing; bag opening, filling and Type Factorsclosing; Spurring accumulating Growth and orienting; thermoforming;Factors canningRe and bottling; and additional miscellaneous equipment. Aftermarket parts and components are also Pressure Increasingincluded inuse this ofcategory. plastic Shipments of otherIncreasing packaging machinery and parts are Sensitive packaging,forecast to whichincrease 3.9is morepercent per year through 2004 to $3.6 billion. Techno- Labeling likelylogical to useadvances pressure and increased sensitive automationCompetiti will encourageo growth overall, labelsalthough than prospects metal willcans vary or by product type.labeling The outlook tec for . in-mold lab

Favorable characteristics such SAMPLE TABLE as instantaneous bonding and versatility.

The development of digital printing technologies, desktop laser printers and custom labeling software. (continued)

Packaging Machinery - Private Companies Report #1316 6 Industry Structure

Gain a better understanding of your competition and analyze your company's position in the industry with information about the INDUSTRY STRUCTURE

characteristics of leading packaging Cartoning & Casing Machinery machinery manufacturers including The cartoning and case forming, packing and sealing machinery segments of the total sales, capabilities and regional packaging machinery industry share several characteristics. For example, both are concentration. primarily used with secondary packaging, and both utilize cardboard and packaging materials. Because of these similarities, many private firms, even smaller companies,SAMPLE produce PAGE both types of machines. For example, MGS This information helps you: Machine, a $15 million company, produces feeding equipment and cartoning/case packing equipment.

• Evaluate diversification A number of leading packaging machinery and paperboard packaging companies, including Mead and privately-held $1.1 billion Riverwood Holding, participate in opportunities based the cartoning and casing machinery market. However, because of the numerous on product lines niche market opportunities, there is room for a wide range of small players. For example, Golden W Paper Converting, with sales of $5 million, manufactures of other private cartoning machinery, primarily for use by the food industry, while Schneider companies. Packaging Equipment is a $25 million manufacturer that specializes in end-of-line, secondary packaging machinery, such as case packers.

• Understand barriers Selected Private to entry based on Wrapping & Film Packaging Machinery industry concentration. Companies

• Develop positioning strategies based on size of competitors.

SAMPLE CHART

* Sales are 1999 estimates of total corporate sales including products other than wrapping and film packaging machinery.

Freedonia Private Companies Report Order form on last page 7 Report Highlights

• Hundreds of companies participate in the $5 billion US packaging machinery market, many of which are pri- vately-held, including the second largest producer.

• Nine private companies each have packaging machinery sales in excess of $50 million, the largest of which has over $250 million.

• Private manufacturers of packaging machinery are active in all major product segments, including wrapping and film packaging, cartoning, labeling, printing, and casing, among other types.

• Small private companies are able to compete in part because of opportunities to serve niche packaging markets.

• California has the greatest number of private packaging machinery production establishments with over 120, while Illinois, New Jersey and Pennsylvania each have more than 60.

• US packaging machinery demand is forecast to increase five percent annually to $6.4 billion in 2004.

Packaging Machinery - Private Companies Report #1316 8 About The Freedonia Group, Inc. is a leading international industry report/ The Freedonia Group database company.

Since 1985, Freedonia has published over 1,500 titles covering areas such as building materials, chemicals, plastics, industrial components and equip- ment, household goods, coatings and , health care, packaging, security, and many other industries.

Private companies reports encompass not only Freedonia's notable industry forecasts, but also market shares, product information and sales and employ- ment figures for private companies. Corporate analysts are constantly monitor- ing privately-held companies to provide the most up-to-date and comprehen- sive profiles. Freedonia is able to gather and prepare this proprietary informa- tion based on our reputation as a leading market research firm.

Advantages of Freedonia Reports By obtaining Freedonia's report on private companies in the packaging machinery industry, you will be able to:

• Identify companies for possible investment, merger, and /or acquisition opportunities based on size, products and location.

• Measure your market and sales potential based on demand forecasts.

• Propose new areas for product development based on material trends.

• Develop positioning strategies based on size and geographic location of competitors.

• Evaluate diversification opportunities based on product lines of other private companies.

• Understand barriers to entry based on industry concentration and market shares.

Freedonia Private Companies Report Order form on last page 9 Our Customers

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Typical purchasers of Freedonia studies :

• Key Executives • Corporate Planners • Market Researchers • Financial Analysts • Information Centers • New Product Developers • Merger & Acquisition Specialists

Since 1985 we have provided research to customers ranging in size from global conglomerates to one person consulting firms. More than 90% of the industrial companies in the Fortune 500 use Freedonia research to help with their strategic planning.

Some of Freedonia's customers in the packaging machinery industry include: Tetra Pak Incorporated, Bosch (Robert) Corporation and Sigel.

Because Freedonia is a source for reliable information, our forecasts have been cited in numerous publications such as The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, Purchasing and Packaging Digest.

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