Canadian Packaging Machinery Market Research Report - PMMI

NESTLE CANADA INC.
1. Company Description:
Industry: Food Products
Sub Industry: Multiple categories
Location: North York, Ontario
Size (sales): $C1.6 billion (2001)
Purchasing Potential: Not provided
Specific Business
Opportunities:
Not provided
Nestle Canada is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Swiss food conglomerate, Nestle
S. A. It is one of the largest food companies in Canada with approximately 20,000
employees. The Globe and Mail’s Report on Business magazine reported that
Nestle Canada’s 2001 sales to be $C1.6 billion.
Nestle Canada operates in a broad range of food categories, including baby foods,
beverages, chocolates, ice creams, prepared meals, milk products and liquid nutrition
products. Its brands are among the best known in Canada and include Nescafe
coffee, Nestea, Carnation, Stauffers prepared meals, Hagen-Dazs, Aero, After Eight,
Coffee Crisp and Kit Kat.
2. Main Products Produced and How They Are Packed:
Not provided.
3. Installed Packaging Machinery:
The following listing of packaging machinery covers one of Nestle Canada’s factories
in Ontario.
Current Machinery Used
Brand No. of Country of Average
by Category
Units Origin Age
Flow Wrapping SIG
1 Swiss 2
Delta
4 USA 4
Autowrappers 2 UK 20
Vertical FFS Triangle
1 USA 5
Sandiacre
1 UK 3
Robotic Packaging Otto Haensel 1
System
Germany 12
Top load Cartoning Schubert 1 Germany 1
Taper Sealers for Cartons Various 12 Canada 10 plus
Overwrappers Marden Edwards 4 UK 6
FA
multiple USA Old
Shrink Wrap Various 4 USA 10 plus
Check Weighers Various multiple USA varies
Box Erection Klik lok 8 USA varies
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