Canadian Packaging Machinery Market Research Report - PMMI

3.6 COMPANY PROFILES
ADAMS CANADA
1. Company Description:
Industry: Food Products
Sub Industry: Chewing gum, breath mints,
cough drops
Location: Scarborough, Ontario
Size (sales): Not Available
Purchasing Potential: Not provided
Specific Business
Opportunities:
Bundler
Adams Canada is a division of Cadbury Trebor Allan (until March 2003 it was part of
the Warner-Lambert Division of Pfizer Canada) that employs approximately 400 in its
Canadian operations. At its 210,000 square foot plant in Scarborough Ontario
Adams produces and packages candy-coated chewing gums, breath mints and
cough drops under the Certs, Clorets, Dentyne, Trident and Halls brand names.
(traditional slab-type gums are packaged in the United States and BODYSmarts
confectionery products are packaged by a third party).
2. Main Products Produced and How They Are Packed:
Product Packaging
Dentyne Ice, Trident, Trident Ice Blister Pack
Certs breath mints Small boxes
Halls cough drops Twist wrap in a bag with a ziplock /and stick
3. Installed Packaging Machinery:
Current Machinery Used
by Category
Brand No. of
Units
Country of Origin Average
Age
(no. of
years)
Form, fill & seal horizontal bagger Laudenberg 4 Germany Less than 2
Twist wrap machines – EK3 Thegarten – E 8 Germany 1
Single wrap candy machines (for Acma GD – 11 Italy 15 to 20
stick)
5000
Case sealers Little David &
Signoge
12 USA 1 to 7
Tray Fillers/Case Packers Noreg 3 Norway 1
Tray fillers Marchesini
FR500
3 Italy 4 to 5
Case Packers Marchesini
FR500
3 Italy 4 to 5
Overwrappers Marchesini T20 3 Italy 5
Overwrappers BFB 2 Italy 1- to 15
Blister machines Marchesini 3 Italy 4 to 5
Triangle box fillers Triangle 1 USA 8 to 10
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