Canadian Packaging Machinery Market Research Report - PMMI
Canadian Packaging Machinery Market Research Report - PMMI
Canadian Packaging Machinery Market Research Report - PMMI
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ASSOCIATED BRANDS<br />
1. Company Description:<br />
Industry: Food Products<br />
Sub Industry: Dry-blend food products<br />
Location: Toronto, Ontario<br />
Size (sales): $160 million (estimated; C$)<br />
Purchasing Potential:<br />
Specific Business<br />
Opportunities:<br />
Associated Brands is a manufacturer of private label dry-blend food products and<br />
household products. The company commenced operations in 1985 and today<br />
operates five manufacturing plants that produce a diverse range of private label and<br />
own brand food products and household products.<br />
The Company operates three dry powder blending and packaging manufacturing<br />
plants that employ 350 plant personnel (two in Toronto and one in New York State).<br />
Associated Brands produces more than 1,500 separate food product SKUs and its<br />
products include flavoured drink mixes, iced tea mixes, hot chocolate and cappuccino<br />
drink mixes, desert mixes, coating mixes, soup mixes, pasta and rice side dishes<br />
gelatin, party snacks and artificial sweeteners. Private label customers include<br />
President’s Choice, No Name, Walmart, Gatorade, Sobeys, Neilson, Equality and<br />
Masters Choice.<br />
2. Main Products Produced and How They Are Packed:<br />
The products blended and packaged are hot chocolate, flavor crystals, dry soups,<br />
snack mixes, jelly powders, puddings and coffee. The Company has three types of<br />
packaging lines:<br />
Line Products<br />
Canning lines Hot chocolate and flavor crystals in cans and<br />
jars<br />
Bartelt IM Packagers with form and fill The whole range of products<br />
pouches (some have automatic cartoners<br />
and some have manned pick-off stations)<br />
VFFS M/Cs Food service products<br />
3. Installed <strong>Packaging</strong> <strong>Machinery</strong>:<br />
The Company’s packaging lines include:<br />
401 Canning Line – Fully Automated<br />
- Depalletizing – Cleaning – Filling – Seaming – Inkjet coding – Labeling –<br />
Overcapping – Collating – Case packaging – On-line product identification coding<br />
– conveying to central printing station – TO Palletizing.<br />
#10 Canning Line – Semi-Automated<br />
- Hand loading onto magnetic conveyor – Filling – Seaming – Ink jet coding –<br />
Labeling – Hand pick-off.<br />
SMG/Columbia Consulting Group Page 38
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