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Canadian Packaging Machinery Market Research Report - PMMI

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3. Installed <strong>Packaging</strong> <strong>Machinery</strong>:<br />

The following packaging machinery would be installed in a typical french fry plant.<br />

Current <strong>Machinery</strong> Used<br />

by Category<br />

Brand Country of Origin<br />

Scales Ishida<br />

Japan<br />

Yamuto<br />

Japan<br />

Baggers Bosch Netherlands/German<br />

Sandiacre United States<br />

Triangle United States<br />

Hayssen United States<br />

Electronic date coders SmartDate United States<br />

Metal detectors Loma<br />

Britain<br />

Barclay Dexter<br />

Britain<br />

Hi Speed United States<br />

Safeline Britain & others<br />

Fortress<br />

Canada<br />

Case packers, flex bags into box BluePrint<br />

United<br />

Dyna-Pak States/Netherlands<br />

United States<br />

Case erectors Dyna-Pak United States<br />

Wexxar Canada, U.S. &<br />

Australia<br />

Case shakers and sealers BluePrint Netherlands<br />

Date coders FoxJet United States<br />

Cartoning machinery<br />

LANGEN<br />

Canada<br />

Carton closers Klick-Klock Britain, U.S. & Canada<br />

4. Future <strong>Packaging</strong> <strong>Machinery</strong> Plans (next 3 years):<br />

McCain purchases approximately six bagging machines or lines every year. (As<br />

examples, the company just installed five baggers in the Portage plant and four in<br />

Grand Falls. Last year it installed six lines in France.) The purchasing potential over<br />

the next three years is $C4 to 5 million.<br />

5. Key Factors in Purchase Decisions:<br />

The following factors have been rated as they were provided in the <strong>PMMI</strong> survey<br />

form. However, the respondent emphasized that the importance of the various<br />

factors are always situation specific.<br />

Factor Ranking<br />

(1 = Most<br />

Important)<br />

Quality/Reliability/Durability 1<br />

Previous Experience with the Supplier/Brand 1<br />

Operating Reliability/Accuracy 1<br />

Up-to-date Technology 1 / 2<br />

Potential Operating Cost Savings/Added Value 2<br />

Brand/Supplier Reputation 2<br />

SMG/Columbia Consulting Group Page 90

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