A-B-C Packaging celebrates its 65th birthday: company continues to expand its product line of case erectors, case sealers, case packers, palletizers and other packaging equipment

Food & Drug Packaging, July, 2005

Will you still need me, will you still feed me, when I'm 64?" Or so goes an ageless tune by the Beatles. Apply that musical question to A-B-C Packaging Machine Corp. (which recently turned an ageless 65) and the answer rings clear. A-B-C's product line continues to expand, fed by the packaging industry's ever-evolving need for innovative engineering, quality manufacturing, on-time delivery and service. When packagers need case erectors, case packers, case sealers, palletizers, decasers, bulk depalletizers, or specialty equipment, they've relied on A-B-C for time-tested production line success and product satisfaction. More than 23,000 installed machines have met that test since 1940, when A-B-C's founder designed the original box makers and sealers that automated packaging lines.

A-B-C's Tarpon Springs, Fla., facility encompasses 100,000 square feet. Its machines operate in many industries globally, among them food, beverage, cosmetics, and glass and plastic bottle manufacturing. Among the product line's features are:

* Case erectors and sealers, workhorse machines whose heavy steel frames ensure low maintenance and long life.

* Case packers whose hallmark is gentle handling to protect package integrity. Carton and tray packers are built with stainless steel accumulation chambers to guard graphics, and no-drop bottle packers prevent label damage.

* Partition inserters automatically open and insert multi-celled lightweight chipboard partitions into cases in one synchronized motion.

* Tray formers and packers reduce shipping costs and increase product visibility, providing shipping alternatives for cartons, bottles, cans, multipacks and more.

* Palletizers for cases, bags, trays and plastic totes offer trademark "built like a tank" construction. Programmable sweep bar design ensures square pallets.

* Bulk depalletizers offer floor-level operation and the flexibility of low- or high-level container discharge. These quality machines employ exclusive features, and run glass, metal, plastic and composite containers interchangeably.

* Decasers, for swift reshipper unloading, provide flap opening, decasing, and bottle single-filing in continuous, high-speed operation.

Repeat customers are a cornerstone of A-B-C's success. Keeping customers' machines at peak performance is key, and the reason behind the comprehensive service package that ships with every machine. Service support is supplied by PMMI-certified technicians.

In-plant service calls are a priority. A $2 million parts inventory backs A-B-C's vow to ship most parts within hours. At age 65 and still growing, A-B-C provides reliability that's music to the ears of packaging professionals around the world.

For more information

A-B-C Packaging Machine Corp.

800-237-5975; www.abcpackaging.com