Ever hear of shrinkflation? We’ll, we are in the heart of it now. The term refers to manufacturers who subtly reduce the quantity of their product without lowering prices. But they do it quietly. A more in-depth discussion of this retail phenomena is in the June 8 IMPO Insider (No, You’re Not Imagining It — […]
Palletizing
From Case Packers to Palletizers … And So Much More
One of the more eye-opening slides I show to customers when presenting Brenton’s capabilities is our ProMach overview. This slide shows a breakdown of the nine business lines housing 45 companies within the ProMach family of brands. It is neat to see their reaction because many of them are not fully aware of the ProMach […]
It is Never too Late to Automate
The attributes of automation on a packaging line are well known with the larger Fortune 500 food and consumer goods manufacturers. But what is promising to see is that many smaller companies are also catching on to how automation can assist in their end-of-line operations. Many of our queries in the past several months have […]
When it comes to collaboration – nothing beats ProMach!
A great example of what collaboration can achieve is found in a recent installation we completed at Snak King’s Freeport, Illinois, facility. Snak King, a leading manufacturer of both private label and branded snacks, was looking to automate their palletizing operations. Snak King initially reached out to Brenton for their input, but after reviewing the […]
Understanding Pallet Basics and Automated Pallet Loading
The Pallet As a consumer, nearly every physical object you use on a day-to-day basis was, at some point, loaded on a pallet, from boxes, to jugs, to bottles. Pallets are the simple, structural foundations used to ship loads of product all over the world. They are the commodities on which other commodities are shipped. […]