When a line completes a changeover between SKUs or rolls of film, the process should look like a NASCAR pit stop. Machine operators trained to perform changeovers make the necessary adjustments with speed and accuracy, then get everything back on track without making a major impact on performance. Achieving this level of efficiency for equipment […]
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The Shrink Wrapper Next Door: How Texwrap Enhanced Growth for The Empac Group
Sometimes the helping hand you need is right around the corner. For The Empac Group, their helping hand turned out to be Texwrap, a leading manufacturer of automated packaging solutions for shrink wrapping/bundling and e-commerce applications, which was located only a mile down the road from their facility in Washington, Missouri. For nearly 20 years, […]
Ready to own the shelf? Consider print registered film
Next time you are shopping in a retail or big-box store, take a closer look at the shelves – what do you see? Chances are they’re crowded … very crowded. Competition for space on store shelves is intense. Consumers certainly have no shortage of options staring at them, which is why manufacturers are constantly looking […]
Automating Your Changeover to Reduce Downtime and Operator Errors
According to a recent industry study on the causes of downtime for Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) companies, product to product changeover accounts for over 22% of downtime,* with operator error coming right behind at over 21%. As finding, attracting and maintaining skilled labor continues to be a hot topic throughout manufacturing, CPGs have been reaching […]
Tekkra Industry Leading Shrink Bundling Solutions from Texwrap
Texwrap is widely know as a world-class shrink packaging company. Vertically integrated in the design, fabrication, and assembly of standard and tailored systems from our 90,000 square foot state-of-the-art manufacturing facility just outside of St. Louis, Missouri. Our Tekkra product line provides a complete array of automatic shrink bundling and wrapping machinery for both supported […]