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Explore a variety of packaging industry thought leadership pieces from our internal subject matter experts, read compelling case studies, hear from our service techs about helpful maintenance tips and tricks and more here in the nVenia Blog. Do you have a question you would like answered? Or a subject matter in the packaging industry you would like to learn more about?  Let us know!

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Flour Producer Modernizes Milling Operations with FISCHBEIN Brand Equipment

06/09/2017
Mexico’s leading producer of flour products recently modernized their plants by converting their milling operations to using nVenia’s FISCHBEIN Brand Model 100-2 Two Needle Sew Head. Backed by more than a century of craftsmanship, the Model 100-2 plain sew head produces two perfect, parallel, offset stitch lines that create an...
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Effective Filling Technologies for Bagging Growing Media

05/09/2017
Growing Media are materials that plants grow in. Commercial growing media are comprised of a combination of products such as: potting soil, specialty mixes, vermiculite, perlite, peat moss, silica sand, tree bark and compost. Growing media producers today are increasingly required to produce many forms of growing media to serve...
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The nVenia FISCHBEIN Model 400 NS continues to lead sewing innovation for the Seed Bagging Industry

04/28/2017
nVenia’s FISCHBEIN Brand is the industry leader in quality bag sew systems for the seed bagging industry. Our 400 NS sew system, designed for both manual and automatic systems, is a consistent top performer in seed bagging plants because of the speed, options and innovation that the machine offers.   The Model 400...
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Animal Feed

Feed Bagging Case Study: Kreamer Feed

03/18/2017
Kreamer Feed, located in Kreamer, PA, started as a family business over 70 years ago.  The company’s business goals are to produce quality products grown to the specific needs of its customers, while allowing them to maximize profits.     They have long understood the benefits of producing product in modern, efficient...
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Packaged Ice Palletizing Case Study: Triangle Ice

03/07/2017
In 2016, Triangle Ice approached Modern Ice Equipment & Supply, an nVenia equipment dealer, to find a palletizing solution for their Savannah, Georgia, facility.    Modern Ice collaborated with our team to design a semi-automatic robotic palletizing system to suit Triangle Ice’s objectives to decrease palletizing labor and increase production.   The...
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Pellet Fuel Bagging Case Study: Marth Wood Products

03/07/2017
Marth Companies in Marathon, Wisconsin, was looking to upgrade their wood pellet bagging operation. They were running a first-generation HAMER Brand Model 2040 with another manufacturer’s duplex scale that was struggling to keep up with their new bag palletizing system. Looking to improve both bagging speed and dosing accuracy, Marth...
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Animal Feed

Animal Feed Case Study: Form-A-Feed

02/01/2017
Form-A-Feed is a rapidly growing Minnesota based agri-business providing animal feed bagging of their custom nutritional blends, premixes and minerals. In addition to packaging their own brand of products, Form-A-Feed also has a robust contract packaging business, packaging products for a wide variety of customers. Form-A-Feed’s plant management approached nVenia’s...
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Fertilizer Bagging Case Study: American Plant Food Corporation

01/31/2017
Operating a fertilizer bagging plant 24 hours a day, seven days a week for 365 days a year is a formidable challenge.  That’s all well and good for the bagger, American Plant Food Corporation, except for one thing: the need for growth. A company can’t be satisfied at peak capacity,...
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Lawn & Garden

Lawn and Garden Bagging Case Study: Markman Peat Improves Efficiency with Automation

01/20/2017
The Markman Peat Corporation has a long and dynamic history as a significant national producer of premium soils and landscape materials.   When the new owners, Jeff Widdop and Brian Sherrick completed their 2011 purchase of the company, they began researching a variety of actions to position it for growth. In its 40+ year history,...
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HAMER Brand Model 600NW Auger Feed Net Weigh Scale

Chemical Bagging Case Study: Caspian Sulphur

01/20/2017
As a producer of 50 KG/100 lb. bags of reclaimed sulfur from the Tengiz Oilfields in Kazakhstan, Caspian Sulphur Company, LLP was looking for a bagging scale that would last in their demanding chemical bagging environment.  Their original scales were not up to the challenge, exhibiting high failure rates and...
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Chemical Bagging Case Study: CRI Catalyst Company

01/20/2017
CRI Catalyst Company (CRICC) is part of CRI/Criterion Inc., the global catalyst technology company of the Shell Group. CRICC is dedicated to providing a broad customer base with effective and cost-efficient catalysts and technologies. The catalysts are manufactured on a ceramic carrier and impregnated with precious metals before being delivered to their...
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Animal Feed & Seed

Animal Feed Bagging Case Study: Kent Nutrition Group

12/01/2016
Outfitting numerous plants with efficient weighing, bag handling and closing systems, nVenia’s HAMER and FISCHBEIN Brands have helped to bring consistency, reliability and increased quality across the Kent Nutrition Group (KNG) feed plants.   “Quality is the number one thing that they pride themselves on as well as providing quality service throughout the system is of...
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