Package Machinery Company, Inc. has sold its Intellectual Property and Assets to Marden Edwards Limited (United Kingdom) who are now in the process of transferring and integrating the Intellectual Property and Assets into its Business. You can contact Marden Edwards Limited (UK) using the following:   For new machine enquiries usmachines@mardenedwards.com   For new parts enquiries usparts@mardenedwards.com […]

In order to better serve our wrapping machinery customers, we have recently made two additions to our Package Machinery  team. Please meet the newest members of our Engineering and Sales staff. Vince Pisani, our new Sales Engineer, has been associated with the packaging industry for over 25 years. His career encompassed equipment sales and service in addition to contract […]

Package Machinery is introducing a new line of wrapping machinery specifically designed for smaller volume food and consumer products companies. The TFW line of flow wrappers provide the economical wrapping that growth companies need to accelerate their market penetration. With speeds up to 160 per minute, these machines enable companies to accelerate their growth without […]

See interview with Kate Putnam, President of Package Machinery, in which she discusses how she acquired and runs her company in Women on Business July 18, 2010.

Kate Putnam indicates what motivates her in running Package Machinery, how she got where she is and what she sees going forward, in an interview by George O’Brien of Business West in March 2010,

Package Machinery is pleased to announce its new wrapping machine designed for small items. The new TTDF is perfect for supporting great wraps on small items such as individual candies. While the new TTDF’s first application is for specialty tape wrapping in foil, Package Machinery has already taken orders for candy wrapping. The new TTDF wrapper […]

Our President Katherine Putnam was quoted in The Springfield Republican 2010 Outlook on February 14, 2010. Here is a link to the article. In it she speaks about how many consumer products companies were unwilling to invest in new wrapping machines due to the economy in 2009.

Package Machinery co Inc is very pleased to share that its president Kate Putnam has been chosen as a Top Woman Entrepreneur 2009 by Work Life Matters magazine. Package Machinery Co Inc. is a manufacturer of wrapping machinery for consumer products. Its machines produce a wrap that enhances product attraction and protection while minimizing material […]

Recently we were asked to evaluate a consumer product that was flow wrapped for overwrap. We carefully undid the wrapping, so that we could see how much material was being used to flow wrap. We laid that film out flat against what we cut to do the overwrap; then we measured the difference.  The difference […]

In the past year, we have had two customers shift from shrink wrap to overwrap for their candy boxes.  In one case, it was to achieve costs savings in wrapping material. This customer is now looking at the energy savings that accompany getting rid of a shrink tunnel. Oddly though, the energy savings seem less […]

You need a packaging machine. You pretty much know what kind of machine you like. You place an order for your wrapping equipment. Now What? Show up for the Factory Acceptance Test. These guys are your partners in a successful installation.  In fact, come visit ahead, if you can, to see how it is going […]

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West Springfield, MA –January 12, 2008 – Package Machinery Co., Inc. today announced the appointment of executive and management consultant Patricia Reinhardt to its Board of Directors.  Package Machinery Inc. is a manufacturer of wrapping machinery for consumer products manufacturers and is certified as women-owned by Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). “We are pleased […]

One way to cut packaging cost is to switch from a carton to a tray. Automated wrapping using trays, whether with printed film or clear  film, uses less cartoning material. This makes tray wrapping both greener – less packaging material and less weight – and sustainable – less packaging cost and reduced transportation cost. While […]

The SUSTAINABLE word is now so heavy with meaning that it seems scary to say out loud. So let’s just talk about it as that spot where preserving our planet and making a profit meet. I don’t think we have a single wrapping customer who does not want to achieve both of those goals but […]

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Industry Buzzing Over New Wrapster Chicago, IL – Package Machinery Company, Inc is excited to announce the release of its new WRAPSTER semi-automatic wrapping solution to the marketplace. Customers can get a glance of this new wrapping innovation at PACK EXPO, Chicago 2006. Designed to replace hand wrapping, the Wrapster reduces the need to hire […]

Joint Press Release Econocorp Inc. Randolph, MA and Package Machinery Co. Inc. West Springfield, MA Two Massachusetts companies, both members of the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute, were awarded training grants by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for lean education. Econocorp, Inc and Package Machinery Company, Inc. were recently awarded $50,000 and $20,000 respectively from the State […]

Katherine E. Putnam elected to board of packaging industry association West Springfield, MA – Package Machinery Company Inc. is pleased to announce that its President Katherine E. Putnam has been elected to serve a four year term as a director of the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute, effective January 1, 2005. Package joined the PMMI in […]

Package Machinery Company, Inc. Receives Certification for Women’s Business Enterprise National Council May 30, 2001, West Springfield, MA – Package Machinery Company, Inc. has received certification from the National Women’s Business Enterprise Council (WBENC), a national organization dedicated to enhancing opportunities for women’s business enterprises in America’s major business markets. WBENC offers a thorough, standardized […]