Article: Mt. Olive packs and prints pickles and peppers: pickles, peppers and relishes move more quickly through Mt. Olive Pickle Co.'s packaging lines and look better on-shelf through the use of new, more automated equipment. Case and tray erectors, partition inserters and case coders represent some of the newest installations.(packaging operations)

While Mount Olive, NC-based Mt. live Pickle Co., Inc.'s pickle and pepper production and packaging process may produce a tongue twister, the company is quite articulate when it comes to describing the benefits that have accrued from its recent installations of new and more automated packaging equipment. Over the last several years, Mt. Olive has upgraded key equipment on its packaging lines and has installed a new line to keep up with demand. "We're growing at a very fast rate," says Steve Whitman, Mt. Olive's production manager. "A lot of our equipment was getting old and needed to be updated so that we could stay competitive."

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