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Article: Sealing up benefits: new side sealers on existing shrink wrappers at gamemaker Hasbro, Inc. increase the uptime of the equipment, reduce maintenance and repair costs, reduce cleaning requirements and maintain the excellent quality of the products.(shrink wrapping)(Company overview)
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- Packaging Digest
- Article date:
- September 1, 2007
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Hasbro, Inc., Pawtucket, RI, was founded in 1923. In 1984 Hasbro acquired the Milton Bradley Co. and in 1991, it acquired Parker Brothers. Hasbro brought them both together in 1999 at the Milton Bradley facility in East Longmeadow, MA, where games were being produced. Today, Hasbro Games is the largest game and puzzle manufacture in the U.S. It produces and markets popular titles such as MONOPOLY[R], TWISTER[R], THE GAME OF LIFE[R] and SCRABBLE[R], to name a few.
The East Longmeadow plant has 10 lines packaging Hasbro's broad array of games and most are equipped with Shanklin shrink wrappers and tunnels from Sealed Air Corp. ...