Article: Case packing both retail and food service bags. (improved case packing at Ore-Ida Foods Inc. using Model VP/F automatic vertical case packers)

First-of-a-kind vertical case packers at Ore-Ida Foods provide greater flexibility, faster speeds and 15-min changeovers from foodservice to retail bags of frozen potato products.

Ore-Ida Foods Inc., an affiliate of H. J. Heinz, has unveiled a new wrinkle in case packing for bags of Golden Crinkles[R], Tater Tots[R] and other frozen potato products at its Plover, Wis., plant, using first-of-a-kind Model VP/F automatic vertical case packers from Blueprint Automation.

The vertical packers are used for Ore-Ida's foodservice packs, which comprise five- and six-lb kraft bags cased into six-count shippers. Additionally, these same machines case pack retail products ...

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