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Article: Dog treats are in the bag: automated bagging system for dry dog food and dog treats improves operating efficiencies at Sojourner Farms.(bag filling)
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- Packaging Digest
- Article date:
- August 1, 2009
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A new bagging machine has increased efficiency dramatically for petfood producer Sojourner Farms, Minneapolis. The company promotes its products by handing out small sample bags of dog treats and dry food at shows, stores and other venues. Sojourner was filling and sealing these bags manually, and president Ward Johnson decided that the operation had progressed to the point that he needed to look into a more automated operation.
"Manually filling the bags with dog treats and dry food was very labor-intensive," says Johnson. "I wanted to install an automated bagging system that would improve the cost-effectiveness and efficiency of ...