A Good
Year’s Work...
The contract filler industry had a great deal of good
news to report in the past 12 months. SPRAY asked fillers
to tell us what was new and exciting at their home
base, and reports were extremely positive.
In 2017, Precise Packaging, LLC, Fall River, MA, expanded
its range of capabilities for personal care and over-the-counter
(O-T-C) products and, to accommodate the additional product
development and testing, opened a new laboratory. According to
Shaun Gaus, Precise Packaging President & CEO, personal care
products have continued evolving to keep up with trends and
consumer preferences. Upscale trial- and travel-sized products are
gaining in popularity, with growing consumer demand for favorite
personal care products in small, on-the-go containers.
Aerosol Resource Innovations (ARI), Orchard Hill, GA,
recently purchased its own Konica Minolta Bizhub Press C71cf,
allowing it to digitally print labels in-house. This allows more
flexibility to ARI and its customers when it comes to artwork and
regulatory label changes.
Ava Caridad
Editorial Director
By the end of year, the company plans to double capacity on
its paint-filling aerosol line by adding an additional filling line.
An automatic tipper was scheduled to be installed in January by
MBC Aerosol, with an automatic capper to be installed later in
the year.
Last year, Slide Products, Wheeling, IL, completed a multiyear
upgrade and expansion of its filling line and equipment.
These updates now allow Slide to fill with both 211 X 604 (16
fluid ounce) as well as 211 X 713 (20 fluid ounce) aerosol cans.
The new filling equipment also allows for three styles of overcaps
to be used for both Slide and private-label products, with production
capacity increasing 25%.
In addition to the new filling equipment, Slide has increased
facility safety following the installation of a flash activated deluge
system in its gas filling house.
This year marks Slide Products’ 65th anniversary. What started
out of a small garage in Skokie, IL has grown to three facilities
around the U.S.
According to Cortec Corp., Spooner, WI, the company has
long had an interest in providing more environmentally friendly
corrosion control technology to the industrial world. As part of
this effort, the filler has offered various formulas and technologies
to its customers for private label. The last decade and a half
saw Cortec launch several of its mainstay corrosion control tech-
March 2018 Spray 15
Fillers talk to SPRAY about their
progress and the state of the industry.
(Bottom) Slide Products, Wheeling,
IL; (Left) An example of cans
filled by Slide Products; note the
20oz. product in the center.
(Left to right) EcoAir Graffiti Remover
from Cortec.; EcoAir Mold Release spray.;
Cortec’s recyclable BOV EcoAir spray can.