Filler & Capper Monoblock Technology
Have you ever thought how all those water bottles, orange juice bottles, shampoo, conditioner, Gatorade or other common bottled goods you use every day get filled with the associated product or how the cap is put on or how the label is applied? Well that would be the job of the Monoblock Filler and Capper system developed by Pneumatic Scale Angelus. Pneumatic Scale Angelus is a global privately held company based out of Stow, OH that makes packaging equipment used by your everyday companies like Nestle, Tropicana, Johnson & Johnson and many more. One of their most common sold packaging equipment products is one of the most important within the vast industry, the monoblock filler and capper system.
Pneumatic-Scale Angelus is a private company part of the $1.5B privately held manufacturing corporation, Barry-Wehmiller. Pneumatic Scale Angelus is a private company of $175 Million in revenue with its headquarters located in Stow,OH, they are a company that provides the goods and services needed in producing mass packaging production machines used in manufacturing ranging from: Fillers, Cappers, Seamers, labelers and centrifuges. The company was acquired from Barry-Wehmiller in 1990, when they were struggling to make $15M a year. 20 Years later they are making revenue of $175M primarily from their monoblock system and can seamer lines. Pneumatic Scale Angelus not only credits its industry success through their innovations with fillers and seamers, but also the concept of people centric leadership. The newest hype in their industry is originated from their CEO, Bob Chapman, who credits his corporation’s success, $75M to $1.5B, to people centric leadership. People Centric Leadership is the idea that...
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...stomers in enough volume as fast as possible. The system has been constantly innovated and improved upon as new ladder logic helps improve the stability and new sensors help improve efficiency. Overall these machines can range in price anywhere from $800,000 to $1,600,000. The price depends on the add-ons such as guarding, spare parts and other things. The typical assembly time can range from 10 weeks to 15 weeks based on the application and advanced software needed.
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