Since 1957, Ernst Timing Screw Co. has made precision timing screws that guide, space, orient, and transfer containers through packaging machinery. The Bensalem company also builds drive units, quick-change parts, and custom CNC-machined components, with particular experience in unusual container shapes and specialized packaging-line layouts. Ernst says it has manufactured change parts for most types of packaging machinery and has been producing its Turn-A-Round screws for 30 years.
Carleton Helical TechnologiesSince 1979, family-owned Carleton Helical Technologies has designed and manufactured custom container-handling equipment for packaging lines, including its signature feedscrews and container inverting systems. The New Britain, Pennsylvania, company builds its systems in-house and has carried the Carleton family into a third generation, serving manufacturers across North America with equipment tailored to their containers and production lines. Its installed machinery now supports more than 78,000 production lines.NEW BRITAIN, PA
Quality Machined Products and Manufacturing IncSince 1946, family-owned Quality Machined Products and Manufacturing has made custom precision-turned parts and screw-machine components at its Western Pennsylvania shop. Its 20,000-square-foot facility, experienced machinists and inspection program support complex, tight-tolerance work in production runs ranging from small orders to more than 10 million parts. QMP’s reach extends from the East Coast across the United States and into Mexico, with experience serving demanding fields such as aerospace, medical and nuclear manufacturing.NEW KENSINGTON, PA
Precision Feedscrews, IncFamily-founded in 1986 by Jim and Eileen Fagan, Precision Feedscrews remains a Fagan-led Pennsylvania manufacturer serving the plastics, rubber, and food industries. Drawing on more than 50 years of feedscrew experience, the company is known as a service operation as much as a maker of new extruder and injection-molding feedscrews, with screw rebuilding available when extending an existing part’s life makes more sense.NEW CASTLE, PA
All Packaging Machinery CorporationEstablished in 1945 as Errich International Machinery, All Packaging Machinery Corporation manufactures bag-loading, heat-sealing and band-sealing equipment for the packaging industry. The Ronkonkoma, New York company has sold more than 50,000 machines and also builds vertical form/fill/seal systems, with in-house engineering and service supporting custom packaging requirements. Its machines serve applications ranging from food and medical packaging to automotive and industrial goods.RONKONKOMA, NY