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Located in Crystal Lake, Ill., NIMCO Corp is one of the premier independent manufacturers of gable-top form, fill and seal machinery systems in the United States. It has more than 2000 installations in more than 60 countries. In addition to filling of liquid milk and juice products, the company is one of the dominant manufacturers for providing gable-top solutions for the filling of dry food or non-food products. NiMCO has representatives and distributors located worldwide in countries like China, Russia and Turkey.

Triangle Package Machinery Company was founded in 1923 by Louis Muskat who introduced a packaging machine that more than doubled the typical production of the day. The company manufactures computer scales, VFFS bag machines, horizontal and vertical cartoners, automatic depositing systems and computer controls. Triangle offers the industry s first on-line service call linking Triangle engineers with customer machines for assistance as the line is running. In addition, Triangle has introduced new products such as the Advantage Continuous Motion VFFS, Advantage B6 3-Sided Seal VFFS, Proline FlexCell Bag-In-Box System, Transverse zipper applicator, TrayMaster tray loading system, X-Y Depositor thermoformer loader and Selectech On-Line.

Ivarson was founded in 1963 under the name Len E. Ivarson as a manufacturer s representative. The company worked with a variety of European companies supplying processing and packaging equipment for butter, margarine and cheese production, as well as soap wrapping, throughout the United States. Over the years, the company began to develop a diversified line of processing and packaging equipment for the dairy and related food industry. This line includes both new equipment, such as cartoners, case packers, pumps, butter extruders, continuous butter churns and complete bulk packaging lines for solid and semi-liquid products, as well as remanufactured machinery for cup filling, quarter-pound sticks, one-pound solids and mini-portions. In addition, it supplies equipment for crystallization of margarine and shortening. Ivarson is a privately owned company that is located in Milwaukee.