Wednesday, December 18, 2013

Good Tidings for the Holiday Season

For my last post of 2013, I want to wish everyone a very happy holiday season. I hope you have time to spend with your loved ones and some time to spend in quiet peace. I also wish everyone a very happy and healthy New Year.

May 2014 be a year of new beginnings, growth and prosperity, filled with enough challenges to keep us engaged, enough luck to keep us curious, enough joy to keep us happy, and enough love to keep us centered.

The author, Marge Bonura, is the Director of Sales & Marketing for New England Machinery, Inc. (NEM). NEM is a leading packaging machinery manufacturer of bottle unscramblers, cappers, orienters, retorquers, lidders, pluggers, pump sorter/placers, scoop feeders, hopper elevators and much more. The company has been in business since 1974 selling to the food, beverage, pharmaceutical, personal care, chemical, household products, automotive and other industries. For more information on NEM, visit their website at www.neminc.com.

Monday, December 16, 2013

Good News for Pharmaceutical Contract Manufacturers and Contract Service Organizations

Pharmaceutical Processing magazine listed the results of a recent survey they conducted to determine the needs of pharmaceutical companies in the area of contract manufacturers and contract service providers. The good news they report is that79.5% of pharmaceutical manufacturers outsource their manufacturing and service needs and 59% of companies plan to expand their spending on outsourcing in the next 12 months.

When asked what criteria they use when selecting a services provider, they list Technical Staff Expertise, Manufacturing/Services Capabilities and Regulatory History as the top three. To see the complete survey see Pharmaceutical Processing’s Nov/Dec 2013 issue or visit pharmpro.com.

The healthcare industry is predicted to grow faster than other industries over the next decade. The combination of expotential population growth and an ageing population that has an increasing life expectancy will create a worldwide increase in the need for pharmaceuticals.

The author, Marge Bonura, is the Director of Sales & Marketing for New England Machinery, Inc. (NEM). NEM is a leading packaging machinery manufacturer of bottle unscramblers, cappers, orienters, retorquers, lidders, pluggers, pump sorter/placers, scoop feeders, hopper elevators and much more. The company has been in business since 1974 selling to the food, beverage, pharmaceutical, personal care, chemical, household products, automotive and other industries. For more information on NEM, visit their website at www.neminc.com.

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Tampa Bay Packaging Machinery Companies Open House 2014

The Tampa Bay, Florida area has one very unique characteristic. It is home to many of the best packaging machinery manufacturing companies in the world. It is a phenomenon that the west coast of Florida is home to a very large number of companies that specialize in manufacturing packaging machinery. A dozen or so of these companies have banded together to take advantage of this phenomenon.

The week of February 24-28, 2014 the following companies are opening their doors to their customers for the Tampa Bay Packaging Machinery Companies Open House 2014.
Tri-Tronics, Osgood Industries, Westlund Engineering, Polypack, Inc., Film Source International, ABC Packaging Machine Company, Universal Labeling Systems, Inc., New England Machinery, Inc., MDC Engineering, Allied Flex Technologies, In-Line Filling Systems, and Zepf Technologies.

For more information about this event visit our website: www.tampabaypackaging.com. This is a great chance to come to sunny Florida in the middle of winter and see great packaging machinery as it is being made.

The author, Marge Bonura, is the Director of Sales & Marketing for New England Machinery, Inc. (NEM). NEM is a leading packaging machinery manufacturer of bottle unscramblers, cappers, orienters, retorquers, lidders, pluggers, pump sorter/placers, scoop feeders, hopper elevators and much more. The company has been in business since 1974 selling to the food, beverage, pharmaceutical, personal care, chemical, household products, automotive and other industries. For more information on NEM, visit their website at www.neminc.com.

Monday, December 9, 2013

NEM Trade Shows In 2014

New England Machinery, Inc. has a full schedule of trade shows for 2014. We will start the year off at Interpak in Dusseldorf, Germany. This is the largest packaging machinery trade show in the world and is held every three years. NEM will be displaying our ‘flying yellow bottles’ display at the show this year in Hall 12 #12D52. The show runs from May 8 -14, 2014.

Our next show will be ExpoPack Mexico, June 17-20. NEM will be located in the PMMI pavilion in booth 2120. The show is located in Centro Banamex in Mexico City.

For the Pack Expo International 2014 show, NEM will be located in booth S-3506. This show at McCormick Place in Chicago will take place November 2-5. NEM will be displaying a full line of bottle unscramblers, orienters, and cappers.

Co-located this year with the Pack Expo International 2014 show, will be the Pharma Expo 2014 show running at the same time. NEM will have another booth at this show. Our booth number will be W-629.

To see live demonstrations of world-class packaging machinery, make sure to visit NEM’s booth at any or all of these 2014 shows.

The author, Marge Bonura, is the Director of Sales & Marketing for New England Machinery, Inc. (NEM). NEM is a leading packaging machinery manufacturer of bottle unscramblers, cappers, orienters, retorquers, lidders, pluggers, pump sorter/placers, scoop feeders, hopper elevators and much more. The company has been in business since 1974 selling to the food, beverage, pharmaceutical, personal care, chemical, household products, automotive and other industries. For more information on NEM, visit their website at www.neminc.com.

Monday, December 2, 2013

Remember to Thank Your Customers

As the year is drawing to a close don’t forget to say ‘Thank You’ to your customers. Without customers we companies would cease to exist. The easiest and most common form of a ‘thank you’ is a holiday card that wishes holiday cheer along with a word of gratitude. Some companies purchase gifts that they send or hand deliver to their best customers. For small companies or companies that sell to various departments in large companies, the individual gift is not always acceptable or doable.

New England Machinery has come up with a great idea this year to say ‘thank you’ to our faithful customers. We are offering a discount credit towards parts sales. We have sent out an e-mail to all of our customers explaining the discount. This is a great way to let our customers know we appreciate their business.

What other ways do you know about to say ‘thank you for your patronage’?

The author, Marge Bonura, is the Director of Sales & Marketing for New England Machinery, Inc. (NEM). NEM is a leading packaging machinery manufacturer of bottle unscramblers, cappers, orienters, retorquers, lidders, pluggers, pump sorter/placers, scoop feeders, hopper elevators and much more. The company has been in business since 1974 selling to the food, beverage, pharmaceutical, personal care, chemical, household products, automotive and other industries. For more information on NEM, visit their website at www.neminc.com.