Monday, February 29, 2016

New England Machinery’s 2016 Trade Show Schedule

We are looking forward to seeing all of our customers at the packaging machinery trade shows in 2016. May 17-20 we will be exhibiting in stand #1618 in the all new Expo Bancomer Santa Fe, Mexico City. The Expo Pack Mexico show will be held there this year in May as opposed to holding it in June at Centro Banamex. We look forward to the new venue and seeing all of our Mexican customers!

In November we will be exhibiting at the co-located Pack Expo International and Pharma Expo shows in McCormick Place in Chicago. We will be in booth #2422 in the South Hall at the Pack Expo International show and in booth #906 at the Pharma Expo show. Make a point to visit us at either or both locations. We look forward to seeing you there!

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.

Thursday, February 25, 2016

NEM Introduces Its Product Guide

New England Machinery has compiled a new Product Guide. The guide is a complete listing of all NEM products broken out by category. Each product line has its own section that gives a general description of the products included. Inside, the sections break down the individual models and outlines their capabilities.

The new Products Guide is a great resource for learning more about all the various NEM machines. For a copy of the Product Guide visit our website at: www.neminc.com or for a hard copy call us at (941) 755-5550.

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, February 15, 2016

How Do You Hire for Success?

One of the most important decisions you can make in business is to hire the right individuals. The company you work for is nothing without the individuals who do the work and create the product and/or services you sell. The employees are the heart of the company and the soul that keeps it alive. So it is vitally important that you make the right decisions when hiring new ones. Don’t be fooled by someone who sounds impressive, but has a resume that can’t back it up. You want to hire someone whose experience matches your needs. But beware, the truly important factor in hiring is ‘attitude’. You can train a smart person to do almost everything. But you can’t train attitude.

A ‘can do’ attitude can overcome a lot of missing experience. Look to hire individuals who are excited about the possibility of going to work for your company. They will bring a breath of fresh air into the workplace. Keep in mind that if they are ambivalent in the interview, they won’t suddenly get all excited about your company on the first day. So if you find an individual that is somewhat lacking in experience, but has a really positive attitude, you can train them on what they don’t know, and you will have a great employee who will really appreciate your confidence in giving them the chance.

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, February 8, 2016

How Do Your Customers Love You?

Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s famous sonnet begins “How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.” With Valentine’s Day upon us, it comes as a good time to ask how do your customers love you? Do they rave about your products, service, attentiveness? Can you give examples of how they have communicated their love of your company?

Well here are ‘the ways’, let’s count them: 1. If you are doing your job right, your customers should be writing to you about what they like and how happy they are with your company and/or products and services. 2. They should be willing to be used as a reference for your company. 3. They should be giving you names of other companies that could benefit from your products and/or services. And, finally, 5. They should be talking about your company in a positive manner to everyone and anyone who will listen. These are ‘the ways’ that your customers can tell you how they love you.

If you aren’t ‘feeling the love’ from your customers it is time to up your game and turn your customers into your best sales team. If you can’t count at least the above five ways that your customers show you how much they love you, you need to re-commit to your customer satisfaction relationship.

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, February 1, 2016

Advantage - NEM

It was recently brought to our attention that with all of our products and innovation, our greatest competitive advantage is the versatility of our machines. Dating back to the origins of NEM, our ‘better method’ has always included the ability to handle a wide variety of container shapes and sizes. Our customers can’t always invest in separate machines to run numerous production lines. They need machines that can easily and quickly change over to different products and different containers and/or caps. We are often told that other machines have a limited range of the sizes, shapes and styles of containers they can handle.

The versatility of NEM machines is unsurpassed. Frequently, when faced with an unusual range of containers, or new shapes and sizes, we have a standard model that will work. Other times, we can make some minor design changes that makes it happen for the customer. This underscores another of NEM’s competitive advantages and our core competency, our full Engineering Dept.

NEM was founded by packaging engineers and continues to invest heavily in R&D to be a true leader in the packaging machinery industry. Our team reviews our customers’ needs and determines exactly what will be the right machine for their specific application. We don’t try to sell a ‘one machine fits all applications’ solution. Because, quite frankly, it doesn’t work and it’s not what’s best for the customer. And don’t let anyone tell you that our machines are too complicated because of their versatility. The beauty of our versatility is what keeps our customers coming back again and again for more machines. It’s not complicated, it’s easy and flexible and we would be more than happy to show you how easy it is to be versatile. We can’t promise to ‘do it all’, but we can promise to do more than our competition. Which is why so many companies have standardized on NEM machinery.

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.