JTM Food Group increases productivity with splicers, VFFS machines
A stroll down the aisles at PACK EXPO International was the beginning of a productivity wave that JTM Food Group is still riding three years later.
Joe Maas, vice president of the Cincinnati, Ohio-based company, says the Eureka moment happened when he came upon a film splicer that can be added to vertical form-fill-seal (VFFS) machines. The new splicer, from Butler Automatic, Middleborough, Mass., allowed JTM to use the same staffing and machinery to produce more end product. Increases in packaging line efficiency resulted in significant increases in output and profitability, since there is no additional labor. He began with one splicer and recently purchased three more, increasing the productivity of the packaging.