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labor, a cost associated with the packaging mate- later, Douglas provides a vast array of what it
rials to be used and a productivity rate. This would describes as cutting-edge machinery for cartoning,
be compared to the automated option, which case packing, as well as tray and shrink wrapping.
would typically reduce labor, reduce materials costs
and increase productivity rates. However, there is Todd Welker, Beverage Sales Manager for
the added investment in the machinery itself.” Douglas, says top producers in brewing—both craft
and legacy—along with distilled spirits, come to
Minnesota-based and employee-owned Douglas Douglas for their packaging machinery needs. The
Machine sold its first automation product in company, Welker says, designs and builds exclu-
the 1960s to none other than the Curtiss Candy sively servo platforms in its Minnesota factory. All
Company, makers of iconic candy bars that include come with nationwide sales and service support,
Baby Ruth and Butterfinger. More than 50 years backed by a three-year warranty and a parts price
guarantee.

“Typically,
our customers
come to us
when either
their speeds
increase
beyond their
current low-
end machinery,
or when they
Douglas Contour TM SPS-60 Shrink Packer
are planning
ahead to
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