European packaging technology streamlines US packing operation
TCDC/API's purchase of a form-fill-seal machine wins it Mobil and Exxon's contract business and reduces labor, materials, and shipping costs.
Until 2 years ago, Trammell Crow Distribution Company/American Polymer International [TCDC/API], a custom packer and warehouser of commodity resins located in Houston, Tex., operated like all its competitors in the packing industry: It used forced air packers to fill multiwall paper valve bags with a variety of plastic pellets and powders.