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- New ProCustomer Initiative Ensures Peak Packaging System Productivity
- October 1, 2009
Pro Mach launched ProCustomer today, a new initiative designed to ensure that customers maintain peak packaging system productivity through best-in-class standards in aftermarket parts, service, and support.
- Find Best Practices for Retort Room Operations at Retorts.com
- June 23, 2009
Allpax Products has redesigned and expanded its educational website Retorts.com. The updated site facilitates the spread of best retort room practices through interactive discussion tools, sharing white papers with colleagues, and for RSS feeds on comments and posts.
- Laboratory Retorts Shorten Development Time for Ready Meals
- April 29, 2009
A new white paper from Amcor Flexibles describes how the company utilized an Allpax research and development retort to reduce time to market for ready meals packaged in high-barrier film pouches.
- Extended Tax Incentives Provide Opportunity to Get More Value from 2009 Packaging Machinery Purchases
- February 25, 2009
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 signed into law in February extends the Bonus Depreciation and Expense Deduction tax incentives passed in 2008. The incentives encourage capital spending, such as packaging machinery by providing a bonus depreciation on capital purchases for 2009 and by raising deduction amounts.
- Allpax Introduces the World's Most Versatile Research and Development Retort
- October 22, 2008
Covington, LA - Allpax Products will introduce at Process Expo 2008 a research and development retort capable of producing seven different sterilization processes and four different modes of agitation, making this new modular system the world's most versatile laboratory retort. (Allpax Process Expo Booth W-17084)
- Innovative Basket Clamping System for Agitating Retorts Wins Patent for Allpax Products
- September 9, 2008
Allpax Products has a new patented system for improving automated basket clamping during retort agitation. The patented system reduces wear on retort equipment, decreases maintenance time and cost, and improves overall throughput.
- Allpax Celebrates 22nd Anniversary with Best Sales Year Ever
- September 4, 2008
Allpax Products received a 22nd anniversary gift that would be the envy of any company - the best sales year ever.
- Pro Mach Announces Executive Changes
- April 30, 2008
Pro Mach, Inc. announced today that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer John W. Paxton Sr. is turning over CEO duties to current President and Chief Operating Officer Mark Anderson. Mr. Paxton will remain with Pro Mach as Chairman. Mr. Anderson will become the President and CEO.
- Tax Incentives Provide Opportunity To Get More Value From Machinery Purchases
- March 14, 2008
The economic stimulus package signed into law February 13 contains two business related tax incentives to encourage capital spending, such as retorts and retorts accessories. The tax incentives lower capital purchase costs by providing a bonus depreciation for 2008 and by raising deduction amounts. These incentives are available to all companies, but particularly benefit small and mid-sized companies who have an opportunity to make investments that otherwise would be delayed or impossible to make this year.
- Ball Corporation Selects Allpax Retort to Test Shaka Process
- October 30, 2007
Ball Corporation has selected Allpax Products' Research and Development retort to test their containers viability and effectiveness for Shaka and other retort processes.
- Allpax Signs Deal to License Shaka Process
- April 9, 2007
Allpax Products, a division of Pro Mach, has signed an exclusive licensing agreement with Zinetec Ltd. of Oxfordshire, England, to become the sole U.S. licensee of the Shaka batch retort process, which significantly reduces sterilization times, improving the taste, color, texture and mouth feel of shelf-stable products.
- Eric Hanrahan joins Allpax as Director of Project Engineering
- February 1, 2007
Eric Hanrahan, a 15-year veteran in development, testing and application engineering of automated batch retort systems and controls, has joined Allpax as a Director of Project Engineering.
- Allpax to unveil new Shaka R&D retort at Process Expo this month
- October 24, 2006
Allpax Products, a division of Pro Mach, will unveil its new Shaka(TM) R&D retort this month at the Process Expo tradeshow in Chicago
- Pro Mach acquires Allpax Products, Inc. to add retort and sterilization capabilities to diverse portfolio of packaging equipment solutions
- May 24, 2006
Pro Mach, Inc. announced today that it has acquired Allpax Products, Inc., a leading designer and manufacturer of sterilization, material handling and automated control systems for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries.