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FALL 2008

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Nine Ways to Better Maintain Your Machines.


Maintaining your equipment and building a machine that will limit your need for services calls is essential to protecting your investment and achieving production goals. Developing and following a service and maintenance program is important.

Below, the VC999 equipment service team has outline 9 key steps to consider when building your next packaging machine.

1. Invest in a quality machine. Whether you choose a VC999 packaging machine or another brand, it is important to determine your long range plans to ensure your machine will have the flexibility to grow with you. Make sure the machine you purchase is easy to operate, clean and maintain. Often services calls are from employees trying to make a machine do something that it was not design to accomplish.

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Fine Tuning the Art of Quality Products and Services
For more than 25 years Dennis Hoesly and the team from Hoesly’s Meats have been fine tuning the art of providing both superior products and service.  The Hoesly team has been recognized for ... Read More.
A variety of good taste
The company Frischkost & Delikatessen Service GmbH provides about 1000 customers in Southern Germany with their delicacies from all over the world. Regarding their range of goods they set a high value on quality and a maximum of freshness. Due to the ... Read More.
The sky’s the limit as Latin American processor looks to future growth
When you’ve been in business for 25 years, it would be easy to get a little complacent.   But that’s definitely not the case at Grupo Bafar, a food processing leader in Mexico.  This is a company on the ... Read More.
From Mail Order to Retail
North Country Meat began as a mail order business and by the late 80’s had opened a high quality meat and gourmet foods operation in downtown Croswell, Michigan.  Mike Satzow and his team have learned how to grow a business by approaching each ... Read More.
Perfect packaging comes in all shapes and sizes thanks to the K7
Tough packaging needs call for tough equipment and VC999 has just the right machine to handle the job.  More and more food processors are turning to the K7 Conveyorized Chamber Vacuum ... Read More.
Inauen Maschinen AG holds open house for new production building in Herisau
After more than one-and-a-half years, construction and renovation is finally complete on the production building of Inauen Maschinen AG, Herisau.  On September 20, VC999 staff and their families ... Read More.
Learn about another VC999 packaging application.
This video features a packaging application for fresh chicken.  This retail packaging operation uses a gas flush.  The contain is made of rigid material PET/EVOH/PE750 micron and has a flexible, clear top film with anti-fog properties. ... View Now!
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WELCOME NEW MEMBERS OF THE VC999 AMERICAS' TEAM!
One year after having started VC999 Americas, customers throughout Central and South America have made the decision to purchase VC999 equipment to help support their packaging equipment needs. In an effort to provide a superior support team for both our customers and sales and service partners, our team has added two new members:  Mr. Orlando Castiblanco, Manager of the technical department and Mr Daniel Castiblanco, Technical Sales for Colombia.

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Jim Wright, Vice President USA  
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