Pro Mach
Pro Mach, Inc. is a packaging machinery company headquartered in Loveland, Ohio. It was founded in 1998 and is a member of the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI).
Pro Mach provides integrated packaging products and solutions for companies in the food, beverage, household goods and pharmaceutical industries. Pro Mach has 12 stand alone companies and 17 brands that offer packaging machinery, processing machinery, label manufacturing, plastic parts manufacturing, equipment training, and aftermarket parts and service. Pro Mach's manufacturing facilities and offices are located throughout the United States and Canada.
Pro Mach was ranked #4,177 on the 2009 Inc. 5000.
Pro Mach received the 2010 Manny Green Award from Cincy magazine for manufacturing initiatives and product innovations that helped customers improve package sustainability.
Pro Mach is an Odyssey Investment Partners, LLC portfolio company.
Pro Mach Brands
The following is a list of Pro Mach brands:
- Allpax
- Axon
- Brenton
- Currie by Brenton
- Dekka
- Fowler Products
- ID Technology
- IPak Machinery
- Labeling Systems (LSI)
- Orion Packaging
- Ossid
- ProCustomer
- Pro Mach
- Rennco
- Roberts PolyPro
- Shuttleworth
- Wexxar/BEL
History
July 1998
Pro Mach, Inc. was founded by Frontenac Company and headquarters were set up in Atlanta, Georgia. JP Richard named President and CEO.
November 1998
Pro Mach acquired Wexxar Packaging of Delta, British Columbia, Canada, provider of case erecting equipment, case forming equipment and case sealing equipment.
December 1998
Pro Mach acquired Brenton Engineering of Alexandria, Minnesota, provider of case packing equipment, shrink wrapping equipment and palletizing equipment.
Pro Mach also acquired Roberts PolyPro of Charlotte, North Carolina, provider of plastic handles, product merchandising hooks and paperboard finishing/converting equipment.
March 1999
Pro Mach acquired Axon of Raleigh, North Carolina, provider of heat shrink sleeve and tamper evident band application equipment.
June 1999
Pro Mach acquired Orion Packaging of Collierville, Tennessee, provider of stretch wrapping and pallet wrapping equipment.
Pro Mach also acquired Styrotech of Raleigh, North Carolina, provider of stretch sleeve application equipment, to expand Axon's product line offerings.
July 1999
Pro Mach acquired Ossid of Rocky Mount, North Carolina, provider of tray overwrapping equipment.
June 1999
Pro Mach acquired Axon of Raleigh, North Carolina, provider of heat shrink sleeve and tamper evident band application equipment.
January 2000
Pro Mach acquired Belcor Industries of Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, provider of case forming equipment and case taping equipment.
March 2000
Pro Mach acquired Rennco of Homer, Michigan, provider of vertical bagging equipment and l-bar sealing equipment.
August 2000
Pro Mach acquired Robot Aided Manufacturing (RAM) Center of Red Wing, Minnesota, provider of robotic packaging systems, to expand Brenton's product line offerings.
November 2000
Pro Mach acquired Fowler Products Company of Athens, Georgia, provider of bottle capping equipment and bottle cap handling systems.
October 2002
Pro Mach acquired ID Technology of Fort Worth, Texas, provider of label application equipment, coding equipment, marking equipment and consumable labels.
December 2004
Odyssey Investment Partners acquired Pro Mach, Inc. from Frontenac Company and headquarters were moved to Loveland, Ohio. John W. Paxton, Sr. named Chairman and CEO.
August 2005
Mark W. Anderson named President and COO of Pro Mach.
January 2006
Pro Mach acquired the Robocaser product line from Mettler-Toledo Hi-Speed to expand Brenton's product line offerings.
February 2006
Pro Mach acquired Mahaffy & Harder Engineering of Fairfield, New Jersey, provider of horizontal thermoform, fill, seal and tray sealing packaging equipment, to expand Ossid's product line offerings.
May 2006
Pro Mach acquired The Glennon Group of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, provider of labeling, marking and packaging systems, to expand ID Technology's regional operations into the Midwest.
Pro Mach also acquired Allpax Products of Covington, Louisiana, provider of retort and sterilization equipment.
September 2006
Pro Mach acquired Currie Machinery Company, provider of palletizing systems and material handling equipment, to expand Brenton's product line offerings.
May 2007
Pro Mach acquired Markor Marking and Labeling Systems of Fresno, California, provider of identification products, to expand ID Technology's regional operations into the Western United States.
March 2008
Pro Mach acquired Labeling Systems (LSI) of Oakland, New Jersey, provider of pressure sensitive labeling equipment.
April 2008
Mark W. Anderson named President and CEO of Pro Mach.
June 2009
Pro Mach acquired IPak Machinery of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, provider of corrugated tray forming equipment, to expand Wexxar's product line offerings.
October 2009
Pro Mach launches ProCustomer brand to focus on branded packaging machinery customer service.
January 2011
Pro Mach acquired Shuttleworth of Huntington, Indiana, provider of conveyor automation and product handling equipment.