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Produce Show Daily Saturday, October 21, 2017 3 2 Lacerta: 'Let's Create a Custom Package for You!' When it comes to custom packaging, it is easy to get overwhelmed, but Lacerta is here to help guide you through it all. Lacerta is a plastic packaging company, specializing in custom packaging. From concept to prototyping, mold-making and production, Lacerta is a turnkey manu- facturer. Whether you need a snack pack, deli cup, party platter or tamper evident container, Lacerta can create the perfect package for you! Getting started with a custom pack- age is simple. Lacerta starts by listening to your needs and determining what is most important to accomplish with the packaging. Lacerta helps you choose the best design and substrate for the project. Its experts can walk you through your material options, if you need added barri- er to extend shelf life, freezer grade materials, what is best for high pressure processing, what is most cost effective and much more. Lacerta can help you select what your product needs. Lacerta has a full design team in- house that starts with a design concept to develop and prototype. The skilled engi- neers always aim to design with a few principles in mind: maintain food integri- ty, extend shelf life, maximize merchan- dising appeal and be a cost effective product. A design is done within a few days; if any adjustments need to be made, they are done to your liking and then it is off to prototyping. You receive prototype samples within a week and can physical- ly see your design come to life. Test it in your machine, bring them on sales meetings, make any adjustments or go straight to a production mold. Lacerta is able to get your product to market faster by building all of its molds in-house, on one of its nine CNC machines. The molds are very competi- tive, getting you in the market at a low capital investment. Speed to market is what sets Lacerta apart. Lacerta under- stands that time is critical and work to get you on the shelf from concept to produc- tion in two months. Lacerta also has printing capabilities in-house and can design a custom printed lid for your container. Printing is a great way to gain an edge in the market, increase brand awareness and establish product recognition on the shelves. Another option with custom packaging is embossing the package with your logo. There are simple and an unlimited amount of ways Lacerta can cre- ate the best custom package for you, so get started with Lacerta! About Lacerta Group, Inc. Lacerta is a family-owned manufacturer of plastic food packaging. Lacerta offers a variety of stock packaging, including produce and party trays, herb clamshells, cups and more. With the Fresh n' Sealed tamper evident line, you get a refreshing- ly simple and streamlined design ranging from 1.5 to 120 ounces, and has expand- ed to include parfaits, leafy green con- tainers and square bowls, to name a few. For more information, stop by booth #5610, visit www.lacerta.com or call 508.339.3312. Image Plastics & Packaging Covers All Packaging Needs of the Food Industry Image Plastics & Packaging (IPP) is an industry leader with the knowledge and expertise to address all of your packaging needs. Both a distributor and manufactur- er, it can provide any type of standard and custom packaging including flat bags, stand up pouches – MAP and plain, labels, stretch film, RPC lids and more. IPP knows how important it is for packaging to represent a company's brand, so it works hand-in-hand with each client to understand their needs and create a quality packaging solution. Its domestic and overseas manufacturing allows IPP to provide the best quality product at a price that fits your budget without compromising quality. IPP has been supplying packaging to a wide variety of industries across the U.S., Mexico and Canada since 2002, with a very strong presence in the produce indus- try. For seven years, IPP proudly was the only U.S. manufacturer of the "Stretch- Vent" RPC lids. IPP developed its RPC film specifically with Kroger in mind at a time when only overseas lids with low quality and high field waste were avail- able. IPP worked diligently to create a film that could stretch yet not tear, and would have memory in the elasticity to return to the original shape after placement on a container. And it succeeded! Because of competitiveness in pricing from competi- tors in Asia, IPP expanded its production to its overseas manufactur- ing plant and today, offers the same innova- tive, reliable product at a lower cost. The quality of its Stretch-Vent RPC lids are outstand- ing and yield little to no field waste. IPP also features a complete line of high clarity zipper and slider stand up pouches, both MAP and vented for the fresh produce and food industries. IPP offers a reinforced header pouch that can be used with a slider closure; a large freez- er pouch line – either in stand up or flat with zipper or plain; barrier pouches, cook- ing-baking bags and microwave, steam and soup pouch bags. All of these products are made with FDA-certified polyethylene, ensuring no plastic taste or smell after cooking. Packaging can be laminated or single layer and has a 10-color print capa- bility, providing you with a high quality end product to meet your branding needs. Better yet, by partnering with an overseas manufacturer, IPP's packaging is priced at a much lower cost than domestic manu- facturing, yet offers the same quality that you and your clients expect. IPP also offers an extensive line of thermal transfer, direct thermal, color/spe- cialty labels as well as thermal transfer rib- bons. With FDA regulations becoming more stringent, it's important to have a reliable source that can deliver the labels and ribbon you need at a competitive price. Last but not least, IPP knows how important stretch film is for shipping. It has a full line of machine and hand stretch film available in all sizes and gauges. For more information, go to www.image plastics.com or stop by booth #4309. Matrix Offers AutoPro Automatic Setup and Changeover System Matrix Packaging Machinery, powered by Pro Mach, now offers AutoPro auto- matic setup and changeover system as a standard feature on the Morpheus continuous motion machine and as an optional feature on the Apollo intermittent motion VFFS machine. The Matrix AutoPro eliminates manual adjust- ments such as hand cranks and thumb screws in favor of precision electronic motion control. This innovative solution slashes changeover downtime by a minimum of 50 percent when a new package is run. The AutoPro system then replicates those same adjustments at any time in the future in a matter of minutes with an assured accuracy of 1/1,000 of an inch. Additionally, Matrix offers the AutoPro at a fraction of the cost of typical servo controlled systems and the ultra-small motors have no impact on the footprint the machine. About Matrix Matrix Packaging Machinery is an indus- try-leading manufacturer of vertical form fill seal (v/f/f/s) packaging equipment. Since 1988, Matrix has built a solid rep- utation for delivering rugged, well-engi- neered, cost competitive and easy-to-use packaging systems backed by outstand- ing customer support. Matrix has v/f/f/s, stickpack and pouch filling machines in operation throughout the world, han- dling a wide range of products in very diverse conditions. About Pro Mach Pro Mach is a leading provider of integrated packag- ing and processing products and solutions for food, bever- age, consumer goods, pharmaceutical and other diverse companies. Through its brands, Pro Mach provides product pack- aging and processing equipment, PMMI certified training, installation, parts and service in bottling and capping, primary packaging, flexible packaging, material handling, identification and tracking and end of line packaging. Pro Mach has a diverse customer base, from Fortune 500 companies to smaller, privately held businesses worldwide, which depend on reliable, flexible, technologically advanced equipment and integrated solution sets. Pro Mach is headquartered near Cincinnati, Ohio, with manufacturing facilities and offices throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. For more information about Pro Mach, visit www.promachinc.com. For more information, call 262.268.8300 or visit www.matrixpm.com.