3M was formerly known as the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company and the company itself has been around since 1902. Founded in a Lake Superior town in Minnesota, 5 businessmen founded a company to mine mineral for grinding wheel abrasives. While the sandpaper business didn’t exactly kick off, the company encouraged all it’s employees to innovate [...]
Companies everywhere have been “going green” for quite some time now. But there’s a bit more to going green than just picking out a pretty shade and recoloring your logo. Here at Hughes Enterprises, we pride ourselves on the wide variety of Eco Friendly products that we are able to offer our customers. As part of [...]
Your hands are probably one the the most overworked parts of your body. They help you make food, wrap food, eat food, make phone calls, send text messages, draft emails, write notes, write letters, scribble grocery lists, pick things up, put things down, carry things, push things, pull things, point at things…. I think you’ve gotten the picture. [...]
As the world shifts farther away from paper and more towards digital everything, the packaging industry is not far behind. With leading companies like Pregis developing apps, the need for messy files and storage cabinets is finally coming to an end. Our sales team here at Hughes Enterprises is even joining the movement, leaving their [...]
STOROpack welcomed a new member to it’s packaging family, measuring 18.2″ in length and weighing 8.8 lbs, the AIRmove. This was by far one of the easiest deliveries the stork has made to the packaging industry. However, don’t be fooled by the AIRmove’s small frame because it can still pack a mighty big punch. The AIRmove (shown above) takes a [...]
Hughes Enterprises will be holding our packaging automation and sustainability expo on October 18th and 19th. As a recognized leader in the shipping and packaging industry, Hughes Enterprises brings together the biggest names in the business for the largest regional expo in the country. The Hughes Expo differs from other in that we display our [...]
We’re pleased to offer the BEL 5150u in our 2011 machinery line-up. This system comes with many of the features and benefits of our WFPS 5150 including the latest generation BEL 505g4 forming section. It reduces energy costs, saves on recycled corrugated, and frees up floor space. The BEL 5150u differs from the WFPS 5150 by being [...]
By: Charles Taraskewicz Do you have a problem keeping an empty, unsealed carton from tipping over on your conveyor line? Are you hand taping them before placing them on the conveyor on their way to the packing station or case sealer just for this reason? Well try this simple and efficient step. After squaring the [...]
Easily customize your cartons with custom printed tapes. -Dan Malament Want to customize your cartons, but don’t want to pay for plates or you use many different sizes of cartons? You can custom print gum tape or pressure sensitive tape for as low an order as 1 case each. Custom printed tape makes your product [...]
Increasing Efficiency and Reducing Costs With Packaging Automation By Neal Magaziner, Hughes Enterprises “The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment.” ~Warren G. Bennis Well, not [...]
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