I’ve been seeing companies on the web that claim "Made in America" for all their filling and packaging equipment products. Among the products they are offering are machines that I know are made in other countries. How do I know? Because we supply the exact same product…at a lower price.

That doesn’t mean that "Made in America" makes a product more expensive, but it doesn’t necessarily make it better either. We manufacture some of the filling machines we sell. We also work with some of the best manufacturers in the world. Our continued goal is to deliver the best equipment for the best price. In some cases, that means an industry standard machine made in an ISO9001 factory in China or Italy. For more unique capabilities or specific customer requirements, we design and manufacture machines.

The secret that no one wants to tell you is filling machines are made with components from proven manufacturers around the world, including electronic components from Japan and Germany, pumps from Italy or China, or gaskets and fittings from India or Yugoslavia. These components are combined and connected to make shiny new filling machines, and have been for many years.

Whether you are replacing a worn out piece of equipment or building a brand new bottling plant, the question to ask isn’t: "Where is this equipment made?" The question should be: "Will this machine perform the way I expect it to?" Here at A Packaging Systems, we’ve started a new policy: Guaranteed Performance. In our literature and our web site, www.apackaging.net, we show general capabilities for most machines. Chances are that your product or container is much different than the standard used to create these numbers. So, when our customers purchase a filling machine, capping machine or other packaging equipment, we set it up in our laboratory and test it with the your product and containers to verify and certify the specific performance of that machine. Then we put it in writing, regardless of the country of origin.

For more information about our Performance Guarantee contact us at 866-369-9030 or click here to send us an email.