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that sort and pack products and palletize boxes, and our vision systems can now inspect multiple facets of 2400 parts per minute, looking for dents, embossing, debossing, print registration, and color, for example,” Bob elaborates.“ However, because we’ ve been in the business for over 120 years, we also have equipment that’ s around 50-to-60 years old that we can no longer buy the parts for, so we have some talented craftsmen who know how to make replacement parts and keep the older equipment running.”
This approach, striking the balance between traditional manufacturing methods and modern innovation, is just one example of JL Clark’ s problem-solving prowess. As a people-centric company, JL Clark is committed to going the extra mile to provide value for its customers, proactively presenting new ideas and solutions to further enhance the quality and functionality of its products.
“ We think of ourselves as an ingredient to a brand’ s equity, meaning that if we perform well, we can enhance their equity,” Bob explains.“ We take a couple of different approaches to research and development. Some of our customers – such as the big CPG companies – may come to us with a problem and then our designers and engineers will formulate a technical solution for them; in many instances, we’ re solving that problem for the first time. We’ ll then prototype packages for them and apply for a patent. Other times, we’ ll look at our current customers and their product lineup, and our designers and engineers will see where we may be able to improve an existing package. We’ ll
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