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For more than 100 years, NJM Packaging( NJM) has been a trusted leader in automated packaging systems, providing innovative manufacturing, integration, and support solutions to customers across a wide range of industries. With deep expertise in pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, vitamin, personal care, food and beverage, and contract packaging applications, the company delivers comprehensive solutions designed to optimize efficiency, reliability, and production performance.
Combining in-house manufacturing capabilities with equipment from leading packaging technology partners, NJM offers a complete portfolio of packaging line solutions tailored to each customer’ s unique operational needs, serving as a single-source provider for fully integrated packaging lines.
“ NJM has a long history,” Mark Laroche, Vice President of Sales at NJM, begins.“ We were founded in 1915 and got started because there was an embargo on machinery for World War One. The US was importing shoe box labelers at the time but, because there was an import ban from Germany, the US government asked our founder to manufacture the machinery for them instead. In the 1930s, we then started to work with the pharmaceutical industry. We soon became a founding member of the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute( the PMMI), which now runs multiple Pack Expo shows.
“ In the 1960s, because of our continued involvement in the pharmaceutical sector, we came up with the first predecessor for the barcode industry, as mislabeling was starting to become a big problem,” he continues.“ Since then, we’ ve continued to evolve. We now manufacture and distribute machines, carrying the full scope of pharmaceutical and nutraceutical packaging lines – everything from bottle unscramblers and desiccant feeders to tablet fillers, capping machines, and labeling.”
As NJM continued to expand its capabilities and strengthen its position within the pharmaceutical and nutraceutical markets, the company reached a pivotal stage in its growth. Increasing customer demands for global support, broader service capabilities, and scalable infrastructure highlighted the need for a larger strategic partner, leading NJM into its next chapter with ProMach Group.
“ In 2016, NJM was acquired by ProMach Group. We were a smaller family-owned business prior to that acquisition and, while we were growing, we weren’ t growing at the speed that our customers demanded. Our larger customers, in particular, required worldwide service and support, as well as the financial backing of a larger corporation. I had my reservations about whether a large corporation would still really care about our customer base and values, but ProMach has been very good with that,” Mark reveals.“ They’ ve been excellent at handling all our core competencies and providing that support, which gives us the ability to focus on what our customers really want and need. Across the Group, I also have 50 +
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