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Induction sealing was so effective at three other plants that food supplement maker Atrium added a fourth machine at its new plant in Wautoma, WI. A fifth machine is expected shortly.

At its new Wautoma, WI, plant, Atrium's automatic line relies heavily on a new dual tablet/capsule counter/filler (above)and induction sealer (right). Between 10,000 and 15,000 bottles are produces daily on the line. The products are sold to physicians and chiropractors.

Late last year, food supplement maker Atrium opened its newest manufacturing/packaging facility in Wautoma, WI. The plant produces the company's Atrium-based tablets and capsules, sold primarily to physicians and chiropractors.

The 22,000 sq' Wautoma building houses three lines. And although the plant is still in start-up mode, its automatic line producesbetween 10,000 and 15,000 bottles a day. (Two smaller lines handle limited production.) Critical to the automated line are a Pillar Technologies (Hartland, WI) 2211-R induction cap sealer, and a Deitz (Wall, NJ) DABF2-108" capsule/tablet counter/filler

"We produce 500 or more different supplement products," says James Sommers, president of seven-year-old Coloma, WI-based firm. "We operate six plants, in Wisconsin and Illinois, and we now have four Pillar sealing units. We've never experienced a problem with them," he responds when questioned about why he added the 2211-R at the new Wautoma plant.

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