I'm looking for a candy bar wrapping machine ideally under $10,000. I
have the chocolate bars already in the foil wrapping and all the
machine has to do is wrap the outside. I'm finding a lot of industrial
wrapping machines that do many types of wrapping jobs and that
increases the price. I need a small machine with a focus on candy bars
that isn't too expensive. Thanks.

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Request for Question Clarification by tutuzdad-ga on 05 Aug 2004 16:35 PDT

Now that I know what you are looking for I have found a number of
sources. They don't list prices and some of them are even negotiable.
Will an answer without price included suffice as an answer, with the
hope that these are within your price range?

Regards;
tutuzdad-ga

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Clarification of Question by jbosarge-ga on 05 Aug 2004 18:16 PDT

Yes, that sounds good and will suffice as an answer. Thanks.

Dear jbosarge-ga;

Thank you for allowing me an opportunity to answer your interesting
question. After researching the industry I discovered that some of the
major brands (or models) of Chocolate Wrapping Equipment were:

Sapal, SIG CK, GD, and Rasch  

If you use each of these with the search terms ?bar wrapper? you will
find a great number of places to research. I tried to find companies
that were offering equipment for sale at a reduced price where
possible in order to get within your budget. While I do not know how
much the equipment sells for (none of them seem to say for sure) I do
know that most of the items are selling for less than retail. For
example:


CROSIO & ASSOCIATES appears to have a number of machines that seem to
do what you are looking for. This is one of those sites that don?t
publish their price list so undoubtedly they would need to be
contacted and perhaps negotiated with for their products. Some of them
are used and there may very well be a bargain buy in there for you
somewhere:

CROSIO & ASSOCIATES
http://www.crosioassociates.com/amp_stocklist.html
http://www.crosioassociates.com/amp_stocklist.html#chocolatebar
http://www.crosioassociates.com/amp_stocklist.html#chocolate

?..

You can also buy one of several second-hand machines at a special
price offered by STANDARD MACHINERY MARKETING COMPANY LTD.:

SIG CK. Chocolate bar wrapper. Paper fed from stack. For bars up to 75 grs. 

SIG CK-R. Chocolate bar wrapper. Paper fed from stack. For bars up to
75 grs. Up to 230 pieces/mn.

SAPAL TD. Two stage chocolate bar wrapper. Heat seal. Good condition.
Fully reconditioned.

SIG DSH. Two stage chocolate bar wrapper. Good condition. 

SAPAL BB. One stage wrapping machine. Excellent condition.

STANDARD MACHINERY MARKETING COMPANY LTD
http://www.standardmachinery.com/chocolate.php

?.

As luck would have it, NESTLE CORDER WAREHOUSE is in the process of
auctioning some of their equipment. Among the items listed are about
10 SIG CK chocolate bar wrappers:

NESTLE CORDER WAREHOUSE
http://www.equipnetdirect.com/marketplace/auction/auctionim_list_view.asp?cr=1&auctionid=108&custid=17

?..

Here are a number of other places where you can buy new and second-hand machines:

ONLINE ASSET SALES
http://www.onlineassetsales.com/By-Type/Conches/
http://www.onlineassetsales.com/By-Type/Conches/masterList.htm

R.J. Jansen Confectionery Equipment Company, Inc.
http://www.rjjansen.com/Packaging.htm

AMP ROSE
http://www.amp-rose.com/fullstocklistp3.htm
http://www.amp-rose.com/fullstocklistp3.htm#Chocolate%20Wrapping

RAYMOND TRAVEL MACHINERY LTD.
http://www.raymondtravel.co.uk/chocolate_wrapping_equipment.htm

UNION STANDARD EQUIPMENT
http://www.unionmachinery.com/Product.asp?pid=7100
http://www.unionmachinery.com/?CatID=297

NEW AND USED FOOD PROCESSING MACHINERY
http://www.sritecs.com/fdpumc.html

Below you will find that I have carefully defined my search strategy
for you in the event that you need to search for more information. By
following the same type of searches that I did you may be able to
enhance the research I have provided even further. I hope you find
that my research exceeds your expectations. If you have any questions
about my research please post a clarification request prior to rating
the answer. Otherwise, I welcome your rating and your final comments
and I look forward to working with you again in the near future. Thank
you for bringing your question to us.

Best regards;
Tutuzdad ? Google Answers Researcher


INFORMATION SOURCES

Defined above


SEARCH STRATEGY


SEARCH ENGINES USED:

Google ://www.google.com




SEARCH TERMS USED:

SAPAL ?BAR WRAPPER? 

?SIG CK? ?BAR WRAPPER?

GD ?BAR WRAPPER?

RASCH  ?BAR WRAPPER?

I read that some candy bar companies utilize pharmaceutical wrappers
to do the work. ROSE FORGROVE is one company in particular that saw
mentioned.

ROSE FORGROVE
http://www.rose-forgrove.co.uk/
http://www.rose-forgrove.co.uk/pro_range.htm

Let me know if this works for you as an answer.

Regards;
tutuzdad-ga

Here are some others worth looking into:

Automation Packaging Inc.
感hone: 813-888-8488
幹ax: 813-881-1998

Shrink Film Systems Ltd.
感hone: 905-731-2020

Loma Intl. 
Phone: 708-952-0900

Markem Corporation
感hone: 866/263-4644
幹ax: 603-357-5871

Standard Paper Box, Inc.
感hone: 514-273-0411

Vanguard Packaging Films Div., Tilden Corp.
感hone: 913-888-2701
幹ax: 913-888-0709

Regards;
tutuzdad-ga

The links (forgrove) seem to be for sealing type packaging. The candy
bars I have are already sealed in a foil wrapper -- I need to add the
decorative wrapper only. Are you aware if any of the items you listed
will do the decorative wrapping? Also, I assume there were no
Web-sites for the other listings? Thanks - Jason

Take a look at the wrapping on this page:
http://www.mywrapper.com/eventpages/july4.asp - the bars are foil
wrapped and then the rest is done by hand - I'm trying to automate
that part. I'm also willing to raise the research fee if needed. Just
let me know.