T.H.E.M. Expands Facility in Response to Stick Pack Demands

PRLog (Press Release) - May 29, 2007 -
Marlton, NJ–There are three major forces driving the phenomenal growth of stick packs in the American market place. One is the consumer requirement for convenience and the second is the popularity of bottled water. Almost everything else can be credited to Technical Help in Engineering and Marketing (T.H.E.M.). T.H.E.M. is the company that introduced stick packaging to North America in 1996. And as the demand for stick packs continues to expand, T.H.E.M. is growing in response.

Single-serve stick packs are showing up on store shelves throughout North America, and the Marlton, New Jersey-based T.H.E.M. either supplied the packaging machinery, provided engineering expertise or technical support, or possibly served as a small-volume contract packager to get the operation going. In fact, what’s kept the market for stick packs expanding at such a phenomenal pace is T.H.E.M.’s commitment to the single-serve option.

T.H.E.M. recently expanded its facility by 25%, and plans another 10% expansion in the near future. That represents a 50% increase in capacity over the last year alone. And almost all of this expansion is aimed at keeping pace with the stick pack market’s current rate of growth.

Over the last several years, T.H.E.M. has been closely monitoring lifestyle trends among key market segments like working women and the baby boomers. They have been tracking the progress of dietary and nutritional supplements, portion-perfect meal preparation, and dosing requirements. They also have been applying their unique packaging perspective to everything from personal care products to nutritional supplements and pharmaceuticals.

“We’re already talking to major players about product launches in both the nutraceutical and pharmaceutical industries,” says Kozarsky. Given Kozarsky’s passion for perpetuating the stick pack phenomenon, no doubt we’ll be seeing a lot more single-serving innovations in the months and years to come.

When asked about future growth and other new technologies that T.H.E.M has its eyes on, Kozarsky replied, “We’ll continue to develop global relationships that will enable us to identify and Americanize emerging technologies.” In fact, since 1973, T.H.E.M. has served as North America’s overseas connection to innovative packaging solutions from around the world.

Kozarsky explains, “Our specialty is refining the overseas packaging innovations to meet state-side operating and marketing requirements.” Kozarsky himself has led a number of successful technology transfer initiatives, bringing Japanese machinery and technical innovations into the North American market place on a consistent basis over the last few decades.


For more information on T.H.E.M.’s products and services, contact:
Attention: Colleen
T.H.E.M.
5A Stow Road, Marlton, NJ 08053
856-988-8436, x47
sales@them.net
http://www.them.net

For more press information, contact:
Trish Hamer
Delia Associates
908-534-9044
thamer@delianet.com
http://www.delianet.com



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