Tampa Bay Packaging Manufacturers Open House Offers Hands-On Access to Cutting-Edge Production Technologies

The Tampa Bay Packaging Manufacturers Open House returns February 4-6, 2026, offering industry professionals the opportunity to explore the latest advancements in packaging machinery and meet the engineers behind the technology. Industry professionals, co-packers, OEMs, distributors, and businesses exploring packaging equipment and supplies are all welcome. Though, attendees must be professionals in the industry.

Participating companies, all located within 30-minutes of each other, will open their doors for tours, allowing visitors to explore their facilities and equipment. Attendees can visit participating OEMs at their own pace, driving to the locations and plants that interest them the most over the course of the three days. Attendees will also have the chance to meet the engineers and technicians behind the machinery and see how these systems help co-packers manage shorter production runs, private label projects, and complex multipacks efficiently, while minimizing downtime and scaling production.

Seventeen companies are participating in the open house, covering a wide range of equipment:

• A-B-C Packaging Machine Corp.
  Case Erecting, packing, sealing, palletizing, bulk depalletizing, uncasing, and partitioning.
  
• Alliedflex Technologies, Inc.
  Standup pouch and vertical form/fill/seal machinery.
• Balpack, Inc.
  Fillers, cappers, labelers, sleevers, and unscramblers.
• Curbell Plastics, Inc.
  Fabricated plastic parts, sheet/rod, tapes, and films.
• Film Source Packaging
  Shrink film, stretch film, and printed bags and pouches.
• Mamata Machinery
  Blown film plants, converting machines, and packaging machines.
• Mettler-Toledo, LLC
  X-ray, metal detection, checkweighing, and vision inspection.
• New England Machinery, Inc.
  Unscramblers, cappers, and more.
• Norwalt Automation Group
  Assembly machines, medical deviced, pharma cells, vision system inspection systems, and robotic integration.
• Performance Feeders, Inc.
  Custom vibratory feeders and conveyor belt systems.
• Pneumatic Scale Angelus
  Machinery for wet and dry filling, capping, can seaming, labeling.
• PPI Technologies Group
  Standup pouch & machinery, liquor distribution, and wellness products.
• Polypack, Inc.
  Shrink-wrap and cardboard packaging equipment.
• Prime Automation, Inc.
  Design and implementation of automation control systems for manufacturing environments.
• Osgood Industries, LLC
  Processing and packaging solutions.
• Universal Labeling Systems, Inc.
  Pressure sensitive labelers and more.
• Zepf Solutions, Inc.
  Change parts and carts, dividing, feeding, and turning screws.

For a full list of participating companies with addresses and contact information, visit the official event website.

In addition to tours, the Open House will host a panel discussion on February 5, 2026, at Polypack, Inc.'s facility from 4-5 p.m. Industry leaders Tony Vandenoever (formerly PepsiCo), Peter Hess (Keurig Dr. Pepper, Inc.), and Nate Esterline (McCormick & Company) will share practical strategies for implementing preventive maintenance, extending equipment life, and improving overall production performance.

Attendees will also have access to informal networking, including a reception and a golf invitational, to meet and discuss with peers across the packaging industry.

Registration is now available via the official event website; interested parties can sign up and view the full schedule and participating facilities there: Tampa Bay Packaging Open House