Kingston runs on packaging automation today in a way it never used to. Sitting between Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, and Syracuse, New York, the city has built a trucking and warehousing industry around that central position, moving goods rather than manufacturing them from scratch. Plants once run by a major aluminum producer and a large chemical manufacturer still operate in the city, though at a fraction of their historic headcount, and that shift toward distribution over production is exactly what leans on case erectors, sealers, and robotic palletizers to move volume efficiently.

That current logistics economy sits on top of a deep manufacturing history. Kingston was home to what was, in the early 20th century, the largest locomotive works in the British Empire, operating until 1969, and to a tannery that was likewise the largest in the British Empire before it closed in 1973. The city also once supported a steamboat-building operation, an iron works, several breweries, a distillery, and two soap and candle makers. Freight moving through this Toronto-Ottawa-Montreal-Syracuse corridor needs packaging built to survive the warehouse as much as the shelf. We build for that handling, even without an office in Kingston. Automatic case packers and case erectors handle secondary packaging at warehouse scale, and Mars Series VFFS baggers support any food or beverage production still running locally. Freight doesn't wait. Our Ontario location page, food and beverage industry page, VFFS machine category, automatic case packer lineup, and full solutions page round out the equipment list.