A carton of milk from a Norman dairy plant and a bottle of solid-dose medication from a Norman pharmaceutical facility both depend on packaging automation that most shoppers never think about. Norman's dairy processing and bottling plant sits at 302 S. Porter Avenue and forms part of a larger Midwest dairy and distribution network. A few miles away, a contract pharmaceutical manufacturer runs a formulation-and-packaging facility that has continued to manufacture and package solid-dose drug products since the plant changed ownership in 2016. A national foodservice distributor is also among Norman's major employers, and the city has carried a Fair Trade Town designation since 2010, tying municipal purchasing policy to certified food and goods sourcing.
Our health and medical packaging equipment fits directly into a plant like Norman's pharmaceutical facility. Checkweighers confirm every blister pack or bottle holds the correct dose before it leaves the line, and stick pack packaging machines handle single-dose powders and granules for pharmaceutical and nutraceutical customers. Norman's dairy plant runs on a different set of machines, sized for food-grade filling and case-packing at bottling speed rather than blister-pack dosing. Our checkweighing and stick pack equipment is in stock for the pharmaceutical side, and we size filling and case-packing lines for the dairy side, so Oklahoma producers can weigh a new line against an aging one on either side. A dairy line and a pharmaceutical line rarely draw on the same equipment supplier. Norman's do. Our solutions team sizes checkweighing, stick pack, and case-packing equipment for whichever side you need running first.