Case Study: Berry (Kerr) Plastics achieves major labor savings and automated vial handling with Bastian Solutions

Berry (Kerr) Plastics - Customer Case Study

Berry (Kerr) Plastics, a manufacturer of prescription vials for drugstore chains and superstores, faced a manual, labor-intensive process for distributing vials that increased labor time and risked downtime on its injection molding lines. Bastian Solutions was engaged to modernize that workflow, deploying technologies such as Automatic Vial Singulators, air conveying, and automated carton handling to streamline post-mold processing.

Bastian Solutions implemented a system that singulates vials at the injection molding machine, conveys and counts them into routed cartons, and performs weigh verification, sealing and print-and-apply labeling, with interfaces to J.D. Edwards ERP and production scheduling software. The automated solution by Bastian Solutions significantly reduced labor time and cost, kept molding machines running continuously, and enabled immediate counting and automatic quality checks prior to shipment.

Berry (Kerr) Plastics