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Latest revision as of 08:54, 8 July 2024
| Agr International, Inc. | |
|---|---|
Formerly called | Preston Laboratories |
| Founded | 1927 |
| Founder | Dr. Frank W. Preston |
| Website | www.agrintl.com |
Company Profile
Agr International, Inc. is provides a line of products and services for quality control in the beverage and packaging industries in the United States and internationally. Its products for the packaging industry include on-line inspection equipment, laboratory testing equipment, ware handling products, and filling products.
The company’s products also comprise quality testing systems for PET bottles and preforms; and products for aluminum filler applications. It also offers container design services, consulting, in-house testing and evaluation, industry and equipment training, and product support. Agr International, Inc. is headquartered in Butler, Pennsylvania.
Products / Technology
AGR products for measuring and testing plastic containers and preforms manufactured from PET
by type:
- Laboratory: High-precision, semi-automated and automated testing and measurement instruments designed for quality management of bottles, preforms and similar products
- Online: Measurement, inspection and process management products that can be integrated into production lines for managing bottle and preform quality during the production process
- Manual gauges: Low cost gauges that can be used in the laboratory or along the production line for basic measurement of bottle and preform attributes
by application:
- Thickness
- Pressure
- Dimensional
- Attribute Testing
- Strain Measurement
- Surface Treatment
- Container Handling
- Volume
- Sampling
- Process Control
- Vision Systems
- Shelf-Life
History
Agr International, Inc. was founded in 1936. The company was formerly known as American Glass Research.
References
PETplanet Insider Articles
Issue 03 / 2024: Quality control and productivity improvement
Issue 03 / 2024: Indicor announces acquisition of Agr
Issue 09 / 2023: Laboratory throughput – the name of the game!
Issue 12 / 2022: Fewer rejects and more efficient control for bottle blowing
Issue 11 / 2022: Measuring packaging wall thickness
Issue 07 / 2022: Maximum productivity while meeting rPET goals
Issue 05 / 2022: Inspecting bottles with increased levels of rPET
Issue 06 / 2021: Maximised laboratory throughput
Issue 03 / 2021: A journey into the unknown
Issue 09 / 2020: Agr introduces the Gawis 4D high precision laboratory thickness & dimensional measurement system for plastic containers and preforms
Issue 07 / 2020: Meeting online rPET inspection challenges when producing PET bottles
Issue 07 / 2020: Digital control systems for PET bottle production
Issue 05 / 2020: Laboratory thickness and dimensional measurement system for plastic containers
Issue 12 / 2019: PET preform and container measurement
Issue 09 / 2019: High-precision laboratory thickness and dimensional measurement system
Issue 07 / 2019: Exceeding expectations
Issue 03 / 2019: Advanced thin-wall measurement for PET bottles
Issue 11 / 2017: Mould Control
Issue 09 / 2017: 'Wasp-waist‘ bottle
Issue 07 / 2017: Blowmoulder automation tools
Issue 03 / 2017: The automated laboratory
Issue 10 / 2016: Control is better
Issue 09 / 2016: Agr Int. to display the CrystalView system for managing PET bottle crystalinity
Issue 07 / 2016: Agr international opens center in Italy
Issue 03 / 2016: Inspection: Bottle control
Issue 09 / 2015: Test equipment for PET – inspired by glass bottle manufacturing
Issue 03 / 2015: Light weighting and quality control
