About SPS
SPS Mission Statement
To represent, provide and support the best available distributor products in a professional and cost effective manner to quality customers while providing a rewarding and fulfilling work environment for our employees.
The SPS Difference
About Us
We are Shrink Packaging Systems (SPS) Corporation, an independent, U.S.-based packaging supplier offering the best professional and cost-effective distributor products.
Founded in 1970, SPS is an independently owned company serving manufacturers, food processors, healthcare companies, contract packagers, and logistics providers across the United States.
Our History & Vision
Founded in 1970 by visionaries Jim Gieber and Frank James, SPS was launched from an ambition to intertwine expert film knowledge with machinery expertise, aiming to serve customers more effectively by boosting their productivity. We remain committed to this vision today, forging partnerships with industry-leading manufacturers and showcasing cutting-edge packaging technologies.
For more than five decades, SPS has focused on helping high-volume operations reduce costs, improve packaging efficiency, and increase equipment performance through integrated materials and machinery solutions.
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How We Do Business: The SPS Difference
Our roots are in dedication, innovation, and an unwavering commitment to excellence. Being independently owned since our inception gives us a unique advantage. This structure empowers us with the agility to provide faster responses, allowing us to adapt swiftly to market demands ensuring our partners always stay ahead.
Our core philosophy revolves around continuous improvement. Choosing SPS isn’t just about selecting a supplier but forging a partnership. A partnership where we are deeply invested in your success, ensuring the most cost-effective packaging solutions for maintaining a competitive edge in a constantly evolving market landscape.
We engage in proactive initiatives, like Lean Audits, to identify potential areas for further cost savings and process optimization. Building on this foundation, our seasoned team, boasting an impressive average of over 25 years of industry experience, collaborates closely with your in-house teams, ensuring a seamless transition and sustained operations.
Primary Services Include:
- Packaging materials distribution
- Packaging equipment sales (OEM and aftermarket systems)
- Equipment retrofits and performance upgrades
- Preventative maintenance and lifecycle support
- Lean packaging audits and operational optimization
- Packaging engineering and design consultation
What We Do: The Whole Package
We offer “The Whole Package,” a holistic suite of services covering every facet of the packaging process. From high-quality consumables to innovative equipment solutions and unmatched life-cycle support, we ensure our clients receive comprehensive solutions for their packaging needs.
As a full-service packaging systems partner, SPS integrates materials, machinery, engineering expertise, and field support into a unified packaging strategy.
Your package
Every successful packaging solution begins with understanding the product. Our method intertwines state-of-the-art engineering, detail-oriented design, and customer-centric strategies. By collaborating with businesses, we craft unique packaging designs that protect products, amplify brand identities, and optimize operational efficiency. From productivity analysis to graphic enhancement and sustainability efforts, we prioritize each detail to elevate your product’s market presence.
Our packaging engineering services support productivity analysis, material optimization, sustainability initiatives, and packaging line performance improvements.
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Packaging materials
The right material is crucial to a product’s market success. Our diverse range of packaging materials is crafted to address specific requirements, all while optimizing performance, sustainability, and cost-effectiveness. Whether you need groundbreaking sustainable films or necessities like stretch film and food trays, rely on us for superior materials.
Our materials portfolio includes shrink films, stretch films, sustainable films, food trays, and other performance-driven packaging consumables designed for industrial and food-grade applications.
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Packaging equipment
We offer more than just equipment – we enhance and maintain packaging operations through tailored technology and innovation. Our expert field support, featuring skilled engineers and technicians, ensures machinery efficiency and robust productivity. As a leading distributor of OEM and aftermarket parts, we provide integrated solutions backed by an extensive inventory. Our specialized retrofit kits and component upgrades, highlighted by technologies like the SPS Green Machine Side Seal, rejuvenate machinery, reduce downtime, and deliver optimal performance.
SPS supports both new packaging equipment installations and aftermarket system optimization for high-output production environments.
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Support
Behind every excellent packaging solution is a robust support system. We’re dedicated to empowering our clients through comprehensive training, personalized customer support, specialized application assistance, and meticulous inventory management, always keeping you ahead of the curve.
Our lifecycle support services include preventative maintenance programs, equipment troubleshooting, application support, technical training, and inventory management solutions.
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People
It’s our people who make the SPS Difference. With a solutions-first mindset, personalized approach, and collaborative spirit, we bring your vision to life.
Our leadership and technical teams bring decades of hands-on packaging, engineering, and operational expertise to every client partnership.
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Industries We Serve
We pride ourselves on our vast expertise and capability to cater to diverse industries. Our facilities and packaging solutions adhere to stringent standards, including FDA, USDA, SQF, and other sector-specific guidelines. This rigorous compliance enables us to deeply understand and proficiently support the packaging necessities in industries ranging from contract packaging, pharmaceutical and healthcare, food and beverage, paper and publishing, eCommerce direct fulfillment, to 3rd party logistics (3PL) and general manufacturing.
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Areas We Serve
Our nationwide reach is underscored by strategically positioned facilities across the US, ensuring prompt and efficient service. Our expansive coverage map boasts a strong presence in key locations from coast to coast. No matter where you are in the US, our widespread network guarantees we’re close by to meet your packaging needs.
Headquartered in Edison, NJ, SPS serves customers throughout the continental United States with regional facilities and field service teams positioned to provide responsive on-site support.
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