Manufacturer
Package Machinery Company
Twist Wrap Packaging Machine
Date1922 - 1947
DimensionsOverall: 114 × 92 × 56 cm (1.14 × 0.92 × 0.56 m)
Credit LineGift of the London Regional Children's Museum, London, Ontario, 2002
Object number2002.019.001
Label TextThis twist-wrap machine from Package Machinery Co. was made in 1947. It was used by O-Pee-Chee manufactures, distributors of gum and sugar based confectionery products. Former Somerville managers, John McKinnon (J.K.) McDermid and Duncan Hugh McDermid, bought the company in 1911 and renamed it O-Pee-Chee. It was operated in the Somerville plant until 1928 when the Adelaide Street Factory was built nearby. After the McDermid's retired, Frank Leahy took over. Shortly thereafter, the Leahy's sold the box works to the Weston Company and concentrated on the gum and candy business. The company was purchased by Nestlé Canada Inc. in 1996. Today, the company is best known for producing trading cards, with partnerships including the National Hockey League (NHL).
NameMachine, Packaging
After 1946
1910-1919
