US: Freedom Smokeless Unveiled Automating E-cigarettes Machinery

Source from:  Tobacco Reporter  02/14/2014

Freedom Smokeless has unveiled its new, US-built, high-speed electronic cigarette automation machinery at the TPC [Tobacco Plus Convenience Expo] 2014 show in Las Vegas.

In a press note issued yesterday through PRNewswire, Freedom, which is an electronic cigarette manufacturer based in southern California, said that it was the first US-based company to offer automatic machinery that could provide for affordable cartridge filling, electronic cigarette assembly and packaging.

The machinery was designed 'to bridge the gap from China to America', it said.

The first of six machines had been installed in Freedom's FDA-registered, ISO- and GMP-compliant facilities, the press note said.

By May, all six automated lines would be up and running with the capacity of producing more than four million units a week.

"The response at the recent TPC show was overwhelming," said Glenn Kassel, Freedom's president and co-founder.

"When watching the video of our automated production, people were amazed that we had developed such sophisticated technology, especially our built-in quality assurance features." Enditem