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About Niagara Tying Service, Inc.
History: Albert J. Baratto was born into the sausage industry. Growing up under the tutelage of his father, who owned the Cortina Brand Sausage Company, Albert developed a keen interest in the methods and process of sausage making, particularly methods of closure and stuffing. Albert realized that a machine that could place a metal cap at one end of an artificial casing so the casing could be stuffed with various products, such as bologna, hams, salami and capicolla, could substantially increase efficiency. The Tipper Tie Corporation designed that machine, and on September 1, 1964, Albert J. Baratto and his future wife Antoinette M. Fennie founded Niagara Tying Service, Incorporated.
In 1964, there were approximately 27 tying services throughout the United States. By 1974, there were only 15. Today, there is only one - Niagara Tying Service. NTS offers a full line of conversions, not only to meat packers, but also to other segments of the food industry. In 1998, NTS purchased all parts and assets of Tipper Tie's capping machines and capping equipment to continue offering capping as a primary option closure to artificial casings.
Along with capping, NTS offers an impressive range of first closures to the food and packaging industry: clipping, string tying, cutting, sewing, looping, presticking, moisturizing and shirring.
Niagara Tying Service's headquarters is now located in the new Buffalo industrial park at 176 Dingens St. Buffalo, New York. What started in 1993 as a 10,000 square-foot facility has, after four expansions, grown to an impressive 66,000 square-feet - 7 times the original square footage - consisting of a production room, where the newest shirring equipment allows NTS to offer shirring from 60mm to 400mm widths with lengths up to 400 feet, and three separate warehouses with state-of-the-art storage equipment. At present, 64 NTS employees operate 41 machines in two 8-hour shifts, all overseen by the two principle owners, Mr. Baratto's daughters, Bridget A. Baratto and Laura J. Reyda and a team of managers, James P. Smith, Patrick Riley and John Quigley.
About Us: Our goal has always been to provide our customers with the finest quality that the industry has to offer. We continually research new methods and technology in order to help our business, which in turn helps your business. Our new technologies, and the increased volume they allow us to handle, help keep our pricing stable and unchanging. Many casing manufacturers have shared their research on shirring, string and safety tying, capping, clipping, and looping with us. Due to this, some of our clients have used our service to save costs on research and development. Our specializing in only artificial casings has allowed us to avoid many of the conversion costs that casing companies need to add to their total casing costs. By using our service, casing manufacturers can make demands on us to meet scheduled dates that sometimes are unattainable within their own companies. Casing manufacturers save money in this fashion, and those savings are passed on to you.
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