about moen

Mission Statement

Moen Industries is a leading producer and innovator of high performance packaging equipment and corrugated packaging designs.

Our mission is to continually expand and improve our products and services to exceed our customers' expectations.

Success for the company is based on these basic values:

People
People are the core of our strength. Everything we do is through our people.

Products
Our products must meet or exceed our customers' needs in quality and value.

Profits
Profitability is the measure of efficiency and is essential for future growth and innovation.

Our Principles
How we do business is as important as what our business is.

Quality
To maintain our position as a leader, quality products and services must take precedence over every other priority.

Customer Satisfaction
Everything we do must have the customer in mind. We will strive to maintain a flexible point of view to accommodate our customers' specifications and requirements.

Continuous Improvement
We must constantly strive to find better ways of doing things so we can reduce cycle times, improve customer service, reduce waste and, most importantly, improve quality.

Employee Involvement
We must treat each other with trust and respect. We are a team. We will solve problems by encouraging input and active participation of every employee.

Integrity
We must conduct ourselves in a manner that makes us all proud to be a part of the Moen Industries Team.

A Brief History

Moen Industries (then known as Moen Machine Works) was founded in 1951 by former President Lenard Moen and his father Wilber. Located in a Quonset hut type building in Santa Fe Springs, California, the company was primarily a job shop for machined metal parts.

In 1955, Moen moved to another location in Santa Fe Springs and entered into fabrication and repair work in addition to their job shop activities.

Soon after, woodworking and handling machinery became part of their line as Moen began designing and fabricating proprietary products. About the same time, the company began repairing automatic packaging machines.

 

First Automated BLISS Former
The experience gained in repairing packaging equipment prompted Moen to design and patent their own machine in 1964. The result was the first machine to automatically assemble and hot melt glue Bliss style corrugated containers in high speed production. This machine was the forerunner to our PF103, PF106 & PF129 series Bliss Formers.

With the addition of packaging machinery to their list of proprietary products, Moen moved to a 13,600 square foot building to help meet the demand created by the new Moen Bliss Former in the fresh fruit and produce industry.

 

Moen spent the next ten years at this new Santa Fe Springs location, manufacturing hundreds of formers for the heavy fruit growing regions in California and Florida.

New 38,000 Square Foot Facility
By 1975, Moen designed a full line of Bliss and Tray Formers and had completed a move to our present location in Santa Fe Springs, now under the direction of Carl L. Moen, President and Owner. Directly across the street from our second location, this facility contains 38,000 square feet of manufacturing and office space.

 

Moen Introduces H-Bliss Box
Three years later, Moen introduced a new machine and box design that has become one of the more important developments in Bliss corrugated packaging since the Bliss box forming process was first automated in 1964. This machine is our model PF106-HLV H-Bliss Former and the container is the H-Bliss box.

Need For Displayable Packaging
This marketing shift yielded a new Moen machine design specifically for display ready applications; The Moen model PF106-LB Lamo-Bliss Former.

The need for better displayable packaging prompted other container designs for point of purchase display. The Internal Flange Bliss Display, H-Bliss Display, and Lamo-Tray all became popular based on their individual strengths.

It wasn't until the 1990's and the increased popularity of the Club and Warehouse Stores, that displayable packaging became a necessity for every producer who looked to remain competitive.

Since 1964, Moen Industries has been a leader in manufacturing high quality, high speed packaging equipment for a variety of high strength corrugated box designs. Moen Industries produces box forming and sealing equipment for a variety of display box designs seen in Clubstores and Warehouse Stores today.