Cozzoli Machine Co.

Cozzoli Machine Company was founded in 1919 by Frank J. Cozzoli, Sr. Originally named Modern
Plainfield, NJ location
Machine & Tool Company, the operation was located in Plainfield, New Jersey, in a building approximately 1,200 square feet. Today the Company is established in a 100,000 square foot facility in Somerset, New Jersey.

Beginning as a machine shop specializing in tool and die and general machine jobbing work, the Company began designing special processing machinery for engineering and manufacturing companies. The Company also began developing its own machinery for consumer use. One machine was a specialized automatic fruit press that won a gold medal at the international exposition in Brussels in 1926. Another was the "Thoroburn", a rotary, centrifical, gravity feed oil burner that was known for its economical fuel oil consumption.

During the Great Depression, Frank Cozzoli's son, Joseph M. Cozzoli, joined his father to help keep the Company afloat during those very difficult times. In the mid 1930's, a pharmaceutical company asked CMC to design a semiautomatic filling machine to fill medicinals into ampuls and vials. The machine had to fill very accurately and the product contact parts needed to be high grade stainless steel for
Cozzoli Ampseal Machine
sterilization. After several months of development, the machine was completed, approved and placed into production. This was Cozzoli's first step toward becoming a provider for the packaging machine industry. The design of complementary equipment expanded the original 15 container per minute filling capability to today's fully automatic production lines with speeds of more than 500 containers per minute.