Tom Martin owned a company called “Condes Corporation” which among other things built egg carton printers.  These machines would allow egg producers to print over a hundred egg cartons per minute on the inside cover, outside cover and outside edge of the carton. 

Condes had a near-monopoly on egg carton printers in the 1970s and 80s.  At one time, nearly 90% of the cartons for eggs sold in the United States were printed on a Condes machine.

One reason Condes was so successful in this business is that no competitor machines could come close to printing egg cartons as quickly as the Condes machine.  And much of that speed was due to two of Tom’s inventions, for which he received U.S. Patents.

Egg Carton Denester

One of Tom’s inventions is the “egg carton denester,” pronounced dee-NESS-ter.  This mechanism fed egg cartons into the printer at high speeds.  Tom received Patent 4,048,915 for his invention on April 4, 1976.

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Tom had a number of speakers at his memorial in Wisconsin in June.  All of the people shown here also spoke at his memorial in Florida in April.

Reverend Dr. Michael F. Evans delivered a wonderful, heart-warming and personal service.

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Tom’s final resting place is the Wisconsin Memorial Park in Brookfield, Wisconsin.  Here are some photos of the beautiful building and grounds:

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Tom final resting place is an indoor crypt at Wisconsin Memorial Park.

Tom and Hazel will be together again someday, but hopefully not soon!

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Following are mementos from Tom’s life that were displayed at his memorial service in Milwaukee in June 2009.

Tom’s Marine Corps hats, and the urn with his ashes.

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