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Keren Sookne

Keren SookneFormerly a manufacturing engineer in the temperature-controlled biopharmaceutical industry, Keren Sookne took the helm of Healthcare Packaging in 2016, ensuring the most relevant trends and developments are covered in each issue. With in-depth process knowledge, she reports on materials science, automation, logistics/cold chain, traceability, and more for the highly regulated life science packaging community. Sookne holds a BS in chemical engineering from the University of California, Santa Barbara.

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Entry-level System Portions Product Automatically Onto Baking Pans
Vemag HP1B portions products like cookies via guillotine cutoff, and the XY Table builds an unlimited pan array, saving labor and time.
December 15, 2023
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PACK EXPO Las Vegas 2019 Innovations Report
The trade show featured cutting-edge technologies and solutions to help processors take their operations to the next level.
February 17, 2020
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Fruit Company Found Pharma Cold Shipper Extended Shelf Life by Three to Four Days
Live from the 2019 Cold Chain Global Forum: Using robust pharmaceutical technology for a trial, BerryCo. preserved shelf life and sweetness offering promise in optimizing harvest time.
October 18, 2019
Chris Day, Director Marketing & Business Development at Sonoco ThermoSafe
Beverage
Digital Brand Protection: Fingerprinting for Serialized and Non-Serialized Products
Systech’s next-generation platform is a brand protection suite that integrates fool-proof product authentication with serialization, traceability and insight.
October 2, 2019
Systech, a global technology provider of digital brand protection and authentication, launched its Systech Brand Protection Suit
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On-Demand Label Printing: Upgrading from B&W to Color
Ideal for many healthcare, food and industrial applications, Epson’s inkjet printers produce color labels that withstand UV sterilization and more.
September 28, 2019
Epson ColorWorks C6500P
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Rapid 3D Printed Tool Prototyping for Blister Cavities
MHI’s new service is designed to reduce the costs, producing usable blister cavity tooling from a 3D image in days rather than weeks.
September 26, 2019
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Magnetic Levitation Supports 6-Degree-of-Freedom Motion Platform
Planar Motors’ smart robotic system XBOT offers the ability to simultaneously and independently control motion, with hygienic contactless design.
September 26, 2019
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Large Character White Pigmented Ink and Inline CMYK Printing
LimitronicUSA, a division of Graphic Solid Inks, introduced its V7 white for high resolution 2" tall printing as well as the V6 CMYK full-color single-pass inline printing.
September 26, 2019
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Panel Alert: White Paper on Smart Asset Technologies
Tuesday panel to introduce the new report on identification, monitoring and tracking of reusable transport packaging assets.
September 23, 2019
Panel Alert: White Paper on Smart Asset Technologies
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Uitgekookt, a Dutch company that prepares and delivers custom-made, RTE meals, is working with Visual Components to make use of a digital twin simulation. The simulation allows the company to see its factory processes, counter potential production issues, and reduce downtime.
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