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Video shows why delicate products or high variability pose no challenge for soft-gripping robots

Carl Vause, CEO at Soft Robotics, explains how the Soft Robotics Automation system can gently and effectively handle products with a wide range of size and weights to accomplish even the most difficult of primary, secondary and order fulfillment packaging tasks. Watch this video to see how this technology can handle even the most delicate of objects.

June 29, 2017

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Snack bar rebrands in time to fuel summer journeys

Tahoe Trail Bar overhauls muted-colored packaging and taps vivid imagery to bring new product packaging to life.

June 29, 2017

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Printpack mourns the passing of Jim Greco

Printpack is mourning the passing of James J. "Jim" Greco, one of its long time leaders, who died on June 21, 2017, after a brief illness. He was 74 years old.

June 26, 2017

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New 'healthy' snack launches dominate food industry

Facing stagnant growth in base grocery products, packaged food companies are increasingly turning to snacks, according to a new study by PMMI Business Intelligence.

June 23, 2017

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How high-performance coding can be virtually mess-free, maintenance-free and downtime-free

Watch this six-minute video to see Martin French, Marketing Director at inc.jet, outline the pros and cons of the most common packaging coding technologies. Cartridge and ink advances in recent years have made thermal inkjet a dependable, affordable alternative to more popular coding options. In many ways, thermal inkjet coding provides you with a brand new printer every time you replace a cartridge.

June 21, 2017

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Smirnoff Vodka debuts new ‘Love Wins’ bottles

The makers of Smirnoff Vodka take pride in continued support of the LGBTQ community with new ‘Love Wins’ bottles.

June 21, 2017

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Mitsubishi Electric Automation: HMI with predictive maintenance

Mitsubishi Electric Automation has introduced the GT2107 Wide Series Human Machine Interface (HMI); the GT2107 monitors and controls machine components with a graphical touchscreen that connects to equipment such as PLCs, VFDs and servos.

June 16, 2017

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Yaskawa: Servo amplifier

The Drives & Motion Division of Yaskawa America, Inc. introduces the SigmaLogic7 Compact servo amplifier.

June 16, 2017

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Tactile flow wrap film on display at EXPO PACK

Bemis Tactile Packaging give Kellogg's bars an artisanal look and feel for appeal to millennials in the USA and in Latin American markets.

June 14, 2017

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How uninterrupted continuous inkjet coding is possible with powerful onboard intelligence

This CIJ system features a simplified interface, a makeup reserve tank and IoT-ready technology.

June 14, 2017

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Defining “Packaging 4.0”

At this year’s interpack fair in Dusseldorf machine and package design attributes defined a new generation of technology that has been termed Packaging 4.0.

June 13, 2017

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How self-adjusting print heads reduce additive and energy consumption for CIJ coding

Reduce downtime and start up faster with easy-to-maintain inkjet coders. Watch this four-minute video to see Gary Bolton, Marketing Manager of CIJ at Markem-Imaje, explain the continuous inkjet innovations that have led to savings of up to 20% compared to similar coding printers. On-the-fly sensor adjustments mean less energy use and lower additive consumption rates—which you can monitor in real time on the control screen.

June 13, 2017

Automation & Digital Transformation

SICK: DSL open interface

SICK is opening up the HIPERFACE DSL interface; the interface brings together all the advantages of a digital real-time interface, such as One Cable Technology, continuous condition monitoring and improved economic efficiency.

June 13, 2017