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Digital finishing—the darling of drupa

Upon my return from Dusseldorf and drupa 2016, I had planned on sharing a few observations in my August column about this mega print show.

August 5, 2016

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Carlo Gavazzi: Stainless steel photoelectric sensors

Carlo Gavazzi announces its new series of stainless steel photoelectric sensors, the PD30ET Series.

August 4, 2016

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Promotional coding solutions for your current production environment

Many companies today are generating unique promotional campaigns to promote their brands and track consumer behavior. These campaigns enable brands to link proof of purchase unique code with end consumers by directing them to login websites for promotional rewards. Markem-Imaje delivers a scalable solution to address these unique production coding requirements.

August 2, 2016

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Pain points in selecting controls components

Certain stumbling blocks complicate the relationship between packaging machinery OEMs and the CPG companies buying their machines.

August 2, 2016

Automation & Digital Transformation

Beckhoff: EtherCAT I/O system

With the EtherCAT P solution, Beckhoff combines ultra-fast EtherCAT communication and power supply in a standard 4-wire Ethernet cable, enabling direct power supply for both EtherCAT P slaves and the connected sensors and actuators in such a way that separate power lines can be eliminated, considerably simplifying system cabling.

August 2, 2016

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Vitex hires national sales manager, sales and marketing specialist

Vitex Packaging Group hires national sales manager Tom Carlton, and sales and marketing support specialist Bethaney Tinto.

August 1, 2016

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Leveraging anthropomorphic aspects in packaging design

To me, packaging is a canvas, and when I look at canvases, I expect to see art—something fun, something interesting, something...disruptive.

August 1, 2016

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HealthPack 2017 Heads to Denver

Aug. 26 is the call for presentations deadline for the March 7 to 9, 2017 event that analyzes trends in medical device packaging.

August 1, 2016

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Cracks in the foundation of FDA enforcement?

We regularly look at FDA enforcement statistics and try, often in vain, to see trends.

August 1, 2016

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Which holds more sway: product packaging or advertising?

New research studies the perceived credibility of product marketing claims delivered on-pack versus those delivered through advertising.

August 1, 2016

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Time to tout

This past March, I was privileged to participate as one of nine industry professionals who came together from around the world to serve as judges for the 28th DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation.

July 31, 2016

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API Group acquires Hazen Paper Company’s paperboard lamination facility

With API Group’s acquisition of paper converter Hazen Paper Company’s paperboard lamination facilities, the company will concentrate on custom Holography and specialist paper converting.

July 29, 2016

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Industry Watch—August 2016

A quick look on the latest supplier news, mergers, expansions, and people as listed in the August 2016 issue of Packaging World.

July 29, 2016