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Wth 60+ engineers and computer scientists working out of offices in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., and Costa Rica, Factora is a manufacturing consultancy that uses software technology to enable manufacturers to optimize their operations. Fundamentally the firm’s offering is all about capturing as much data from the process as possible and then exposing back to the customer the insight gained from that data so that the customer can effect change. I talked recently with Factora Chief Operating Officer and Chief Technology Officer Andrew Waycott. Highlights of the conversation follow.
January 29, 2016
Packaging Technology: Page 164
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Pro Mach ranked among top private companies in the U.S.
Pro Mach recognized by Inc. 5000 for 5th time and Deloitte 100 for 11th year, with three-year sales growth of 73% and more than 845 employees added in three years.
January 27, 2016
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Finding new markets with digital ink-jet label press
Derbyshire-based Charapak is one of the UK's market leaders in the design and manufacture of specialty corrugated packaging.
January 27, 2016
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Long-term storage food packaging and preppers
Preppers pride themselves on not being taken by surprise, and marketers should follow the example in their assessment of this market segment.
January 26, 2016
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Hasten PLC development
Find out how using this parent integration system by Nordson has reduced development time for PLC engineers.
January 26, 2016
Plant Operations & Equipment
SICK: Photoelectric sensors for long sensing ranges
SICK has launched the PowerProx photoelectric sensor for reliable detection over long sensing ranges; sensors use time-of-flight laser scanning technology with Class 1 eye-safe lasers to reliably detect fast-moving objects, small and flat objects, and dark or shiny objects, at sensing ranges between 5 cm and 3.8 m.
January 26, 2016
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Pixie Dust, you say?
You never know what you might come across at a trade show.
January 25, 2016
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Drupa 2016 to highlight packaging
Featured at drupa 2016 May 31 to June 10 in Dusseldorf, Germany, will be advances in a variety of industrial printing sectors, and packaging is among them.
January 22, 2016
Plant Operations & Equipment
Banner Engineering: Heavy-duty fiber optics
Banner Engineering introduces a new heavy-duty Vantage Line fiber optics to complement its fiber amplifier product family; featuring a flexible 304 stainless steel tube, the polyethylene jacketed plastic fiber is protected from crushing or abrasion in harsh industrial environments.
January 20, 2016
Automation & Digital Transformation
Beckhoff: Ethernet protocol and peripheral voltage in one cable
With the newly introduced EtherCAT P technology, Beckhoff unites EtherCAT communication and power functions in a standard, 4-wire Ethernet cable: One Cable Automation technology integrates the 24 V DC supply of the EtherCAT P slaves with the signals and data from connected sensors and actuators.
January 15, 2016
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Kollmorgen: Stepper Motors
PMX stepper motors offer a broader range of frame sizes.
January 12, 2016
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Regulated environment: process validation in the medical device industry
Packaging professionals in the medical device industry have different regulatory requirements than the packaging standards that apply to other products.
January 5, 2016
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Packaging line integration—how should it be approached?
Like anything else in manufacturing, there are several ways to skin the cat when it comes to packaging line integration. Our exclusive survey sheds light on this important topic.
January 4, 2016
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