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Descon Conveyor adds four managers to team

Descon Conveyor Systems, provider of conveyor system solutions to the beverage and liquid-food marketplaces, has announced the addition of four new personnel to its management team: Jeff Philpott - Applications Group Manager; Charles Cox - Controls Group Manager; Jamie Cooper - Projects Group Manager; and Steve Nixon - General Manager.

June 9, 2014

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Video: How new ink-jet coding printers reduce downtime and costs

New High-speed printhead option can code up to 1,500 products per minute.

June 3, 2014

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Ergobot - Robotic Pick and Place Case Packing

See how to become more globally cost competitive with the new automated case packing unit from Motion Controls Robotics and Combi Packaging Systems the Ergobot® robotic case packer.

June 3, 2014

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Is too much education the problem with the economy?

Have we created unrealistic expectations by educating more people with college degrees than what there are jobs that require those degrees?

June 3, 2014

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Jetter AG: Servomotors

The new JHN motors are noted for their space-saving design and dimensions as well as high torque, and are therefore especially suited for use in extremely compact machines.

June 3, 2014

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Ready, (re)aim, fire: Targeting new audiences through package design

Mom is no longer the only consumer shopping the retail aisle. Changing consumer demographics mean brand owners must rethink their packaging to hit a new bull’s-eye.

June 2, 2014

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Food reports still here, getting tougher

Let’s say you package food, and you suspect contamination of food by dangerous bacteria has occurred.

June 2, 2014

Plant Operations & Equipment

Balluff: Miniature metal inductive sensor

Designed for harsh environments and extreme applications, Balluff’s BES R04 block sensor is a small, low-profile metal-housed inductive sensor that also features a ceramic sensing face making it suitable for applications with weld spatter, metal debris, and vibration.

June 2, 2014

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A 20-year-old Diamond Award

Described at the time as the first retail aseptic package for processed baby food with particulates in a thermoform/fill/seal container, this package for Bledichef baby food was featured as the winner of the Diamond Award in the Dupont Awards competition for 1994.

June 2, 2014

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Simple truths, succinctly stated = clean label transparency

Talk about clean label transparency!

June 2, 2014

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25 peeks at interpack

So many innovations came out of interpack 2014, who has time for paragraph breaks?

June 2, 2014

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Industry Watch—June 2014

A quick look on the latest supplier news, mergers, expansions, and people as listed in the June 2014 issue of Packaging World.

May 30, 2014

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Off The Shelf: Kid-pleaser pack made of PET

From True Drinks of Irvine, CA, comes AquaBall, a PET container decorated with a very special PETG shrink film label material that's printed on an equally special VSOP press.

May 30, 2014