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The BEUMER Group reports continued growth

By continuing to concentrate on innovation, internationalization, and common values, the BEUMER Group is once again looking back on a successful year with an order intake of approximately 770 million euros in 2013.

June 13, 2014

Packaging Technology: Page 226

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DuPont Awards deadline

Call for Entries for the 27th DuPont Awards for Packaging Innovation will come on November 2, 2014.

June 12, 2014

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Video shows how StrataGraph cartons achieve retail-ready shelf impact

High-quality graphics withstand moist and freezing environments.

June 12, 2014

Plant Operations & Equipment

Pepperl+Fuchs: Linear inductive sensors

Providing an alternative for standard cylindrical analog sensors, Pepperl+Fuchs’ PMI40-F90-U-V15 and PMI40-F90-I-V15 linear inductive sensors offer a 40 mm distance measurement suitable for vertical valve measurements and help deliver enhanced linear range, linearity, and accuracy.

June 12, 2014

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PackML Workshop draws OEMs and CPG companies at TAC

A special component of The Automation Conference in 2014, produced for the third time by Summit Media Group, was a PackML Workshop one day ahead of the conference. The workshop, which was produced in cooperation with OMAC, drew 38 registrants, about half from the Consumer Packaged Goods / end user camp and the other half from packaging machinery OEMs.

June 12, 2014

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B&R: Servo drives provide repetitive control

By using predictive following error compensation, B&R’s ACOPOS line of servo drives now provide repetitive control to improve the accuracy of production processes with stationary disturbances: the performance of the machine or system is considerably increased simply by installing a firmware update.

June 10, 2014

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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