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'No more searching for manuals' with the latest process CIP systems

The latest Clean-In-Place systems mate training and workforce productivity tools with electromechanical bells and whistles for speed and compliance.

October 31, 2013

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Marchesini Group opens new facility in Pianoro, Italy

Marchesini, pharmaceutical and cosmetic packaging machinery supplier, has opened a new 5,400 sq.-meter facility dedicated to the assembly of complete packaging lines.

October 30, 2013

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Shipping Containers Manufacturer Educates Market

Envirotainer, manufacturer of temperature-controlled shipping containers, seeks to include all stakeholders in shipping decisions.

October 29, 2013

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FPA awards deadline is November 18

The Flexible Packaging Association has conducted the annual Flexible Packaging Achievement Awards competition since 1956 to showcase the industry's tremendous innovation and advance the seemingly endless uses for flexible packaging.

October 28, 2013

Automation & Digital Transformation

AutomationDirect: Signal conditioners

AutomationDirect’s expanded FC series of signal conditioners includes potentiometer and bipolar signal conditioners to solve various interface problems between PLCs and analog input devices.

October 28, 2013

Food Safety

The key role of equipment and packaging in food safety

As food companies are constantly looking for ways to control food safety risks, they increasingly recognize the need to ensure that their processes are fully validated and verified on an ongoing basis to be doing what they are supposed to do to control risk. They realize that they must control environmental risk and especially allergen risk.

October 26, 2013

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Single-Use Data Logger For Time and Temperature Monitoring

The CCL 100 from Vaisala is a single-use data logger for monitoring temperature for vaccines, pharmaceuticals, biologics and other perishable products during distribution and short-term storage. The CCL 100 logger records every minute up to 90 days and is customizable.

October 25, 2013

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POWERLINK - One network for all systems

View this video to learn more about POWERLINK.

October 25, 2013

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RFID encoder runs at 600 ft/min.

High speed RFID encoding system from Kirk-Rudy produces an RFID hangtag, reads the code on the tag and serializes the tag. The company specializes in encoding and verification systems as well as feeders, transports and conveyors for the printing and packaging industries.

October 25, 2013

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Coding/marking system reduces solvent evaporation

RX-S coding/marking series from Hitachi features a two-chamber pump system that reduces solvent evaporation by up to 50 percent.

October 25, 2013

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Custom, flexible conveyors offer lowest ownership cost

Conveyor solutions from SpanTech feature best use of valuable floor space. They can be designed for empty or filled packages, specially shaped or sensitive products using pucks or other carriers.

October 25, 2013

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SidePouch bagging system now accommodates stand-up pouches

Automated Packaging Systems' SidePouch® FAS Sprint Revolution™ bagging system can now handle stand-up pouches from 4 to 12 in. wide and from 5 to 16.75 in. long, with gussets from 2 to 8 in. wide, in 1-in. increments.

October 25, 2013

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Pack Solutions Challenge Winners Announced

The Rutgers University team – Marie Misterio, Diana Mayorga, Miles Borgeson, Diana Jones — took first place in the 2013 PACK Solutions Challenge, and will share a $4,000 scholarship from the PMMI Education and Training Foundation. Marc Ostertag, president of contest sponsor B&R Industrial Automation, made the presentation in a brief awards presentation this afternoon.

October 25, 2013