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Beckhoff promotes Aurelio Banda to Central Region Manager

Beckhoff Automation LLC has announced that Aurelio Banda has been promoted to the position of Central Region Manager, and will manage the Beckhoff Central Region direct sales team as it delivers advanced automation and controls solutions to machine builders and manufacturers.

April 4, 2013

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Hooven-Dayton names Patrick Youngblood VP Sales & Marketing

Flexographic and digital printer Hooven-Dayton (HDC) has appointed Patrick D. Youngblood Vice President of Sales and Marketing; he will be responsible for expanding HDC's sales strategy, developing strategic client relationships, sales team leadership, driving revenue, and overseeing all sales and marketing operations for the organization.

April 3, 2013

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SPS/IPC/Drives Fair sets the stage for controls innovation

It’s been many years since the iconic National Manufacturing Week took place in the US. And if you’ve been to any recent automation events in North America, you’ve likely been underwhelmed. The innovations are out there, there just doesn’t seem to be a dynamic venue here like there is in Europe -- the SPS/IPC/Drives Fair that takes place in Nuremberg each November. SPS is the German acronym for PLC, IPC stands for industrial PCs of course, and we all know about drives, a.k.a. motion control.

April 3, 2013

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Amada achieves multifunctional metalforming

At the recent Euroblech show, Amada spokesman Katsuhide Ito describes how their global research & development team utilized B&R’s Automation Studio, CNC and safety control over the POWERLINK network to develop its LASBEND laser cutting and bending system -- in just two years’ time. Importantly, an R&D team located not only in Japan, but in Austria, Italy and India, collaborated to achieve the sophisticated metalforming functionalities using Automation Studio.

April 3, 2013

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Increased productivity for solar cell testing

The Schiller Automation TS 3600 is a high performance test and sortation system for solar cells. As its name implies, it is capable of testing 3,600 cells per hour, using robotics and a machine automation system from B&R for increased productivity and low TCO.

April 3, 2013

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Cincinnati centerless grinder retrofits add performance

Allways Precision, Inc. specializes in remanufacturing Cincinnati centerless grinders to new specification. They retrofit hydraulics, pneumatics, spindle assemblies and CNC control systems. Applications include automotive, medical device and fastener manufacturing.

April 3, 2013

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Exopack, Kobusch, and PerfoTec form alliance

An innovative technology for advancing the shelf life of packaged fresh produce will now be available from both Exopack and Kobusch following the signing of a contract for a strategic alliance between the two flexible packaging converters and PerfoTec B.V. (PerfoTec).

April 3, 2013

Plant Operations & Equipment

Banner Engineering Corp.: Sensors for hygienic and washdown environments

Banner Engineering announces the QM26 and the QMH26 photoelectric sensors, designed specifically for food and beverage and pharmaceutical industries.

April 3, 2013

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Off the Shelf: Perrigo’s infant formula tub is filled with innovation

Used by Walmart, Target, and other store brands, the tub enables easy opening, and more hygienic scooping of the powdered formula, as well as an anti-theft tag option.

April 2, 2013

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CANopen-fieldbus and motion-control success

End user productivity went up 30% after a state-of-the-art retort-basket unloading system was designed as a replacement for a largely mechanical predecessor.

April 2, 2013

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Industry Watch

A quick run-down on the latest supplier news, mergers, expansions, and people.

April 2, 2013

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When peanuts are tea leaves

The notorious Salmonella outbreak in 2008-2009, in which Georgia-based Peanut Corporation of America was alleged to have supplied contaminated peanut products to makers of hundreds of food products, has finally resulted in criminal charges, as many observers had expected.

April 2, 2013