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How the presidential election results might influence healthcare packaging regulations

The post-election regulatory environment is more complicated than traditional beliefs about the two primary political parties.

September 18, 2012

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SteriPack USA opens first operation in North America

Company brings packaging manufacturing and contract services to Florida

September 17, 2012

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SteriPack USA opens first operation in North America

Company brings packaging manufacturing and contract services to Florida

September 17, 2012

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Spartech wins Danone North America "Supplier of the Year-Raw Materials & Packaging" Award

Spartech Corporation, a leading producer of plastic sheet, color concentrates, compounds and packaging products, has announced that its customer, Danone North America, awarded Spartech the Danone North America 2011 "Supplier of the Year-Raw Materials & Packaging" Award.

September 17, 2012

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Relatively small 2012 growth seen for packaging machinery

"2010 was really a bad year,” observes Jorge Izquierdo, vice president for market development for the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute in Reston, Va.

September 16, 2012

Automation & Digital Transformation

How safety technology improvements increase productivity

Safety on the plant floor is its own justification. Increasingly, however, as automation technologies converge, new approaches to packaging machine safety are also helping facilitate the creation of more efficient—and more profitable—production systems.

September 16, 2012

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Trends in Appearance Additives

Liquids, pearls pellets and more; here are some trends the experts have identified in the area of appearance-altering additives:

September 14, 2012

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Off the Shelf Video: Truvia’s stand-up pouch with convenient pour spout

Cargill’s Truvia uses packaging to market the natural sweetener with sugar, this time for its 1.5-lb Truvia Baking Blend stand-up pouch with a pour spout that offers easy opening and closing.

September 13, 2012

Automation & Digital Transformation

Fieldbus Foundation: Updated fieldbus infrastructure

Designed for coupler manufacturers to perform a standard set of tests against their implementation, the Fieldbus Foundation’s latest updates to its open, non-proprietary Foundation fieldbus physical layer technology include the H1 (31.25 kbit/s) device coupler test specification, which helps improve the reliability and availability of fieldbus control system installations, as well as optimize device interoperability and integration.

September 13, 2012

Automation & Digital Transformation

Pepperl + Fuchs: AS-Interface safety module

Applying a strict “less is better” design philosophy, Pepperl+Fuchs’ G10 safety modules reduce the complexity and cost of any safety installation, and supports high modularity, enabling OEMs to transform any conventional safety device into an AS-Interface networking solution, further reducing inventory requirements and simplifying machine designs.

September 13, 2012

Plant Operations & Equipment

Banner Engineering Corp.: Wireless photoelectric sensor

Banner’s SureCross Q45, described as the world’s first self-contained, wireless standard photoelectric sensor allows operators to quickly integrate a scalable, wireless sensor network to improve efficiency by monitoring and coordinating multiple machines and processes.

September 13, 2012

Automation & Digital Transformation

What about integrated safety networks?

Just as functional safety was once a controversial concept, so too has been the notion of placing safety communications on the same network that handled control and motion.

September 12, 2012

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Re-thinking machine design

I’m fascinated by the evolution of machine design and engineering.

September 12, 2012