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New hires are hard to come by

A fascinating—if sobering—white paper came out this spring titled "Developing & engaging the manufacturing workforce."

September 5, 2012

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Industry Watch

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

September 5, 2012

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Packaging training a life-long process

In this Q&A, pharmaceutical packaging consultant Ed Smith of Packaging Science Resources discusses training, education, and the importance of seasoned professionals contributing to industry.

September 5, 2012

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Clippard Instrument Laboratory, Inc: Stainless steel cylinder

Clippard’s new 9/16-in. bore stainless steel cylinder is available in stud or universal mount, double, single or reverse acting, rotating or non-rotating rod, and comes with standard stroke lengths up to 4-in.

September 5, 2012

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Lenze Americas: Servo inverter drive system

See it at PACK EXPO Booth #4141! Lenze Americas’ Servo Inverter i700 drive system, designed for multi-axis applications, provides extremely short cycle times, 32-bit signal resolution, and an overload capacity of more than 200%.

September 5, 2012

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Nestle's journey to more effective packaging automation

Bryan Griffen reviews Nestlé's automation successes, and discusses their continuing development in regards to a standard approach to HMIs, maintenance, and user requirement specifications for OEMs. A portion of the presentation also focuses on a review of Nestlé's involvement and leadership in the OMAC Packaging Workgroup's efforts to develop a more efficient automation solution for packaging.

September 4, 2012

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Nestle's journey to more effective packaging automation

Bryan Griffen reviews Nestlé's automation successes, and discusses their continuing development in regards to a standard approach to HMIs, maintenance, and user requirement specifications for OEMs. A portion of the presentation also focuses on a review of Nestlé's involvement and leadership in the OMAC Packaging Workgroup's efforts to develop a more efficient automation solution for packaging.

September 4, 2012

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Vital signs monitoring device approved by FDA

Copolyester is used for Sotera Wireless ViSi Mobile System’s lens, housing, and connectors.

September 4, 2012

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New website for M-Tek

M-Tek of Elgin, IL, manufacturers of MAP systems and V/F/F/S machines, has launched a new website at: http://www.mtekcorp.com.

September 4, 2012

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World’s first MATS microwave food sterilization system installed at AmeriQual

Designed for recipe and process development, the world’s first MATS microwave food sterilization system, which incorporates the only microwave technology accepted by the FDA for food sterilization, has been installed at AmeriQual in Evansville, IN.

August 31, 2012

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Intelligrated shows you a better way, sortation through finished load

Got a need for faster, more efficient material handling? This video from Intelligrated will show you solutions that include pallet and sheet picking, sortation, row forming, load building, layer handling and full-load handling -- along with special tools for diverse packaging types and configurations.

August 30, 2012

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Fruit chunks and juice in shelf-stable PET

In what may be a world’s first, Coca-Cola Bottling Egypt has launched a 300-mL hot-filled PET bottle that has fruit chunks and juice yet requires no refrigeration.

August 30, 2012

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Food and beverage trends

Among the keynote presenters at the recently concluded 18th IAPRI World Packaging Conference at Cal Poly State University was Dr. Michael Okoroafor, vice president for Global Packaging Innovation and Execution at H.J. Heinz Co. He provided a unique outlook on global packaging trends for food and beverage.

August 30, 2012