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Pack Expo to shake things up

The processing part of the manufacturing scene will take its place beside packaging when Pack Expo International opens this Fall in Chicago’s McCormick Place.

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Material-saving hand-wrap stretch film

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Dialyzer package forming web

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FDA and appellate court spar over expiration dates

If you’re in the business of buying and reselling bottles of salad dressing, can you change the best-if-used-by dates before you resell them? FDA said no but a Chicago court disagreed.

March 9, 2010

Plant Operations & Equipment

Banner Engineering Corp.: Small object counter

Banner’s D10 Expert™ Small Object Counter uses an easy-to-set selectable threshold with automatic compensation algorithm that compensates for dust or contamination on the fiber optic array and for ambient temperature changes.

March 8, 2010

Automation & Digital Transformation

Maple Systems: Industrial panel PCs

Gold Industrial Panel PCs from Maple Systems offer great latitude in the creation and facilitation of the automation and control process.

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Siemens Industry Inc: Industrial PCs

Siemens’ Simatic® IPC427C compact Microbox PC and Simatic HMI IPC477C Panel PC use the Intel Core 2 Duo processor to double the computing capacity of its previous models while delivering maintenance-free, 24/7 operation in hostile environments.

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Laminating line boasts better controls

Limitations inherent in a former controls architecture kept RG Engineering from building systems capable of anything more than 600 ft/min. New controls paved the way to 1,000.

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Packaging Technology

EPS containers deliver for sanofi pasteur's vaccine shipments

Environmental advantages persuade sanofi pasteur to select expanded polystyrene containers to ship its vaccines; healthcare provider customers also benefit.

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Wireless communication

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Bottle & label redesign evolution

Gentleman Jack was first introduced in 1988, and the brand had established a market that was primarily 25- to 34-year-old white males.

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Package designers: Embrace irreverence

Irreverent brand packaging designs—ones that are edgy, evoke energy, reflect a social agenda, or take a design risk—represent a small minority in the world of predictable marketing solutions.

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Unfortunate drug recall points to regulatory features

A lot of the people who write about packaging developments are writing these days about the misfortune of McNeil Consumer Healthcare and its recent recall due to off-odor of many of its well known over-the-counter products, including Tylenol and Rolaids.

March 8, 2010