Automation & Digital Transformation

Panel PC systems

&R’s Panel PC and Automation Panel work together to form the powerful Panel PC system, which provides an optimal automation environment when space is limited.

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Plant Operations & Equipment

Ecolab Inc: Stainless steel sensors

Leuze electronic has introduced the durable 53 and 55 (shown) Series Stainless Steel Sensors, specifically designed for strict hygienic applications such as the pharmaceutical, cosmetics, and food industries.

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Festo Corporation: Compact vision system

As an aid to diagnostics and commissioning and for the monitoring of fast-motion systems, Festo offers the intelligent Compact Vision System SBOC-M/SBOI-M.

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Mechatronics skills gap to be addressed?

Purdue aims to launch a packaging machinery-focused mechatronics engineering technology program at its Hammond, IN, campus.

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Custom builds made easier

Buying configurable components instead of machining them in-house saved time and money as this custom machine builder tackled a complex system.

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More tips for getting started

John Bernardo of Sustainable Innovations offers additional pointers to packaging teams looking to start the new year with a stronger emphasis on sustainability and design.

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Brand owners warming to authentication solutions

Whether they market styling irons, HBA products, or high-end wines, brand owners see packaging as a key line of defense against counterfeiting and diversion.

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Healthy prognosis for healthcare packaging

Pharmaceutical firms seek packaging line improvements to cut costs, biologics present packaging challenges, and medical device growth is driven by aging baby boomers.

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New book makes sense of sustainable packaging

Field Guide to Sustainable Packaging, published by Packaging World, is an 80-page handbook that motivates and informs organizations about how to reduce the environmental impact of their packaging.

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Cosmetics safety storm brewing, or hadn't you heard?

Lately, what you put onto your body has been of great interest to other people. In this case, we’re talking about cosmetics.

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Hands-on packaging education

Kevin Lipsky, an instructor from Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College (WITC), New Richmond, WI, provides an educational view of packaging. A graduate of WITC in 1979, Lipsky joined the faculty in 1986 after working in industry.

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Scribing laser coders

Domino Printing Sciences has announced the U.S. introduction of its new DSL plus range of scribing laser printers, which deliver permanent and precise, high-quality codes in demanding production environments.

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Smart lane divider

Kinsley’s new servo-controlled timing screw smart lane divider, the Smart Divider System (SDS), merges the flexibility of mechanical laners with the container-handling properties of timing screw dividers.

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