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Top floor/shop floor: a temporal disconnect

Even though the May 24 Packaging Automation Forum sponsored by Packaging World and Automation World took place nearly three months ago, I continue to find important nuggets of insight as I review the Powerpoint presentations made at the forum. Take, for example, the illustration shown here, which comes from Procter & Gamble's Dave Chappell's presentation on Make2Pack. It's a powerful reminder of how the very meaning of time itself changes radically as we move from one level of a Consumer Packaged Goods company to another.

March 18, 2007

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Tips on minimizing unplanned downtime

Christian von Olshausen, process engineer packing at Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals Germany, will be a featured speaker at the Packaging Automation Forum May 23 in Chicago. His presentation will focus on how controls and automation technologies, properly implemented on today's packaging lines, can minimize unplanned downtime by contributing greatly to Total Quality Management (TQM) and Total Productivity Management (TPM).

March 18, 2007

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Make2Pack moves forward

Up for discussion at the November 16-17 Make2Pack meeting at Procter & Gamble's Brussels Innovation Center in Belgium will be a proposed PackML State Model version 3.0. This new state model has evolved from the original packaging machine version and is said to be much closer to the original S88.01 batch control equipment state model.

March 18, 2007

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How to build packaging machinery

"Technology providers are leading the charge as far as new developments in packaging machinery are concerned. OEMs must adapt to these new developments or be left on the sidelines."

March 18, 2007

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How to build an OEM alliance

Packaging machinery manufacturers everywhere are seeking alliances with their machinery-building peers. They feel that by partnering with another OEM, they have a better chance of providing the kind of integrated solution that buyers of packaging machinery are looking for more than ever these days.

March 18, 2007

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Call for papers

Packaging World and Automation World are seeking speakers for the second edition of the Packaging Automation Forum, scheduled for mid to late May 2007 in Chicago.

March 18, 2007

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How to build packaging machinery

"Technology providers are leading the charge as far as new developments in packaging machinery are concerned. OEMs must adapt to these new developments or be left on the sidelines."

March 18, 2007

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Thoughts on project implementation

Packaged goods manufacturers planning major capital expenditures involving new packaging lines should do everything they possibly can to carefully think things through from a controls standpoint before final selections on packaging machines are made.

March 18, 2007

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Will TV spoil Jim George?

Check out Packaging World’s Marketing & Design Editor’s television debut!

March 14, 2007

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Semi-automatic electric label dispensing

Start Intl.’s TheLabelDispenser™ line of semi-automatic electric label dispensers are designed to perform anywhere p-s labels are being applied.

March 9, 2007

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In-line tray wrapping

The new Texwrap® 130-60 in-line tray wrapping system accommodates products from 4”Wx6”Lx½”H to 20”Wx18”Lx10”H and film sizes to 30”W and 3” core.

March 9, 2007

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Is your workforce packaging machinery savvy?

As packaging machinery becomes more sophisticated, upskilling, or training, becomes a growing concern.

March 9, 2007