Packaging Technology: Page 514

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Controller brings synchronization (sidebar)

The Old Orchard PET line is an impressive example of how controls technology can tightly integrate and synchronize today’s packaging lines.

April 30, 2005

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Servos synchronize

Liquid filling machines designed for pharmaceutical users benefit from 12 to 24 axes of servo control.

April 30, 2005

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'Baby boomers': A packaging gold mine?

With more than 75 million Americans born between 1946 and 1964, baby boomers represent not only an enormous market, but also an affluent one, with an estimated $1 trillion in disposable income.

April 30, 2005

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Counterfeiting protection insights and tips

Mark Miller of DuPont Medical & Industrial Packaging addressed “Counterfeit protection of medical devices,” at HealthPack 2005, held in late March in New Orleans. Below are many of the key points from his presentation.

April 30, 2005

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Milwaukee Bag Intl. joined PAC Machinery Group

Milwaukee Bag Intl. joined PAC Machinery Group as its newest member.

March 31, 2005

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American packaging executive held hostage in Iraq

American packaging machinery business owner, Jeffrey Ake, CEO and President of Equipment Express (LaPorte, IN), was taken hostage by insurgents in Iraq this week.

March 31, 2005

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Single-use containers

Low-capacity, single-use Packettes from Continental Glass and Plastic allow for small amounts of product to be distributed widely and efficiently. Packettes come in a variety of materials and sizes and can be easily customized to fit exact specifications.

March 31, 2005

Automation & Digital Transformation

Advantech Automation Corp.: Industrial-grade Ethernet switch

Advantech offers the EDG-6528, a new industrial-grade Ethernet switch that provides fast and cost-effective expansion of industrial Ethernet networks with eight 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports.

March 31, 2005

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People

Multivac appointed Ben Eastman and Jason Green regional sales managers, food division; and Mark Hammelrath market development manager, food division.

March 31, 2005

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Paperboard's Future (sidebar)

A group of executives at U.S. paperboard manufacturing and packaging companies, known as the Paperboard Packaging Alliance (PPA), raised this question: How can paperboard packaging create more value for consumer packaged goods companies?

March 31, 2005

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Closing the communications gap (sidebar)

Brian Wagner, vice president and chief operations officer at Packaging & Technology Integrated Solutions, notes an underlying communications problem that has helped create a gap between what consumers and retailers want from packaging and what consumer goods companies and their paperboard packaging suppliers are offering.

March 31, 2005

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U.S. Paper Packaging Demand (sidebar)

U.S. Paper Packaging Demand(in millions of dollars) % annual growth 1998 2003 2008 March 1998 August 2003Paper packaging demand 6꾗 7긁 8궘 1.7 2.3Rigid 3꺩 4갺 4꺗 2.0 2.8Flexible 3곎 3궧 3껉 1.3 1.6Source: The Freedonia Group Inc.

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