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Tri-Tronics Company: Tri-Tronics Company: Sensing system

Tri-Tronics (Tampa, FL) has released the Super High Intensity model as a part of its line of Smarteye® photoelectric light source/receiver sensing systems.

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Automation & Digital Transformation

SATO America, Inc: Printer interface cards

All Sato’s (Sunnyvale, CA) industrial printers use plug-in interface cards for maximum flexibility. They can be easily changed in the field in a matter of seconds to accommodate any common host interface, including USB, Ethernet, and IEEE 1284 company says.

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Campbell Soup to flip its lids

In late July, Camden, NJ-based Campbell Soup Co.’s board of directors announced that it approved a series of investment initiatives to revitalize its brands.

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K 2001 touts visionand innovation

Show organizers expect more than a quarter million visitors at the 15th International Trade Fair for Plastics and Rubber.

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International agreements

Avery Dennison Corp. (Pasadena, CA) and Jackstädt GmbH (Wuppertal, Germany) have signed a definitive agreement for Avery Dennison to acquire Jackstädt’s pressure-sensitive adhesive materials business.

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Big containers, big output done Nature's Way (sidebar)

The next wave in gallon merchandising?

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Integration issues squeeze machinery builders

Machinery builders find it challenging to recoup the cost of time spent learning a variety of control systems to satisfy customer networking requirements, according to an exclusive PW survey.

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New products, new looks for Korbel brandies (sidebar)

Going for the gold, gold, gold

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A better handling bag (sidebar)

Goo Gone gets a grip

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PFM Packaging Machinery Corporation: PFM Packaging Machinery Corporation: Packaging machinery literature

PFM Packaging’s (Newmarket, Ontario, Canada) brochure describes the Scirocco flow pack servo-assisted horizontal wrapping machine for producing wraps hermetically sealed on 3 sides from a roll of heat seal wrapping material.

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Schneider Electric ELAU Packaging Solutions: Motion/HMI link

The PacDrive OPC Server V2.0 offers direct and standardized access to virtually any human-machine interface (HMI), facilitating data exchange functions.

August 31, 2001

Automation & Digital Transformation

Phoenix Contact Inc: Inline modular I/O

The Interbus Inline product family from Phoenix Contact (Harrisburg, PA) can be used in central control cabinets or distributed terminal boxes. Interbus can integrate signal conditioning and full network communications into small, modular housings.

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