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FMI 2001: Innovation on vacation?

The annual three-day extravaganza sponsored by the Food Marketing Institute came to Chicago in early May, and while the usual shoulder-to-shoulder hustle and bustle was felt in the crowded aisles of McCormick’s Place’s South Hall, packaging innovation seemed relatively scarce.

May 31, 2001

Plant Operations & Equipment

Online glossary

The Web site of the Micro Switch Division of Honeywell (Freeport, IL) offers an online sensing and control glossary, www.honeywell.

May 31, 2001

Plant Operations & Equipment

Wenglor sensors ltd.: Laser fork sensors

With a response time of 50 µs, wenglor sensors’ (Springfield, OH) 2 new laser fork sensors can register 10ꯠ objects/sec. A fine, non divergent laser beam is said to assure uniform precision over the entire fork opening at a 5 micrometers resolution.

May 31, 2001

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Aseptic pack "AdvantEdge"

Golden, CO-based EAS has a new ready-to-drink shake, AdvantEdge, on store shelves in an octagonal-shaped 11-oz Tetra Prisma aseptic carton. For the company’s first single-serve nutritional beverage, EAS conducted research to provide its customers with a convenient drink box.

May 31, 2001

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Relocations, expansions

Bomarko Medical Packaging (Plymouth, IN) recently entered into the medical device packaging market.

May 31, 2001

Plant Operations & Equipment

Banner Engineering Corp.: Retroreflective sensors

Miniature retroreflective sensors designed to accurately detect shiny objects and eliminate the “blind” response area of some conventional photoelectric sensors are available from Banner Engineering (Minneapolis, MN).

May 31, 2001

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Vision of the future

EXCLUSIVE NEWS FROM OUR EUROPEAN PARTNER: Vision systems have been developed to suit a wide range of applications. Click logo for full article.

April 30, 2001

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Paperloop acquires TAP

EXCLUSIVE NEWS FROM OUR EUROPEAN PARTNER: TAPPI will continue to be involved as co-sponsor and content provider. Click logo for full article.

April 30, 2001

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SWF acquires Tisma Machinery

EXCLUSIVE NEWS FROM OUR EUROPEAN PARTNER: Deal will further SWF's ability to provide a single source for fully integrated packaging solutions. Click logo for full article.

April 30, 2001

Plant Operations & Equipment

Omron Electronics LLC: Photoelectric sensor

Omron’s (Schaumburg, IL) E3S-CR sensor can detect label presence/absence on clear glass or plasticcontainers regardless of the label or container’s color without requiring adjustments.

April 30, 2001

Automation & Digital Transformation

GE Fanuc Automation: CNC systems brochure

GE Fanuc (Charlottesville, VA) has released a brochure describing OpenFactory™ CNC systems that combine the flexibility of PC hardware, Windows-based software, and third-party applications to maximize machine productivity and growth potential.

April 30, 2001

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Application Service Providers

Purchasepro.com (www.purchasepro.com) is an ASP that allows buyers to build online contracts, create a network of preferred vendors, automate the RFQ/PO process, monitor corporate purchasing, and evaluate buyer and supplier performance by tracking the history of all purchases with automatic electronic archiving.

April 30, 2001