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INX International announces new executives

INX International announced that John Hrdlick was promoted to President/COO and Bryce Kristo was promoted to Executive Vice President/CFO.

April 17, 2018

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Dynamic Conveyor hires sales manager to support growing conveyor sales

Dynamic Conveyor Corp. announced that Andrew Hartline was hired as Sales Manager to support the growing sales of DynaCon and DynaClean Conveying Systems.

April 13, 2018

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RPC Superfos receives early quality accreditation for U.S. factory

Only two years after its inauguration, the RPC Superfos U.S. facility in Winchester, VA, successfully passed its first BRC certification audit with Grade A in the High Hygiene Category.

April 13, 2018

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Banner Engineering: Miniature sensors

Banner Engineering introduced the VS8 Series Miniature Sensors for precise detection in applications with extremely limited space. Sensors in the VS8 Series have a space-saving form factor (21.1 mm x 14.6 mm x 8 mm) for use in confined spaces and near moving parts.

April 13, 2018

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Festo announces $90 million new investment

The City of Mason, OH, and Festo announced the company will expand its existing state-of-the-art Regional Service and Manufacturing Center in Mason by approximately 350,000 sq-ft, nearly tripling the company’s capacity in logistics, production, and industrial training solutions offered through its Festo Didactic Learning Center, which serves manufacturing companies and colleges throughout the Tristate.

April 12, 2018

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E-commerce a major growth area for corrugated packaging

According to Smithers Pira research on the corrugated packaging market, there is promising growth in the $315 billion corrugated packaging market – with e-commerce providing a prime area of future opportunities for converters.

April 11, 2018

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Mettler Toledo to exhibit at PACK EXPO East

Mettler Toledo will exhibit a variety of its serialization, vision inspection, checkweighing, metal detection, and x-ray systems at PACK EXPO East.

April 11, 2018

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SmartPrint digital print technology

The key to SmartPrint digital direct print technology from Till is that each bottle gets fully enclosed in a print head and rotates on a platform to receive up to eight colors with a resolution of up to 720 DPI.

April 5, 2018

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Weber Packaging launches new repair parts website

Weber Packaging Solutions’ new e-commerce website www.weberserviceparts.com makes it easier to shop for replacement repair parts for its labeling systems and popular label printers.

April 5, 2018

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Track-and-trace system employed by Desitin in Germany

Mid-sized pharmaceutical firm uses PAS-X Track & Trace on two of its packaging lines in Hamburg to comply with anti-counterfeiting requirements.

April 4, 2018

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Transcontinental Inc. announces acquisition of Coveris Americas

Transcontinental Inc. entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the business of Coveris Americas, a business held by Coveris Holdings S.A., a portfolio company of Sun Capital Partners, Inc.

April 4, 2018

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FlexLink welcomes new sales engineer

Tod Grizzell joined FlexLink’s sales force as Sales Engineer for Virginia and North Carolina.

April 4, 2018

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Expanding regional boundaries via shelf-life extension

This LSU retort project provides a proof of concept for a packaging system that gives local flavors the shelf stability to go global. The results may eventually reverberate in commercial markets.

April 3, 2018