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Quirky collages make premium spice brand accessible

‘Fresh Alchemy’ is the guiding concept for whimsical package graphics used for new farm-fresh Indian spice brand that reflects founder’s passion and exuberance.
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'Considered Curation' directs design of herbal martini

Thoughtful selection and nurturing of each element of new ALTAR herbal martini line leads to brand that marries old-time apothecary with California contemporary.
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Wine by the single-serve PET glass served up for summer

Single-serve wine in a stemware-style PET glass is launched, using proprietary technology that keeps the product fresh and the glass clean from handling.
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Video: 45 P&G sites achieve zero manufacturing waste to landfill

P&G’s long-term vision of sending zero manufacturing and consumer waste to landfills reaches milestone, as the company finds innovative ways to create ‘worth from waste.’
Hills Velcro
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Hill’s Pet Nutrition integrates new closure

Makes bag opening and reclosing easy and maintains package integrity.
Off the Shelf: Perrigo’s infant formula tub is filled with innovation
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Off the Shelf: Perrigo’s infant formula tub is filled with innovation

Used by Walmart, Target, and other store brands, the tub enables easy opening, and more hygienic scooping of the powdered formula, as well as an anti-theft tag option.
1. Glass panel is placed on 1-in. piece of honeycomb,  cut slightly larger than the glass.
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Custom edge protection eliminates glass breakage

Home office/entertainment furniture maker eliminates replacement glass breakage during shipping with a custom solution that combines laminated paperboard and honeycomb.
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PCR PET is central to OtterBox redesign

The outer carton boasts a ‘beautiful opaque yellow’ while the inner tray that holds the cell phone protector is made of up to 100% post-consumer recycled PET.
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2013 Industrial Automation Engineering scholarships

Applications for the 2013/2014 ASCO Numatics Industrial Automation Engineering Scholarship program are now being accepted.
Among the benefits of the versatile valve manifold is that all inputs are carried back to the PLC by a single cable.
OEM Application Note
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CANopen-fieldbus and motion-control success

End user productivity went up 30% after a state-of-the-art retort-basket unloading system was designed as a replacement for a largely mechanical predecessor.
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Compostable coffee bags make North American debut

Two North American coffee roasting companies have launched fully compostable coffee bags to support their eco-friendly commitments.
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Industry Watch

A quick run-down on the latest supplier news, mergers, expansions, and people.
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When peanuts are tea leaves

The notorious Salmonella outbreak in 2008-2009, in which Georgia-based Peanut Corporation of America was alleged to have supplied contaminated peanut products to makers of hundreds of food products, has finally resulted in criminal charges, as many observers had expected.
XTS motor. The Beckhoff XTS linear motor system consists of eight straight and two curved motor modules (track sections), guide rail, and ten carriages.
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A new breed of linear servo motor finds packaging applications

Conspicuous at Pack Expo International last fall, linear servo motors may be evolving in a manner similar to that of the coordinated multi-axis rotary servos that preceded them.
“Fearless Felix” became the first human to break the sound barrier garbed in only a pressurized space suit.
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