Supplier News
| May 8, 2011

Industry Watch

  A quick run-down on the latest supplier news, mergers, expansions, and people.
Supplier News
| March 9, 2011

Industry Watch

A quick run-down on the latest supplier news, mergers, expansions, and people.
Supplier News
| November 13, 2010

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| June 6, 2010

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| September 6, 2009

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Alcan Packaging, a business unit of Rio Tinto Alcan, launched its global Sustainability Moments™ campaign to coincide with
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| July 3, 2009

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| April 5, 2009

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Supplier News
| December 31, 2005

People

Andrew MacLeod was appointed divisional vice president of sales and marketing for SCA Packaging North America.
Bottling Clos du Bois premium wines from the Sonoma Valley area of California required integration of information and packaging
Supplier News
| November 30, 2005

Information solves wine bottling problems

It takes more than engineering skill to solve some packaging manufacturing problems. People skills help, too.
John Carlson
Supplier News
| September 30, 2005

People

John Carlson was appointed director of engineering for MGS Machine Corp.
In processing and packaging, validation of equipment used in the pharmaceutical industry is an increasingly complex process.
Supplier News
| June 30, 2005

Trends in pharma validation

What do pharmaceutical companies need from technology providers and packaging machinery OEMs to make FDA validation run more smoothly?
Supplier News
| May 31, 2005

Production management software

Rockwell Automation has introduced Propack Data PMX MES 4.1, offering life sciences companies tighter automation information integration, flexibility, and focus on regulatory issues throughout the product mfg.
Supplier News
| April 30, 2005

Optimize line efficiencies through real-time info

Ongoing trends in the Consumer Packaged Goods sector—including things like packaging that’s customized according to demographic, rapidly growing numbers of SKUs, abbreviated product life cycles, and the inclusion of RFID tags on cases—have made packaging flexibility an absolute priority for CPG companies and their contract packagers.
Supplier News
| November 30, 2004

MES will shape packaging machine design

Packaging machinery OEMs be forewarned: You’ll be hearing a lot about how packaged goods companies need to better integrate packaging machines on the plant floor with high-level business information systems.
Supplier News
| August 31, 2004

Drive Integration with Standards

As companies find many reasons to integrate data from process manufacturing and packaging with each other and with the rest of the company’s business applications, engineers are turning to standards and models from the Instrumentation, Systems and Automation Society (ISA), OMAC Packaging Workgroup and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) for help.
Supplier News
| July 31, 2004

Companies

Rockwell Automation opened a new radio-frequency identification (RFID) test lab at its global headquarters in Milwaukee. The lab is designed to help manufacturers facing production and inventory mandates from retailers understand how they can make RFID part of their distribution operations.
Supplier News
| November 30, 2003

Pharmaceutical wrap-labeling system

The High Speed Pharmaceutical Grade Labeling System from Quadrel Labeling Systems is designed specifically for the exacting needs of pharmaceutical companies.
Supplier News
| April 30, 2003

Companies

Morrison Timing Screw (Glenwood, IL) modernized its 15-year-old logo.
Supplier News
| November 30, 2000

Data collection

Entek Enwatch™ from Rockwell Automation (Milwaukee, WI) is an Ethernet-based online data collection system for companies seeking to enhance packaging productivity.
Supplier News
| September 30, 2000

Achievements

International Paper (Purchase, NY) has donated $100ꯠ to the new Paper Industry Intl. Hall of Fame in Appleton, WI.
Supplier News
| February 29, 2000

Achievements

Weyerhaeuser Co. (Federal Way, WA) celebrated its 100th anniversary on Jan. 18.—Rockwell Automation’s (Greenville, SC) distribution facility in Crossville, TN, was presented with a Supplier Quality Award from Motion Industries.—The foodservice business of International Paper (Memphis, TN) has formed a partnership with Clemson University to help train students in the field of digital design.—ISO 9001 certification: Fujioka Newlong Industrial Co.
Supplier News
| December 31, 1999

Supplier news: Achievements

Rockwell Automation (Greenville, SC) has given a $1 million endowment to Clemson University to fund scholarships for students in mechanical eng. and electrical eng.—Liberty Paper, Inc.
Supplier News
| October 31, 1999

Supplier news: Relocations, expansions

Rockwell Automation (Milwaukee, WI) has completed a $40 million, 130ꯠ sq' addition to its Mequon, WI, facility.
Supplier News
| April 30, 1999

Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

Rockwell Automation (Milwaukee, WI) has signed a definitive agreement to acquire various portions of Dynapro (Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada).
Supplier News
| March 31, 1999

Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

Accu-Sort Systems (Telford, PA) has signed a definitive agreement to purchase the Allen-Bradley Adaptascan bar-code scanner line from Rockwell Automation (Milwaukee, WI).
Supplier News
| October 31, 1998

Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

Rockwell Automation (Milwaukee, WI) has agreed to buy Anorad Corp. (Hauppauge, NY), a maker of linear motor-based positioning equipment, for an undisclosed price.
Supplier News
| August 31, 1998

Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

Rockwell Automation (Minneapolis, MN) and Cognex Corp. (Natick, MA) announced they have entered into a letter of intent to form a global relationship.
Supplier News
| April 30, 1998

Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

Rockwell Automation (Milwaukee, WI) has signed an agreement with Datalogic S.p.A. (Bologna, Italy) to market two of that firm's industrial bar-code readers under the FlexiScan(TM) and ReadiScan(TM) names.
Supplier News
| March 31, 1998

Supplier news: Achievements

George Blackwell of Rockwell Automation/ Allen-Bradley Co. has been elected the 1998-99 president of the Automated Imaging Assn.
Supplier News
| March 31, 1998

Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

Rockwell Automation/ DataMyte (Minnetonka, MN) has teamed with StatSoft, Inc. (Tulsa, OK) to provide customers with data collection and analysis capabilities.
Supplier News
| July 31, 1997

Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

Rovema, L.P. (Lawrenceville, GA) has a new supplier agreement with Rockwell Automation (Milwaukee, WI) for Allen-Bradley automation products on its vf/f/s machines.