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Sustainable Packaging
Bio fuels spell opportunity
Today’s focus on energy sources based on renewable resources rather than on petroleum creates an opportunity for packaging.
November 2, 2011
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What did we learn at Pack Expo Las Vegas?
There’s nothing like Pack Expo to take the pulse of packaging.
November 1, 2011
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The PLC Charade
We need to question the ongoing practice of adding an unnecessary PLC to a complex mechatronic machine while maintaining the primary control software in another control platform.
October 27, 2011
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October 19, 2011
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Yesterday's new technologies, today's commodities
When I reflect over a decade or more of Pack Expo and Interpack trade shows, it is apparent that a new and possibly breakthrough technology from one era may become an almost overlooked commodity in another.
September 30, 2011
Workforce
More progress on the education front
The effort to refill the employment pipeline with skilled technicians took at least two more steps forward this week. If we can sustain a sequence of continuous small wins, we may be able to bring manufacturing back to its rightful and necessary place in our economy.
September 29, 2011
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Embedded Robotics at Pack Expo
The concept of embedding a purpose-built robotic functionality into a packaging machine is one that can add flexibility to the machine while reducing the time and cost of development.
September 28, 2011
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Pallets: slippery sustainability subjects
If you think that being the backbone of supply chains worldwide is enough to give pallets a sustainability pass, you haven’t been paying attention.
September 7, 2011
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Package purchasing in one easy step
Packaging professionals continue to feel the pressure of many competing corporate goals.
September 1, 2011
Operational Excellence
Tips for improving manufacturing productivity
Productivity in manufacturing is about performing within or improving upon the budgetary boundaries that have been established for an operation. Productivity will depend upon the efficient use of labor, energy, and material and is thus affected by all of the terms in the OEE equation.
August 31, 2011
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Innovation trumps imitation
The Paramount Farms suit filed against Walgreens’ PL Pistachio packaging claiming trademark infringement and unfair competition is intriguing to say the least.
August 31, 2011
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Why is gluten like BPA?
Why is gluten like bisphenol A (“BPA”)?
August 31, 2011
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Packaging eases administration, discomfort for four-legged patients
Farren Paton, packaging engineer for Novartis Animal Health U.S. Inc., discusses the company’s latest user-friendly pet packages and other trends in veterinary packaging.
August 31, 2011
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Have we got an app for you
We like to conduct reader surveys now and then to make sure the content we carry both online and in print addresses your needs and interests as squarely as possible.
August 31, 2011
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FDA approach to animal drugs is a balancing act
Agency is reluctant to remove safe, useful animal drugs that lack legal clearance, and seeks public input.
August 30, 2011
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Cases of mistaken identity
Products are identifiable by their packaging, but sometimes it's the packaging that causes products to be misidentified.
August 26, 2011
Workforce
Schools recognized for teaching PMMI competencies
Schools across Pennsylvania are establishing and being recognized for their ability to provide programs of study that teach the competencies underlying PMMI's first three mechatronics certificates.
August 21, 2011
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Material handling equation as it relates to packaging
Packaging professionals can increase their contributions to the bottom line with the Material Handling Equation.
August 16, 2011
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