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"Uniqueness" not always a competitive edge for OEMs

Builders of packaging machinery sometimes fret that the ongoing clamor for broadly accepted standards in the controls and automation arena will eliminate their competitive edge.

“If packaging machinery is built with widely standardized components,” the argument goes, “what are we left to compete with?”

Dave Richmond, packaging controls engineer at line integrator Lockwood Greene, believes the argument is not entirely sound.

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