Gary MintchellHomeWhat's In It for the OEM?The usual beneficiaries of standards are the engineers and other end users in manufacturing plants, who derive benefits of reduced training, as well as faster design, validation and start up.April 30, 2005Controls & Machine ComponentsHow the Cheese SlicesCougar Automation Technologies’ customer, a large manufacturer of processed cheese, had both a plant-floor problem and a “back-office” problem.April 30, 2005Controls & Machine ComponentsBrewing Up StandardsEven though bringing standards together in an enterprise-wide solution is very new, there are companies that are now reaping the benefits.April 30, 2005Controls & Machine ComponentsPromises, Promises, What's in it for me?To many process engineers, packaging equipment can look like something from another planet. Often the controls part of a machine can be rudimentary in their view, and troubleshooting machines from many suppliers can be a headache to figure out.April 30, 2005Flow wrappingPromises, Promises, What's In It for Me?Emerging standards and improved data connectivity hold the promise of helping manufacturers tie their plant and business processes into one neat package.February 28, 2005Coding, Printing & LabelingDrive Integration with StandardsAs 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.August 31, 2004Previous PagePage 2 of 2Top StoriesFlexiblesEPR at the Intersection Between Brands and Flexible Packaging ConvertersAs extended producer responsibility (EPR) laws take hold across the U.S., the Circular Action Alliance (CAA) is helping producers navigate their new obligations. Converters, though not obligated as “producers” under these laws, play a crucial supporting role, providing the data and packaging intelligence brands need to comply and reduce fees.FlexiblesWhy Consumers Don't Recycle Flexibles & What to Do About ItFlexiblesLive from FlexForward2025: Brand owners to join FPA?Digital TransformationTraining, Enterprise-wide Buy-in Support Food Safety and Sanitation EffortsSponsor ContentInnovative packaging solutions
