Homeby David NewcornSpecial Projects EditorSecondary/end-of-lineHow to sell a packaging machine to Unilever (or any other large CPG company)How can a packaging machine builder sell to Unilever Home and Personal Care North America when the consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturer is making its short list of preferred suppliers even shorter?Controls & automationRockwell introducesRockwell Automation’s Power Programming is a new application development tool that is said to permit packaging machine builders to easily build efficiencies into their design process.Primary packagingFlow control technology facilitates faster fillingMettler-Toledo offers a new flow control technology that it claims can increase both filling speed and accuracy for filling machinery manufacturers.HomeStudy: Increases in maintenance budgets can propel uptimeLimited budgets and aging equipment are the most commonly cited barriers keeping maintenance and reliability departments from improving their total manufacturing uptime.
