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Purdue mechatronics students visit PACK EXPO

Here’s a report that will encourage anyone who’s worried about our industry’s future talent pool. Fresh from the annual Student Design Contest exclusively sponsored by B&R at PACK EXPO, these students from Purdue University Calumet express their enthusiasm for engineering careers in packaging machinery.

For more information on the annual competitions, click here.

To learn more about the Purdue University Calumet School of Technology, visit www.purduecal.edu.

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