Machinery: Page 1064

Conveying & accumulation

Packaging power struggle

When operators override control logic and take control of the line, how should the packaging engineering department react?

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Controls & Machine Components

The color of branding (sidebar)

What colors mean

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Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

How to find the best new hires in packaging

In today's tight labor market, companies are implementing a variety of strategies-some new, some tried and true-to attract the best talent to their packaging functions.

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Controls & Machine Components

Smart systems improve line efficiency

The more packagers know about their equipment, the better they can fine-tune it. Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition software has already proven a benefit to some packagers. Part one of a two-part analysis.

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Controls & Machine Components

Smart systems improve line efficiency (sidebar)

What is SCADA?

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Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Dissimilar packs share honors

A powder medication inhaler and unusual bags for an ice melter and for pet food earn recognition at DuPont's 12th awards competition.

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Flexibles

Pack Expo week is a machinery extravaganza and more

Swirling around Pack Expo 98 are seminars and technical conferences that round out the Pack Expo experience. Technology breakthroughs on display.

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Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Supplier news: Achievements

CCL Container's Advanced Monobloc Aerosol Div. (Hermitage, PA) has fulfilled requirements to be a certified provider of extruded aluminum cans for Redken Laboratories.

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Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

An open-and-shut case for reclosability

Pharmaceutical company Galderma Laboratories switches to a reclosable clamshell for its sample size of prescription topical medicines that's 35% cheaper than before.

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Converting equipment

Supplier news: Achievements

Great Lakes Packaging Corp. (Germantown, WI) received 2nd place in the self-promotion category of Package Printing and Converting's 1998 Excellence Awards competition.

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Controls & Machine Components

Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

Ormec (Rochester, NY) has purchased Westamp (Chatsworth, CA), a maker of servo drives, which will operate as Ormec's new UltraDrive Div.

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Converting equipment

Supplier news: Domestic acquisitions, agreements

G.L. Industries (Hamilton, OH) has acquired Blow Molding Automation Specialists Inc., which will become a member of G.L. Industries' Climax Packaging Machinery Co.

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