Sustainability

Pfizer Enhances Capsule Filling/Weighing in Freiburg, Germany

For more than 30 years, Pfizer’s Freiburg facility has used Bosch machinery that has produced benefits such as lean manufacturing, sustainability and reduced waste. It’s no wonder more equipment will be added in 2017.

December 8, 2016

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Sustainable Packaging

Handbook unlocks the circular economy for businesses

Included is a comprehensive overview of the circular economy, including real-life examples and case studies, to help business understand how to implement the model.

December 8, 2016

Controls & Machine Components

Bimba acquires Vaccon Company

Bimba acquired Vaccon Company to expand its technology offerings and improve value in its targeted industries.

December 7, 2016

Conveying & accumulation

Bunting Magnetics Co. appoints new human resources lead

Bunting appointed Suzanne Hurst to lead human resource operations for Bunting’s Kansas, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and U.K. offices.

December 7, 2016

Operational Excellence

Nearly 94% of U.S. Rx sales pass through pharmaceutical distributors

Specialty pharmaceuticals, greater share of chain drug store sales behind increase, says new HDA Factbook, now available at no cost to supply chain stakeholders.

December 6, 2016

Sustainability

Bausch + Lomb launches contact lens, blister recycling program

Contact lenses and blister packaging can now be recycled through a new program from Bausch + Lomb that also donates to blindness-prevention group for each pound recycled.

December 6, 2016

Secondary Packaging

Axon appoints Latin American sales, customer support manager

Axon promoted Jose Arroyo to Latin American sales and customer support manager to provide sales service activities for a growing customer base.

December 6, 2016

Controls & Machine Components

Cognex acquires two 3D vision companies

Cognex Corporation expands its 3D vision capabilities with acquisition of EnShape GmbH and AQSense.

December 6, 2016

Secondary Packaging

A vision-guided pick-and-place robot is easy to integrate

The VGR 2000 automated robotic pick-and place packer accurately picks, turns and places individual flow-wrapped packages into small cartons. The carton-filler fits perfectly into a complete Bradman Lake Group line comprising a flow wrapper, carton former and carton closer.

December 5, 2016

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

A continuous motion f/f/s machine maximizes efficiency

The BVC vertical bagger from Rovema features ultrasonic film tracking, servo-driven film carriage correction and adjustable pressure. The Sense and Seal feature detects product in seal areas and the preheating Premium Seal feature maintains high quality at high speeds.

December 5, 2016

Robotics

An automated transport system shuttles products or packages individually

The SuperTrak programmable transport system from B&R Automation enables advanced manufacturing and packaging processes by synchronizing multiple external coordinated axes. Ethernet POWERLINK and Automation Studio software power the system, which is designed for harsh environments.

December 5, 2016

Secondary Packaging

A snack food bag case loader that is hygienic and ergonomic

The HFP Base system from Focke & Co. gently loads snack food bags and pouches into cases within a narrow footprint that is only six feet wide. The clean design has no horizontal surfaces and is "open" for easy operator monitoring.

December 5, 2016

Secondary Packaging

Case packer switches quickly from horizontal to vertical

The "Swing" horizontal and vertical packer (HVP) from Blueprint is a robotic solution for feeding bags, pouches and rigid containers into cases at up to 300 packages per minute. Used with Smart-Trak collation inloading, the HVP's servo-driven robotic end-effector picks and places packages gently into cases.

December 5, 2016