Controls & Machine Components

Bison Gear: Gearmotor

Bison Gear and Engineering added to its PowerSTAR right-angle hypoid gearmotor product line with the introduction of the 712 series.

March 8, 2016

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 692

Controls & Machine Components

Heidenhain: Modular rotary encoders

Heidenhain’s RENCO brand of encoders are well suited and available for use within a variety of mobile robot applications.

March 8, 2016

Contract Packaging

Packaging's Role in ‘The Fate of Pharma’

Costs, market consolidation, regulatory scrutiny and other factors put the pharmaceutical industry under pressure, but what does this mean to the function of packaging within the pharmaceutical sector?

March 8, 2016

Controls & Machine Components

Soft Servo: EtherCAT soft motion controller

Soft Servo announces that the WMX2 is now intuitive, with object-oriented Class divisions and quickly recognizable names; API structure and API names have been revamped completely, and it is now much easier for developers to utilize company’s API to create and maintain their own custom motion controller.

March 8, 2016

Containers

Molex: Polymicro Technologies nano-Capillary Tubing

New tubing line features internal diameters smaller than 1 micron.

March 7, 2016

Sustainable Packaging

Guide addresses 'The Bit at the Bottom'

INCPEN releases a new 16-page guide for manufacturers, retailers, and packaging designers to help them tackle the problem of left-behind product.

March 7, 2016

Sustainability

Consumers turn to brands for direction on recycling

New research reveals that on-pack messaging continues to play an important role in driving recycling.

March 5, 2016

Material handling

Amgen Employs Cyclic Olefin Polymer for Vials

West’s vial and closure container system help genetically modified herpes simplex virus type 1 therapy withstand cold storage, reduce breakage risks and provide barrier against extractables without compromising seal integrity.

March 4, 2016

Labels

Mumm’s sparkling wine label truly a work of art

Spanish artist and designer Alex Trochut’s label design inspires through an abstract interpretation of the lively bubbling of the elegant sparkling wine.

March 4, 2016

Conveying & accumulation

Dorner celebrates 50 years and expands SmartFlex conveyor line

The expanded SmartFlex flexible chain conveyor line moves product up or down in minimal floor space.

March 4, 2016

Cartons and boxes

VR comes to Happy Meal box

To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Happy Meal in Sweden, McDonald's Sweden has developed Happy Goggles made from the Happy Meal box.

March 3, 2016

Controls & Machine Components

AutomationDirect: Pilot devices

AutomationDirect added more pilot devices to their product offering.

March 3, 2016

Flexibles

Capital Partners acquires M&Q Packaging Corp.

The DAK Group manages sale of M&Q Packaging, an innovator of high-temperature plastic packaging.

March 3, 2016