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Networks progress amid obstacles

A recent survey reveals some progress toward networked packaging lines and automated data acquisition, but obstacles remain.

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An exclusive Packaging World survey reveals that more packagers are inching towards networking their packaging lines compared to a year ago. But a digital divide may be forming between companies whose lines are nearly all networked and those whose lines remain islands of automation, with few companies in between. The results were from a survey of 129 packaging machinery users, conducted this summer on Packworld.com.

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