Frito-Lay, PepsiCo, Kraft to speak at Packaging Automation Forum

As manufacturers continue to search for ways to improve profitability by increasing efficiency, this year’s Packaging Automation Forum will offer practical information and insight from market-leading companies that are leveraging innovative new software and controls with great success.

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At Packaging Automation Forum 2011, professionals from Frito-Lay, PepsiCo, Kraft and other organizations will demonstrate how emerging technologies are optimizing their manufacturing and packaging lines. Produced by Packaging World and Automation World magazines, this educational event is scheduled for April 26 at the Westin O’Hare.

New this year will be a look at broad themes that have risen to the top of many business agendas: safety, security, and sustainability. Presenters will address how their companies are integrating concerns about machine safety, data security and the need for increased energy efficiency as they deploy new packaging and manufacturing technology and equipment.

Conference presenters will speak on a variety of topics including: software that captures machine data to improve equipment reliability while reducing downtime and packaging scrap; software that allows simultaneous, multi-department access to remote processing data; the role of controls in machine safety; and how to attain better flexibility, throughput, and OEE on packaging lines by incorporating training, modular equipment, and servo technology. Additionally, forum attendees will have the opportunity to receive instruction on PackML implementation and Make2Pack and Connect-and-Pack concepts via an optional training Workshop on April 25.

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