Invitations to take the Internet-based survey were mailed to nearly 1길 Packaging World subscribers, and e-mail invitations were sent to 118 people who have attended packaging-related OMAC meetings. There were 62 respondents, for a 3.6% response rate. Respondents consisted of 73% packaging end users, 13% packaging machine builders, 8% systems integrators and 6% controls suppliers. Respondent companies included Abbott Labs, Anheuser-Busch, Campbell Soup Co., Eli Lilly, Estée Lauder, Hershey Foods, Hewlett-Packard, Kraft Foods, Mattel, Miller Brewing, Nabisco, Procter & Gamble, Quaker Oats, Ralston Purina, Revlon, Sargento Foods, Starbucks Coffee, Steelcase, Unilever and Wyeth-Ayerst Phar-maceuticals.
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Methodology
Jan 31, 2001
Machinery Basics
Conveying Innovations Report
Editors report on distinguishing characteristics that define each new product and collected video demonstrating the equipment or materials as displayed at the show. This topical report, winnowed from nearly 300 PACK EXPO collective booth visits, represents a categorized, organized account of individual items that were selected based on whether they were deemed to be both new, and truly innovative, based on decades of combined editorial experience in experiencing and evaluating PACK EXPO products.
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