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Controls & Machine Components

Mitsubishi Electric Automation: Remote connectivity subscription service

Support Connect is a remote connectivity subscription service from Mitsubishi Electric Automation that provides cost effective administration, predictive maintenance and remediation of remotely managed assets without an upfront investment in data center hardware, and ongoing infrastructure maintenance.

October 31, 2011

Workforce

Karen Greene to deliver Nov. 15 medical device packaging webinar

Medical device packaging expert to address “Developing & Validating High-Barrier, Flexible F/F/S Packages for Moisture- and Oxygen-Sensitive Medical Devices.”

October 31, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Ross Controls: Energy isolation valve for harsh environments

The Stainless Steel L-O-X® energy isolation valve from Ross is cast out of corrosion-resistant 316 stainless steel that resists salt-water and chemical degradation, and is also equipped with durable fluorocarbon seals, important in systems requiring consistent protection against contaminant ingression like pharmaceutical and food/beverage processing.

October 31, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Red Lion: Modular controller series for use in hazardous locations

Designed for data-acquisition and remote asset management, Red Lion’s Modular Controller series has been approved for use in Class 1, Division 2 hazardous locations, including places where explosive gases, vapors and/or liquids may be present.

October 31, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

ASCO Numatics expands Express Rapid Shipping Program

ASCO Numatics is expanding its Numatics Express shipping program to include pneumatic filters, regulators, and lubricators.

October 31, 2011

Operational Excellence

Track-and-trace supplier expands offerings

Nutec Systems discusses the future needs of track-and-trace and offerings such as vision, printing, and product-handling systems.

October 30, 2011

Contract Packaging

Global pharmaceutical contracting predicted to reach $361 billion in 2016

Packaging segment, worth $6.4 billion this year, should be worth $9.3 billion in 2016, says research report.

October 28, 2011

Workforce

Importance of university programs to packaging

Here's a crash course on the importance of university programs to packaging.

October 27, 2011

Workforce

Purdue mechatronics students visit PACK EXPO

Here’s a report that will encourage anyone who’s worried about our industry’s future talent pool. Fresh from the annual Student Design Contest exclusively sponsored by B&R at PACK EXPO, these students from Purdue University Calumet express their enthusiasm for engineering careers in packaging machinery.

October 27, 2011

Workforce

Scholarship encourages future leaders in packaging

Packaging World magazine and packaging converter Printpack, Inc. will recognize an aspiring packaging professional with the 2012 Future Leaders in Packaging Scholarship.

October 27, 2011

Workforce

New WPO Position Papers

The World Packaging Organization (WPO) has launched three new Position Papers as part of the activities of the Education Committee.

October 27, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

Wago Corporation: Configurable digital input/output module

Two new 2-channel, configurable Digital Input/Output (DIO) Modules are part of WAGO Corporation's IP67 SPEEDWAY 767 I/O-SYSTEM.

October 27, 2011