Food packaging and processing firm Tetra Pak has acquired Germany-based Big Drum Engineering for an undisclosed sum. Based in Edertal, Big Drum is involved in the supply of filling machines for the ice cream industry. The company is ...
Automaker Ford Motor is targeting $10bn in incremental material cost reductions and lower engineering costs by $4bn from planned levels over the next five years. Ford’s newly appointed CEO and president Jim Hackett noted that the ...
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Sun-Tox, a Japanese producer of plastic films, has installed a new biaxially oriented polypropylene (BOPP) film production line manufactured by German engineering giant Brückner. The Japanese firm is a member of Tokuyama Group, a ...
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Automated Packaging Systems (APS) has launched a new fully-integrated counter and bag packaging system for high speed counting and packaging of small products. The Data Count U 162 Counter from DATA Detection Technologies has been ...
The M1 and M5X inline flexo presses demonstrated on the BOBST stand at Labelexpo Europe 2017, are the latest configurations of the existing presses that have been best sellers in their respective markets. The best Total Cost of Ownership ...
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Pulse Roll Label Products has partnered with Edale, a UK-based manufacturer of high technology, narrow to mid web flexographic and hybrid digital printing presses and converting equipment. The strategic alliance sees British-based Pulse ...
ProPhotonix Ltd of Salem, NH, USA, a designer and manufacturer LED illumination systems and laser diode modules for OEMs and medical equipment companies (as well as a distributor of laser diodes for Ushio, Osram, QSI, Panasonic and Sony) ...
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State University of New York (SUNY) Polytechnic Institute says that associate professor of nanoengineering Dr Woongje Sung has been selected to receive $750,000 in federal funding from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to develop silicon ...
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Ford has expanded the use of Microsoft’s HoloLens mixed reality technology to all of its global centers to speed up vehicle design. Ford designers can now wear a pair of wireless headsets to see several digital designs and parts, as ...
ILC Dover is set to unveil new Xtrakt Bulk Liquid Dispensing System for customers in the personal care, chemical and food industries at this year’s Pack Expo event in Las Vegas. Pack Expo will take place from 25 to 27 September. ...
Berlin Packaging, the supplier of plastic, glass, and metal containers and closures, has announced the launch of a newly-designed website for Dangerous Goods, its division that has been helping companies safely and economically ship ...
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Food processing, packaging and weighing equipment manufacturer Heat and Control has opened a new manufacturing facility in Chennai, India, which has a manufacturing area of more than 11,800m2. Building on a foundation of 35 years ...
As part of the Special Session program at the IEEE Energy Conversion Congress & Expo (ECCE 2017) in Cincinnati, OH (1–5 October), the Power Electronics Industry Collaborative (PEIC) – a national, industry-focused member-based ...
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Pro Mach’s subsidiary Edson is set to introduce new robotic mixed-product case packing solution at the Pack Expo in Las Vegas, US. The solution is cliamed to offer the speed and flexibility needed for e-commerce fulfillment and food ...
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The Reusable Packaging Association (RPA) has announced that STIHL Inc. and Goodwill Industries International are the winners of the 2017 Excellence in Reusable Packaging award. Two award categories were established in 2017: one to ...
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