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Students on Manufacturing Day do quality control checks on LED lighting systems on the factory floor at LumaSmart, a lighting manufacturer in Michigan.

Making Manufacturing Day Memorable

How OEMs can raise awareness for the industry, spark excitement for future generations, and solve the skillset shortage.

Steel Toes and Stilettos

unPACKed with OEM Podcast: Femininity in Manufacturing

Listen as Stephanie Neil outlines the challenges for women in manufacturing with “Steel Toes and Stilettos” authors Kathy Miller and Shannon Karels.

Technology makes manufacturing more efficient, but also creates vulnerabilities.

Hackers Shift Focus to Packaging and Processing

Pervasive new technology increases entry points for cyber attacks. Discover cybersecurity solutions at PACK EXPO International (Oct. 23-26; McCormick Place, Chicago).

Mergers and acquisitions are hampering collaboration.

Consolidation Threatening CPG-OEM Relationships

The shift in the CPG-OEM relationship from transactional to strategic collaboration has hit a snag.

Security Alert for Industrial Control Systems

Matt Rendall, CEO and co-founder of Otto Motors, speaking at the Robotics Summit & Expo in Boston.

Moving Robots Into the Matrix

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The Workforce Undergoes its Own Digital Transformation

Digital Workflow Tools for Knowledge Transfer Across Operations

Emerson Bearing Track Roller

Emerson Bearing Expands Line of Motion Transmission Components

Nord 100 Frame Motor

Nord Motors Provide Additional Strength, Stability, and Cooling Advantages

Amway was able to apply one control and information system, Rockwell Automation’s PlantPAx distributed control system, across all processes to improve capacity and product quality, save energy and raw materials, and reduce process variations and human intervention.

Amway’s Energy Drink Meets Skyrocketing Demand Through Digital Thread

Winco Machine Feet

Winco Machine Feet Feature a High-quality, Stable Design

Neither gas prices nor inflation, rising interest rates nor global conflict, will deter financially well-situated Americans from spending their way through the new Roaring 20s.

Economist: Improving Supply Chain, Easing Demand, Let Packaging Machine OEMs Catch Up

ITR economists forecast a soft landing—not a recession—in coming months as consumers ease out of the pandemic and the revved-up stimulus-era economy fades. This will allow the supply chain to recalibrate and packaging machine OEMs to catch up on orders.

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The Workforce Undergoes its Own Digital Transformation

Tools that will help manufacturers tap into and transfer knowledge across the organization.

Morrison Container Handling Solutions Adds Preventative Maintenance Agreements.

Morrison Container Handling Solutions Launches Preventative Maintenance Agreements

The company extends the power of its legendary Support Built In with the launch of Preventative Maintenance Agreements.

Xavier Gonzalez, Quality Manager, Formers International

Xavier Gonzalez Makes Quality a Priority at Formers International

Named as a 2021 PMMI Emerging Leader On the Rise Award Winner, Gonzalez is leading special projects at the packaging supplier.

Solve motion transfer problems with quality Rod End & Spherical Bearings

Solve motion transfer problems with quality Rod End & Spherical Bearings

Aurora Bearing Company develops key components for dairy machinery, high speed sorters and inserters, baggers and carton erectors. Aurora's engineering experts solve the most difficult applications using ISO 9001:2015 and AS9100D certified products.

unPACKed with PMMI: Next Stop PACK EXPO International 2022

unPACKed with PMMI: Next Stop PACK EXPO International 2022

Hear about automation and software options from PACK EXPO which directly address continuing workforce issues and materials to meet consumer demand for sustainable packages.

Women Drive Innovations in Sustainable Packaging, Digital Printing

A recent issue of Packaging World magazine covers sustainable packaging innovations from Mars, Aveda, and Brita Water and new direct-to-shape digital can printing—all led by women.

From left, Stephanie Neil, OEM; Tony Vandenoever, Pepsi; Tom Heaslip, Colgate-Palmolive (retired); and Herb Dutra, ACH.

LIVE from the ELC: CPGs Lean on OEMs to Help Navigate Sustainability, Workforce

A panel of packaging pros from Pepsi, Colgate, and ACH were asked how they’re tackling today’s challenges. Topping the list was earlier and more robust OEM participation, both in new sustainability projects and in selecting automation to replace labor.

LIVE from ELC: The Millennial Mindset on Money, Career, Communication, and Benefits

Generational researcher Jason Dorsey explains the culture shift happening as Millennials move into management roles.

DELMIAWorks Principal Louis Columbus

The Evolution of OEE and Its Impact on OEMs

In an era of smart, connected machinery, real-time production and process monitoring now goes hand-in-hand with OEE, as does machinery data-based services.

unPacked with PACK EXPO East 2022 - Part 2

unPACKed with PACK EXPO East: Easy F/F/S Options for Emerging Brands

Hear about machinery for emerging brands looking to make their first inroads into packaging and automation software for not only OEE, but also establishing ROI for C-Suite decision makers.

New Industrial Control System Security Threat

The U.S. government’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency issues new alert about attacks targeting ICS/SCADA devices.

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Lenze Highlights Automation Technologies for Machine Builders

At Modex 2022, Lenze showcased its hardware and software portfolio designed to integrate with third-party technologies and shorten OEM equipment development time.

unPacked with PACK EXPO East 2022

unPACKed with PACK EXPO East: The Rise of Mono Materials and Robot Staffing Agencies

Hear about eye-catching sustainable materials and workforce enabling automation seen at PACK EXPO East.

PACK EXPO International 2022 (Oct. 23-26; McCormick Place, Chicago)

PACK EXPO International Returns with Eight New Show Additions

In response to unprecedented demands on the industry, the most comprehensive packaging and processing show in the world in 2022 gets even bigger.

At PACK EXPO East: Adaptable Cobots, DevOps for Industrial Control, and Line Clearance Technology

Engineering firms enable robots-as-a-service, efficient software development, and automated line clearance to avoid product recalls.

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OEM Supplier Survey Reveals Contract Manufacturing and Packaging Needs

More than a third of OEM respondents said that 10% to 25% of their sales come from contract manufacturing and packaging customers.

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High-Speed Pick & Place is Washdown Ready

The Orics DS Series robot is constructed from stainless steel, designed to withstand harsh washdown water and steam environment in the food, chemical, and medical industries.

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Direct-to-Corrugated Print System Obviates Pre-Printed Cases

With two 4-in. heads, this high-resolution system is able to print onto an 8-in.-tall space, directly onto corrugated. In some situations, this could mean non needing to buy pre-printed corrugated cases.

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Line Clearance Assistance Technology for Life Sciences

Xyntek takes a manual process and automates it using a series of cameras and software.

Adam Gluck, CEO & Founder of Copia Automation, speaking at PACK EXPO East.

Copia Automation Brings Modern DevOps to Industrial Control

The startup builds ergonomic workflows on top of the IT-based Git version control tool so that it works with visual control system programs.

Amway was able to apply one control and information system, Rockwell Automation’s PlantPAx distributed control system, across all processes to improve capacity and product quality, save energy and raw materials, and reduce process variations and human intervention.

Amway’s Energy Drink Meets Skyrocketing Demand Through Digital Thread

The PlantPAX control system from Rockwell Automation is enabling greater operator efficiency, real-time troubleshooting, simplified data analysis, and increased manufacturing flexibility, among other improvements, through increased connectivity.