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TimBar Packaging & Display’s New Oxford Division held a ribbon cutting ceremony on October 3 to commemorate the start up of its new Bobst Martin Flexo Folder Gluer.

Packaging lines must be fined-tuned, efficient and free of hold-ups, break-downs and stoppages. New innovations in cartoning machinery not only offer speed, but they bulk up on versatility and pack new methods for an ever growing market.

Power Automation Systems announced its largest project to date: an automated warehousing solution to move and store more than 72,000 pallets of wine for Trinchero Family Estates. The project is part of the new state-of-the-art bottling and warehousing facility Trinchero is building in Lodi, CA.

TARA Dairy, the third-largest dairy brand in Israel, and its partner MÜLLER have chosen a Form-Fill-Seal line by Arcil to increase the manufacturing capacity for yoghurt and desserts in the new factory in Netivot, Israel.

The PEEK Atto Super Air Nozzle has been engineered to produce the highest performance attainable from a tiny nozzle.

Growth in worldwide demand for packaging machinery is expected to climb at a 4.6% annual pace through 2017 to $41.8 billion.

The 3100 Series Easy Pack system from Cobalt Packaging (www.cobaltpackaging.com) features two independent, portable, flexible machines, the 100 Series Case Former-Packer and the 300 Series Collator.

Companies can be proactive and take four critical steps to minimize unplanned downtime and improve the Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) of operations including: designing and configuring the line to meet quality and output requirements; selecting the right equipment for the application; maintaining the equipment properly during its lifecycle; and clearly defining measures and processes to continuously improve the operation of the equipment.

According to recent statistics, bottled water consumption is about half that of carbonated soft drinks, but slightly ahead of milk and beer

Linx Printing Technologies (www.linxglobal.com) is taking laser coding to new levels with the launch of a range of scribing laser coders, offering the most efficient production line solutions with no compromise on quality.