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On the final day of Pack Expo Las Vegas, Packaging Strategies editorial director Kristin Joker sat down with PMMI President and CEO Jim Pittas to talk about challenges and opportunities, and how he plans to change what frustrates him most.

When any element on a production line fails, the entire production line probably goes down, at considerable loss of time and profit. The first thought of the maintenance engineer is, “How soon can I get it back up?” The pain begins when the line goes down and ends when the line recovers full production.

Packaging trends are already coming out for 2020. It makes sense, since they stem from the previous year’s designs, shifts in consumer demand and what the market is working on in the corporate realm.

Modular packaging machines integrate XTS transport system from Beckhoff to realize Industry 4.0 concepts.

Schneider Electric announced that world-leading futurist Jim Carroll will deliver the keynote address at its Innovation Days: 2019 Foxboro and Triconex User Groups conference, taking place Oct. 21-24, 2019, in Austin, Texas.

The global servo motors and drives market was valued at US $9 billion in 2014, and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 8% between 2019 and 2029, for a global value of US $28 billion by the end of 2029.

Packaging is a constantly shifting environment. However, unlike the rest of production, packaging processes have been slow to uptake new technologies. Thankfully, with the rise of developments in technology, like sensors, human-machine interfaces and motion control, flexibility of the packaging line is better than ever.

Designed to power innovation across the industry, PMMI’s PACK EXPO Las Vegas and co-located Healthcare Packaging EXPO, Sept. 23-25, will cover 900,000 net sq. ft. of exhibit space, with 2,000 exhibitors and 30,000 attendees from nearly every market.