Darren McKune Named Regional Sales Manager Covering Southeastern United States

HARTLAND, WI | Darren McKune has been named Regional Sales Manager covering Alabama, Florida, Georgia and Mississippi for Dorner. In his new role, McKune will be working with distributors, integrators, OEM’s, and end users to grow the company’s industrial and sanitary conveyor business, as well as focusing on the automation markets throughout the four states. McKune brings several years…

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Roland DGA Announces New VersaWorks 6 RIP Software to Power-Up User Efficiency and Performance

IRVINE, CA |Roland DGA Corporation, a leading manufacturer of wide-format inkjet printers, 3D milling machines, and other innovative digital devices, has announced the release of new Roland VersaWorks® 6 RIP and print management software for its inkjet printers and printer/cutters. Roland VersaWorks® includes a broad range of features to streamline the entire printing process by generating high-quality…

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10 Percent Visitor Increase at INDOPLAS, INDOPACK and INDOPRINT 2018

CHICAGO, IL | The recent staging of the Indonesian International Plastics, Packaging and Printing Exhibitions INDOPLAS, INDOPACK and INDOPRINT 2018, closed to very positive results: 24,918 trade visitors from 31 countries took part to see the technologies presented by 360 exhibitors from 21 nations on 161,500 square feet. The visitor participation marks a 10 percent increase…

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Epson to Showcase On-Demand Label Solutions at SupplySide West

Epson America, Inc., a leader in the digital label and packaging industry, will be showcasing its leading ColorWorks® on-demand color label printing solutions at SupplySide West in Las Vegas in booth #5315. Epson will be demonstrating its ColorWorks on-demand inkjet label printers that deliver fast, efficient, custom labels on-demand to save time and reduce costs, bringing greater flexibility to…

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“Keeping it Personal” Beautiful Packaging Conveys Company Culture

by Christine Pietryla Wetzler, editor In this installment of “Keeping it Personal” I spoke to maple syrup producer, Eric Sorkin, who with his wife, Laura, own and operate Runamok Maple. The Vermont-based maple syrup producer sits on 250 acres in Fairfield, Vt. and 1,100 acres in Cambridge, Vt. and taps approximately 81,000 trees to produce…

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Food Container Market to Grow Rapidly

The global Food Container Market is anticipated to rise at a staggering CAGR in the forthcoming period. Food containers come in several size and shape. The plastic, as a raw material used for packaging of food items, differs in purpose. For instance, PET plastics used for medicine jars, beverage bottles absorb the odor and food flavors stored…

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SHOW PREVIEW | Pack Expo Chicago October 2018

Pack Expo remains the largest packaging event of the year. It’s taking place October 14 – 17, 2018 in Chicago at McCormick Place. It features more than 2,500 exhibitors in 40 vertical markets and expects more than 50,000 attendees over the three-day event. New in 2018, the PACKage Printing Pavilion will display the latest smart packaging printing…

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Sun Centre Exhibits at Pack Expo, October 14 – October 17

Sun Centre will exhibit at Pack Expo Oct 14-17 with a dynamic live remote to its new Technical Center. The live remote allows visitors to watch a live production run of pouches at the Technical Center, and to interface with operators onsite there with questions or requests for a closer look at various machine functions.…

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