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PACKAGING LINE

When designing a new packaging line, it is important to get samples of all the components as early as possible.

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STILL MADE IN THE USA

One of my pet peeves is politicians (who should know better) and others (who listen to politicians) talking about how

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CAP WITH FOIL CUTTER

My son recently ran across an interesting bottle and cap combo in the hospital where he practices and he brought

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UNINTENDED PURPOSES

In his January column in Modern Machine Shop magazine, Mark Albert wrote an article about what he called “unintended purposes”.

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AMBIGUOUS SIGNAGE

A few weeks ago I was in Sam’s Club headed for checkout. For those not familiar with Sam’s, the typical

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VIRTUAL CPGs (Consumer Package Goods)

I just ran across an interesting article about a store that could revolutionize how consumer goods are packaged. http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-0504-peapod-20120504,0,6298160.story
Peapod

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A MAN AND A DOG

A few months ago The Atlantic had an interesting article about a manufacturing plant in South Carolina (http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/01/making-it-in-america/8844/). The EconTalk

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NO CHANGE SPROCKETS

An application I run across from time to time connects a cartoner to a pouch or bag forming machine. One

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PANTONE AND COLORS

Package design is all about colors. What makes a package stand out, what makes a customer feel good about a

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WEBCAMS

A few of years ago at PackExpo I got interested in television. As in tele (distant) vision. Several companies were

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3D PRINTING

Just finished another 3 day IOPP “Packaging Machinery Basics” course at Frain. It went great and we all learned a

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STEREOTYPES

The other night I carried the dirty clothes down to the washing machine. I started putting them in but my

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