Nov 16, 2015

Wanted: Manufacturing Machine Operator / Manual Lathe Machinist

Job Description: Convertech, a leading manufacturer of expanding shafts and chucks, is looking for experienced Manufacturing Machine Operators. Your experience running a manual lathe will make you a perfect fit for this Manual Lathe Machinist…

Nov 12, 2015

Recycling Reconsidered

Here’s an interesting article from Eco-Insights blogger Robert Lilienfeld: "Recycling is not a new phenomenon. From the Sumerians who built the first-ever cities 4,000 years ago to modern Europe and America, virtually every civilization…

Nov 11, 2015

Pet Food Packaging to Top $2.5 Billion

The food and beverage markets represent the largest consumption group for packaging materials and machinery. Sales for one top growing segment alone—pet food packaging—are expected to reach $2.5 billion in 2018 in the U.S., according to market…

Nov 11, 2015

Develop Custom Robotic Picking Applications

MotoPick™ is a user-friendly, highly advanced software package that allows for the development of machine vision-based, high-speed picking solutions. This powerful software can synchronize multiple robots equipped with vision to pick fast moving…

Nov 10, 2015

Dog food packaging gets more personable

Here’s an interesting article by Rick Lingle from Packaging Design: "Just Right by Purina’s custom dog food blend launched last year enhances the label on the bag packaging to make it even more personal—and more fetching for pet owners.…

Nov 09, 2015

10 Ways Smart Packaging Extends Your Brand

Here’s a good post from John Van Ankkeren: What can hardware manufacturers learn from cream cheese? In this example, brand owners can increase brand loyalty and gain powerful revenue with packaging that is smart. In 2014, Kraft changed both the…

Nov 06, 2015

Goss Launches Unwinders and Rewinders

h/t to Yolanda Simonsis for sharing this: DURHAM, NH | Goss announces new Contiweb modular product lines for digital web presses. Company says new unwinders and rewinders introduce proven tension control technology to digital web printing;…

Nov 06, 2015

Manufacturing Jobs: Ours to Lose

Machinists at Convertech As an owner of a small manufacturer for over 30 years, I can attest to the fact that U.S. school systems no longer produce work-ready adults who are equipped for careers as machinists. While today’s job’s report seems…

Nov 05, 2015

How is India Using Robots?

The president’s administration is getting in on the recently hot topic of lowering drug prices by calling for a forum later this month aims to address the issue. According to The New York Times, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, the Secretary of Health…

Nov 05, 2015

Rising Drug Costs Trouble White House

The president’s administration is getting in on the recently hot topic of lowering drug prices by calling for a forum later this month aims to address the issue. According to The New York Times, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, the Secretary of Health…

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