February 2023

PPMA BEST is encouraging budding engineers with Virtual ‘Factory of the Future’ STEM days

Matt Fox, PPMA BEST Co-ordinator has delivered 18 virtual STEM days to over 2,600 students; with further days planned for 2023.

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The flexibility offered by an ice cream cartoning line is preventing US product losses in operation

Hudsonville Creamery & Ice Cream has invested
in end of line automation from Gerhard Schubert
to deliver top flexibility for its delicate products

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Future technologies will be presented at this year’s Industrial Ethernet Week this month

Harting invites you to attend its second event to
learn from technical experts and IIoT pioneers’ 
sessions that takes place over 21 - 23 February

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Latest vision tunnel and barcode reader combo is boosting sortation rates for logistics facilities

Cognex has released the DataMan 580 fixed-mount 
barcode reader, designed for five- and six- sided
modular vision tunnels, to increase package speeds

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Two heat sealing machines are delivering consistent presentation and reduced food waste for sandwiches

Artisan sandwich maker Proper Tasty is using heat
sealers from Soken Engineering for its natural Kraft
card and plant-based films packs used for its range

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A machine vision and imaging web shop has opened for business as a trusted platform

Scorpion Vision has launched what it describes as
the biggest online marketplace for machine vision 
and imaging which catalogues over 1,000 products

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