In the past, manufacturing and bottling plants were manually controlled by operating personnel. This task has long since been carried out by programmable logic controllers. But this is just the beginning – the foundation of a worldwide trend will effectively be continued at drinktec 2009 from 14 to 19 September at the Munich trade fair centre: where modern automation technology throughout the entire value-added chain of drinks and liquid foods will be introduced. The entire topic range of process control, control technology and IT will therefore be recurring themes running throughout all the halls.
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Over the past year, Nordenia International AG, of Greven, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, a leading international producer and processor of films for flexible packaging applications has been installing AVT’s PrintVision/Argus process control and quality assurance solution at facilities in Germany, Poland and Spain. These orders are in excess of US$1 million.
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Seidenader Maschinenbau, one of the leading suppliers of automatic inspection machines for the pharmaceutical industry, and Optima Group have decided to combine the activities of their companies specialized in the field of automation and control systems.
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The Optima Group (Schwäbisch Hall) presents itself on the Interpack with a comprehensive performance range: Innovative packaging technologies for the Pharma, Consumer and Nonwovens industries, converting and packaging lines for Medicare products, as well as MES software and optical quality control systems for all three industries.
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