Greg Masingill will be taking over as Executive Vice President at Schneider Packaging. Masingill has integrated experience in corporate strategy, sales, marketing, logistics and product development, and worked for Seneca Corp for 15 years. 

The Tampa Bay Packaging Open House is a unique opportunity to visit 16 manufacturers and see equipment, examine construction methods, meet with manufacturing personnel, and discuss projects or potential projects with some of the world's foremost packaging equipment manufacturers.

Dorner’s newly revamped website features a more modern, user-friendly interface for better functionality and customer support, and the site is fully responsive.

Piab introduces piPUMP23, a powerful vacuum pump aimed at automated industrial procedures for packaging, sheet metal and wood products. The new pump offers the same premium vacuum ejection performance and energy-efficiency as piCOMPACT23, the company’s popular all-in-one vacuum generator.

Dorner’s SmartFlex Pallet System conveyors are now available in D-Tools, Dorner’s online conveyor configurator that includes 2D and 3D CAD libraries and other functions. Using D-Tools, project engineers, plant managers and others can now design a SmartFlex Pallet System conveyor to fit their exact application in a matter of minutes.

MoistTech’s IR-3000 gauge allows instant, non-contact, continuous measurement throughout your process to ensure a quality finished product. The IR-3000 is insensitive to material variations such as particle size, material height and color, providing continuous, reliable readings with zero maintenance and a one- time calibration with a non-drift optical design. Measuring moisture throughout the manufacturing process prevents out of specification products and allows the process to be optimized to maximize its potential.

U.S. Tsubaki Power Transmission LLC announces the newest product to be launched in conjunction with Tsubakimoto’s 100th Anniversary: lube-free Lambda® Chain, with NSF-H1 high-temperature, food-grade lubricant impregnated into the bushings to improve chain performance and extend wear life.

The new Spiral Chutes from Dorner are an economical way to gently move product down to a lower level – with gravity doing all the work.

Motion Industries Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Genuine Parts Company, announces that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Apache, Inc., headquartered in Cedar Rapids, IA. 

PDC International Corporation introduces the Monobloc” shrinksealer, an ultra-compact tamper-evident banding system, and the newest addition to PDC’s 75 Series Shrinksealers.