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Matrox Imaging, a trusted supplier of machine vision components to OEMs, machine builders and integrators in manufacturing industries including packaging, will demonstrate vision hardware and software for traceability, inspection and guidance at ATX Midwest.

The Carton Council of North America, a group of carton manufacturers united to deliver long term collaborative solutions in order to divert valuable cartons from the landfill, has been awarded the 2013 Bow and Arrow Award for Coalition Building by the California Product Stewardship Council (CPSC).

Evergreen Packaging announces the launch of the fall 2013 Made By Milk Carton Construction Contest, themed "Transportation." Schools across the United States can win up to $5,000 by having classroom teams design and construct creations made from empty school milk cartons, which students save from their school lunches. The deadline for submissions is November 15, 2013.

Bemis Performance Packaging announces the launch of its new website. The new website provides consumer goods companies with user-friendly resources to address packaging challenges and create brand advantages with the latest in packaging innovations. The site also offers informative content on the company’s broad range of flexible packaging products and capabilities, all of which can be quickly sourced by market segment or packaging type.

The brand new showrooms will highlight the latest adhesive technologies and associated dispensing and curing equipment. Located in Loctite-certified distributor branch locations throughout the U.S., the showrooms will allow design and production engineers to design an adhesive application process using genuine Loctite adhesives and equipment before making a final purchase decision.

Pro Mach, Inc. announces that its ID Technology division has acquired New Hampshire-based Winco ID, a leading manufacturer and provider of label, barcode, and identification solutions. ID Technology, based in Fort Worth, Texas, is one of North America's largest single-source providers of labeling, coding, and marking equipment, services, labels, and related supplies.

With the recent growth in connecting social media with product promotion and product traceability needs, Markem-Imaje sees thermal ink jet as an important enabling technology to meet or exceed its customers’ emerging product promotion and product traceability printing expectations.

Roger Reiser, President and CEO of Robert Reiser & Co., Inc., has announced the appointment of Scott Scriven to Reiser’s newly created position of Sr. Vice President of Sales & Marketing.

As part of an ongoing commitment to sustainable business practices, Zumbiel Packaging joined the EPA's Green Power Partnership (GPP) in June, 2013. The Cincinnati-area paperboard packaging company has committed to purchase five percent of its electricity from renewable sources in order to reduce the environmental impact of its operations.

Cognex Corporation will be highlighting its latest vision and ID systems in Booth C-4526 at the upcoming Pack Expo, scheduled to take place September 23-25, 2013 at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las Vegas, Nevada.