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Equipment innovations bring new level of automation to packaging operations: Pack Expo Las Vegas...

It's amazing how much packaging is still done by hand, especially at the end of the line. For packagers with manual operations, robotic technology and new equipment designs are making it easier than ever to automate or transition to upgraded equipment.

Packagers can research and review some of the latest trends in automated packaging equipment by visiting PACK EXPO, September 26-28, 2005, at the Las Vegas Convention Center. Sponsored and produced by the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute, the show will display hundreds of machines capable of automating manual o

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