Author: John Henry – Page 4
Bright and Shiny Objects
As a plant engineering manager in the ’70s and ’80s I was sometimes accused of being an easy mark for
Two Kinds of Green
Some consumers believe that packagers don’t care about either the environment or reducing waste. The truth is that packagers are
WHY BUY?
Welcome to the first of a new monthly feature from Frain Group. “Line by line” will focus on how to
SHRINK LABELS
Pat Reynolds of Packaging World magazine has always something interesting to talk about. I finally got around to the December
THE FENCE
English author G.K. Chesterton once wrote about the paradox of the fence. He asked the reader to suppose that they
CHECKWEIGHING
Most packaging lines need checkweighing. Others need inspection for particulates including things like glass chips or metal particles.
Still others,
www.getpocket.com
I’d never heard of Cabinet Magazine before but I suspect that I will be looking at it again from time
CAPACITY PLANNING
What’s your plant capacity?
That’s not a trick question but can be a tricky one and not easy to answer.
SPEED
Last month I started talking about packaging line speeds and found I had more words than space. This month I
VALVES
I had the privilege of attending a press conference and in depth booth tour of Festo at the recent PackExpo.
PACK EXPO 2012
In my 35 years in the industry I have seen a number of instances where simple modifications to the package