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| FachPack contributes to more efficiency in the packaging industry  The packaging industry shows the innovations that have made it the world leader at FachPack+PrintPack+LogIntern 2006 in the Exhibition Centre Nuremberg from 26-28 September. A good 1,200 exhibitors (2004: 1, 157), who expect over 30,000 visitors (2004: 29, 260), will ensure a convincing show. About 2 % of the product value in Germany is attributed to the packaging. The worldwide production volume of packaging supplies and machinery is estimated at some 400 billion EUR. Almost every third packaging machine sold comes from Germany.With a production volume of around 4.2 billion EUR, this segment of the German mechanical engineering industry occupies first place ahead of the USA, Japan and Italy. One competitive advantage of the German machinery manufacturers is the high degree of automation, which is particularly demanded by brand article manufacturers in the Western countries. The trend is to design individual machines of a plant as modules, so that they can be combined differently if required. This calls for open automation architectures, such as those created by the Packaging Group of the international user association OMAC (Open Modular Architecture Controls). write your comments about the article :: © 2006 Construction News :: home page |