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Magline, the leader in innovative solutions in the material handling industry, asserts innovation starts in the boardroom. Bill Joseph, Vice President of Sales at Magline, suggested recently at ErgoExpo that support from top executives plays a crucial role in the long-term effectiveness of quality, far beyond project funding. Long-term executive sponsorship results in top-down support, executive voice, and sustained resources, which are the three elements that quality needs to thrive.

Topper Industrial addresses common myths of adopting industrial carts in fork truck free manufacturing environments. The first myth is "Carts are too difficult to push."

For those who are on the look-out for high-quality solid surface furniture such as bar counters, conference tables, office desks, reception desks, restaurant tables, or a bathroom vanity, the good news is that WANBEST is manufacturing and offering these items. Being an office desk manufacturer as well as makers of various types of solid surface furniture, they take inputs from their customers and convert those ideas into workable 3D designs. Once customers give their nod of approval and confirm the 3D designs, they proceed further and initiate the process of manufacturing the furniture, says the company.

A global manufacturer and supplier of technologically advanced outdoor fogging equipment, Longray Technology, proudly offers an exceptional range of portable thermal foggers for use in any outside disinfecting or eradication need.

Innovative FlexPak (IFP) was formed in 2006 with a goal of becoming a leading single-serve packaging and flexible packaging company of gels, purees, and liquids in the flexible fill-form and seal-packaging segment (tear-top pouches). IFP is Converting Ideas into Products as Experts in Product Development and Manufacturing. IFP is the largest-supplier of custom-single-serve tear-top pouches. With significant investments in packaging-and-pasteurization equipment, IFP has the capability of filling hundreds-of-thousands of pouches daily to meet demands of small-and-large production runs. IFP are experts in Product-Development and Manufacturing, Delivering quality product.

Innovative FlexPak (IFP) was formed in 2006 with a goal of becoming a leading single-serve packaging and flexible packaging company of gels, purees, and liquids in the flexible fill-form and seal-packaging segment (tear-top pouches). IFP is Converting Ideas into Products as Experts in Product Development and Manufacturing. IFP is the largest-supplier of custom-single-serve tear-top pouches. With significant investments in packaging-and-pasteurization equipment, IFP has the capability of filling hundreds-of-thousands of pouches daily to meet demands of small-and-large production runs. IFP are experts in Product-Development and Manufacturing, Delivering quality product.

Innovative FlexPak (IFP) was formed in 2006 with a goal of becoming a leading single-serve packaging and flexible packaging company of gels, purees, and liquids in the flexible fill-form and seal-packaging segment (tear-top pouches). IFP is Converting Ideas into Products as Experts in Product Development and Manufacturing. IFP is the largest-supplier of custom-single-serve tear-top pouches. With significant investments in packaging-and-pasteurization equipment, IFP has the capability of filling hundreds-of-thousands of pouches daily to meet demands of small-and-large production runs. IFP are experts in Product-Development and Manufacturing, Delivering quality product.

Innovative FlexPak (IFP) was formed in 2006 with a goal of becoming a leading single-serve packaging and flexible packaging company of gels, purees, and liquids in the flexible fill-form and seal-packaging segment (tear-top pouches). IFP is Converting Ideas into Products as Experts in Product Development and Manufacturing. IFP is the largest-supplier of custom-single-serve tear-top pouches. With significant investments in packaging-and-pasteurization equipment, IFP has the capability of filling hundreds-of-thousands of pouches daily to meet demands of small-and-large production runs. IFP are experts in Product-Development and Manufacturing, Delivering quality product.

Innovative FlexPak (IFP) was formed in 2006 with a goal of becoming a leading single-serve packaging and flexible packaging company of gels, purees, and liquids in the flexible fill-form and seal-packaging segment (tear-top pouches). IFP is Converting Ideas into Products as Experts in Product Development and Manufacturing. IFP is the largest-supplier of custom-single-serve tear-top pouches. With significant investments in packaging-and-pasteurization equipment, IFP has the capability of filling hundreds-of-thousands of pouches daily to meet demands of small-and-large production runs. IFP are experts in Product-Development and Manufacturing, Delivering quality product.

Precision Coating Company, Inc. (PCCI), a subsidiary of Katahdin Industries Inc., will be exhibiting at the upcoming Medical Design & Manufacturing (MD&M) West expo—the world's largest annual MedTech event—in Anaheim, California from February 7–9, 2017 (Booth #2296). PCCI will be unveiling its expanded medical coating capacity with the addition of a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in Costa Rica, slated for a grand opening in May, 2017. Headquartered in Hudson, MA, Precision Coating provides a variety of medical grade fluoropolymer (polytetrafluoroethylene, or PTFE) coating chemistries for medical devices employing a state-of-the art automated deposition coating process that holds extremely tight tolerances ensuring 100% first pass yields.

Topper Industrial is offering an educational seminar at ProMat 2017, the largest expo for the manufacturing and supply chain industries from April 3-6, 2016 in Chicago, IL. The seminar will be offered twice. The seminar, titled, "Why the Fork Truck Free Movement is the North American 2017 Material Handling Trend," is April 3, 2017 from 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM in Theater D and April 5, 2017 from 3:00 PM - 3:45 PM in Theater E.

Manufacturing journalist, Thomas R. Cutler discussed how STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) education training is keeping pace in the job market. The article was recently published in AutomationMedia.com magazine.

Synchrono, a leader in modern demand-driven manufacturing software, released its 2017 Top Ten Trends in Modern Demand-Driven Manufacturing. The list is based on interactions with hundreds of manufacturers and industry experts addressing challenges, innovation and technologies associated with manufacturing digitization, visibility and synchronization.

A warehouse challenge that companies are facing today includes keeping up during Cyber Monday/Black Friday. Cyber Monday and Black Friday is a "make or break" time for companies. Order volumes might increase by 400% for a week which puts a big strain on warehouse operations. Most companies bring in temporary workers to help them meet the needs of their customers. One major problem with temporary workers is they do not know and understand the company's products. This requires the companies experienced employees to help train and manage the temporary workers.

Ask Hytrol is a video series aimed at helping customers maintain their conveyor systems. The newest video addresses how to properly determine belt tension on a belted conveyor. Jon Noell, Customer Training Specialist at Hytrol, explained in the video, "Proper belt tension is one of the most important practices in maintaining the life of a conveyor. Everything on a belted conveyor is built in the premise of rotation."

Wistex II, LLC, is a premier electrical distribution company that prides itself on quick turnaround times, accurate quotes and high-quality components such as VFD parts for sale online. After a highly successful year, the business is looking forward and setting ambitious organizational goals for 2017.

American company FPP Outlet has just launched a new ecommerce website to promote their latest products. The firm distributes items made by a broad range of different brands to industry-related operations. It is hoped the new site will contribute towards boosting sales and raising awareness. Prices are kept as low as possible to ensure clients won't find better deals elsewhere. Indeed, that is why so many business owners are making the switch to this supplier in 2017.

E Instruments, a U.S-based manufacturer of instrumentation solutions, is pleased to announce that an introductory video, which is about their handheld AQ VOC monitor for IAQ analysis, is available for viewing on their YouTube channel. For over 15 years, E Instruments has been manufacturing and distributing air quality monitors, combustion analyzers, gas leak detectors, and many other products to customers all over the globe. In addition to issuing videos about their products, the company also publishes brochures and application notes that can be downloaded directly from E Instruments' website.

Once again Haruhiko Kawaguchi is shocking people with his work, sealing more couples together using shrink wrap, following his art craze Flesh Love which brought the photographer to fame back in 2009. In his work the artist/photographer captures naked couples sealed in large sheets of shrink-wrap and shocks the nation – as of course this presents people involved with a high level of danger, as those being photographed have to hold their breath whilst the photography takes place.

When it comes to protecting our valuables, many of us are now aware that security safes provide the ultimate solution – especially ones that have Eurograde ratings, as these safes are designed specifically to guard against theft and burglary, and when available for purchase have already been through an extensive series of testing to receive certification. However, in a lot of cases these safes tend to be bulky and heavy, meaning that they are only suitable for downstairs use, which of course means that sometimes people face difficulties. One safe provider however, SMP Security Solutions, boast a phenomenal range of lightweight safes from Grade 0-6 to allow for people to combat this issue and store their cash and valuables in a vaster range of places within the home and workplace.

One of the leading providers of welding equipment in Adelaide, WESS, offers equipment for hire services at the most competitive prices. In their equipment to hire services, they offer equipment for 1 day to 10 years. Most of the small manufacturing industries couldn't grow at the expected pace due to unavailability of required machines because they don't have enough fund to buy expensive machineries. In order to resolve their issues, WESS has come with equipment to hire services. In their equipment to hire services they offer Arc Metal Sprayer / Transfer, Arc Welders, Automation, Bevellers, Heating, Mig Welding Tractors, Mig Welders, Mig Wire Feeders, Pipe Rollers, and much more. People looking to hire welding equipment can visit their official portal, WESS.com.au, to know more about the welding products they wish to hire from them.

Seegrid, the leader in vision guided autonomous vehicles for materials handling, announced today the completion of a successful 2016, in which Seegrid doubled orders based on increased demand from both existing and new customers. Innovative companies like Jaguar Land Rover, Whirlpool, Daimler, and one of the world's largest online retailers all selected Seegrid vision guided vehicles (VGVs) to help transform their enterprises. Seegrid's data-rich sensor technology continues to deliver unmatched flexibility and the lowest total cost of ownership to companies investing in automated material handling and Enterprise Intelligence solutions. Seegrid's driverless vehicles are the most proven AGVs that do not require fixed infrastructure in the factory or warehouse. Seegrid ended the year with more than 500,000 driverless miles at customer facilities—equivalent to traveling to the moon and back—without a single safety incident.

Manufacturing journalist, Thomas R. Cutler predicted that distribution jobs will continue to grow with automation and robots increasing impact. All told, warehouse and distribution employment remains a bright spot on the US jobs front. For example, warehousing operators added 3,100 jobs from October to November, and have boosted payrolls by 47,400 jobs over the past 12 months, according to statistics from the US Dept. of Labor. All told there are about 880,000 warehouse workers in the US, with 103,00 of them in California.

Customers will find Stainless Steel Turbine meters, Electromagnetic Flow Meters, and Liquid Control Positive Displacement Meters and various parts, fully configurable, online and available for purchase on the new Avanti Company website. Additionally, products such as the 64 Seconds water leak detection equipment, Infosense SL-RAT for sewer line assessment, Nicor Meter Box Lids and brackets, Guardian meter box inflow cap with AMI bracket and Do Mac meter testers can be viewed online and purchased directly.

Project Soymilk is a passion designed by a team of young and well motivated entrepreneurs in Delvira Limited to achieve two major goals. Firstly, provide a nutritionally balanced and healthy food drink to young undernourished children and those that are nutritionally challenged due to their health status such as diabetic patients and lactose intolerant individuals. Secondly, the other goal of Project soymilk is to leverage on the agricultural and economic value chain of soybean processing in to soymilk to provide the much needed jobs and opportunities to young unemployed persons within the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Project Soymilk is an agro-processing initiative where soybean would be processed into soymilk which has numerous nutritional and health benefits in fighting cancer, high cholesterol levels, diabetes, osteoporosis and acute malnutrition.