
News archives for January 2010
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January 4
Of Ploughshares and Swords
Beating ploughshares into swords, a concept first noted in the Bible, has been used throughout history to describe how civilizations transform their cultures from war to peacetime: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swords_to_ploughshares What in the world could this possibly have to do with liquid packaging machinery, you ask?
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January 13
The Importance Of Agility
In the open seas, it takes 26 Miles to turn a battleship around and make it go in the opposite direction. The good news is that Liquid Packaging Solutions is not a battleship, but rather a PT Boat. PT Boats can turn on a dime and head the opposite direction.
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January 22
Filling Liquid Pharmaceutical Products with Peristaltic Pumps
This week we are putting the finishing touches on a turnkey line for a pharmaceutical company down in Miami. Because the products being packaged on this new line are for internal human use, the most important design criteria is driven by the need to prevent any contamination to the product during liquid filling process.
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January 29
Never Go Grocery Shopping With A Packaging Industry Professional!
Anybody who has ever spent as much time as we have in the packaging business will tell you that walking through a supermarket or big box store is a different experience from the "casual consumer". If shopping time is limited, we recommend that people who don't work in our industry refrain from taking us on the next trip to the store, lest we launch off into a tangent about how the products are made, causing a glazing over of eyes and a delay in checking out!
