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filling with minimum exertion achieves a maximum fill capacity that is approximately equivalent to 70 times the original volume of the paper, cutting down on storage space and costs. Changing a roll of paper takes only a few seconds, and the SpeedMan is immediately ready for use again. SpeedMan is easily operated by foot pedal and the adjustable operating speed enables it to adapt to suit individual requirements and ensure maximum flexibility. Lightweight and mobile with slender dimensions, SpeedMan is easily integrated into even the most confined packaging space. The machine head can be freely pivoted and adjusted to achieve the perfect height and angle for almost any production or packaging requirement. A 14 day no obligation trial period is also available. PACKER®


, the trading name of Packaging The need for speed


Leading packaging equipment and materials supplier Packer Products is pleased to announce the launch of SpeedMan, an innovative new paper void- filling machine in the UK. SpeedMan is a modern paper filling system that provides a cost effective and environmentally friendly solution to void filling, dispensing fully recyclable SpeedMan paper that is made from 100 per cent waste paper. Rapid void


Enhanced manufacturing intelligence


FactoryTalk VantagePoint 4.0 software from Rockwell Automation now includes enhanced connectors, configuration and reporting tools to significantly reduce the time, complexity and cost of developing meaningful reports, visualisation and analytics for manufacturing operations and enhance performance for manufacturing intelligence applications. The latest version is designed to simplify the end-user experience, include connectivity to additional Rockwell Automation products, and provide native integration to Microsoft SharePoint 2010. This brings an unprecedented opportunity to expose plant- floor data to the enterprise and many other capabilities like business intelligence, collaboration and communications typically not found in a real-time manufacturing operation. FactoryTalk VantagePoint software connects to disparate data sources – real time, historical, relational and transactional – to create a single resource that can access, aggregate and correlate information into a common, unified model that allows trends, reports and dashboards to help customers make fact-based


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Aids Ltd., has over 40 years experience offering branded value for money packaging equipment, from simple hand tape dispensers to automatic wrapping systems together with a wide variety of consumables. The company’s 6500 sqm facility located in Basildon, Essex, allows them to maintain comprehensive stocks and offer same day despatch in most instances. Experienced engineers are on hand to provide after sales service. 8For more information call 01268 885885, email sales@packer-products.co.uk or visit www.packer-products.co.uk.


decisions. FactoryTalk VantagePoint Web- based dashboards and reports monitor key performance indicators and help empower users at every level of an enterprise to better manage their operation in real time. FactoryTalk VantagePoint 4.0 provides enhanced connectors and preconfigured reporting content for Logix programmable automation controllers, FactoryTalk Historian, FactoryTalk Metrics and FactoryTalk EnergyMetrix, making it faster and easier to setup to report around common equipment types. This new release also enables production intelligence for PlantPAx process automation system customers by providing


prebuilt reports and a visual model of the process library. FactoryTalk VantagePoint also includes direct connectivity to third- party historians and control systems, allowing customers with a heterogeneous plant floor to make better decisions and have easier access to their data. 8For more information please visit http://discover.rockwellautomation.com/mi.


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