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CONTENTS JULY/AUGUST 2023


This year’s PPMA Show is set to showcase the latest developments in the UK’s processing and packaging industry. The free-to-attend showpiece event on September 26-28 at the NEC in Birmingham, spans the full spectrum of the processing and packaging industry.


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TECHNOLOGY Irish Template Cover.indd 1 KNOWLEDGE EXPERIENCE 22/08/2023 17:04 NEWS


4 Irish manufacturers resume hiring despite slump in activity


6 Manufacturing & engineering fi nalists an- nounced ahead of Worldskills Ireland 2023


EVENTS 1 10 A preview of this year’s PPMA Show 15 Visit Silverson at next month’s PPMA Show


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FEATURES 18 Barcoding, Labelling & Packaging


20 Advantages of laser coding & marking for packaging and labelling


EVENTS 2 22 A preview of this year’s Interplas show 24 Visit FANUC at Interplas


Comment


28Three things you need to know about Industry 5.0


Medical Equipment & Devices 30 Cybersecurity of medical devices


Warehousing & Materials Handling 32 Near-sourcing drives need for fl exible space


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