“It is quite significant that more of the leading names in consumer packaged goods are finding value in our initiatives,” said Dr Bryan Griffen, electrical and automation engineering manager of Nestlé and Chair of the OMAC Packaging Workgroup.
OMAC brings together end-user manufacturers, OEM machine builders, system integrators, technology providers, and non-profit / government agency organizations to address manufacturing issues.
Other members include PepsiCo, Siemens, Pro Mach, Rockwell Automation, Nestlé and Procter and Gamble.
Steven Abramowski, senior manufacturing solution specialist at MillerCoors, added: “As a company focused on quality, we believe that OMAC’s mission to establish and implement universal machine specification standards across industries is vital to improving productivity and is necessary in order to remain competitive.”