interpack 2008, the Biggest Packaging Show on Earth
Mark your calendars and buy your tickets because April 24 through 30, 177,000 people are expected to visit the 50th interpack show in Dusseldorf, Germany. As the largest packaging show on earth, it's the foremost forum for introducing new technologies and promoting your expertise.

Schneider Electric's packaging automation specialist group, ELAU will be at the show to highlight our latest innovations in automation and control. For more information about the show or the solutions that will be on display, visit www.packagingautomation.net.

PacDrive Libraries based on PackML V3.0 and ISA S88.05 Available
Schneider Electric's packaging solution offering goes beyond the best power, control and automation products, by offering additional resources to support design engineers when developing machines. These resources include project teams, application designs and access to technical libraries such as the PacDrive libraries based on PackML V3.0 and ISA S88.05.

These two libraries help designers understand and utilize common machine operational guidelines, visualization and naming conventions for communications between production machinery. By leveraging these libraries, machine designers are better able to develop:

• Consistent operational states and modes to enable root cause analysis.
• Uniform machine control, look and feel.
• Tags that provide flexible machine measurements (OEE).
• Enable quicker machine integration.
• Reduces cost of ownership.
• Redeployed machines faster.