EVERY INDUSTRY SEEMS TO HAVE A SECTOR THAT DRIVES TECHNOLOGY CHANGES FOR THE BENEFIT OF EVERYONE. IN THE AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY THE DRIVER IS FORMULA 1 RACING AND IN THE AIRCRAFT INDUSTRY IT IS THE SPACE PROGRAMME. IN LIQUID FILLING THE PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY IS NOW THE INSPIRATION FOR CHANGE. On the face of it, you might think the drinks industry is driving technology changes in liquid filling/ since this is where machine speeds are highest/ with canning lines running at up to 2000 a minute. But right now that's not so. The industry sector most actively driving developments in filler design and feeding new ideas to other industries is the pharmaceutical industry and its very close cousin the 'technical' cosmetics industry.
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