{"436711":{"#nid":"436711","#data":{"type":"news","title":"IRIM Welcomes ALPLA as a New Industrial Partner","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM) at Georgia Tech welcomes \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/alpla.com\/en\u0022\u003EALPLA\u003C\/a\u003E Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH \u0026amp; Co KG to its Industrial Partners Program.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFirst established in Austria in 1955, ALPLA develops, manufactures, and markets customized plastic packaging solutions for a variety of industries, including beverages, motor oils, and cleaning supplies. The company has 16,000 employees and 154 production plants in 40 countries.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EIRIM\u2019s industry partners are well positioned to take advantage of new technologies as they are developed, and its collaborative research environment provides companies with unprecedented access to some of the world\u2019s best computer scientists and engineers. For more information about the Industrial Partners Program, please contact Associate Director of Industry\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:gary.mcmurray@gtri.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EGary V. McMurray\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":"","field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"IRIM welcomes ALPLA to its Industrial Partners Program."}],"uid":"27255","created_gmt":"2015-08-18 17:25:36","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:19:22","author":"Josie Giles","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2015-08-19T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2015-08-19T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"437271":{"id":"437271","type":"image","title":"ALPLA Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH \u0026 Co KG","body":null,"created":"1449256162","gmt_created":"2015-12-04 19:09:22","changed":"1475895174","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:52:54","alt":"ALPLA Werke Alwin Lehner GmbH \u0026 Co KG","file":{"fid":"202989","name":"alpla.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/alpla_0.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/alpla_0.png","mime":"image\/png","size":4715,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/alpla_0.png?itok=lcVwSsM0"}}},"media_ids":["437271"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/alpla.com\/en","title":"ALPLA"},{"url":"http:\/\/robotics.gatech.edu\/industry\/program","title":"Industrial Partners Program"}],"groups":[{"id":"142761","name":"IRIM"}],"categories":[{"id":"152","name":"Robotics"}],"keywords":[{"id":"10285","name":"Industrial Partners Program"},{"id":"78281","name":"Institute for Robotics \u0026 Intelligent Machines"},{"id":"81491","name":"Institute for Robotics and Intelligent Machines (IRIM)"},{"id":"667","name":"robotics"}],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39521","name":"Robotics"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EJosie Giles\u003Cbr \/\u003EIRIM Marketing Communications\u003Cbr \/\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:josie@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Ejosie@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-385-8551\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}