At the Intelligent and Smart Packaging USA 2004 conference held in Las Vegas Jan. 27-28, I had the opportunity to listen to speeches by representatives from Nestlé, Purina, AstraZeneca, the U.S. Department of Defense, and more.
At the Intelligent and Smart Packaging USA 2004 conference held in Las Vegas Jan. 27-28, I had the opportunity to listen to speeches by representatives from Nestlé, Purina, AstraZeneca, the U.S. Department of Defense, and more.
What a difference a decade makes. When we launched Packaging World in January 1994, the prospects for an economic recovery were strong after a difficult couple of years following the Gulf War.
The use of Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) technology, as envisioned by Wal-Mart Stores, is estimated to bring savings to retailers and big capital investment costs to those who supply retailers.
Written by Jim Peters and published by Packaging Strategies, a recent report analyzes key tactics used by high-volume retailers. Here is the Executive Summary.
Andy Kerr(above) is a Development Technician specializing in corrugated packaging at Eastman Kodak, and he’s been re-elected chairman of the End User Advisory Committee at the Technical Assn. of the Pulp and Paper Industry. Here, Andy talks about the RFID program held recently at TAPPI’s October conference in Dallas.
Matrics offers PICA, a new high-speed radio frequency identification tag assembly system. Unlike existing Web-based flip-chip assemblers that have a maximum capacity of attaching chips at speeds of 8ꯠ units/hour, the PICA machine can produce tags up to 1귔 times faster, company says.