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Happy Birthday, UPC bar code

GS1 celebrates the 35th anniversary of the Universal Product Code bar code on June 3.

June 1, 2009

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RFID Technology Simplifies Asset Management

Faced with intense emphasis on profitability, companies are recognizing the critical need for real-time, effective asset management solutions to help them run leaner and smarter.

May 14, 2009

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Forum identifies packagers' automation challenges -- and new solutions

Kraft, Lance, Nestle, Pfizer, robot packaging OEM Edson, and others shared practical tips for making packaging operations more efficient at this year’s Packaging Automation Forum

May 3, 2009

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Durable, flexible, heavy-duty ink-jet printing

Cement producer installs easily controllable, cleanable, expandable printing system to accommodate growing production capacities.

April 5, 2009

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Liquids, metals, and RFID

It’s been long known due to the physics involved that the use of RFID around liquids or metal products or packages results in poor read performance.

April 5, 2009

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Smart Box is smart packaging idea. . .

The HIDE-Pack Smart Box embeds an RFID within the box structure, providing companies with increased efficiency in the supply chain, reduced inventory costs, increased order accuracy, reduced loss due to theft and piracy, and simplified product recall, according to its maker, Krupack Packaging.

April 1, 2009

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JAGs, STAR, and Walmart

More bits from EPC Connection, including a CPG panel discussion.

March 1, 2009

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RFID: Curbing shrink in a tight economy

RFID offers the promise to help curb shrink.

February 24, 2009

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37% of RFID users expect one-year ROI

Lack of data constrains investment and deployment.

February 24, 2009

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RFID smart boxes

The idea of an RFID-enabled “smart box” has been tested by several vendors of corrugated materials, including Domino Integrated Solutions Group (DISG, www.domino-isg.com) with its award-winning HIDE-Pack™ smart box.

February 1, 2009

Sustainability

P&G provides leadership in sustainable packaging journey

With more than 300 brands sold all around the world, Procter & Gamble utilizes just about every packaging material available. Tony Burns shares his views on how P&G rises to the sustainable packaging challenge.

February 1, 2009

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California delay provides temporary relief

Uncertainty colored most discussions at a recent healthcare track-and-trace conference. A key question: How will FDA actions differ from California’s e-pedigree program?

February 1, 2009