Secondary Packaging

RFID tag locator software

Introduced in summer 2005, CAPE Systems’ RFID Tag Locator software can replace costly and time-consuming trial-and-error testing to optimize tag placement and significantly improve case and pallet reading.

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Labeling: Page 104

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Twelve ways Gen 2 has redefined RFID

Everything you’ve wanted to know about Gen 2 in a dozen easy-to-follow steps, from chipmaker Impinj.

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Traceability via RFID at K-C

Both Kimberly-Clark and Wal-Mart know which Huggies pallets contain a particular case of the product, which has huge ramifications.

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Conveying & accumulation

UW RFID lab inauguration

An on-site report from the opening of the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s new RFID lab.

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Adding value to both RFID and packaging

Why not concentrate on more sophisticated and advanced applications of RFID that bring added value?

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

M&S implements two RFID strategies

Marks & Spencer, one of the United Kingdom’s largest retailers, has implemented RFID initiatives in both its food and clothing divisions with the aim of improving stock replenishment, verifying shipment accuracy, and ensuring product quality.

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Alien sells tags under 13 cents

Last Tuesday, Alien Technology announced RFID labels costing 12.9 cents each.

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

TOPICS ANNOUNCED FOR CONFERENCE AT PACK EXPO

New My PACK EXPO™ Tool Available to Help Attendees Select Compatible Sessions

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Food companies itching for answers

FDA is slow to address question of allergen labeling in packaging.

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Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

NJM Packaging : Literature Outsert Feeder

Model 276 ......OUTSERT FEEDER This carousel outsert literature feeder significantly increases the component storage capacity of labelers, enabling pharmaceutical packagers to reduce labor costs and improve ergonomics while meeting the rising demand for affixing product-specific outserts to packages at high speeds.

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Cartoning

Complexity simplified

Wilpak sustains double-digit growth by operating ‘upstream’ and ‘downstream’ of traditional contract packaging roles to integrate the supply chain.

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

CCI's Rx RFID lessons learned

Last month, Cesar Castillo Inc.(CCI) of San Juan, Puerto Rico, began using a radio-frequency identification system that marries item identification with storage location to address inventory errors and inefficiencies (to read the complete feature, see page 106).

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Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Companies

Kliklok-Woodman and CMD Corp.

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