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IBM's RFID RPCs

RFID-enabled reusable plastic containers (RPCs) will be used to shore up the 1귔-mile supply chain between IBM’s Integrated Supply Chain (ISC) operations in Montpellier, France, and Dublin, Ireland.

May 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

California coalition targets packaging labeling

The California Packaging Alliance is opposing a bill introduced in the California State Assembly that would require a blanket, statewide label on packaging to distinguish between what is “recyclable,” “compostable,” and “trash.”

May 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

An RFID tug-of-war

These days, RFID tagging for many manufacturers is a given. Whether to do it is no longer the issue—even how to do it isn’t as important as it once was.

May 31, 2005

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Package security--action replaces talk

Drug firms start RFID tagging, and anti-counterfeiting tactics expand as packagers get more aggressive to protect brands.

May 31, 2005

Flexible packaging

Servos and robotics solve pouch-packing challenge

Stand-up pouches in three different sizes are automatically case packed at speeds to 90/min by this 12-axis, servo-controlled, robotic case packing system.

May 31, 2005

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Fat in the fire

Food and Drug Administration considers food labeling and packaging changes to highlight the dangers of obesity.

May 31, 2005

Secondary Packaging

Versatile, high-definition inkjet coder from ATInfo wins for Faribault Foods (sidebar)

Experience Points to Key Thermal Inkjet Advantages

May 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Old Orchard Brands: High-speed labeler for high-output, hot-fill PET line for fruit juice

A short distance from the cooler discharge sits this high-speed, Krones 15-station Canmatic labeler, which applies full-wrap cut labels to the 64-oz bottles.

April 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Optimize line efficiencies through real-time info

Ongoing trends in the Consumer Packaged Goods sector—including things like packaging that’s customized according to demographic, rapidly growing numbers of SKUs, abbreviated product life cycles, and the inclusion of RFID tags on cases—have made packaging flexibility an absolute priority for CPG companies and their contract packagers.

April 30, 2005

Labeling

Simulate a machine before you build it

A brief detour at the recent interpack show in Dusseldorf, Germany, led me to the Virtual Packaging Engineering Forum, presented by MSC.Software Corp., a global provider of virtual product development (VPD) products including simulation software and services.

April 30, 2005

Conveying & accumulation

Expanded RFID R&D facilities

Venture Research announced in January that it had secured a 5-year lease on 15귔 sq’ to expand its validation, testing, and mfg. capabilities for RFID portal and conveyor tunnel infrastructure products.

April 30, 2005

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RFID-ready kit

Alien Technology’s Alien RFID Ready Kit for Retail, a package that includes Alien EPC RFID readers, antennas, and tags, as well as the training, services, and information needed for successful planning and deployment of RFID.

April 30, 2005