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RFID-enabled fluid products coupling

PACK EXPO : Colder Products showed its CPC smart coupling products at its booth at Pack Expo International 2004. CPC smart coupling provides product identification and data capture for fluid applications.

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Precision performance OPP and PET films

PACK EXPO : Toray Plastics is showing its new precision OPP and PET packaging technology at its booth, N-3225, at Pack Expo International 2004.

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Resolution choices

Zebra Technologies has expanded print resolution choices for its XiIIIPlus series high-performance thermal printer line. Companies using compliance labeling and other applications can print labels faster with the 203-dpi version 170XiIIIPlus.

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The China Syndrome

In going forward with radio-frequency identification, there are three initials that are fundamental because they encompass all aspects of the challenge.

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Companies

Sun Chemical Corp.

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Sites

New or enhanced Web sites

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Newly-designed labeling Web site goes live

A new “Live Help” feature gives registered visitors to this Web site instant access to a live person who can answer questions pertaining to their labelers.

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FDA ruling

Over-the-counter sunscreen products will not have to implement the new drug facts rule establishing standardized format and content requirements for labeling OTC drugs until the Food and Drug Administration finishes additional rule making for sunscreens.

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Labeling and obesity

In testimony before the House Subcommittee on Human Rights and Wellness, September 15, 2004, NFPA said the nutrition information on food packaging can play an important role in addressing obesity.

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Soy or not

The Japanese are pressing the UN Codex Alimentarius Commission to set an international standard for the manufacture and labeling of soy sauce. Japan, for both commercial and cultural reasons, wants the standard to be based on the traditional “natural brewing” process that blends wheat, soybeans, and a mold and lets it ferment for several months before being refined.

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Cost of materials causing shifts

Survey shows that manufacturers are indeed feeling the effects of cost increases in packaging materials. Changing specs and suppliers are two remedies.

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Flexibles

Costs of resin and films primary issue to converters

The rising costs of raw materials—and the inability to pass through price increases to customers—rank as the primary business concern of flexible packaging converters, according to the State of the Industry Report, compiled by the Flexible Packaging Assn.

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RFID investments (sidebar)

The survey also asked participants whether their companies had invested time or money into investigating radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags for their packaging operations during the last year.

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