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RFID for consumer/retail supply chains

This downloadable white paper on radio-frequency identification includes information on Wal-Mart, the "Cold Chain," and other initiatives.

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Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Will labelers become assembly machines?

At a recent seminar, Weiler Labeling outlined the evolution and future of pressure sensitive labeling, in pharmaceutical applications specifically.

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Looking at labeling issues

Carb labeling, dietary guidelines, and labeling issues dominate this regulatory update from Washington correspondent Cecelia Blalock.

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Secondary Packaging

Stretch-hood technology

Lachenmeier has developed a new generation of stretch-hood machines that offer significant cost reduction, improved optical properties, and good load stability for pallet wrapping applications.

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Leuze electronic, Inc: Sensor for labeling

The GS 06 fork sensor from Leuze Lumiflex offers an integrated alternating light designed to virtually eliminate labeling errors due to interference of outside light sources.

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'GREEN' LABELING: A GLOBAL GUIDE

Raymond Communications has published Green Labeling: Global Guide for Marketers in the New Millennium 2003. The guide covers voluntary and mandatory labeling in 21 countries.

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FDA issues drug bar-code regulation

On February 25, the Food and Drug Administration announced the issue of its final rule requiring bar codes on the labels of thousands of human drugs and biological products.

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Secondary Packaging

Web Plus: Sites

FKI Logistex White Systemswww.whitesystems.comBuilt to streamline site navigation and information access, the redesigned Web site includes new Products & Services, Customer Service, Case Studies, and Video Library sections.

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Preventing counterfeit drugs

The Food and Drug Administration’s Counterfeit Drug Task Force released a report describing a framework designed to prevent counterfeit drugs for the pharmaceutical supply chain.

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CLARIFICATION

In a Rules & Regs story appearing in the February issue of Packaging World, COOL labeling requirements with regard to fish were misstated. The omnibus appropriations bill passed by Congress in January contained a two-year moratorium on COOL for all covered products except seafood.

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RFID adoption to surge in 2004

A new "pulse survey" says that the global packaging industry expects that consumer, retailer, and manufacturer benefits from radio-frequency identification will accrue over the next three years.

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Flexibles

Shrink-hood film for pallets

ExxonMobil Chemical’s Nexxstar resin is designed for coextruded stretch-hood films for pallets. It’s said to offer cost benefits, good toughness, and great clarity for end-of-line packaging applications.

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