Coding, Printing & Labeling

Q&A: Used equipment helps Gavina grow

Leo Fandino, plant manager at F. Gavina & Sons, is currently overseeing the completion of a brand new plant where plenty of new packaging equipment is being installed or is on the way. But used equipment also has a role to play at this Vernon, CA gourmet coffee marketer. Here Gavina talks about that role.

April 30, 2003

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Country-of-origin law blasted

The food industry continues its efforts to get the government to change the new country-of-origin food labeling law before the 2003 voluntary marking guidelines become mandatory in 2004.

April 30, 2003

Sustainability

Cradle-to-cradle: the next packaging paradigm?

From the archives: An architect and a chemist make a compelling business argument for ecologically “intelligent” packaging that’s also good for the bottom line.

April 30, 2003

Sustainability

Packagers react to cradle-to-cradle design

Packagers express interest in cradle-to-cradle design. In July, an initial meeting will be held to see if a cross-industry cradle-to-cradle packaging workgroup should be organized.

April 30, 2003

Sustainability

Recent enviro-packaging developments

This is a list of recent commercial developments in environmental packaging. This is expanded listing that contains items not published in the print magazine.

April 30, 2003

Flexibles

What packagers think about the environment

Respondents to a recent survey on Packworld.com were asked to describe the current attitude at their company with regard to packaging and the environment.

April 30, 2003

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Universal Labeling Systems: Specialized label sensor permits fast setup on new labeler designed f

Designed for ease of use and quick changeover, the CP1000 labeling system from Universal Labeling Systems (St. Petersburg, FL) is equipped with the Label-Eye photoelectric sensor from Tri-Tronics (Tampa, FL), which contributes to fast setup.

March 31, 2003

Coding, Printing & Labeling

SATO partners with CCL Label

SATO America (Charlotte, NC) partnered with CCL Label (Rosemont, IL) whereby CCL with manufacture all RFID tags and labels for SATO America, as well as resell SATO RFID-enabled printers.

March 31, 2003

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Automated Packaging to help homeland security effort

Automated Packaging was chosen by the CDC to provide packaging technologies vital to the rapid deployment initiatives of the CDC's homeland security effort.

March 31, 2003

Sustainability

Coca-Cola wins recycling award

Coca-Cola Co., Atlanta, received an award for outstanding corporate responsibility for its leadership in using recycled PET resin. The award, from the Plastic Redesign Project, Madison, WI, was presented at a luncheon Feb. 26, at the Take It Back! 2003 conference in Alexandria, VA, sponsored by Raymond Communications (Columbia, MD).

March 31, 2003

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Web Plus: Sites

New or enhanced Web sites

March 31, 2003

Coding, Printing & Labeling

New antibiotics labeling

The Food and Drug Administration issued a final rule requiring labels of antibiotics and their synthetic counterparts intended for human use to bear statements about using these products in a way that reduces the development of drug-resistant strains.

March 31, 2003

Labels

Sensing success

Specialized label sensor permits fast setup on new labeler designed for contract packagers.See video

March 31, 2003