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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Everyone's looking at you, kid

Call me paranoid if you must, but there certainly seems to be a trend toward increased quality control demands on packaging manufacturers.

April 7, 2011

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Proven innovation is the focus of Walmart's sixth annual expo

Walmart will fill to capacity the John Q. Hammons Convention Center in Rogers, AR, with packaging suppliers exhibiting proven solutions for improved sustainability. Expo starts next week.

April 6, 2011

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Video: Track-and-trace case labeling

Erik Bronander, vice president of sales for Labeling Systems Inc., describes a print- and-apply labeling system for cases that accommodates RFID or 2D codes, as well as laser, ink-jet, and HP printing systems. Available with Rockwell/Allen-Bradley controls and Cognex vision system.

April 5, 2011

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Dasani and Odwalla launch nationally in PlantBottle

Dasani PET bottle boasts 30% plant material, while Odwalla’s new HDPE package is the first 100% plant-based bottle that is also fully recyclable.

April 5, 2011

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Video: Hi-res case code printing system with touchscreen preview

Video shows Pilot Pro ink-jet case-coding system with new drag-and-drop touchscreen technology for message previews.

March 26, 2011

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Video: Large character printing in dusty environment

Video shows SQ2 Scorpion large-character ink-jet coder printing on multiwall cement bags in dusty, harsh-duty environment.

March 26, 2011

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Video: Hi-res printing on corrugated trays

Watch corrugated trays of canned corn receive high-res PZ/4 Series III coding.

March 26, 2011

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Video: High-quality printing on PVC pipe

Video shows high-quality, high-speed ink-jet printing on PVC pipe.

March 26, 2011

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Video: Large-character case coding

Large-character shift and date codes printed on corrugated cases.

March 26, 2011

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Video demo: High-res case coding with industrial-compliant bar codes

This video demonstration from Foxjet shows two different high-resolution, large-character ink-jet case coders. Also demonstrated is the unique ability for the operator to scan a bar code on a primary container to be packaged and have the recipe automatically change over in an instant to the new coding message.

March 13, 2011

Additives, coatings & inks

EcoLogic's president discusses Eco-One® additive

Listen to a brief introduction of EcoLogic's Eco-One(R) brand of additives that enhance the biodegradation of plastic products in a biologically active landfills.

March 9, 2011

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Global packaging machinery demand to rise through 2014

Accelerated manufacturing output and a favorable fixed investment environment will drive global demand for packaging machinery to $35.9 billion by 2014.

March 8, 2011