Rick LingleTamper-evident machineryCognac Ferrand secures Asia-bound bottlesTo protect its brand and its consumers, Cognac Ferrand, Charente, France, asked ArjoWiggins Security (www.security.arjowiggins.com) to secure its Landy Cognac bottles. Both companies worked together to develop a label that combines authentication and tamper-evident functions.March 8, 2007FlexiblesOfficeMax paper reams maximize easy openingOfficeMax adds convenient, tear-strip opening to its branded film-wrapped reams of paper.March 2, 2007Protective/transport packagingBad packaging: Consumer Reports' 2007 Oyster AwardsThe magazine welcomes new inductees into its packaging 'hall of shame' for hard-to-open packaging.February 28, 2007Coding, Printing & LabelingGiving RFID a voice: How making tags talk could improve efficienciesVoice-directed work technology is looking to leverage the data contained in RFID tags.February 28, 2007BeverageHomework and ingenuity produces light-up bottleHomework and three years’ of globetrotting legwork produces TY KU, a sake liqueur filled in a bottle that lights up whenever it’s lifted.February 23, 2007FlexiblesPackaging environmental efficiency study releasedUse-less-stuff's new 56-page study that takes a careful, measured look at environmental efficiency for various formats may be 'An Inconvenient Truth' for packaging.February 22, 2007HomeLabeler loads up on pharma techLabeler’s subsystems, including 100% label inspection, are tailor made for contract packagers.February 9, 2007Coding, Printing & LabelingRFID has game at Best BuyIDTechEx has published a slick new 128-page RFID in action 2006/7 magazine that features case studies culled from its “RFID Knowledgebase” of more than 2,300 implementations in 85 countries. Of the approximately 25 articles is Best Buy’s implementation that includes smart shelves, electronically enabled shelving that can read the tags of products. This permits the retailer to know whether or not a package is present on-shelf to help reduce out-of-stocks.February 9, 2007FlexiblesLewis and Clark discovers paperless multipacksLewis and Clark Brewery, Helena, MT, debuted in summer 2006 a new kind of environmentally friendly six-pack.The brewery has adopted ITW’s BrandPak™, a packaging collaboration from ITW Hi-Cone (www.hi-cone.com) and ITW Auto-Sleeve (www.itw-autosleeve.com) as the multipack of choice for its 12-oz bottles. A sleeving system from PDC Europe (www.pdceurope.com) applies the bands.February 9, 2007SustainabilityInsights for less packagingBob Lilienfeld, who heads Use-less-stuff.com, has championed source reduction as the key to packaging sustainability for more than a decade.February 9, 2007Previous PagePage 26 of 73Next Page
