Coding, Printing & Labeling

Catalent expert addresses turnkey serialization

Catalent Pharma Solution’s Akan Oton provides a contract manufacturer/packager’s perspective on serialization, authentication, and track-and-trace technologies in pharmaceutical distribution.

June 1, 2008

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Beating the e-Pedigree deadline

The January 2009 e-Pedigree deadline set by California may have been pushed back two years, but that didn’t stop Biogen Idec from forging ahead with a solution.

June 1, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Direct print brings direct benefits to bag coding

Galloway’s move from labels brings real-time coding changes to foodservice bags of BIB frozen dairy products.

June 1, 2008

Flexibles

Lamb stays fresher longer with EU import

Superior Farms, Davis, CA, has made news again with its innovative packaging for lamb.

June 1, 2008

Flexibles

Chicken pack says 'so long' to tray

Murray’s Chicken, New City, NY, says that it has advanced its company’s level of eco-awareness with the introduction of new case-ready packaging for its fresh poultry products.

June 1, 2008

Secondary Packaging

The changing face of case-ready packaging

A new study tracks case-ready packaging trends in the fresh meat case, but will a reversal in Wal-Mart’s meat-packaging strategy set these statistics on a new course?

June 1, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Automated pick-and-place replaces manual operations

Kao ‘K.O.s’ labor cost inefficiencies, while improving production rates.

June 1, 2008

Consumer packaged goods

HDPE bottle handles the pressure

Custom container meets demands for ultra-pure, pressure-resistant package.

June 1, 2008

Sustainability

Sustainability News & Events

Noteworthy Items Gleaned from World News

June 1, 2008

Tamper-evident machinery

Does new bill hold future of FDA?

If you look at this stuff, about all you can say is, ‘Oh, man.’

June 1, 2008

Sustainable Packaging

The NFL and packaging

An interview with Jena Roberts, vice president of sales and marketing for the National Food Laboratory, Livermore, CA.

June 1, 2008

Conveying & accumulation

Custom-designed conveyor ambidexterity

Toll Packaging Group, Gibson City, IL, is a contract packer that provides services for manufacturers of a variety of food products for both humans and pets.

June 1, 2008

Beverage

Fabric care bottle conjures cosmetics appeal

The elements of fragrance, fabric, and fashion are uniquely intertwined in a new line of "fabric enhancers" from Cincinnati-based Procter & Gamble.

June 1, 2008