Beverage

Pfizer: Pharma industry needs machine interoperability

Paul Greene of corporate IT at Pfizer had interoperability and widespread enterprise integration on the brain February 3 when he addressed the ARC Advisory Group’s Performance Driven Manufacturing Forum in Orlando, FL.

January 31, 2005

Industries: Page 560

Coding, Printing & Labeling

RFID plans at Starbucks

Coffeehouse chain plans to use the technology to let suppliers make after-dark deliveries.

January 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

WIDE-WEB THERMAL SOLUTIONS: M10e Series Printers

The M10e wide web thermal industrial printers are ideal for a range of applications.

January 31, 2005

Consumer packaged goods

President of Sun Chemical Inks division resigns

Officials at Sun Chemical today announced that Michael S. Murphy resigned as president of its North American Inks division.

January 31, 2005

Bakery/Snack

Are you tapping packaging's full marketing potential?

Packaging is evolving into a leading driver of incremental brand sales and volume growth.

January 31, 2005

Cosmetics/Personal care

Career opportunity: applications engineers

ELAU, the fastest growing supplier of packaging machinery automation, wants to hire the best apps engineers in the business.

January 31, 2005

Controls & Machine Components

Eurotherm: Eurotherm: Data management system

Eurotherm, a unit of Invensys plc, has announced the release of a new Advanced Screen Builder feature in the 5000 Series Data Management System. This feature enables 24 custom user screens to be created and viewed at the instrument’s touch screen.

January 31, 2005

Additives, coatings & inks

Report ponders plastics pricing issues

Higher feedstock costs and strong export demand drove polyethylene prices up 22¢/lb last year, according to a January 6, 2005 Market Update from The Plastics Exchange.

January 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

The Packaging Pushback Club

Among the more regrettable developments in the ongoing saga of RFID implementation is the emergence of what I like to call the Packaging Pushback Club. You know them.

January 31, 2005

Cosmetics/Personal care

User-friendly design

The new Schauma Easy Shine Conditioner range of hair care products is using eye-catching and convenient packs from RPC Verpackungen Kutenholz to help convey and reflect the user-friendly values of the product.

January 31, 2005

Beverage

Pop artist does labels

Knightsbridge Fine Wines has signed a licensing agreement with Britto Central for access to certain works by internationally acclaimed pop artist Romero Britto for use on its labels and promotional merchandise.

January 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

No label change, say two juice makers

Coca-Cola North America, manufacturers of Minute Maid orange juice, and Tropicana, a subsidiary of PepsiCo, Inc., rejected a call by the Florida Department of Citrus to change the labeling on packages of “light” orange juice after studies showed consumers were confused about the juice content of the products.

January 31, 2005

Dairy

FDA collecting its own data

FDA notified the Office of Management and Budget that it intends to conduct an experimental study of health claims on food packages.

January 31, 2005