Industries: Page 570

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Synch or sink: Demystifying data synchronization

With data pools and the like, it’s synch or sink, as an expert explains why data synchronization is the foundation of successful RFID.

November 30, 2004

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

Film properties benefit Sengewald in Germany

Appearance, tear resistance, and peel properties are key benefits of a top film web used for thermoformed packs of surgical drapes and gowns sold primarily in Europe.

November 30, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Next Make2Pack meeting in January

A total of 17 people from 13 different companies attended a Make2Pack workgroup phone conference November 30.

November 30, 2004

Dairy

OEE is increasingly influential

Is Overall Equipment Efficiency (OEE) growing in importance as a key determinant when it comes to specifying packaging equipment?

November 30, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

How to maintain servo packaging machines 101

Effective training for automated packaging machinery maintenance is more about mindset than technology.

November 30, 2004

Controls & Machine Components

Don't miss "Make2Pack"

Why ELAU supports a new standards effort to streamline the supply chain by integrating manufacturing with packaging.

November 30, 2004

Recycling

Mountain man's green bottles

That’s green as in planet-friendly packaging. Founder David Zutler is chief executive officer of BIOTA Brands of America Inc., Telluride, CO, which introduced for retail sale in October the world’s first water in bottles made of polylactide, or PLA, a polymer derived from corn that’s commercially compostable.

November 30, 2004

Fruits/Vegetables

Beaver Street Fisheries tests RFID waters

Radio-frequency identification systems developer Franwell and middleware vendor GlobeRanger have teamed with the Danby Group, a supply chain systems integrator, to implement an RFID compliance solution at Beaver Street Fisheries.

November 30, 2004

Meat/Poultry/Seafood

New look with family appeal

Bisquick’s new look for the first time in more than 10 years features graphics on packages sold nationwide. They’re part of the Bisquick campaign to bring families back to the table with a collection of new, versatile dinner recipes for today’s generation.

November 30, 2004

Additives, coatings & inks

Trends in glass-like packaging

The look of glass is in, but the price isn’t. That’s what two manufacturers showed visitors at the HBA expo this September in New York. Both Merle Norman and G.

November 30, 2004

Labels

Companies

Sun Chemical Corp.

November 30, 2004

Dairy

Nutrient-content label claims

USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service issued a final rule permitting nutrient-content claims on labels of multi-service “meal-type” and “main-dish” meat and poultry products.

November 30, 2004