Business Drivers/Specialty: Page 471

Contract Packaging

Putting your packaging to the test locally

Get schooled in package testing facilities: The odds are that you’ll find a certified package testing lab close by.

June 30, 2005

Flexibles

Dynaclear P.V.C. Shrink Film

Dynaclear is a food approved PVC shrink-film, environmentally friendly that will not cause unwanted corrosion to your machinery. Dynaclear has high clarity and sparkle, high puncture resistance, memory, and excellent seal strength, making it excellent for all shrink packaging applications and ideal for display wrapping applications.

June 30, 2005

Controls & Machine Components

Omron Electronics LLC: Temperature/process controllers

Omron’s new E5AR 1/4 DIN and E5ER 1/8 DIN temperature/process controllers multi-loop models allow for integrated control of multiple zones or environmental factors such as temperature, pressure, and humidity.

June 30, 2005

Contract Packaging

Packaging Services Expo's successful start

The inaugural Packaging Services Expo (PSE) held in Chicago in May was attended by more than 1군 visitors. PSE addressed issues that packagers and retailers experience looking for packaging services partners.

June 30, 2005

Sustainable Packaging

Status of packaging education

Packaging education, and especially its role in industry, was the topic under discussion at a recent packaging meeting. A packaging designer reported that “packaging design is not popular” among students these days.

June 30, 2005

Flexibles

Tarsus announces two new packaging events

Tarsus Group plc, in cooperation with Landon, Farrey & Associates, has launched two new packaging events: The Packaging Summit Conference, and Packaging Containers & Materials Expo.

May 31, 2005

Sustainable Packaging

Marketing to Brand China

“Made in China” appears on virtually everything we buy these days, from underwear to vacuum cleaners to heavy-duty machinery.

May 31, 2005

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Package security--action replaces talk

Drug firms start RFID tagging, and anti-counterfeiting tactics expand as packagers get more aggressive to protect brands.

May 31, 2005

Conveying & accumulation

Versatile, high-definition inkjet coder from ATInfo wins for Faribault Foods

AUTOPRINT® system adds flexibility needed in growing contract packaging operation, eliminates clean-up ritual

May 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Optimize line efficiencies through real-time info

Ongoing trends in the Consumer Packaged Goods sector—including things like packaging that’s customized according to demographic, rapidly growing numbers of SKUs, abbreviated product life cycles, and the inclusion of RFID tags on cases—have made packaging flexibility an absolute priority for CPG companies and their contract packagers.

April 30, 2005

Contract Packaging

Packaging Services Expo's successful start

The inaugural Packaging Services Expo (PSE) that took place in Chicago in May was attended by more than 1군 visitors.

April 30, 2005

Sustainability

An update on RFID at HP

Hewlett-Packard is both a provider and user of RFID technology.

April 30, 2005