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Coding, Printing & Labeling

HF for RFID?

RFID Antenna exclusive: Don’t give up yet on the high-frequency range for RFID, industry insiders say. It may yet take a foothold for item-level tagging of drugs.

January 31, 2005

Secondary Packaging

Sites

New or enhanced Web sites

January 31, 2005

Controls & Machine Components

'Innovation is indispensable'

Securing the role of low-cost provider can fuel growth for a while, but manufacturers today are better off relying on innovation as their path to sustained growth.

December 31, 2004

Contract Packaging

Pack Expo Las Vegas expands

With more than 900 exhibitors already registered for Pack Expo Las Vegas 2005 sponsored by the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute, organizers have added even more technology pavilions.

December 31, 2004

Sustainable Packaging

Reusable container study

Independent study shows multiple reuse of containers significantly reduces environmental burdens compared to single-trip containers.

December 31, 2004

Sustainable Packaging

'Twas the season

This was a big year for holiday decorations, although I must admit the Orloski cottage was not decorated to its usual standards because of too many fall weekends out of town.

December 31, 2004

Flexible packaging

FDA rings bell for antidepressant class

For the first time, FDA urges manufacturers to put an entire class of medications into unit-of-use packaging.

December 31, 2004

Sustainable Packaging

Fuming over fumigation

The National Resources Defense Council plans to fight a USDA ruling allowing use of the fumigant methyl bromide as an insecticide on wooden pallets and containers to keep insects from entering the U.S.

November 30, 2004

Sustainable Packaging

Global or local packaging?

Many global brands do some tailoring for local customs, some altering the product while others vary the containers and packaging. A French study reveals details.

November 30, 2004

Contract Packaging

Association gets new name, fresh start

The Contract Packaging Association is looking to increase its visibility and effectiveness. One initiative will be a targeted magazine, Contract Packaging, from the publishers of Packaging World.

November 30, 2004

Flexibles

Trend toward sustainable packaging

Prepare for an ever-increasing amount of biodegradable products and packaging, including water and--very soon--milk in blow-molded bottles made of polylactide, or PLA, a polymer made from corn.

November 30, 2004

Contract Packaging

New name, logo, publication for Contract Packaging Assn.

The Contract Manufacturing & Packaging Association has changed its name to the Contract Packaging Association. The organization has also adopted a new logo.

November 30, 2004