Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

SouthPack and more

SouthPack plus the co-located Design & Manufacturing South and the Plastec South serve up information and technology to the expanding Southeast region.

February 28, 2005

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Sustainability

Consumer-friendly packaging gains new importance

Mona Doyle wants brand managers and package designers to know this: The price you pay in good will and sales for packaging that consumers perceive as undesirable could get even higher.

January 31, 2005

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Post Pack Expo observations on machinery developments

Chinna Chinnakaruppan, manager of project engineering at Schering-Plough’s Kenilworth, NJ, plant, talks about recent trends in packaging machinery.

January 31, 2005

Cartoning

Schering-Plough hits quality goal with Nutec/Wolke system

The Nutec/Wolke thermal inkjet system, utilizing HP technology, adds operational simplicity to lines. Setup is 21CFR11 “friendly”.

January 31, 2005

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Project Jumpstart: A "bird's" eye view

RFID Antenna exclusive: Cardinal Health shares the ups and downs of the extensive Project Jumpstart pilot test of item- and case-level RFID for pharmaceutical products.

January 31, 2005

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

PACKAGING VOLUME REPORT

The size and shape of the U.S. packaging market is reported by industry in the Packaging in the United States report from Research and Markets Ltd. Market size data is shown for the years between 1998 and 2002.

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

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Packaging automation standards: what's under the hood?

Standardization makes machine controls look the same – and that’s a good thing. But look under the hood and you’ll see important differences.

November 30, 2004

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Persuading Wal-Mart to say 'yes'

The nation’s leading retailer warms up to packaging that simplifies communication and emphasizes speed and ease for both consumer and sales associate.

November 30, 2004

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Smarter packaging

RFID and security technology, especially authenticating methods, headlined a recent Smart Packaging conference outside Chicago.

October 31, 2004

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

'Best-Practice' Techniques Deliver Shelf Impact

Here are five packaging strategies used today to help create the product-to-shopper connection that drives brand sales.

October 31, 2004

Cartoning

PACK EXPO bash celebrates ELAU customers

At an exclusive off-Rush Street venue, Europe’s packaging automation leader thanked a hundred ELAU customers for helping them achieve critical mass in North America.

October 31, 2004

Cartoning

IWK launches blister machines

IWKA PacSystems offers the first of a new series of IWK blister packing machines, the advanced BP Series, which are automated with ELAU’s PacDrive automation system.

September 30, 2004