Conveying & accumulation

UF juiced for R&D

The University of Florida’s packaging department kicks off with a full slate of applied research projects including these for food and RFID.

June 30, 2004

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UF juiced for R&D (sidebar)

UF’s RFID portals proliferateSee video

June 30, 2004

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RFID tags becoming easier to read

On the other hand, return on investment for packagers will remain invisible for near term. Now Wal-Mart softens stance on deadlines.

May 31, 2004

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Companies

Robert Bosch Verpakkingsmachinenes B.V.

May 31, 2004

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People

MRI Flexible Packaging hired Jim Mallon as vice president of sales and marketing.

May 31, 2004

Sustainability

Packaging security: in-store measures remain essential

Responding to retailer needs, clamshell blisters answer theft threats. Yet some packagers look for less costly alternatives.

May 31, 2004

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

RFID and packaging security: not 'if,' but 'when'

The potential to track and trace helps establish a package's 'pedigree' and uncover tampering.

May 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

RFID and packaging security: not 'if,' but 'when' (sidebar)

Pack Expo Adds Package Security Center

May 31, 2004

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Anticounterfeiting: the urgency grows

Prescription drugs come first, but efforts could encompass OTC, too.

May 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Packaging machinery demand to rise

According to the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute’s seventh-annual Purchasing Plans Study, consumer and industrial goods companies will increase packaging expenditures this year to $5.479 billion, a 4% rise compared to 2003.

May 31, 2004

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Traceable Solutions for Medical Packaging

The demand for safety and integrity in the area of medical packaging has taken on new and significant implications in the past two or three years. Always an area of concern, medical packaging has addressed issues like child safety, correct dosage, patient traceability, tampering and diversion of pharmaceuticals.

May 31, 2004

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RFID solutions at EastPack

The FAST Tag by Videojet Technologies is a complete RFID solution that makes it easy to comply with commercial and government RFID initiatives.

May 31, 2004

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RFID and other coming events

Below you will find a short list of what’s ahead for June conferences, symposiums, and trade shows.

April 30, 2004