Coding, Printing & Labeling

PMMI is RFID enabled

Radio-frequency identification will be prominent at Pack Expo Intl. 2004 through a major conference track, eye-opener speakers, and an RFID Pavilion exhibition area of more than 40 companies.

October 31, 2004

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Three tips to improve your RFID label application

From compatibility to communication, these three insights may help you get smarter about 'smart labels.'

October 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

The wrap-up: The tell-tale labeler

At a ‘haunted’ inn in Norwich, VT, a rebuilt 50-plus year-old labeler is still labeling bottles of a local microbrew.

October 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Clinical trial tips from Bristol-Myers Squibb

What’s new, what’s now, and what’s happening in Clinical Trials Materials (CTM) was the subject of an October 25 educational session held at the 2004 ISPE Annual Meeting in San Antonio featuring Bristol-Myers Squibb.

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

Coding, Printing & Labeling

HealthPack 2005 to be held in March

HealthPack 2005, an event for medical device professionals, will be held in San Antonio, TX, on March 23-24.

September 30, 2004

Flexible packaging

U.S. shipments for packaging machinery rise in 2003; exports increase by 33%

PMMI study predicts growth in future buying activity; record back log of $1.3 billion.

September 30, 2004

Conveying & accumulation

Open frame labeling system

The NEW Label-Aire Inline Series 6000 labeling system is designed to be very easy to configure while also making labeling easier and faster.

September 30, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Shrink sleeve labeler

*Bottle body label and cap shrink band are applied at the same time,while the two magazines permits interchangeable operations.

September 30, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Pressure-sensitive labeler

ZYI releases its pressure-sensitive labeler designed to apply pressure sensitive, self-adhesive labels. Labeler is sutiable on various size flat or square plastic, metal or glass containers.

September 30, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

RFID label stock

SmartStrate® label stock has been specifically engineered by Appleton for RFID smart labels. Designed to overcome chip inlay failures associated with mechanical damage and electrostatic discharge at multiple points in the value chain, from converting, printing, and shipping to application and end use. In addition, SmartStrate’s cushioning properties are said to address issues related to printing on label facestock made uneven by the inlay edge and chip bump.

September 30, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

P&G meets beauty market challenges

At its September conference in New York, HBA Health and Beauty America recognized Paul Sheppard as its Packaging Executive of the Year. Sheppard is the associate director, package development, Global Personal Beauty Care, at Procter & Gamble. Here, he discusses the award and the packaging market.

September 30, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Labeling for antidepressants

FDA is reviewing the use of antidepressants by children and its relationship to suicidal thoughts and actions.

September 30, 2004