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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Using packaging to build consumer trust for Internet drug purchases

A package designer addresses how healthcare companies need to secure their packaging against the growing problem of counterfeit drugs sold over the Internet.

April 30, 2006

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

HF vs. UHF RFID study

Scientific methodology is applied to an item-level RFID 'battle of the frequencies' analysis in the pharmaceutical supply chain.

April 30, 2006

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Lowry Technology Professionals Achieve Comp-Tia RFID+ Certification

Lowry Computer Products, Inc., a manufacturer and leading integrator of wireless, RFID, bar code and data collection solutions, is pleased to announce that Jeffrey Polly, V.P. of Technical Services and Denis Bishop, V.P. of Technology Selection and Development, are among the first RFID professionals to successfully pass the RFID Certification exam developed by the Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA®).

April 30, 2006

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Sweet-looking honey container

The patented, trademarked BuzzyBee(tm) container, created by Jeffrey Hand, owner of The Honey Bee Container, Inc. has created a buzz.

April 30, 2006

Cartoning

EEC forum reports lean, integrated and robotic trends

The Eastern Equipment Committee’s revamped annual forum features such notables as Changeover.com expert John Henry, mechatronic machinery developer Norden Pac and packaging automation innovator ELAU.

April 30, 2006

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Nitrogen dosing cuts packaging costs

Indian Hills Spring Water implements liquid nitrogen dosing to avert bottle paneling or collapsing and reaps bottle weight-reduction benefits.

April 30, 2006

Coding, Printing & Labeling

MAP packaging hits turbulence

Petition raises questions of safety and approval of new, low-oxygen varieties of case-ready meat packs.

April 30, 2006

Coding, Printing & Labeling

RFID Tribe talk

Mark Johnson, president of the industry group RFID Tribe, talks about its past, present, and future, and what’s in it for packagers.

April 30, 2006

Coding, Printing & Labeling

ID Technology acquires The Glennon Group

Pro Mach's ID Technology div. has acquired The Glennon Group, a provider of labeling, marking, and packaging systems and services throughout the Midwest.

April 30, 2006

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Advice from Packaging Strategies 2006

Held in February, this latest annual “Summit Meeting of the Packaging Industry” included wisdom on topics ranging from China to RFID. Organized by Packaging Strategies (www.packstrat.com), the conference in Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, included the following recommendations/observations:• John B.

April 30, 2006

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Domino acquires Enterprise Information Systems Inc.

Domino Printing Sciences, plc, acquired Enterprise Information Systems, Inc., an automatic identification and data capture systems integrator based in Dallas, TX.

April 30, 2006

Flexible packaging

The future of resealable packaging

Robert Hogan is director of international sales and marketing at Zip-Pak, a global leader in zipper technology for packaging. Bryan Muskat is president of Triangle Package Machinery, a leading supplier of zipper-compatible VFFS packaging machinery. Presented here are their views on the whys and wherefores of incorporating resealable packaging features.

April 30, 2006