Coding, Printing & Labeling

Will the plastic pallet become the ace of clubs?

Sam's Club, Costco, BJ’s and their ilk can spur the growth of the plastic pallet industry, while gaining benefits in the bargain.

June 3, 2008

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Packaging: the new enabler

Our PTIS group of packaging thought leaders from across the value chain and across packaging functions is happy to be contributing to Packaging World on a regular basis.

June 2, 2008

Secondary Packaging

Industry Watch

June 2, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Catalent expert addresses turnkey serialization

Catalent Pharma Solution’s Akan Oton provides a contract manufacturer/packager’s perspective on serialization, authentication, and track-and-trace technologies in pharmaceutical distribution.

June 1, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Beating the e-Pedigree deadline

The January 2009 e-Pedigree deadline set by California may have been pushed back two years, but that didn’t stop Biogen Idec from forging ahead with a solution.

June 1, 2008

Sustainability

Plastic suppliers enhance performance characteristics of PLA

Ingeo™ polymer produced by NatureWorks LLC (www.natureworksllc.com) is one of the most discussed biopolymers on the market today.

June 1, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

RFID proves fruitful for produce tracking in Europe

An RFID tracing system for organic fruit and vegetables distributor/wholesaler Alterbio France is the first of its kind in the industry.

June 1, 2008

Conveying & accumulation

Custom-designed conveyor ambidexterity

Toll Packaging Group, Gibson City, IL, is a contract packer that provides services for manufacturers of a variety of food products for both humans and pets.

June 1, 2008

Labels

ConAgra 'pyramid scheme' promotes nutrition

Graphics based on the USDA’s MyPyramid system to appear on ConAgra food packages in May.

May 31, 2008

Labels

Tanning line saturated in 360º color

Bottles' full-body PETG shrink-sleeve labels provide eye appeal.

May 27, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Long-read RFID hard tag

Metalcraft has announced pricing and availability of its new RFID Hard Tag, designed to deliver longer read range at lower cost for asset tracking applications that require resistance to heavy impact or submersion in water.

May 13, 2008

Flexibles

The buzz on the bee bottle

Launched in fall 2007 by Golden Heritage Foods LLC, the Barry’s Busy Bee Pure Honey product, in a 2-oz shaped bottle with a shrink-sleeve label, brings the likeness of animated feature film Bee Movie star, Barry B. Benson, to life.

May 12, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Lexar leverages RFID

Lexar Media, Fremont, CA, which has been involved in RFID for three years, shows that RFID is more than a slap-and-ship compliance for Wal-Mart.

May 12, 2008