Flexibles

Reducing leaks in meat packs

ClearShield™ shrink bags developed by Alcan Packaging offer bone-in meat packagers an alternative to more traditional shrink film bags that need to incorporate “patches” or “caps” strategically applied to the bag exteriors to prevent bones from puncturing the film and creating package leaks.

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Rx distributor turns to internal RFID (sidebar)

What skills will you need to succeed in healthcare packaging?

August 31, 2005

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Rx distributor turns to internal RFID (sidebar)

Medical device packaging market outlook bright

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Smart Packaging: The sounds of print

Datasound has devised a way of saving sounds, speech, music, or other digital data on paper for later retrieval.

August 31, 2005

Conveying & accumulation

Drinktec preview: what's new in labelers?

A number of new servo labelers take center stage at the big drinktec beverage manufacturing show, September 12-17, Munich, Germany.

July 31, 2005

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RFID tagging

Part of Accu-Sort's suite of Flexible Automation Solution Tools, FAST Tag is a turnkey automated solution for placing, tracking, and verifying RFID tags on cartons and pallets.

July 31, 2005

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Hosted middleware management

Seeburger Inc. has released IDnet, the first hosted solution for RFID “slap and ship” compliance that targets smaller companies.

July 31, 2005

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Labelers upgradeable to RFID

Weber Marking Systems’ new RFID Ready program makes it possible for companies to obtain Weber label printers and printer-applicators that can be upgraded in the future to include the RFID technology.

July 31, 2005

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RFID Center opens at U of Arkansas

The University of Arkansas at Fayetteville opened its RFID Research Center in June.

July 31, 2005

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RFID impact on corrugated

The Fibre Box Association studies environmental and product impacts of RFID on corrugated containers.

July 31, 2005

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The truly nickel tag

Why silicon is too pricy and why printed electronics make sense for the nickel RFID tag solution.

July 31, 2005

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MIT's RFID implementation guidelines

MIT researchers offer basic guidelines to help end users to improve the performance of RFID systems.

July 31, 2005

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Tagged beer kegs

Sokymat is supplying RFID tags to TrenStar Inc. to track beer kegs for clients in the United Kingdom including Coors.

July 31, 2005