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Flexible packaging

Rx distributor turns to internal RFID

In-house UHF RFID at Cesar Castillo marries item identification with storage location to address inventory errors and inefficiencies.

June 30, 2005

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It's all gravy for new IAMS line

Cincinnati, OH-based Procter & Gamble has created a new pet food category with the introduction of IAMS HomeStyle Gravy for Dogs. Designed to be served with dry dog foods, the gravies add flavor and a moist texture.

June 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

IBM's RFID man in Europe

Thierry Mottaz, IBM’s Integrated Supply Chain quality and customer support manager, server engineering, is leading a team developing an in-house RFID track-and-trace solution in Europe.

June 30, 2005

Secondary Packaging

RFID 'a la cart'

Thomasville Furniture Industries, Inc., Thomasville, NC, has partnered with Odin technologies to lead its RFID compliance program for its Creative Interiors division where products are shipped to retailers such as Target and Wal-Mart.

June 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Companies

CompaniesAmpac Packaging has completed its acqusition of Kapak Co.

June 30, 2005

Flexibles

Packaging upgrade is sweeter than sugar

Pre-measured one-cup containers are a consumer-friendly and reclosable alternative to traditional packaging formats that have been around forever.

June 30, 2005

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Fire Water design gets even hotter

A new shrink sleeve puts a spark in a schnapps liqueur bottle design, saving the manufacturer time and money in the process.

June 30, 2005

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Smart Packaging: Printed RFID tags in test

Direct-print RFID technology in pilot in Europe uses no silicon or transistor.

June 30, 2005

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IFCO's asset tracking produces results

A digital-based color wheel track-and-trace technology for IFCO’s RPCs brings ‘tremendous’ benefits.

June 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Automation to fuel demand for packaging machinery

With Freedonia predicting a 4% annual increase in world demand for packaging machinery through 2008 and the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute predicting 7% growth in U.S. packaging machinery sales this year, it’s useful to ask just what kind of packaging machinery will sell most briskly and what market segment will do the most buying.

May 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Enterprise transaction module

Online Development’s xCoupler™ enterprise transaction module for Allen-Bradley® ControlLogix® controllers provides two-tier data exchange between plant floor devices (sensors, actuators, drives, bar-code scanners, robots, RFID controllers) connected to the controller and enterprise servers.

May 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Tag-and-ship RFID

InfinID Technologies has introduced EZ-EPC, an intelligent EPC-compliant Tag and Ship RFID labeling and verification solution.

May 31, 2005