Coding, Printing & Labeling

CA e-pedigree law delayed

To no one’s great surprise, the California Board of Pharmacy voted March 25 to postpone until 2011 a law requiring that prescription drugs be electronically tracked from the time they leave the manufacturer to the time they reach the pharmacy.

May 12, 2008

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Closures

Resealable can energizes Burn

There’s a new option in resealability for beverage containers.

May 12, 2008

Filling/capping, liquid & viscous

Breakthrough: OPTIMA's gravimetric filler

They said it couldn't be done, and before the advent of ELAU's intelligent servo modules, it wasn't possible according to OPTIMA .

May 12, 2008

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

ICA vf/f/s does coffee and more

In a booth filled with ELAU-equipped bagging systems, ICA's CSV40 Series Paket line demonstrated its ability to run multiple bag sizes and configurations, from simple pillow shaped bags to flat top and square bottom packs with longitudinal edge seams, tin-ties, degassing valves and gas flushing.

May 2, 2008

Conveying & accumulation

Karlville's global shrink sleeving solution

A U.S. company with shrink sleeve labeling and tamper evident sleeve design and manufacturing operations in Asia, Europe and the Americas, Karlville is a truly global player.

May 2, 2008

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

A common solution to opening clamshells

Here's a secret weapon against hard-to-open clamshell packaging that you may already have.

April 30, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Lexar Media RFID best practices

A recent Webinar on Lexar Media's RFID implementation yielded advice and best practices from the end user and vendors involved.

April 24, 2008

Protective/transport packaging

Sustainability and distribution package testing

New distribution packaging might be green, but that doesn’t mean it can do the job.

April 24, 2008

Flexibles

End-of-line automation for flexible packaging

Know what to look for when specifying end-of-line automation for flexible packaging. White paper from Blueprint Automation lists criteria buyers and specifiers should use when evaluating potential systems. Also explains business benefits of the single-function cell (SFC) concept.

April 23, 2008

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Fine French wine gets the RFID treatment...

An RFID tracking system developed by eProvenance ensures the quality of French wine during handling, transportation and distribution.

April 17, 2008

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Compliance packaging takes on patient adherence...

The World Health Organization recently said that "patient adherence may have a far greater impact on the health of the population than any improvement in medical treatment."

April 17, 2008

Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Bulk feeding of caps and lids lowers cost and increases throughput

Often overlooked as a minor area of consideration, the process of feeding caps and lids into a capping machine is turning out to be an important area for boosting efficiency and productivity on a bottling line. Find out how in this White Paper from Fowler.

April 17, 2008

Closures

Portola Tech International hires president

Portola Packaging, Inc. has hired Rick Schofield as President of their Portola Tech International (PTI) cosmetics packaging business unit.

April 13, 2008