Feeding/inserting/unscrambling

Wireless RFID printer-applicators

Avery Dennison Printer Systems now offers wireless Ethernet capability for its full line of RFID and bar code printers and print-and-apply systems, including the Model 6405 Wireless RFID printer (shown).

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RFID training classes in Michigan

Lowry Computer Products and OTA Training launch vendor neutral training starting early next month in Michigan.

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Wal-Mart, others face RFID difficulty in China

Most Chinese enterprises have little interest in RFID.

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A trio of major RFID influences in 2006

Expect overseas tags, EPCglobal standards struggle, and RFID label converter repositioning through 2006.

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Labels

Technical advances in RFID at hand

New advances in RFID include long-range HF tags, devices that work well with challenging substances, and tags that are sterilization tolerant.

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Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Item-level ePedigree implementation

An item-level serialized RFID solution with "parent-child" association software is rolling out with five pharma pilots including for Pfizer's Viagra.

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Secondary Packaging

Flexible case sealers

Pearson offers its new line of case sealers including two base models, the CS25 and the CS40. Both models can be configured to fit all sealing needs.

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Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Kimberly-Clark's cup of tissues

Kimberly-Clark de Mexico puts a new spin on tissue packaging with the recent unveiling of a paperboard convolute wound canister from Sonoco.

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Flexibles

Heinz UK serves up soups in barrier cups

Late last year, Heinz UK introduced a line of single-serve soups packaged in barrier plastic cups to markets in Spain and France.

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Closures

Multipacks extend champagne distribution

Club stores have boosted the interest in multipacks, and that trend is expanding into more retail channels and product categories.

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Flexibles

Bouillon goes to logistics-friendly PET jars

Unilever Foods North America, Englewood Cliffs, NJ, has converted its Hispanic line of Knorr-brand chicken-, beef-, and tomato-flavored granular bouillon products from glass jar packaging to PET jars in four sizes (100g, 225g, 450g and 1-kilo).

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Flexibles

Nutrient-enhanced waters debut in PET bottles

BooKoo Beverages, Inc., Addison, TX, has added four new nutrient-enhanced waters—Rebound, MMMMulti, Bookoo C, and Inner G—to its product line.

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Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Godiva delivers boxed elegance

Godiva Chocolatier Inc., New York City, raises the chocolate bar with its latest offering, Platinum, launched globally in September 2005.

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