Coding, Printing & Labeling

Value in Wal-Mart's RFID trial means more work ahead

Wal-Mart provided proof of RFID’s value when it released study results that showed a 16% reduction in out of stocks. What was also implied is that more is needed beyond RFID technology to deliver these results.

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Trend toward embedded RFID

RFID tags embedded by vendors in packaging materials and containers is seen as a growing trend that adds value to RFID.

October 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Upcoming RFID events

A list of RFID and related conferences through March 2006.

October 31, 2005

Conveying & accumulation

Tube labeler

LSI offers the Model 1800 automatic tube wrap system, which is based on the LSI Series 40 apply-only labeling head. System can deliver up to 120 labeled products/min.

October 31, 2005

Closures

Still water cap

Procap has extended its range of Fullytop® caps to include the Victoria 30/25 LN closure for mineral water bottles. Available in a low-neck version, with a high-neck version soon to follow.

October 31, 2005

Flexibles

High-barrier lamination

Ampac’s Converted Products Div. has launched Flexi 2122, a high-barrier foil lamination with Barex® for hard-to-hold products such as aggressive liquids, gels, or solids whose formulation has a tendency to attack traditional structures.

October 31, 2005

Labels

P-s label for returnables

Spear® and IlloSpear® have introduced ThermoWash, a p-s PP label construction that allows beverages packaged in returnable bottles to employ the same labeling techniques as 1-way containers.

October 31, 2005

Additives, coatings & inks

Barrier resin suitability

Invista has announced that its PolyShield™ MXD6 barrier resin is suited for use in food pkg. applications in the European Union in contact with all food types, except for fatty foods and foods with an alcohol content greater than 10%.

October 31, 2005

Flexible packaging

'Stellar' year for packaging machinery shipments

U.S. packaging machinery shipments surged 9.3% to an estimated $5.344 billion last year according to the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute’s 11th annual Shipments and Outlook Study.

October 31, 2005

Flexibles

Coping with change

At independent Pepsi bottler Browning Harvey Ltd. in St. Johns, Newfoundland, plant manager Gary Williams recently eliminated the hassle of inventorying returnable plastic shells for PET bottles. (This story will run in an upcoming issue.) Here Gary talks about the challenge of change in the overall packaging landscape.

October 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

High-speed RFID encoder/applicator

Markem Corp.

October 31, 2005

Flexibles

Re-emergence of paper

All of a sudden in early fall, I’ve had a whole bunch of conversations about paper packaging, whether it’s for frozen foods packaging or loose-fill or for highly graphic consumer goods containers.

October 31, 2005

Closures

Sites

New or enhanced Web sites

October 31, 2005