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Flexibles

The power of the 'aesthetic imperative'

The best packages compel consumers to sense the pleasure in using the product, giving them space to personalize meaning and build relevance. Here are four examples.

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Flexibles

Packaging made from renewable resources gains traction

As petroleum-based materials edge upward in cost, packaging made from renewable resources grows more appealing. Says one water bottler, 'It’s the right thing.'

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Secondary Packaging

Experts offer insights on healthcare packaging design

Recognized leaders in branding and design, Richard Gerstman and Herbert Meyers examine the challenges of pharmaceutical and nutraceutical package design.

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Flexibles

10 ways 'hybrid' package awards Cardinal Health

Used to package drapes (and soon gowns), a flexible tray combines the stacking and loading benefits of a pouch with a premade bag’s linear tear opening and venting advantages.

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Label proposals not going down easy

The beverage industry is unhappy with potential changes to alcohol and soft drink labels.

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Psst: The privacy world of RFID

Privacy is an issue that some see as a potential dark cloud to RFID's silver lining.

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Flexibles

Fluteless fruit snacks club pack

Member's Mark zoo animals fruit snacks are in 72-count paperboard containers that use a special reinforced board instead of fluted corrugated to save weight.

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Flexibles

UV-flexo ink

Sun Chemical introduces its SOLARCAT, an advanced cationic UV-flexo ink that the company says cures two times faster than other UV-flexo inks on the market.

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Lowry signs agreement with Lockheed Martin

Lowry Computer Products has signed an agreement with Lockheed Martin for distribution of I-Guides UID/RFID compliancy software for Department of Defense contractors and suppliers.

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Additives, coatings & inks

Barrier/oxygen scavenger resins

The Valspar Corp.

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Sustainability

Wal-Mart switches to corn-based plastic packaging

Starting Nov. 1, 2005, Wal-Mart will begin to substitute 114 million clear petroleum-based plastic clamshell containers with corn-based plastic packaging for cut fruit, herbs, strawberries, and Brussels sprouts.

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Conveying & accumulation

Economical $1000 RFID readers

Two Applied Wireless Identifications (AWID) products are now about one-third the cost of their competition: the MPR-3014 Gen 2 RFID reader and MPR-1510 reader module.

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