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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.

September 30, 2005

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.

September 30, 2005

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.

September 30, 2005

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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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Top 10 smart label tips

The following tips are offered to help companies optimize the printing and encoding of RFID "smart" labels.

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Price cuts will speed RFID adoption

ABI Research says the recent price cuts creates a benevolent trio of benefits.

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Food biz summit focus on RFID

In early October, some of the world's largest food businesses openly discussed their RFID programs including Kraft, Wegmans, and Marks & Spencer.

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Rollpak develops successful RFID pilot

Rollpak proves that RFID could be an efficient and economical competitive advantage.

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

How should you choose the right vendors for your RFID project?

Choosing the right set of vendors in a project is often the best way to help guarantee a successful implementation.

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Further RFID growth at T&A

Tanimura & Antle continues to expand its RFID program, adding retailers and other varieties of produce.

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