Closures

Temperature effects on torque and bottle opening

This original research from an SJSU graduate student looks at the effect of temperature on the removal torque of PP and HDPE closures.

May 31, 2005

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Flexibles

Packaging trends from FMI

Convenience, portability, shaped bottles, and combination products were all the rage at May’s Food Marketing Institute show in Chicago.

May 31, 2005

Secondary Packaging

Versatile, high-definition inkjet coder from ATInfo wins for Faribault Foods (sidebar)

Experience Points to Key Thermal Inkjet Advantages

May 31, 2005

Conveying & accumulation

Versatile, high-definition inkjet coder from ATInfo wins for Faribault Foods

AUTOPRINT® system adds flexibility needed in growing contract packaging operation, eliminates clean-up ritual

May 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Optimize line efficiencies through real-time info

Ongoing trends in the Consumer Packaged Goods sector—including things like packaging that’s customized according to demographic, rapidly growing numbers of SKUs, abbreviated product life cycles, and the inclusion of RFID tags on cases—have made packaging flexibility an absolute priority for CPG companies and their contract packagers.

April 30, 2005

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

Slider zipper for large vf/f/s bags

INTERPACK : UVA Packaging has launched the Newton 400, a vf/f/s machine that applies SLIDER zippers from Zip-Pak to large format block bottom bags.

April 30, 2005

Conveying & accumulation

Expanded RFID R&D facilities

Venture Research announced in January that it had secured a 5-year lease on 15귔 sq’ to expand its validation, testing, and mfg. capabilities for RFID portal and conveyor tunnel infrastructure products.

April 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

RFID-ready kit

Alien Technology’s Alien RFID Ready Kit for Retail, a package that includes Alien EPC RFID readers, antennas, and tags, as well as the training, services, and information needed for successful planning and deployment of RFID.

April 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Consumer privacy and RFID

Representatives from P&G, EPCglobal, and electronics group EPIC assembled for a lively panel discussion on the knotty issue of privacy concerns for RFID.

April 30, 2005

Sustainability

An update on RFID at HP

Hewlett-Packard is both a provider and user of RFID technology.

April 30, 2005

Secondary Packaging

More on RFID from K-C and Wal-Mart

Mike O'Shea discloses more details about RFID at Kimberly-Clark and Simon Langford updates Wal-Mart's experiences.

April 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Pacific Cycle shifts into RFID

Pacific Cycle deploys item-level RFID for its boxed bicycles.

April 30, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Item-level RFID study contrasts warehouse and retail benefits

Findings point to retailers benefiting most from eventual electronic replacement of bar codes.

April 30, 2005