Conveying & accumulation

MSU assesses readability problems

As research at Michigan State University shows, frequency, distances and angles, type of tag, location and orientation, influences of moisture and metals, and pallet patterns all play a part in readability.

February 28, 2005

Materials: Page 585

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Printed RFID tags in development

Motorola’s technology for printed electronics for smart packaging applications includes economical RFID tags.

February 28, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Huge RFID case history database

IDTechEx maintains a database of more than 1괌 case studies, including 322 in the Consumer/Retail segment.

February 28, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Gen 2 RFID separates strategic companies from the tactical pack

Visionary managers at progressive companies can use this opportunity to create a strategic advantage for your company.

February 28, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

RFID World report

Key issues like Generation 2 and interoperability were addressed at RFID World by Wal-Mart, Kimberly-Clark, Hewlett-Packard, and others.

February 28, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Packaging & Design Summit 2005

Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, FLJune 27-29, 2005www.packaginganddesignsummit.com

February 28, 2005

Conveying & accumulation

Label-Aire: Label-Aire: Open Frame Labeling System

The NEW Label-Aire Inline Series 6000 labeling system is designed to be very easy to configure while also making labeling easier and faster... making you more profitable.

February 28, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

RFID tag printer/applicator

ID Technology offers its IDT 250r printer applicator for RFID applications. The IDT 250r has the ability to read, write, verify, and apply RFID tags in top, bottom, and side label applications.

February 28, 2005

Flexibles

Baseball collector cards in new 'vault'

Topps continues to broaden market for collector cards with retail packs now selling for up to $30. New packaging virtually eliminates shoplifting.

February 28, 2005

Conveying & accumulation

Lift and weigh checkweighers

The new Sonic-LW Lift-N-Weigh Checkweighers from Thompson Scale provide additional weighing options for companies that package cups filled with various condiments or blister packs that cannot be weighed with a standard checkweigher.

February 28, 2005

Containers

Desiccant blanket

Süd-Chemie has launched Desi Blanket™, a thick, versatile sheet of desiccant pockets ideal for protecting a range of products from moisture in applications where size, thickness, packaging, and space constraints are a concern.

February 28, 2005

Flexibles

Recloseable MAP bags differentiate Farmer John's bacon

Farmer John Meats/Clougherty Packing Co., Los Angeles, CA, is marketing precooked bacon in a uniquely designed, contoured bag made of barrier film supplied by Curwood.

February 28, 2005

Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Foodservice firm to use time indicator

Foodservice supplies company DayMark, Bowling Green, OH, expects to be to be the first North American user of diffusion-based expiration-date indicators from Timestrip this month when it introduces Cooler Strips.

February 28, 2005