Containers

Self-heating beverage container debuts

WP Beverage Partners LLC is introducing a new line of its Wolfgang Puck brand of gourmet coffees in self-heating containers—a first in North America, says the container’s creator, OnTech Delaware Inc. in San Diego.

November 30, 2004

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Conveying & accumulation

RFID: The promise and the struggle

Hype about radio-frequency identification clashes with reality at Baltimore EPC Global conference.

November 30, 2004

Flexibles

Pentaform high-yield PETG films

PACK EXPO : Klöckner Pentaplast offered its Pentaform® E778/85 5C/8900 high-yield PETG film for general-purpose thermoform packaging at Pack Expo International 2004.

October 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Round PP containers with printing options

PACK EXPO : Placon offered its HomeFresh™ round PP deli containers with printing options, the PastaPak®, a 2-piece APET container, and expanded cell phone accessory clamshells at Pack Expo International 2004.

October 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Frontline report: RFID glass half full

A wave of research advances portends a bright future for radio-frequency identification technology, but RFID will take time to emerge, says Frontline keynote speaker.

October 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Debunking the 9 biggest RFID myths

Greg Gilbert, director RFID solutions and strategy, Manhattan Associates, provides an honest look at the untold truths behind the promise of radio-frequency identification technology.

October 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

RFID tag and equipment shortage?

If Wal-Mart had insisted that all its top 100 suppliers ship all products into the Texas distribution centers with RFID tags on boxes and pallets, a shortage of RFID tags could ensue.

October 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

RFID reader benchmark study

Like to know exactly how RFID readers perform head-to-head under different conditions? This benchmark study tells you how four different models of radio-frequency identification tag readers performed.

October 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Beaver Street Fisheries tests RFID waters

Beaver Street Fisheries, Jacksonville, FL, has identified vendors involved in its self-imposed radio-frequency identification program for cases of frozen fish.

October 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Tamp system for RFID labels

PACK EXPO : TampTenna™ is a new system from Diagraph that writes to an RFID-tag-enabled pressure-sensitive label while the label is on the tamp pad.

October 31, 2004

Coding, Printing & Labeling

RFID-enabled fluid products coupling

PACK EXPO : Colder Products showed its CPC smart coupling products at its booth at Pack Expo International 2004. CPC smart coupling provides product identification and data capture for fluid applications.

October 31, 2004

Flexible packaging

PACK EXPO Video: V5100 vf/f/s baling system

PACK EXPO : Taylor Products showed its V5100 vf/f/s baling system at its booth at Pack Expo International 2004 this week in Chicago. See video clip of this machine

October 31, 2004

Flexible packaging

PACK EXPO Video: IMFS 1500 intermittent motion filler/sealer

PACK EXPO : Robert's Packaging is showing its IMFS 1500 intermittent motion fill/seal packager at its booth, S-444, at Pack Expo International 2004. See video clip of this machine

October 31, 2004