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FDA's subtle supplement message

Agency pushes ‘gently’ to achieve more accurate information on dietary supplement product labels.

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Why medical-device packaging fails

If you’re a manufacturer of medical-device packaging equipment looking to build equipment that addresses the failures most commonly experienced by your targeted customer base, here’s a list:

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Labels

Cut heat shrink label costs by up to 80%

New high speed, high quality shrink labeling machinery uses roll-fed material in place of sleeves that cost 3-5X more.

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

ID Technology adds RFID business unit

ID Technology has added an RFID business unit to accommodate the manufacture of its expanding RFID product line.

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Small character ink-jet printer

ID Technology has added the ci700 to its Citronix line of small-character, ink-jet printers. Machine offers affordability and flexibility for the most typical CIJ printing applications, applying lot/date codes to food, beverage, paper, household, pharmaceutical, automotive, postal, lumber, and more.

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Conveying & accumulation

Tips to improve sterile packaging line efficiency

Want to reap the benefits of on-time production and eliminate preventable line problems? Here are tips to get the most out of your inspection systems, buffers, ergonomic stations, and robotic systems.

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Labels

Label redesign elevates mid-tier brand

Consumers are becoming more discerning when selecting products from among mid-tier brands.

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Conveying & accumulation

SATO America Introduces UHF RFID High-Performance OEM Print Engine

SATO “S” Series provides complete and automatic UHF RFID labeling

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Blisters/clamshells/thermoforming materials

Blister pack

First Choice Packaging Solutions offers its Virtuweld blister-pack clamshell in seven stock sizes. The blister appears welded, but it’s actually snapped together to form an undetectable seal, yet with all the benefits of being unsealed.

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Walgreens commits to RFID/EPC technology

National drugstore chain Walgreen Co. in November announced that it is participating in programs testing radio-frequency identification (RFID) and electronic product code (EPC) technologies.

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Closures

New glass stopper for wine closures

Another alternative to natural cork as a closure for premium wines is now being trialed in Germany.

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Coding, Printing & Labeling

Purdue Pharma uses RFID on OxyContin

In mid-November, Stamford, CT-based Purdue Pharma LP announced a pilot program to apply radio-frequency identification (RFID) labels (right) to 100-ct bottles of its OxyContin tablets shipped to Wal-Mart and wholesaler H. D. Smith, two of its largest customers.

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