Closures

Functional jar holds the mayo

Kraft Foods, Glenview, IL, recently introduced a new PET package for its retail branded mayonnaise.

February 28, 2005

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Flexibles

Chocolate sauce first in microwavable aseptic pack

Valrhona, a French gourmet chocolate maker, is among the first to launch product in the Tetra Wedge™ Aseptic microwavable 200 S aseptic pouch from Tetra Pak.

February 28, 2005

Controls & Machine Components

Inkjet coders from PRISM ease PPG line maintenance (sidebar)

PRISM delivers HP inkjet technology with proven advantages

February 28, 2005

Conveying & accumulation

Inkjet coders from PRISM ease PPG line maintenance

Case codes stay clear, crisp as personnel change print heads virtually “on the fly” with no tools

February 28, 2005

Sustainability

Consumer-friendly packaging gains new importance

Mona Doyle wants brand managers and package designers to know this: The price you pay in good will and sales for packaging that consumers perceive as undesirable could get even higher.

January 31, 2005

Closures

Combination product packaging

The healthcare industry is headed to drug combination products containing two or more regulated components that are physically, chemically, or otherwise combined as a single entity.

January 31, 2005

Flexibles

Smart Package of the Month: Nanoclay pouch

A nanoclay-coated pouch debuts our exclusive ‘Smart Package of the Month’ spotlight as selected by the experts at IDTechEx.

January 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Printed electronics spark interest

Motorola’s technology for economical printed electronics for smart packaging and RFID applications has the attention of printers, converters, packagers, and others.

January 31, 2005

Conveying & accumulation

RFID testing facility

The Kennedy Group’s RFID group has opened an extensive RFID testing facility on the grounds of its 30-acre campus in Willoughby, OH, just Northeast of Cleveland.

January 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Integrated RFID data

Comtrol and CapTech Ventures have teamed to integrate Comtrol's DeviceMaster® ATS and DeviceMaster®RTS with CapTech's TagsWareME®.

January 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Tesco places major RFID order

The world’s third largest retailer plans to RFID-enable 1괌 stores and 35 distribution centers across the United Kingdom.

January 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

RFID plans at Starbucks

Coffeehouse chain plans to use the technology to let suppliers make after-dark deliveries.

January 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Nestlé tags pallets in Europe

Nestlé has begun automatic tagging of UHF RFID tags onto pallets of products destined for Metro supermarkets.

January 31, 2005