Labels

Label adds splash of flair to dairy's marketing effort

Roberts Dairy Foods, Omaha, NE, puts its namesake milk through rigorous quality testing, and it is leveraging the label on its milk cartons to reflect the product’s high standard.

June 9, 2011

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 1010

Flexibles

Adherence packs assist patients and caregivers

New study identifies Medicine-On-Time’s packs as effective in helping caregivers and patients administer meds properly, reducing nursing home admissions and costs.

June 9, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

One controller handles three delta robots

Easier installation at the customer plant is just one of the benefits gained by designing a multi-robot pick-and-place machine governed by a single controller.

June 9, 2011

Operational Excellence

FDA workshop talks Turkey about item-level pharmaceutical packaging

Turkey and France are out in front requiring serialization of drug packages, while the U.S. is in a catch-up position.

June 9, 2011

Sustainable Packaging

Seven packaging predictions for a resource-strapped future

One of the driving themes at this year’s Sustainable Packaging Symposium (www.sustainablepackagingsymposium.com), organized by Greener Package and the AIChE’s Institute for Sustainability, was that the global marketplace faces some dire challenges in the near future

June 9, 2011

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

Generic channels help drive adherence packaging

Ted Lithgow, PhD, and chief science officer of MWV’s Healthcare Business Division, discusses the role of adherence packaging in improving patient compliance with medication regimens.

June 9, 2011

Sustainability

Spring herbs offered in new biodegradable planter

Metrolina Greenhouses, Huntersville, NC, is now using biodegradable ReadyGrow™ planters from Sonoco (www.sonoco.com) for its spring herbs.

June 9, 2011

Labels

Shrink-sleeve label--graphics and info

The newest product from Barn Dad Innovation Nutrition relies on a full-body shrink-sleeve label to carry gorgeous graphics at the same time that it contains valuable information and nutrition facts.

June 9, 2011

Sustainable Packaging

Interpack insights

Some 166,000 visitors roamed the aisles of 19 exhibition halls at interpack last month.

June 9, 2011

Sustainable Packaging

P&G partners with cellulosic ethanol firm

Procter & Gamble and ZeaChem will research, develop and demonstrate, scale-up, and commercialize new ‘drop-in’ bio-based chemicals and other products.

June 9, 2011

Sustainable Packaging

Access to recycling is more widespread than believed

A new study indicates that 94% of Americans have access to plastic bottle recycling, while 40% can recycle other types of plastic containers.

June 8, 2011

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Children's medication labeling carries weight with the FDA

Agency panel recommends acetaminophen dosage based on a child’s weight, not age.

June 8, 2011

Controls & Machine Components

William B. Rudow, Inc : William B. Rudow, Inc : William B. Rudow, Inc : William B. Rudow, Inc : Variable speed drive produces 200% torque

Useful for new installations or retrofits, the A1000 variable speed drive from Yaskawa America, Inc. provides compatibility with interior and surface permanent magnet motors for highly-efficient, precision control.

June 8, 2011