Coding, Printing & Labeling

Raflatac and UPM Rafsec merge to form UPM Raflatac

Raflatac and UPM Rafsec, members of UPM Labelstock Business, have merged toform a new business entity, UPM Raflatac.

January 31, 2006

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 1415

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Unraveling RFID for pharma

Frost & Sullivan's RFID expert assesses RFID in the healthcare and pharma markets.

January 31, 2006

Coding, Printing & Labeling

SIDEBAR: RFID tags take the heat

Almost all of E&PS's shipments to Wal-Mart are full loads. However, for its less-than-pallet-load "partial shipments," E&PS bundles two to three cases together via shrink wrap.

January 31, 2006

Coding, Printing & Labeling

RFID meeting of the minds roundtable

Experts discuss the perils and the promise of RFID.

January 31, 2006

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

TI's well-calculated Gen 2 RFID rollout

Texas Instruments' E&PS calculator business unit did its homework before it became the first Wal-Mart supplier to tag cases of product using Gen 2 RFID technology.

January 31, 2006

Coding, Printing & Labeling

When RFID succeeds, then what?

Many might not agree with the premise that RFID will be widely accepted and will profoundly affect retailers and, of course, packagers that supply them with product. But, humor me; let’s look at what it might mean.

January 31, 2006

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

FDA unhappy with RFID progress

At a meeting held February 9-10, the agency wondered what to do about slower-than-expected pharmaceutical implementation.

January 31, 2006

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

FDA unhappy with RFID progress

At a meeting held February 9-10, the agency wondered what to do about slower-than-expected pharmaceutical implementation.

January 31, 2006

Cartoning

Coordinate package design with machinery capabilities

At the Package Design 2006 Conference, designers saw how innovative package designs sometimes require all-new machine designs – and why it pays to collaborate with packaging engineering up front.

January 31, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

New standard could be the key to machine sales

The following message from Make2Pack goes out to packaging equipment builders and automation suppliers:“The member companies and organizations of Make2Pack strongly support the industry initiative to develop Part 5 of the ISA-88 series of standards, which promises to add measurable business value by integrating manufacturing, packaging and enterprise information systems through international standards instead of custom programming.

January 31, 2006

Controls & Machine Components

General Mills on packaging controls

Gregg Stedronsky, director of packaging engineering at General Mills, shared these thoughts recently in a phone conversation:

January 31, 2006

Blisters/clamshells/skin packaging

FDA unhappy with RFID progress

At a meeting held February 9-10, the agency wondered what to do about slower-than-expected pharmaceutical implementation.

January 31, 2006

Bag/pouch fill/seal (pre-made bags)

Food service packaging/bag machine

Food service items such as sauces, stews, refried beans, and other similar products can be packaged on General Packaging Equipment's Model 642WLC vf/f/s machine in 7.5 L to 2 gallon packs.

January 31, 2006