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Sustainable Packaging
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Coding, Printing & Labeling
Secondary Packaging
Trends
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Privacy and RFID
Are privacy concerns about RFID valid or conspiracy-theory paranoid?
December 31, 2005
Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 1423
Coding, Printing & Labeling
2006: an exciting milestone and a new outlook for packaging
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Pack Expo, being held October 29 - November 2 at Chicago’s McCormick Place. We spoke with Chuck Yuska, president of the Packaging Machinery Manufacturers Institute (PMMI), sponsor and producer of the show, about this special anniversary and what the new year has in store for packaging professionals.
December 31, 2005
Converting equipment
Be inspired at Package Design 2006
This year the Package Design conference includes the Package Inspiration Exhibition Showcase and a unique audience-participation session.
December 31, 2005
Protective/transport packaging
People
Andrew MacLeod was appointed divisional vice president of sales and marketing for SCA Packaging North America.
December 31, 2005
Secondary Packaging
Companies
Leister Process Technologies, Sarnen, Switzerland, formed a new master distribution network for the United States. The U.S. market will be serviced by the following factory-trained sales and service centers: Assembly Supplies Co., western region; Heely-Brown Co., southeast region; Hy-Tech Products, midwest; and Malcom Co., northeast region.
December 31, 2005
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Uniform food safety information
The National Uniformity for Food Act of 2005, a bill that seeks to harmonize existing state and federal laws to create a uniform system for all food safety standards and warning labels, has been introduced by Reps. Mike Rogers (R-MI) and Edolphus Towns (D-NY).
December 31, 2005
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Trans-fat labeling and Katrina
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita are now being blamed for limiting the availability of resin used to make plastic bread bags, prompting the American Bakers Association to request either a six-month extension of the January 1, 2006, trans fat labeling deadline or a six-month “enforcement discretion.” The storms also created obstacles for distribution of imported trans fat substitutes.
December 31, 2005
Coding, Printing & Labeling
COOL labeling delayed
The FY 2006 Agriculture Appropriations bill passed by Congress in mid-November contained a provision delaying mandatory country-of-origin labeling for meat, produce, and peanuts until September 30, 2008.
December 31, 2005
Coding, Printing & Labeling
Potassium labeling
Greater public awareness of the health benefits of adequate potassium and the risks of too little potassium in the diet are prompting some food manufacturers to voluntarily include potassium in the nutrition food panel.
December 31, 2005
Sustainable Packaging
Broadening perspectives
As we begin the new year, Packaging World will begin a new format for this space that will offer a much wider look at packaging issues than ever before.
December 31, 2005
Conveying & accumulation
Contract soap packer enhances capacity, efficiency
Stahl Soap installs new U.S.-sourced horizontal flow-wrapper and servo-feed conveyor to meet special customer equirements.
December 31, 2005
Coding, Printing & Labeling
High-volume retailers pile demands on packaging
Retailers expect a lot from packaging, and few require more than club stores and other high-volume outlets.
December 31, 2005
Coding, Printing & Labeling
High-volume retailers pile demands on packaging (sidebar)
Data says RFID helps Wal-Mart cut out-of-stocks by 16%
December 31, 2005
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