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

Building flexibility into a machine's DNA

A key goal of the Make2Pack initiative—a joint effort by the World Batch Forum and the OMAC Packaging Workgroup aimed at better integrating the processing and packaging functions in manufacturing—is to get people to approach packaging machinery programming in terms of modular code or function blocks that can be reused and reimplemented.

May 31, 2005

Leaders (UNIVERSAL TAXONOMY PW): Page 1461

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Enterprise transaction module

Online Development’s xCoupler™ enterprise transaction module for Allen-Bradley® ControlLogix® controllers provides two-tier data exchange between plant floor devices (sensors, actuators, drives, bar-code scanners, robots, RFID controllers) connected to the controller and enterprise servers.

May 31, 2005

Flexibles

Pactiv to sell protective and flexible packaging businesses

Pactiv Corp. has agreed to sell substantially all of its North American and European protective and flexible packaging businesses to an affiliate of AEA Investors LLC, an international private equity firm, for approximately $530 million and the assumption of certain liabilities.

May 31, 2005

Filling/capping, dry

Reducing glove contamination

CK Safety offers its Detectaglove #CK5000 5-mil, powder-free, metal detectable vinyl glove. Product helps eliminate glove contamination, offering the wearer comfort and safety.

May 31, 2005

Filling/capping, dry

Reducing glove contamination

CK Safety offers its Detectaglove #CK5000 5-mil, powder-free, metal detectable vinyl glove. Product helps eliminate glove contamination, offering the wearer comfort and safety.

May 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Tag-and-ship RFID

InfinID Technologies has introduced EZ-EPC, an intelligent EPC-compliant Tag and Ship RFID labeling and verification solution.

May 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

RFID-enabled pallets

There’s keen interest in an RFID-enabled pallet CHEP offers customers for a 50¢ premium.

May 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

RFID-enabled vial seal

West Spectra[tm] from West Pharmaceutical Services uses overt, covert, and HF RFID technologies to ensure authenticity for pharma products.

May 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

ASTM forms RFID Task Group

New group to develop performance standards for RFID tags.

May 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

CompTIA RFID skills certification update

A survey to support the work of the RFID subject matter experts group was launched Monday.

May 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

RFID and corrugated box study

A new study evaluates the negative cost impact that RFID will have on corrugated box suppliers over the next three years and beyond. What are the implications for CPGs?

May 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

The go-anywhere power of mobile RFID

Experts say portable and wireless devices like handheld computerized RFID readers have their place in CPG operations.

May 31, 2005

Coding, Printing & Labeling

Our road to RFID

My personal journey reflects views and visions on how supply chain inefficiencies can be changed through RFID.

May 31, 2005