packaging coating keeps bugs away  a waterbased coating for cartons could help keep insects such as german cockroaches and indian meal moths out of the food chain. the environmental protection agency has approved the use of bugban 9000 for use on the outside of corrugated surfaces, folding cartons, wood and corrugated pallets used in the transporting of food, the company stated  when releasing the product earlier this month. michelman claims its bugban 9000 coating can save retailers, distributors and food processors  money by reducing the damage to food packaging caused by insects. marking solution for glass vials and syringes ats and tesa partner to offer validate nonablating, high contrast marking solution for glass vials and syringes. ats automation tooling systems inc.and tesa announced a revolutionary new marking technology for pharmaceutical glass marking applications. this alliance teams ats, a leading provider of automation solutions with tesa, a leading supplier of tape and high performance label products to provide a nonablating marking system for glass vials and syringes. the validate system uses a laser and proprietary consumables from tesa to permanently mark fixed and variable information including text, logos, lines and 2d bar codes into the glass. in fact, the nonerasable, high contrast nature of the mark provides the first layer of protection against counterfeiting. by combining the consumables supply expertise of tesa with the production solution from ats, the customer gains access to a unique, multilayered marking solution.  cartoning machines boasts modular design two new horizontal cartoning machines are designed in a modular construction, allowing food processors to rapidly change over to different formats. processors are demanding machines that can be quickly changed over for new products as a means of increasing the speed of their responses to consumers changing demands.netherlandsbased langenpac said its breeze and vento machines are designed in intermittent and continuous motion versions. they are constructed of stainless steel, have servo driven movements. the machines have presized templates, allowing plants to change over to other carton sizes quickly. glaxosmithkline testing new technology glaxosmithkline is distributing a medicine tagged with radio frequency identification rfid technology as part of a pilot project to help protect patient safety. the tags will be placed on all bottles of trizivir an hiv medicine distributed in the united states. when scanned at close range, the tags will help verify that the medicine bottle contains authentic trizivir. this specific medicine was selected for the project because it has been listed by the national association of boards of pharmacy as one of 32 drugs most susceptible to counterfeiting and diversion rfid uses a tiny silicon chip and antenna about the size of a postage stamp that is attached to each bottle of medicine. the chip stores a unique product code that reflects information about the drugs manufacturing and shipping history. the product code can be read by pharmaceutical wholesalers and pharmacists using a handheld or stationary electronic device that is placed within 218 inches of the tag. scented food packaging could improve product appeal a major cereal brand is set to be relaunched in the us with new scented fruity packaging that the manufacturer hopes will increase the appeal of its product.the undisclosed cereal brand, due to reach the market by next year, is the next in line of an increasing number of products that are using the new method to gain market share, according to the company that developed the technology. us firm scentsational technologies, which began commercialization just under three years ago, claims to have pioneered the concept of taking food grade flavors and modifying them to allow them to be incorporated into plastic. the result aromatic food packaging.
