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What Is Rfid Tagging

28 Jul 2009
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Walmart, The Dod, Target, Metro And Others Are Driving The Implementation Of Rfid Tagging Walmart Has Mandated That The Top 100 Suppliers Be Compliant By January 2005 On Cases And Pallets The Mandate Has Been Relaxed All Other Walmart Suppliers Must Comply By 2006 Next Steps Will Be Individual Products Some Pharmaceuticals Are Moving Now

The Flexible Packaging Hall Of Fame

28 Jul 2009
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The flexible packaging hall of fame we&rsquore rolling out the red carpet for the inaugural class of our virtual hall of fame, celebrating the most influential innovations in the history of flexible packaging trends and innovation. These are the two areas at the heart of nearly every trade show, every educational seminar and every business publication having to do with the flexible packaging industry. Walk around any industry event, and you&rsquore bound to overhear any number of conversations dealing with one or both of these topics.

Induction Sealing Variable Verification

28 Jul 2009
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An analysis of builtin and optional induction cap sealer detection packages available to ensure your unifoiler&trade waterless induction sealer promotes 100 verified induction sealed products. Sealing unit verification was coined by pillar technologies as a key factor for induction sealing reliability. The term suv sealing unit verification refers to any feature or option pillar extends on their unifoiler&trade waterless induction sealing systems that help ensure the system is sealing properly. The sealed product is verified by using the most technological systems available.

Steps In New Product Development

28 Jul 2009
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It is too easy to forget that all the wonderful innovations we see on retail shelves are the few successful products and packages out of sometimes hundreds of proposals. From a pool teeming with ideas a single product is selected to become the company&rsquos next market success &ndash but now it must be brought off the drawing board so that it can be produced and packaged. Every company has their own process to develop a packaging system some are more successful than others. This is our system.

Partial, Weak Or No Seal

28 Jul 2009
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Induction sealers often get a bad rap. When products come off the assembly line exhibiting inconsistent seals, fingers far too often start pointing at the induction system as the culprit. But, would you believe that 99 of the time the induction sealer is not at fault realizing this fact is the first step to understanding the real cause of an inconsistent sealing situation&mdashand to finding a genuine solution. Heating things up first, it&rsquos important to note exactly what defines an induction sealer. An induction sealer is, in fact, an induction heater.

2d Image Scanning

28 Jul 2009
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Increase roi at the pos with 2d image scanning technology by don flynn, vice president, product management and market development, hand held products image scanning technology enables retailers to take transactions at the pointofservice pos to new heights by coupling highperformance linear barcode reading capabilities with valueadded functionality that&rsquos only possible with a 2d image scanning system. For retailers, this means better customer service, more opportunities and increased profitability.

Recent Advances In Blow Fill Seal Technology

28 Jul 2009
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Blowfillseal technology, originally developed in europe in the 1930s and introduced in the us in the 1960s, has emerged as a preferred method for aseptic packaging of pharmaceutical and healthcare products due to unrivalled flexibility in container design, overall product quality, product output and low operational costs. The weiler design incorporates the multistep process of blow moulding, aseptic filling and hermetic sealing of liquid products in one sequential operation on a compact, automated machine frame with fill volumes ranging from 0.1 millilitre ml to 1,000ml.

Spirit Of Excellence Award 2007

28 Jul 2009
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Second crown subsidiary recognized by hormel foods with "spirit of excellence" award 06.07.2007 crown holdings, inc. Announces that its crown closures americas subsidiary has received a prestigious "spirit of excellence" award from hormel foods corporation. The company presents the award annually to those companies who have attained service standards of excellence and have assisted the company in its quest for superior customer satisfaction.