www.packagingconnections.com at india packaging show 2006 athis wa a big hit at india packaging show 2006, new delhi india. the stall was lined up by top executives of packaging user companies, packaging buyers, packaging engineers. mr rajiv dhar, director of indian institute of packaging visited the stall and complemented the efforts to bridge the gap between packaging buyers & sellers with active involvement of qualified packaging professionals. there was also the membership offer at the booth and many companies took the instant membership. they shared their opinions with the packaging connections team and those changes will be now made shortly. you are most welcome to send your feedback at feedback@packagingconnections.com schenker tests rfid technology for global shipments global logistics company schenker is testing the use of radio frequency identification rfid technology to track containers used for overseas shipments. the deutsche bahn subsidiary announced this month that it has put into service ten containers equipped with rfid technology.  this is the first step in a practical test to examine the suitability of new security technology for global freight transport, the company stated in a press release. rfid has long been touted as the future of logistics for all companies by allowing retailers and suppliers to track goods throughout the supply chain. high prices for tags and systems has held enthusiasm at bay. privacy concerns have also limited its use at the consumer level. however mandates from such giant retailers as walmart and metro is slowing forcing processors to make investments in the system. europes lightest pet bottles in answer to demands from beverage manufacturers to keep costs down and to meet tough eu waste legislation, portuguese packaging company logoplaste is expanding a new line of pet preforms claimed to be the lightest packaging in its category. the project was developed in partnership with novembal under the initiative of logoplaste. lptd the r&d branch of logoplaste developed the pet perform and novembal developed the cap. logoplaste commercializes the preform and novembal the caps. the company says that after testing and introducing the preforms as a 0.33 litre and 0.5 litre pet water bottles for the portuguese market through beverage group centralcer and unicer, it is now planning to expand the products further into the european pet water container market.new cryptoglyph protecting your brand alpvision, leader in developing innovative solutions to protecting documents and packaging against counterfeiting, proposes cryptoglyph, a simple and cost effective solution that is easy to implement. it does not require additional security elements and uses standard printing processes. unlike processes which use additional elements such as special inks, holograms or special labels, cryptoglyph crypto encryption, glyph marks is printed using standard processes. it is formed using a large number of very small dots which are invisible to the naked eye. the dots are not identifiable with magnifying equipment and are hidden in the imperfections of the printed material. these very small dots may be printed on the entire primary or secondary packaging as well as on leaflets within the packaging.packaging with practical design bormioli rocco adopts the most sophisticated technology for pharmaceutical packaging, using glass and plastic, in order to grant the essential property of chemical stability, precision of size and durability. scientific rigour applied to technical solutions is the premise of bormioli roccos work with the pharmaceutical industry on providing glass and plastic containers as well as caps and accessories. the pharmaceutical industries must combine, more and more, the technical perfection of bottles and containers with functional design that meets the new packaging needs of health products. these products must be childresistant, senior friendly and, when requested, have a special and recognisable look. thus, safety and ergonomics are required as well as, in some cases for example, overthecounter and selfmedication products, being eyecatching.
