The package coding channel showcases ink-jet coding, laser-marking, stamping, case printers, in-line case printing, carton coders, inks and bar coding for the pharmaceutical, industrial, and food and beverage industries.
Test Codes Linda Casey, Associate Editor, 8/1/2008
Bell Laboratories Inc., Madison, WI, manufactures a variety of rodenticides and rodent-control products for the consumer, professional pest-control and agricultural markets worldwide. In a typical eight-hour shift, the company can produce up to 12 tons of bait boxes—a popular rodent-control product often distributed in farm and home-improvement stores. More
Holograms Battle Counterfeiting 08/01/2008
Sophisticated replication techniques have made counterfeiting and fraud a serious threat to the pharmaceutical and medical industry—and to the suppliers to the sector, like packaging companies. The World Health Organization (www.who.int) estimates that annual earnings from the global sales of counterfeit and substandard medicines are more than $32 billion, while counterfeit drugs and pac...
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West meets East over cookies Linda Casey, Associate Editor - 07/01/2008
Headquartered in a 120,000-sq.ft state-of-the-art baking-and-packaging facility on the West Coast, Sugar Bowl Bakery has grown into a multi-million dollar pastry empire that sells to hotels, convention centers, grocery stores and warehouse clubs. Like many other industry giants, this baking behemoth's story also has humble beginnings.
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Printer connectivity 07/01/2008
The Monarch® 9855® RFMP and Monarch 9855 HF RFID printer/encoders are said to work seamlessly with Microsoft BizTalk Server 2006 R2. Demonstrated at this year's RFID Journal Live show in Las Vegas, the printers write to RFID chips embedded in thermal direct or transfer bar code labels. Avery Dennison, Printer Systems Div.
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Cultural evolution Linda Casey, Associate Editor - 07/01/2008
The year was 1960, and Chuck Kesey and his wife, Sue, had recently graduated from Oregon State University, where Chuck studied dairy technology and Sue had taken business science classes. With the help of Chuck's father Fred Kesey, who founded and managed the Eugene Farmers Creamery, the couple entered the packaging-and-distribution side of the dairy business by supplying 1-gal glass returnable...
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Robots sort blood specimens 06/01/2008
In addition to being an international humanitarian organization, the American Red Cross is the biggest, single blood-collection agency in the U.S. Operating as a nonprofit, the Red Cross supplies blood and blood products to approximately 3,000 hospitals daily. The organization is now using advanced robotic automation linked directly to a computerized laboratory information system database to so...
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Label printer/applicator 06/01/2008
The PA1200t label printer/applicator is easy to use, with minimal adjustments necessary, quick setup and changeover for applying labels to the top or sides of varying height products. The label printer/applicator features an all-metal construction and a heavy-duty cylinder to compensate for high stress in side labeling, with minimal deflection when using a conveyor.
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Printer 06/01/2008
The 1510 small-character continuous ink-jet printer focuses on ease of operation through its intuitive user interface. The printer features a simplified fluid replacement system called Smart Cartridges™ with the industry's first microchip-enabled fluid bottles. Designed for medium-duty applications that involve printing codes 16 to 20 hr/day, six days/week, the printer is ideal for the fo...
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X-ray inspection The Eagle QuadView glass-in-glass x-ray-inspection system uses four separate angles to ensure coverage even in the bottom and crown of a rigid container.
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