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
Cheese producer uses robotics to boost production Lauren R. Hartman, Senior Editor - 10/01/2008
For the past two decades, Wisconsin Cheese Group (WCG), Monroe, WI, in the heart of the Dairy State, has built its business by providing premium-quality specialty cheeses to wholesale, retail, and foodservice customers. Producing varieties of cheeses from Ackawi to Queso Quesadilla and everything in between, the company serves local, regional, state and national markets.
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Marking and coding system tracks pharmaceuticals' journey to customers John Kalkowski, Editorial Director - 09/01/2008
With billions of prescription pills and tablets being packaged and shipped around the world each year, it would be easy to slip in a few tens of thousands of counterfeit pieces or divert a couple shipments of expensive medications to a black market in another country. The existing systems just haven't had the capacity to effectively track all products through the supply chain.
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Scribing laser 09/01/2008
The D-Series plus scribing laser introduces a new, modular construction, browser-based control software and an Ethernet interface to standardize connectivity with host machines and simplify integration. Its design allows flexible laser-head orientations for integration in multiple directions. The controller box and Ethernet web server are contained within a single housing, which is said to be c...
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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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