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RFID & EPC Systems

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October 30, 2004, ... attached to pallets, cases, or even products. Using RFID technology, the EPC code can be read by sensors over short distances, usually under 6 meters. The enabling wireless technology that allows this ...

Heidelberg to Show New Dymatrix Die-Cutter at Graph/Converting Expo

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September 28, 2004, ... the sheet size to 82 x 113 cm (32.28" x 44.49") format. a newly developed pile change system results in pallets with improved pile accuracy, which ensures consistent quality and reliable finishing in ...

Sonoco Helps Home Guard Get Homeland Security Products in Stores for National Preparedness Month

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September 07, 2004, ... a 2,400 calorie food bar, 10 water pouches, 4-D and 4-AA batteries and 1,250 milliliters of water in tear-and-pour packets — in palletized point-of-purchase displays and then custom-designed corrugated ...

The 411 on RFID, Part 1

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August 30, 2004, ... a system based on a unique number called the electronic product code or EPC. The EPC can be assigned to individual items in cases and pallets within the supply chain for identification and tracking. ...

The 411 on RFID, Part 2

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August 30, 2004, 1 2 3 Previous March 2004 Information Week (informationweek.com) reports Target Corp. joins Wal-Mart and the US DOD in requiring its top suppliers to use RFID tags on every case and pallet shipped ...

The 411 on RFID, Part 3

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August 30, 2004, ... up to 13 distribution centers and 600 Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club stores. By January 2006, the mega-chain reportedly will require its next 200 top suppliers to begin tagging cases and pallets. The retailer ...

A Touch Above

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August 30, 2004, ... to the material,” says Collins. Raflatac also operates a packing line that Collins proclaims “is as automated as automated can be.” It automatically delivers pallets, wraps the rolls, stacks them on ...

The Rx for RH

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August 30, 2004, ... for pallet loads. Use stock as quickly as possible after it is unwrapped. A Simple Solution These problems can be avoided by maintaining proper temperature and RH in your warehousing and storage areas, ...

Protecting Brands

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August 30, 2004, ... the supply chain, and data is relayed back to a computer. Costs are coming down, and Wal-Mart and other retailers are driving RFID's commercialization on cartons and pallets. Another technology — EMID ...

Converting Industry News, Part 1

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August 30, 2004, ... from excessive moisture or dryness. Both should be stored in a climate-controlled environment. Paper rolls should be wrapped. Envelopes should be boxed and in cartons, then stacked on dry pallets before ...

Converting Industry News

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July 30, 2004, ... pallet change system, said to allow pallet changeovers at full production speeds. Supplier Information Körber PaperLink; kplna.kpl.net Acquisitions Jagenberg Reports Acquisition NEUSS, GERMANY—Jagenberg ...

Paxar's Q-Service for RFID Delivers Compliant Smart Label

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July 14, 2004, ... technologies, Q-Service is the industry's first service bureau for RFID (radio frequency identification). "The new service enables suppliers to Wal-Mart and others needing RFID shipping and pallet labels ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

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June 29, 2004, ... Brampton Engineering, Inc., MOCON, Stratis Plastic Pallets, Polytype, ATOFINA, Extrusion Dies Industries, LLC, M. Torres Disenos Industriales S.A., and Voridian Division of Eastman Chemical Co. Committees ...

RFID Experts Group Moves to AIM Global

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June 27, 2004, ... The Department and a number of global retailers are beginning to require suppliers to implement RFID automatic data identification systems to track cases and pallets of goods. “The Defense Department ...

Weber Offers RFID Initiative

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May 31, 2004, ... RFID tags on all cases and pallet loads by 2005. Says Weber president Brad Weber, “RFID sounds complicated, but it's very exciting, too. It promises to provide a multi-functional means of capturing data ...

A TEXAS-SIZED Flexo Forum

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May 31, 2004, ... suppliers must have RFID tags on cases and pallets by 2005. With Target, the Dept. of Defense, and others getting into the act, RFID continues to be a hot topic and getting hotter. Other sessions included ...

RFID Comes on Strong

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May 30, 2004, ... of shelf stock is required. Our research shows we can expect to see, in 2005-2006, the implementation of full-scale RFID systems at case and pallet level by major retailers, and at single-item levels by ...

New Products for the Converting Industry, PFFC, June 2004

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May 30, 2004, ... handling of paper and cardboard. Ensures continuous production via a waste-free, nonstop pallet change, increasing productivity by 10%, company reports. Perforate Many Materials Catbridge Machinery, ...

New Products, Part 1

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May 30, 2004, ... all the IEC languages, including ladder logic. Lock Endboard to a Pallet Badger Plug Co. , Greenville, WI; 800/959-0832; badgerplug.net U-Clip packaging component locks an endboard to a pallet, ...

PPC Event Offers Mixed Forecast

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April 30, 2004, ... the impact of Wal-Mart, America's top retailer, on the packaging industry. From discussions of its “mandate” to have its top 100 suppliers implement RFID tags on its pallets within the next year to criticism ...