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RFID: Beyond the Mandate

(Magazine)

February 27, 2005, ... identification (RFID) technology. This challenge is unique because some suppliers are being required to supply RFID-enabled pallets and cases while others are not. RFID Technology For the glossary of ...

Speaker Line-Up and Agenda for 2005 RFID Journal LiVE! Conference

(Archive)

December 26, 2004, ... active systems; and how each type of system can be deployed in different applications. RFID in the Health Care Industry: Sponsored by Unisys, this conference will look at tracking pallets, cases and unique ...

RFID & EPC Systems

(Magazine)

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

(Archive)

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 ...

The 411 on RFID, Part 1

(Archive)

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

(Archive)

August 30, 2004, ... center in Sanger, TX. Eight suppliers are shipping cases and pallets of 21 products to the distribution center, and Wal-Mart is using the EPC tags to track the products as they are shipped on to seven ...

The 411 on RFID, Part 3

(Archive)

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

(Magazine)

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 ...

Protecting Brands

(Magazine)

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

(Magazine)

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 ...

A Communication from the PLACE Div. of TAPPI

(Magazine)

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

(Archive)

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 ...

A TEXAS-SIZED Flexo Forum

(Magazine)

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 ...

PPC Event Offers Mixed Forecast

(Magazine)

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 ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

April 29, 2004, ... 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 the ...

Converting Industry News

(Magazine)

February 28, 2004, ... settings such as store shelving or POP displays, loaded on pallets, or moved to a virtual digital studio for advertising and catalog shots. Show News Drupa: “JDF Coming-Out Party” DÜSSELDORF, ...

Products and Materials

(Magazine)

December 30, 2003, ... from pallets or off the floor for placement onto converting machines. Hauloff Optimizes Quality Battenfeld Gloucester, Gloucester, MA; 978/281-1800; bge.battenfeld.com Horizontal, oscillating hauloff ...

Alcoa's Whisker Lickin' Label: Shrink Sleeves Provide Purina Packaging with Pop and New-Found Flexibilit

(News | New Products)

December 11, 2003, ... still incorporate the graphics of your overall brand image and you, or your contract packer, is not forced to inventory multiple pallets of pre-labeled containers.” The Alcoa Flexible Packaging shrink ...

Esko-Graphics and Design2Launch to Develop Software That Cuts Packaging Cycle Time

(News | New Products)

September 11, 2003, ... Complete 3D models will be visualized easily in context settings, add the development partners, such as store shelving or point-of-purchase displays, loaded on pallets, or moved to a virtual digital studio ...

Products

(Magazine)

May 31, 2003, ... allows operators to build or break down pallet loads with a minimum of bending, reaching, stretching, or walking around, co. reports. Unit adjusts the height of pallets automatically as boxes are added ...