August 2008 Welcome to Packaging IDeaS, Your Weekly Packaging Newsletter from Industry IDS  
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Spotlight News
FlexLink Acquires Techne - A Leading Supplier to the Packaging Industry FlexLink Acquires Techne - A Leading Supplier to the Packaging Industry
Techne has 25 years of experience as a provider of design and engineering of specialty machines, and equipment for the packaging machinery industry. Based outside Bologna in Italy, Techne employs 20 co-workers and is a member of the Bologna Packaging valley.
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Heidelberg Heidelberg 'Relying' on Packaging Industry to Provide Growth
Heidelberg is relying on the packaging industry to provide it with growth as it reported a fall-off in sales in its preliminary results for the first quarter of 2008/2009.
Molded Fiber`s Green Packaging Molded Fiber`s Green Packaging
Molded Fiber announced that it has increased its focus on the production of its recycled molded pulp packaging for retail, health, and beauty care markets.
New Packaging for Organic Tea New Packaging for Organic Tea
Somage Fine Foods has concentrated on sustainability through the recent release of Chamellia Organic Tea and tisane in new retail packaging.
Plastics and Packaging Being Squeezed Plastics and Packaging Being Squeezed
High oil prices are driving up costs of not only gasoline and everything shipped by truck, but also the plastic bins and cardboard boxes that hold much of what you buy.
Food Packaging Woes
Ban on Carcinogenic Food Packaging
Packaging for many common products, such as microwave popcorn or frozen pizza, contains PFOA, a chemical that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has long considered to be potentially carcinogenic.
Food Packaging Growth Brought to a Halt
The Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP) said the cut in the amount of packaging was the result of the Courtauld Commitment: a voluntary agreement between WRAP, Defra, the Scottish, Welsh and the UK grocery sector.
Packaging Technology Updates
The Booming Business of Active RFID and RTLS The Booming Business of Active RFID and RTLS
Active RFID with sensing is set to involve huge numbers of tags that communicate with each other in self healing mesh networks.
Packaging Industry Discusses Merits of Bar Codes V RFID Packaging Industry Discusses Merits of Bar Codes V RFID
The latest edition of Packaging News has an interesting discussion on the merits of RFID against the use of bar codes.
Tecate - Kits Simplify Packaging and Integration of Boostcap Ultracapacitors Tecate - Kits Simplify Packaging and Integration of Boostcap Ultracapacitors
POWERBurst MCI Integration Kits are now available from ultracapacitor and capacitor specialist, Tecate.
Editorial

RFID technology is used in the enterprise supply chain management to improve the efficiency of inventory tracking and management.

The RFID business will quintuplicate in value in the next ten years, but the Active RFID business is growing about ten times. These estimates are driven by businesses such as the $475 million military order currently being serviced by Savi Technology, and innovations such as the first 100,000 Active RFID labels from Power ID. Within Active RFID, the market for RTLS is projected to grow even faster, from $145 million today to $2.7 billion in 2018.

For more updates, read the next issue of Packaging IDeaS.

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