Coding & Labeling
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Packaging Events Calendar
Conferences, seminars, trade shows, training and more for companies involved in the packaging industry.
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Oh Yes We Can!
BC mobile canning company provides the true craft experience for small Canadian brewers along with superb sleeving and branding capabilities for cans—June 2018, Canadian Packaging
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Like A Walk In The Park
British Columbia brewer uses communal code of ethics to create a high-quality beer that fully connects to local roots and scenery—June 2018, Canadian Packaging
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CrownConnect’s industry-first “Almond” Blockchain technology for FACT Water
The technology facilitates greater brands transparency and consumer interaction.
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U.S. Food Labeling Under the FDA training
NSF offering training to allow you to confidently navigate the U.S. food labeling landscape.
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Markem-Imaje and Cognex collaborate to evolve ‘Mark & Read’ technology
Joint engineering and commercial initiative from leaders in the coding and vision system sectors to develop a more advanced and integrated solution for manufacturers to ensure the accuracy of coding on their packages.
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Poorly Labeled Food Items: What are your rights?
Contributor Jackie White provides a fantastic look at just what you, the consumer, should expect from your food labeling, and what to do when it doesn’t add up.
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Dogged Pursuit
Ontario manufacturer of healthy dog treats finding marketplace success with robust product coding technologies—April 2018, Canadian Packaging
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Northern Biscuit deploys robust, affordable track & trace ink jet coding program: See the video
Hear how Northern Pet Products of Concord, Ont. has taken its food safety to another level with help from Squid Ink an Dependable Marking Systems and the latest high-resolution coding technology—the CoPilot 500—for large box barcode requirements of their customers.
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France has beef with vegan foods
Food brand owners in France are no longer able to describe non-meat products with meat terms.
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The fast track to food safety
Domino and Peco InspX join to allow food manufacturers to comply with food safety requirements while maintaining optimal on-line efficiency. Read the case study:
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Flying High Again—March 2018, Canadian Packaging
B.C. poultry farmer and processor goes through the highs and lows to once again emerge as a Canadian success story
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Berry Well Done—March 2018, Canadian Packaging
B.C. blueberry grower and packer uses WeighPack Systems equipment to automate lines to berry good efficiency
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New regulations are coming for the Canadian food and beverage Industry in 2018
NSF offers courses and training to help food and beverage companies prepare themselves for the upcoming challenges.
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Jet Label commits to total platform redundancy at primary manufacturing facility
Granular level of redundancy vastly minimizes risk for labeling customers
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New version of ISO 14024 on ecolabelling published
New version of ISO 14020 updates previous version to keep up with continuing trends and consumer demands.
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BOBST to showcase excellence in process technology at Labelexpo Southeast Asia 2018
Bobst plans to wow the crowd at the first ever Labelexpo Southwest Asia – held May 10-12 in Bangkok.
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The iconic barcode to become Internet-ready
EVRYTHNG announce a QuickStart Online Tool for brands to connect consumer products to the Web with the standard GS1 identifier codes used in every barcode, enabling mass scale direct-to-consumer smartphone interaction and supporting an industry-wide initiative to web-enable trillions of barcoded products.
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Hail, Hail – The Bandall’s Here
Veg-Pak Produce owner Dan Carnevale describes the unique packaging benefits he gets from using the Bandall equipment from Banding Systems of Orangeville, Ontario, Canada, that has allowed him to increase production line efficiency via labeling – and getting magnificent shelf presence as well. Watch the Video:
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New high-performance adhesive for chilled food labeling
UPM Raflatac launches RP48 AT all-temperature acrylic adhesive for Euro market.
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Who’s your office “Queen Bee”?
Don’t put the success of your business in one pair of hands—build a cross-functional team with Label Traxx MIS.
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Crown’s thermochromic ‘Reveal’ ink technology makes commercial debut with Coca-Cola
Crown Bevcan Europe & Middle East and Chromatic Technologies Inc. utilize technology collaboration to provide Coca-Cola with the ability to change graphics during product consumption.
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Domino partners with Platinum Press to solve serialization issues
Domino’s D320i laser brings clarity to label coding.
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“Branding by Banding” at the IPPE 2018
Canadian Packaging magazine checks out Paul Slipper of Banding Systems showing off the “Branding by Banding” concept destined for Butterball in Hanover, Ont—at the 2018 International Production & Processing (IPPE) trade show in Atlanta, Ga. being held January 30 – February 1.
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The Many Shades Of Grey – December 2017, Canadian Packaging
Ontario egg processor happy to put all its eggs in one basket to meet its unique product coding and marking requirements.
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Bands On The Run – December 2017, Canadian Packaging
Innovative veggie processor uses novel preparation techniques and savvy packaging to make a fresh statement of intent inside the Canadian produce aisles.
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$300-billion at stake as plain packaging threatens beverage industry
Brand Finance estimates the potential value loss to businesses at close to US$300 billion if plain packaging is extended to the beverage industry, noting that The Coca-Cola Company and PepsiCo would each lose approximately $45 billion or 25 percent of enterprise value.
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See the video: New robotic gantry CartonTrac Serialization system stops product counterfeiting.
See how Pineberry Manufacturing worked with Schneider Electric to develop its CartonTrac Serialization and Aggregation System to automatically code and collate cartons for a leading pharmaceutical manufacturer. Watch the video:
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Avery Dennison pioneers first-of-its kind Labelexpo booth made from label waste
Keeping it green and pioneering change, Avery Dennison uses a booth partially-made from label waste at Labelexpo Europe 2017 held September 25–28 in Brussels, Belgium.
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A Berry Good Idea – July/August 2017, Canadian Packaging, updated
Small-town Ontario producer kicks out the jams to make its mark in the North American markets with world-class product quality and cutting-edge packaging automation
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By Natural Selection – July/August 2017, Canadian Packaging
Venerable Toronto co-packer proud to wave the Canadian flag with a fast-selling brand of made-in-Canada ketchup produced on new state-of-the-art production line
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Crofter’s Organic Jams triples its capacity with new palletizing/conveying automation
Arrowhead Systems integrated a high-speed fully automatic line with robotic palletizing, bulk depalletizing and conveying components to help Crofter’s Organic Jams to supply the growing demand for its brands and North American private label products.
See how the plant achieves speeds of up to 250 containers a minute.
Crofter’s owner Gerhard Latka explains how Arrrowhead helped him to triple their capacity while maintaining a single shift.
Watch how each station in the production and packaging process works together seamlessly to create a truly modern plant and a better business. Watch the video:
