Packaging and Converting Intelligence
PCI Spring 2006
This edition is centred around 'Smart Packaging', we look at the technologies developing the packaging supply chain, Raghu Das, CEO of IDTechEx looks at chipless RFID and we talk to Wal-Mart Customer Packaging and Product Identification Manager, Bud Babcock, about the migration from barcode to RFID/EPC.
Elsewhere we look at the future of flexible packaging and address Marks & Spencer's increasing adoption of flexible packaging solutions. Coca-Cola President and CEO, E.Neville Isdell talks about the value of brand and how packaging will always be vital in the quest for brand awareness and expansion.
There is a heavy emphasis on the ever-increasing pharma packaging market and Balaji Capaloor from Frost & Sullivan discusses developing drug delivery solutions and we tackle counterfeiting in the pharmaceutical market.
Packaging a PunchBrand identity and packaging are intrinsically linked, but even iconic designs sometimes need updating to match the needs...
Cosmetics and the Chinese Gold RushIn China, brand awareness in the cosmetics sectors is causing western companies to scramble for a slice of this valuable...
M&S Takes a Flexible ApproachPCI looks at Marks & Spencer's espousal of flexible packaging and its participation in a UK-wide trial in the use of recycled...
What Next for Cartons and Flexible Packaging?In a recent report for ProCarton members, Franz Rappold and Richard Dalgleish explored the interface between cartons and...
The Value of BrandPackaging is always going to have a huge impact on brand awareness and expansion.
Packages for DeliveryBalaji B.Capaloor, Frost and Sullivan, looks at the impact of drug delivery on pharmaceutical packaging markets.
Counterfeiting: A Global ProblemAs counterfeit drugs continue to permeate markets on both sides of the Atlantic, pharmaceutical packaging and distribution...
Chipless RFID: the End GameChipless RFID tags offer the tantalising prospect of being printed directly on products and packaging for just 0.
Siemens Look at RFID in the PharmaceuticalThere are few technologies that currently appeal more to the imagination than the use of Radio Frequency Identification...
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