If you’ve been involved in packaging for any length of time, you’ll recall the big Walmart RFID fiasco of the early 2000s. At that time, the giant retailer mandated that many vendors add EPC compliant RFID tags to shipping cases and pallets shipped to Walmart distribution centers. The rationale behind this was that adding the […]
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New ID Technology Website
After a lot of work, we are really pleased that our new version of the ID Technology website is live online. ID Technology has a wide range of products, labeling systems, inkjet printers, laser coders and that handle many different applications. The site, therefore, has a lot of content, and in the new version, a […]
New Zebra Print Engines ZE511/521
It has been a slow launch period for Zebra’s new OEM print engines, the ZE511, and ZE521. Having to contend with Covid and the global logistics mess, has caused the launch to be delayed for quite a long time. While the printers have been available (somewhat) to order for a while, public information on the […]
Product Coding IPPE 2022
If you work in packaging for a meat or poultry company, you almost certainly have to print variable information onto every pack you produce. To be honest, this kind of product coding can be rather frustrating. This is especially so when a small item such as a date coding printer can cause so much maintenance […]
IPPE 2022 – Print and Apply Labeling
As tradeshows continue to come back to in-person, after the enforced Covid break, coming up in January is The International Production & Processing Expo, or IPPE. The International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) is a collaboration of three shows – International Feed Expo, International Meat Expo and the International Poultry Expo – showcasing the latest […]
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