General Mills released on April 30 its 2013 Global Responsibility Report, which outlines the company's progress and commitments in the areas of health, environment, sourcing, workplace and community engagement. "Through our products, we ...
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Colorbit is a color-based automatic identification technology developed by B-Core Inc. of Tokyo. Using the patented code configuration and decoding software, it is possible to read up to several hundred tagged items simultaneously by ...
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Founded in 1941, the Carolina Blueberry Association is the oldest farmer-owned cooperative in North Carolina. Based in Garland, N.C., the co-op’s 24 growers bring fresh and frozen blueberries to stores across North America. In an ...
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LoBue Citrus is a family-run grower and distributor of oranges, moving between four and five million boxes each year. The company, based in Lindsay, Calif., automated its produce traceability program in October 2010 and by employing a ...
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US-based on-pack labeling provider Yerecic Label has introduced a new line of labels, LabelBling, for fresh produce growers, packers and shippers. According to the company, the new labels feature holographic films, sparkle inks, colored ...
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Posted by Lisa McTigue Pierce, Executive Editor -- Packaging Digest, 4/29/2013 7:59:08 AM Blue Ice Vodka, an American potato vodka produced at Distilled Resources Inc. in Rigby, ID, is the first spirit brand in the country to feature a ...
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Packaging equipment supplier Baumann has bagged an order to supply two ELS cross web labeling systems for installation on a thermoform packing line at a plastic punnet tray manufacturing plant in Australia. The equipment, which is ...
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Labeling applications distributor in Belgium, Turbel has announced the purchase of a new Gallus EM 510 in a bid to increase the chances of growing success in its served markets. Equipped with two flexo printing units, the machine is ...
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US-based 21st Century Spirits has launched its potato vodka, Blue Ice Vodka with a ‘Gluten Free’ designation on the package label. The designation appears on the Blue Ice vodka label in the form of a red badge labeled, 'Gluten ...
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Last fall I flew halfway across the country to go grocery shopping with Everly Macario. We set out from her second-story apartment in Hyde Park near the University of Chicago and walked to the supermarket to buy a couple of?rib?steaks?that ...
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The system will be introduced at Grafitalia in Milan, 7- 11 May, at the Atlantic Zeiser booth (R29?– Hall 1). Atlantic Zeiser's Digiline Compact system is aimed at packaging companies and carton manufacturers, as well as service ...
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The main purpose of custom stickers is to engage people's attention and keep them entertained in different ways. Now-a-days, every business depends on promotion and marketing. Due to this, the competition has also increased in the market. ...
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Arkansas Gov. Mike Beebe has signed a bill that stiffens the penalties for knowingly selling used bedding as a new product. The bill, which was backed by the Arkansas Homefurnishings Assn., was overwhelmingly approved by the state House ...
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South African labels producer Avvo Labels has ordered for a RSC slitter/rewinder finishing machine Rotocontrol. The RSC 440 web width slitter/rewinder machine offers a full suite of standard features in a compact finishing machine ...
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The hotly anticipated British Designers’ Collective at Bicester Village is back! Recording artist and British style icon Rita Ora will host the launch of the Collective on 2 May – featuring designers including Nicholas Kirkwood, ...