Paperboard Packaging Alliance (PPA) Launches New Website

The Paperboard Packaging Alliance (PPA), a joint initiative of the American Forest & Paper Association and the Paperboard Packaging Council (PPC), have launched a new website at www.paperboardpackaging.org.

The PPA's primary goal is to increase favorable paperboard packaging and products awareness among priority target audiences. Visitors to the website can access topics such as technical information, benefits, and a product showcase sorted by industry.

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Choosing the Proper Coating For Your Packaging

Choosing the proper coating is an essential step in designing and producing quality packaging. Why are coatings important? For some of the same reasons that packaging is important. While packaging protects and enhances the beauty of what’s inside, coatings help protect and enhance the appearance of the package itself. Because coatings are dually decorative and protective, they are an economical way to extend both the appearance and the lifespan of the package. more

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The Power to Protect - Three Steps to Protection Against Counterfeiting

The Rob. Leunis & Chapman Group will be presenting anti-counterfeiting solutions and applications at the Interpack Packaging Fair 2005 in Duesseldorf, Germany.

In the battle against product and brand piracy the Rob. Leunis & Chapman Group (RLC Group) has formed a task force team called “Product and Brand Protection” that has developed a new three-phase customer counseling concept, and intensified cooperation with leading suppliers of security technology and organizations such as “Association German Economy Against Product and Brand Piracy” - the German equivalent of Scotland Yard in the UK. more

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RFID Journal LIVE! Pre-Conference on Packaging and Printing

RFID is going to have a profound impact on the packaging and printing industries. Packaging companies must develop new methods of integrating tags directly into their products, while printing companies certainly will print antennas for RFID tags with conductive inks. The April 10, 2005 pre-conference explores the changes that are in store. Speakers will address the specific issues that packaging and printing companies need to understand to meet the challenges ahead.

RFID Journal LIVE! formally opens with a keynote address by Tom Ridge, former Secretary of Homeland Security, who will address the importance of technology in protecting the homeland.

Visit the RFID Journal LIVE!for the complete agenda.

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RFID: A Smart Tag Primer

Good things come in small packages. This familiar cliché usually refers to precious stones, but today it's taken on new meaning, in that small things are now protecting items we deem valuable.

Analysts estimate that the retail industry loses US $50B a year to theft and up to ten times that much to counterfeiting. High-end products such as cosmetics, fragrances and pharmaceuticals are most likely to be stolen or counterfeited. Many retailers and manufacturers believe that this big problem may have a tiny solution – RFID smart tags. more

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