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Smart packaging touches many areas of packaging including food, beverage, and pharmaceutical. For pharmaceutical packaging in particular, there have been several advances in the use of smart packaging, specifically in the realm of patient compliance and patient interaction.

By Dr Peter Harrop IDTechEx Printed electronics is a relatively new technology that is evolving very rapidly. The term encompasses printed and potentially printed electronics and electrics. Two years ago, it was thought that printed electronics would make things cheaper and one year ago there was much talk of tightly rollable electronics so a mobile phone could look like a pen because it will have a snap back roller giving a large display and keyboard when needed, that flexible plastic film also gathering power from light and heat - no more flat batteries. These dreams are reaching reality today but it is now realized

TAPPI has recognized eleven outstanding professionals for their contributions to TAPPI and to the pulp, paper, and packaging industries by awarding them the designation of TAPPI Fellow. TAPPI Fellow is an honorary title bestowed upon less than three percent of TAPPI’s membership, and is given to individuals who have made extraordinary technical or service contributions to the industry and/or the Association. The Fellows program was established in 1968, and the roster of TAPPI Fellows includes many of the industry’s most influential leaders. For 2008, TAPPI’s eleven new Fellows are: Joseph A. Barsin, principal of Technocrats-Inc., a consultancy based in Charlotte, N.C. Katherine Buckman Gibson*,

STAMFORD, Conn.—Stora Enso has finalized the divestment of Stora Enso North America Inc (SENA), its North American subsidiary, to NewPage Corporation (“NewPage”), a leading North American coated paper producer. Following the divestment, Stora Enso has established a new sales office in Stamford, Conn. to serve North American customers with paper produced in Europe. Peter Mersmann continues to head the sales office. Packaging Papers products will be represented by Michael Walsh (Tel +1 203 359 5710, e-mail: Michael.Walsh@storaenso.com). Please contact him on all matters concerning imports of Label Papers from Uetersen Mill, Germany, and Flexible Packaging Papers from Imatra Mill, Finland. The new office address

TAPPI members have elected three individuals to the TAPPI Board of Directors for the 2007-2009 term: Carlos Augusto Lira Aguiar, President & CEO, Aracruz Celulose S.A.—Brazil Jukka Tiitinen, President, Metso Paper North America Mark T. Watkins, Senior Vice President, MeadWestvaco Corporation These new TAPPI directors will begin their terms of office following the TAPPI Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony, March 15, 2007 in Jacksonville, Florida. In addition, terms of service are ending for the Board’s top two officer positions. The incoming Chairman is Mark R. McCollister, Paperchine Inc.; Jeffrey J. Siegel, president of Mica Corporation, will assume McCollister’s former role as vice chairman. Born

Bar codes revolutionized automatic identification and data collection more than 30 years ago. However, with Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) attracting all the attention and developmental mind power, are bar codes soon to be obsolete? That’s not likely. In fact, bar codes and human-readable information are still required on smart labels to validate the products inside cases and pallets, and they are expected to remain an important part of RFID labels for many years. This is no more a relief than for suppliers of thermal transfer printers and materials. Thermal transfer printing has come a long way since its inception and relies on heat to

A 10-color press with UV capability has provided QC Packaging Systems with the tools it needs for high-quality work. by Tom Polischuk Growing pains! That's a problem most companies would just love to have right now. For QC Corporation, it's a good hurt. QC Corporation is a major North American manufacturer of bulk and consumer entertainment media products for brands such as Memorex, Fuji, Maxell, Sony, JVC, Kodak, and Radio Shack. The company has experienced a high growth cycle over the past three years due to the explosion of demand for optical media, such as CD/CDRs, DVDs, and DVD-Rs. This business growth came