The Wall Street Journal has an article on plastic cork closures in today’s edition. There are some rather interesting industry facts that are revealed in the article. Cork was first used as a bottle closure by Dom Perignon in the late 1600s. Natural cork still has a 69% market share today, but that market share […]

Sun Chips brand, as well as a host of other branded chips, are in the process of switching over to a new biodegradable multi-layered packaging material. This material has a more attractive matte finish, which helps it stand out at the POP. However, we discovered that when it comes to sensory appeal, the downside may […]

ScienceDaily.com recently reported that engineers at the University of Florida have achieved a near perfect hydrophobic surface by looking at the physical structures of spider hair, and duplicating them mechanically. This approach differs from similar approaches in the past which tried to achieve the same results through material composition, not mechanical properties. Hydrophobic surfaces are […]

Wired magazine is reporting that scientists from Sunchon National University and Rice University have developed a printable RFID tag. The cost of the RFID tags were over $1/unit a decade ago. Back then, it was largely anticipated that in order for RFID to be fully deployed, the per unit cost needed to be at better […]