New Cognex Dataman 8000 Series

For quite a while, Cognex has made one of the best high end barcode scanners, the Dataman 7000. We have sold a bunch of them, especially the version that can be used to verify UID marks. Well, everything changes and the 7000 is about to be replaced by the new Dataman 8000 series. While a lot [...]

PTI Seeks Volunteers to Help With Traceability Practices

The Produce Traceability Initiative (PTI) is seeking volunteers from the fresh produce industry to guide future traceback procedures and help standardize industry-wide traceability practices. PTI wants to establish groups to address issues in four key areas: 1) guide and promote industry-wide adoption of GS1 standards, including developing best-practices for implementing tracking solutions. 2) identify product attributes [...]

Progress on the Food Safety Act

The Senate’s version of the food safety bill introduced last year - S.510 – looks like it finally has enough bipartisan agreement on key issues and might have a chance of passing. Some of the provisions of the bill include: Hazard analysis and preventive controls: Facilities that manufacture, process, pack, or hold food must have in [...]

New Marathon Tablet from LXE

A few months ago I was shown some pictures of the beta version of what has become the LXE Marathon. At the time I thought it was rather interesting, but I wasn’t able to see how it would be something our customers would need. Well, the product has now been officially announced and here’s a [...]

Polyonics’ New Flame Retardant Label Material

Using flame retardant materials has been common in some industries, such as the aviation business for a long time. Recent cases in the electronics industry, where some consumer devices have overheated and caught fire, shows how important the use of flame retardant materials is in this industry as well. This makes the introduction of the [...]

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