You know the situation – an urgent need to be able to label products for a certain period of time. Might be because something has changed and a lot of products need new labeling. Maybe your marketing team needs to apply coupons for a campaign they are putting together. Sometimes you are lucky and just happen […]
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Traversing Coder for HFFS Machines
Just about every package that is produced for food or medical products needs to have some kind of date or lot coding. This might be a simple “Use by Date”, something more complicated with lot and serial numbers, or maybe linear or 2D barcodes – UDI barcodes, perhaps. This can get interesting when needing to […]
Laser Coding for PET Bottles – Which Wavelength?
CO2 lasers are often used for adding variable information, such as date and lot codes to packaging materials. Most CO2 lasers that are sold for these applications produce a beam of light with a wavelength 10.6 µm, which works well on a wide range of materials. When dealing with products made of Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET), such […]
ProMach in Action – Labeling and Material Handling
Here at ProMach, our portfolio of product brands means we can handle just about every package application. In our Labeling & Coding business line, we often help customers comply with industry barcode mandates using our labeling or inkjet solutions. Our labeling systems do a great job for printing and applying labels to products and can often […]
Promotional Labeling for Food Products
In the food industry, there is often a need to apply promotional labels to products – this might be simple labels, or multipart coupons, depending on the specific promotion. It can be a challenge to do this without disrupting existing production lines, especially if suitable labeling equipment is not readily available and labels/coupons need to be sourced […]