Printronix has expanded its thermal printers portfolio with the introduction of new T8000 Thermal Barcode Printer series in the Asian market. The new T8000 with fan-less ventilation and new intelligent printhead heat management can ...
Tags: Printronix, Printer, labels
Südpack Verpackungen has announced a new digital printing process which helps customers quickly personalise their packaging. It offers clear colour gradients, brilliant colours and sharp outlines. Managing partner Johannes ...
Tags: digital printing, packaging
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has embarked on a drive against plastic in cosmetics, expressing concern over their potential for polluting the environment. In a report 'Plastic in Cosmetics: Are We Polluting the ...
Shrink hooding, stretch wrapping and stretch hooding are emerging as the most effective palletising packaging techniques on the market, and the Beumer Group is offering solutions in these areas. Stretch hooding has been efficient in ...
Tags: stretch wrapping, stretch hooding
Barcodes look mysterious. And every now and then an urban myth grows and develops about one or other of their numbers and/or stripes. The most enduring is that barcodes hold insider information about a product’s country of origin. ...
Tags: Elvis, GS1 Barcodes, Packaging
Forget regulators and industry standards, when it comes to packaging, brand owners feel the most pressure from their customers. Not only do they expect brand consistency, but also demand that their food is well preserved, stays fresh for ...
Tags: Brand, Forget regulators, Packaging
Forget regulators and industry standards, when it comes to packaging, brand owners feel the most pressure from their customers. Not only do they expect brand consistency, but also demand that their food is well preserved, stays fresh for ...
Label printing company Marschall Etiketten has deployed a new multifunction finishing machine Saturn Midi 330 from Prati for post-processing of labels. Prati machine is used by the firm to inspect the finished label products in order to ...
Tags: environment-friendly substrates, clear-on-clear labels, Agriculture
Since its purchase by Mercian Labels in 2010, AC Labels’ reputation for producing high integrity variable data and barcodes has resulted in them being awarded the IPIA Trade Printer of the Year award twice in two years. Providing ...
Tags: digital printing technology, labelling solution, Packaging
The growing problem of product counterfeiting has raised its head a number of times this year. Now global market research and consulting company, MarketsandMarkets, has released a report on what counterfeiting means to the packaging ...
Tags: Packaging Market, Packaging
Wedderburn has formalised its commitment to the GS1 Alliance Partner Program, entering as an Associate Alliance Partner. "Wedderburn’s announcement to enter into the GS1 Australia Alliance Partner program is a great asset to the ...
Two Internet resellers of UPC barcodes used by retailers for price scanning and inventory purposes, have settled charges that they violated the Federal Trade Commission Act by inviting competitors to join in a collusive scheme to raise the ...
US-based Automated Marking (AMI) has introduced the new QDX and MP3 quick-drying inks for the North American market. German manufacturer Reiner, along with AMI plans to couple these proprietary inks with handheld inkjet technology. ...
Tags: AMI, quick-drying inks, Packaging
The barcode was invented at Westinghouse in 1930 by John Kermode, Douglas Young and Harry Sparkes. The first patent for a barcode, US Patent #2,612,994, was issued to inventors Joseph Woodland and Bernard Silver on 7 October, 1952. The ...
"This is the first time a global pharmaceutical has made the move to putting invisible, edible barcodes on medication." [Wu Xi PharmaTech & TruTag Technologies] WuXi PharmaTech is a pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device R&D ...