Boost Efficiency & Stay Compliant: Smart, High-Speed Product Marking & Coding Made Simple

This article is sponsored by Practical Packaging Solutions, a packaging machinery and supplies distributor that provides training, installation, and servicing for all machinery sold.

Product identification and traceability are crucial in most retail, commercial, and industrial markets. Proper labeling and marking are not only required for regulatory compliance but also for consumer health and safety.

With over a century of industry experience, Illinois-based Practical Packaging Solutions provides coding and marking products from Markem-Imaje, a global product identification manufacturer.

?°We are proud to partner with industry leader Markem-Imaje to distribute smart, high-tech marking and coding systems to our customers,” says Jackson Hutton, president of Practical Packaging Solutions.“This coding machinery is suitable for high-speed, thermal transfer, and other dynamic printing projects. They are compatible with a variety of applications and substrates, including paperboard, cans, and flexible product packaging.”

Proper product marking and coding are especially important in the food processing and cosmetics industries, where providing information about warnings, servings, usage, allergens, and ingredients keeps consumers informed and safe.

Practical Packaging Solutions provides the following Markem-Imaje product identification solutions:

Continuous Ink Jet. CIJ printers are highly flexible printers, capable of printing on a wide range of substrates. The latest model from Markem-Imaje, the 9750, offers more flexibility and advanced features such as modular designed change parts, simplifying ease of use.

Thermal Transfer Overprinters. TTO is a valuable solution for flexible printing needs, including flow-wrappers, sachets, labels, and pouches. It is capable of printing logos, lot codes, bar codes, and more.

Large Character Ink Jet. LCIJ printers, also known as piezo printers, are ideal for corrugate, cartons, plastic films, and metal parts. These printers require little maintenance and are suitable for multiple sectors, such as electronics, warehousing, pharmaceuticals, and logistics.

Print and Apply Labeling. Markem-Imaje's print apply applicators offer a wide variety of interchangeable applicators and are capable of“A” grade GS1 barcodes. Typical resolution for these print and apply machines is 300 dpi.

Laser Printers. These printers are fiber, CO2, or UV. These three media make marking on almost any substrate possible. Lasers require low maintenance and no consumables.

In addition to packaging equipment and supplies, Practical Packaging Solutions provides turnkey contract packaging services, custom packaging design, inventory management, assembly, warehousing, and more.

Contact Practical Packaging Solutions to learn more about their product identification solutions.