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View Feeling snowed under?

Feeling snowed under?

| 3 mins |Kirsty Burrage

Spikes in demand can throw even the most well-oiled production process into a frenzy, with the workforce generally picking up the slack, working longer hours or trying to work quicker – which can often lead to more errors and staff burnout.

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View Flexible Pouch Coding Solutions From Rotech

Flexible Pouch Coding Solutions From Rotech

| 1 min

If you were to look at all the products bought in your weekly supermarket shop, chances are many of them would be packaged in pouches or bags. They’re a packaging type that is continuing to see huge growth, and for good reason.

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View Introducing the Integra Vivid – HMI display for Rotech Printers

Introducing the Integra Vivid – HMI display for Rotech Printers

|Kirsty Burrage

Adjusting print settings, monitoring ink levels and editing print jobs is now easier than ever, with the addition of the Integra Vivid

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View Rotech marking a path to improve Sustainable working

Rotech marking a path to improve Sustainable working

| 3 mins |Hope Jones

In 2019 Rotech published an article highlighting packaging predictions for the upcoming year. Funnily enough, many ring true today. So, it’s not surprising that there is still a growing pressure to “create a circular economy by reducing single-use plastics” which is dictating the decisions of all manufacturers and consumers alike. But what steps are being made by Rotech to improve sustainability?

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View Coding and Marking – More Than Just a Necessity

Coding and Marking – More Than Just a Necessity

| 2 mins

Coding and marking, the process in which variable data such as lot codes, batch numbers and barcodes are applied onto products, packaging or labels is often seen as a mandatory, unavoidable part of the production and packaging process and nothing more.

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View TIJ Printers Light the Way For Candle Producer

TIJ Printers Light the Way For Candle Producer

| 3 mins

A candle manufacturer has boosted its ability to meet growing demand for its premium products by swapping messy and inflexible old coding systems for four clean and flexible, low-maintenance thermal inkjet (TIJ) printers from Rotech.

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View UKCA mark deadline fast approaching – are you ready?

UKCA mark deadline fast approaching – are you ready?

| 2 mins

The UKCA is a new product mark that must be used in place of the CE mark in England, Scotland, and Wales.

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View TIJ – The Optimum Printing Technology For Food Packaging?

TIJ – The Optimum Printing Technology For Food Packaging?

| 2 mins

Over the past year or so we have seen a dramatic increase in the number of food manufacturers choosing thermal inkjet to date code their packaging over other technologies such as continuous inkjet (CIJ) or laser.

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