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View Tricks to get you started with product coding

Tricks to get you started with product coding

|Kirsty Burrage

Virtually all products/packaging destined for consumers need to carry a legible mark or code. This could be a batch number to aid traceability, a use-by date code to protect consumers, or a datamatrix barcode for serialisation.

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View A coding crime scene – the fight against ageing technology!

A coding crime scene – the fight against ageing technology!

|Hope Jones

At Rotech, we have witnessed multiple coding & marking crime scenes. The businesses affected are found drowning in downtime, cleanup costs, damage, and maintenance. It’s finally time to find out who is responsible. WHO DID IT?

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View Coding and Marking – More Than Just a Necessity

Coding and Marking – More Than Just a Necessity

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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

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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?

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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?

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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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View Manufacturers left in a Sticky Situation due to Label Shortages

Manufacturers left in a Sticky Situation due to Label Shortages

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When whispers of label shortages began during 2021- many thought that the problem would be resolved within a matter of months. However, like the labels, the problem has stuck, and lead times can span up to 3 months, causing problems for manufacturers across the globe.

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View RF Compliance Takes The Complexity Out Of Serialisation

RF Compliance Takes The Complexity Out Of Serialisation

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With the ability to generate, print and verify serialised 2D codes on cartons, the RF Compliance offers an instant, reliable and easy-to-use solution for pharmaceutical manufacturers.

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View Variable Data Printing in Packaging

Variable Data Printing in Packaging

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When it comes to packaging, variable data is most easily defined as information that can only be added at the time of packing.

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