From food and beverage, personal and household goods, to pharmaceutical and medical, we understand the challenges of the consumer packaged goods industry. We have the high-speed laser and inkjet printing equipment, high-adhesion inks —including those meeting FDA regulations—needed to craft a reliable and accurate marking and coding solution as part of your overall track-and-trace system. Beverage Bottles and Cans The only thing more important than easy to read and accurate “best by” expiry date, batch, and lot codes is making sure your line doesn’t stop. We can help you with…
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Matthews Marking Industry Highlight for Marking & Coding Applications: Automotive Parts
Matthews has been making their mark in the automotive industry since its inception. From striping and product identification marking on tires to innovative parts marking, their solutions continue to evolve along with the industry to meet the regulations and requirements you’re faced with. We partner with Matthews Marking because they are the best in the industry when it comes to automotive marking and coding. Unmatched Marking for Rubber and Tires Our V-Series marking systems are engineered for the harsh, challenging environments typically found in rubber processing and tire manufacturing. They…
Read MoreMatthews Marking Industry Highlight for Marking & Coding Applications: Food and Beverage
We work with Matthews Marking to provide a broad selection of inkjet coding systems which are perfect for high-speed marking; producing vector-quality codes while maximizing uptime. With Matthews, you can be sure that your marking equipment is providing you with the best possible mark while meeting the high production demands of the food and beverage industry. Food Labeling: Plastic Matthews Marking Systems offers highly reliable marking technologies for plastic packaging and product manufacturers, including drop-on-demand (DOD) printers, thermal inkjet printers, and automatic labeling machines. Matthews’ years of experience in the plastic industry allow…
Read MoreMatthews Marking Industry Highlight for Marking & Coding Applications: Building Materials
Building Materials With the most reliable printing technology in even the harshest environments, Matthews provides turn-key and engineered solutions for any kind of mark on any type of surface in the building products industry – from metal and wood, to concrete, brick and ceramic, 2D codes, barcodes, large or small character marks, and everything in between. Wood Clearly marking your wood products gives you a competitive edge in the marketplace, and we offer solutions representing the best way to help you do that. From identifying your product with large, bold…
Read MoreBranded Packaging That Makes Cents
Whether you’re a B2B or B2C company your company’s reputation keeps them coming back. When it comes to that reputation the easiest leave behind is within the branding itself. How do you know if branded packaging is right for you? It’s a common phrase of manufacturers, retailers and resellers: “If you have a competitor in the marketplace, it’s right for you.” But, you want packaging that makes sense (and cents). Here are our easiest packaging upgrades to take advantage of this year when working with your marketing and operations departments:…
Read More8 Ways MPERIA Makes Marking and Coding Installation Headache Free
Removing integration headaches while reducing human error could feel impossible – especially if you have personally ever seen a project like this through from start to finish. We work with your purchasing, operations, project lead and engineering departments to present a solution to marking and coding which exceeds expectations without the mandatory prepaid service agreements. Here are 8 ways Matthews Marking has eliminated those obvious and sometimes less-obvious obstacles to success with the MPERIA controller. A single user interface and common API across all Matthews Marking Systems technologies with the…
Read MoreTHIS or THAT: Our Top Packaging Alternatives During Supply Chain Shortages and Beyond
The last couple of years the supply chain dilemma every industry has faced has had us thinking creatively and reminding our Sales Reps of that initial customer call where the drawing board is a little empty and ready for development. Our industry experience and longevity in the field has leant itself well as we navigate the future and recommend alternative packaging solutions. Fluctuations in pricing continues and lead times across industries shift at any given time, but these alternatives can help you think more creatively and broadly about your packaging…
Read MoreNew Partnership: LEIBINGER Continuous Inkjet Systems
We are excited to announce our new partnership with LEIBINGER Coding and Marking Systems. LEIBINGER helps fill the gap in our marking and coding equipment with their state of the art CIJ printer and printhead. If you know anything about CIJ you may have rolled your eyes at the “state-of-the-art” bit in that last sentence. But, we’ve got to tell you, they are seriously changing the game when it comes to their patented printhead. LEIBINGER is within its third generation of family management and manufacturers all of its equipment from…
Read MoreThermal Transfer vs Direct Thermal Labels
A common question we are asked is, “hat is the difference between thermal transfer and direct thermal transfer label printing?” Well, it’s all in the name to start, but there are a lot of considerations a company should review before making the decision on which system to go with. What’s in a name? Thermal transfer printing uses a heated ribbon to produce durable, long-lasting images on a wide variety of materials. But, when it comes to direct thermal printing no ribbon is used. Instead, the image is printed directly onto…
Read MoreThe Season of Oktoberfests: Marking and Coding More Than Beer Bottles
Event coordinators around the world have it made for the month of October. Between Oktoberfest events (cheers to you, Reading Leiderkranz – the best in all the US lands), Fall Festivals, our own local Yorktoberfest and all the pumpkin spice someone can take it is a busy time of year for everyone, including breweries. Central PA’s local micro-breweries have been popping up left and right to add to the already hoppy landscape with big-time brewers like Yuengling, Tröegs, and Victory. It’s exciting to witness and gives us the opportunity to…
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