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Priority to flexibility
Tamp blow applicator: Providing fresh impetus
Combined with our 2200 Series print & apply labeling systems, the tamp blow applicator is ideal for identifying bottle packs in complete safety. Click and find out!
GS1-128: High-speed pack identification
Increasingly, major retail and foodservice outlets are pressing suppliers to use the GS1-128 international coding standard to automate depot management. With the 2200 Series solution, Markem-Imaje offers bottlers the possibility to print and apply labels at high speed on their packs, even on the front side!
Although no law requires the GS1-128 standard to be respected, major retail and foodservice outlets highly recommend its implementation to automate management of depots and flow of goods. Beyond supply chain optimization, the standard provides traceability for each product, a measure which is now essential in the wake of recent health scandals. Automation has taken off in the UK, is growing in France with the explosion of drive-throughs and should become generalized in the US in 2015. Based on stringent specifications - position on packaging, content described by a GS1-128 barcode, SSCC, minimum readability grade etc. - GS1-128 helps identify supply chain units in standardized fashion (pallets, packs, wrapping films).
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Plant extension in China
Present in China since 1989, Markem-Imaje inaugurated the extension of its assembly plant building of FengXian, near Shanghai, on December 12, 2013. This new extension should accompany the expected 15% annual growth of the Chinese market. Today, Markem-Imaje already makes more than 10% of its sales in China. The site, which currently employs about 100 people, will see its production progressively evolve from 7,000 to 15,000 printers per year. These printers will mainly be for China and, to a lesser extent, for all the other countries of the Asia-Pacific zone. In addition to large international firms, Markem-Imaje already works for major Chinese groups like the confectionery producer Want Want, the brewer TsingTao or the dairy product manufacturer Mengniu Dairy.