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May 13, 2010 | Edited by Jim
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Continuous Ink-Jet Printer for Under $5,000!
Matthews' newest printing system in the continuous ink-jet family, the CX16, is ideal for small character printing of variable information onto virtually any packaging material. With a price tag of only $4,995, this printer is an affordable solution in today's marketplace. FREE ACCESSORY until July 31st!
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Simple Lot and Date Coding
The CX16 is capable of printing up to two lines on surfaces including wax-coated cartons, plastics, or metals. The CX16 is ideally suited for date coding on food and beverage packages or lot coding for pharmaceutical and cosmetics/personal care packaging on high speed production lines.
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VIDEO: CX16 in Action!
Rugged, stainless steel design. Simple operation with 1 or 2 line printing.
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Thermal Transfer Printing on Tyvek Film
In this case study, Matthews Marking Products' Swing Thermal Transfer system uses a special ribbon designed specifically for Tyvek medical paper that allows high quality printing of barcodes, date codes, lot codes, and product information.
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Matthews Thermal Transfer Printer Marks on Pill Packages
Matthews Swing Thermal Transfer printer provides coding solutions in the pharmaceutical packaging industry. The Swing printer easily prints variable information and dry time is instant (eliminating ink offsetting concerns). Read more in the application case summary.
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HCPC announces Packages of the Year
Pfizer, Bristol-Myers Squibb, and GlaxoSmithKline are honored by the Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council at its annual Compliance Package of the Year competition, announced at the organization's 18th Annual National Symposium on Patient Compliance May 5 in Valley Forge, PA...
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Video: Vibration table testing at UPS
Package lab manager Quint Marini demonstrates a vertical vibration table conducting an ISTA 3A small parcel test simulation at the UPS Package Design and Testing Lab in Addison, IL...
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Video: Temperature/humidity chamber testing at UPS
At the 7,100 sq-ft UPS Package Design and Testing Lab in Addison, IL, package lab manager Quint Marini describes how pharmaceutical/biopharmaceutical customers use the carrier's test lab for temperature and humidity testing procedures...
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MATERIAL
Aluminum bottles
Ball's Alumi-Tek(R) Bottles are recloseable, lightweight aluminum bottles that are designed to keep beverages cool while giving consumers the option to re-cap and save the drink for later.
Alumi-Tek bottles can be used for a wide variety of beverages including beer, energy drinks, coffee drinks, enhanced water and nutraceutical beverages. Bottles are decorated with the same printing process as cans. Three sizes are available: 8 oz., 12 oz. and 16 oz.
Ball Corp.
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MACHINE
Thermal ink jet printers
The G-Series of thermal ink jet (TIJ) printers from Domino uses unique multi-substrate fast-drying ink for extended coding and marking applications-beneficial especially for the pharmaceutical sector.
The G-Series provides 600 dpi resolution and speeds of up to 300m/min. The capability to quickly switch between water- and ethanol-based inks enables printing onto porous and non-porous materials...Read more
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Shelf Impact!'s Package Design Workshops
One-day workshops teach package design strategies that incorporate today's retail and consumer preferences. Spring Workshops in Minneapolis and New York City, plus four more locations in 2010. |
Packaging Summit 2010
The Packaging Summit 2010 - where packaging's leaders come together. May 18-19 at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare in Rosemont, IL.
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Healthcare Packaging Conference & Workshops
Packaging strategies and solutions for pharmaceuticals, medical devices and healthcare products. Breakout workshops offer relevance, optimal education for attendees. Hyatt Regency Princeton, NJ on May 27. |
PACK EXPO International 2010
McCormick Place, Chicago, IL. Produced by the Package Machinery Manufacturers Institute, from October 31 to November 3.
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Over a dozen workshops offer new ways to increase packaging efficiencies
This year's Healthcare Packaging Conference and Workshops includes breakout workshops on topics such as: strategies for minimizing the expense of lost product; automation of primary - and secondary - packaging; quality control through early tracking; blow/fill/seal as an aseptic technology; the new ROI of in-line digital printing; and more! Join us on Thursday, May 27 at the Hyatt Regency in Princeton, NJ.
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