Printing Technology for the Beverage Industry: Bottler Requirements, Anti-Counterfeiting & Coding Machines.
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Printing Technology for the Beverage Industry
1. Printing Technology for the Beverage Industry:
Bottler Requirements, Anti-Counterfeiting & Coding Machines
Linx Printing Technologies
2. Printing Technology for the Beverage Industry
Overview
The Beverage Market
Factors to Consider
Anti-Counterfeiting
Coding Technologies & their Benefits
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3. The Current Beverage Market
Huge Global Business
Soft drinks market alone worth 贈15 billion in 2012
Margins are tighter due to competition, pressure from
customers, and increasing costs
Bottlers need to maximise efficiency, impact of wasted
production time can be significant
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4. Coding Considerations in the Bottling Industry
Code Content how complex does it need to be?
Substrate range of materials may be coded in one line, need to
sample printer codes and ensure they are legible
Line Speed will the coding solution keep up?
Factory Environment likely to be a wet environment, so will require
an IP rating to reliably perform
Available Budget need to consider overall cost of ownership as
well as purchase price
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5. Coding Considerations in the Bottling Industry
Reliability need to ensure that the coding solution can keep up in
changing circumstances, and can be easily serviced
Low Cost:
Needs to comply to lean manufacturing principles, delivering flexible coding
Efficiency of bottling plants can run as low as 40-70%, tiny margins are crucial
Ease of Use FMCGs need to reduce errors during staff
changeovers
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6. Anti-Counterfeiting
Problem:
Global beverage counterfeiting is growing especially alcohol
1 in 5 UK consumers surveyed bought fake alcohol in 2013*
Coding Solutions:
Complex or high-definition digital graphics from TIJ or PIJ coders
Security inks for CIJ coders
Indelible codes from laser marking machines
*Counterfeit goods in the UK Consumer survey October 2013, PwC, October 2013 http://www.pwc.co.uk/forensic-services/counterfeit-goods-
in-the-uk-consumer-survey-oct2013.jhtml
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7. Coding Technologies for Bottlers
Laser
No ink and no risk of smudging
Permanent to fight counterfeiting
Discreet, or very visible, high quality
codes
Low cost of ownership no
consumables
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8. Coding Technologies for Bottlers
Continuous Ink Jet (CIJ)
Print on almost any substrate
Wide range of inks available
UV and other security inks for anti-
counterfeiting
Light weight and versatile
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9. Coding Technologies for Bottlers
Large Character Marking (PIJ)
Suitable for printing on secondary
packaging
High resolution codes up to 70mm
high
Versatile across a range of materials
Easy set-up and adjustment
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10. Conclusions
Explore your options:
Both CIJ and Laser have advantages for primary coding
Remember line speed, code content, and environment
Think about the real cost of ownership rather than just the initial
purchase price
Visit: http://www.linxglobal.com/en-gb/coding-solutions/industry
-solutions/beverage
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