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Real-world insights, best practices, and practical advice to help you improve marking performance on the production line.

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The Future of Product Identification
10/08/2024

The Future of Product Identification

Explore the future of product identification at PACK EXPO 2024, with insights on emerging technologies, evolving compliance standards, and changing customer expectations shaping how manufacturers improve automation, traceability, adaptability, and customer experience.
Five Tips for Laser Marking Integration
08/27/2024

Five Tips for Laser Marking Integration

Learn five key considerations for integrating laser marking into your production line, including cost, technical compatibility, safety, material testing, and quality control. See how proper planning can help improve marking consistency, reduce long-term operating costs,...
Bag Marking Success Stories
08/07/2024

Bag Marking Success Stories

Bag marking can be challenging across flexible packaging and demanding production environments. See how two manufacturers improved efficiency, reduced labor, and lowered marking costs with solutions built for their operations.
Laser vs. CIJ
07/08/2024

Laser vs. CIJ

In this blog, we compare laser marking and continuous inkjet (CIJ) technologies, covering print quality, durability, maintenance, and operating costs to help you determine which solution is best for your production needs.
How to Stop Fake Goods with Laser Coding
06/25/2024

How to Stop Fake Goods with Laser Coding

Learn how permanent laser marking can help manufacturers combat counterfeiting with durable, difficult-to-replicate codes. Explore overt and discreet marking strategies that support product authentication, traceability, and brand protection.
Laser vs. Inkjet
05/24/2024

Laser vs. Inkjet

In this blog, we compare laser and inkjet marking technologies, highlighting their advantages, applications, and key differences in durability, speed, versatility, and cost to help you choose the right solution for your production needs.
Direct Case Coding or Labeling?
03/22/2024

Direct Case Coding or Labeling?

Direct case marking can reduce consumable costs, manual labor, and coding errors. See three real-world examples where manufacturers replaced labels with direct printing and achieved significant savings and efficiency gains.
Case Coding Best Practices
02/07/2024

Case Coding Best Practices

Learn how flexible case coding and labeling systems help manufacturers meet varying big-box retailer requirements, maintain barcode accuracy, avoid costly chargebacks, and improve production efficiency.
Smarter Packaging With QR Codes
01/25/2024

Smarter Packaging With QR Codes

Learn how serialized QR codes can improve product traceability, prevent counterfeiting, strengthen customer engagement, and support sustainability efforts, plus how to integrate them into your packaging.
Labeling vs. Marking
11/01/2023

Labeling vs. Marking

Direct case printing may cost less, but it is not always the right fit. Learn when labeling provides better barcode quality, flexibility and traceability.
CIJ vs. DOD
08/25/2023

CIJ vs. DOD

In this blog, we compare continuous inkjet (CIJ) and drop-on-demand (DOD) valvejet printing technologies, examining their differences in print quality, speed, maintenance, and performance to help you determine which is best suited for your industrial...