It’s no secret that even before the pandemic, how we buy things was changing – as shown by the continuing growth of e-commerce and the struggle of so many legacy retail businesses. More e-commerce leads to more shipments of packages from distribution or fulfillment centers direct to us consumers. Our #ProMach brand, Panther, has been […]
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Green and UV Laser Coders
Laser coders have become popular for printing variable information onto products and packaging. There are certainly a lot of advantages – no consumables needed, high-quality permanent prints, and the ability to operate at high production rates. Most lasers sold for packaging applications use CO2 laser light sources (like our SPA-C and iCON lasers) – usually […]
Pack Expo East 2022
The world of packaging is heading back to Philadelphia on March 21st, with the opening of Pack Expo East 2022. Our Labeling & Coding brands will be part of the ProMach Mini-MetroPlex, where we’ll be showing new solutions designed to meet your packaging challenges. If you need to apply pressure-sensitive labels to just about any […]
New Leadership for Code Tech
Michael Shaw was already instrumental in the success of thermal inkjet (TIJ) technology for product coding when he started Code Tech in 2010. Nine years later, after having built his new venture into a leader in the industry, Mike sold the business to ProMach, where the growth has continued as part of ProMach Labeling & […]
RFID Rides Again
If you’ve been involved in packaging for any length of time, you’ll recall the big Walmart RFID fiasco of the early 2000s. At that time, the giant retailer mandated that many vendors add EPC compliant RFID tags to shipping cases and pallets shipped to Walmart distribution centers. The rationale behind this was that adding the […]