Cincinnati, OH – Pro Mach, Inc., an industry-leading integrated packaging solutions company, announced today it has acquired EPI Labelers. The addition of EPI Labelers expands Pro Mach’s extensive labeling and coding product offering and complements existing capabilities in vertical form, fill, seal (VFFS) packaging equipment. Pro Mach completed the acquisition on January 28, 2016, and […]
Labeling Ideas
Browse through these labeling ideas to learn more about how you can utilize labeling machinery for you specific product requirements. Labeling machinery is versatile to accommodate diverse applications. View these articles to learn about labelers and labeling machinery along with labeling solutions.
Welcome to Pro Mach – EPI Labelers
We are thrilled that Pro Mach’s growth continues with the acquisition of EPI Labelers now part of Pro Mach Labeling & Coding business group. Located in New Freedom, PA, EPI designs and manufactures a comprehensive range of pressure sensitive labeling equipment for applications in bakeries, snack foods, meat and poultry and many others. EPI brings […]
Laser Coding – Changing the Rules at WestPack!
Are you visiting the WestPack show in early February? Macsa ID is well known as being an innovator in the laser coding and marking business, even since launching the industries first dynamic laser system back in 1990. since then, Macsa has developed the widest range of CO2, YAG and Fiber YAG laser available today. At […]
Traceability Coding for Tobacco Products
Traceability is becoming an important issue in many industries, including tobacco. With many of the largest tobacco producers using the Codentify® system, it is important to be able to print the required barcodes and text at high production line speeds – even through plastic film overwrap. ID Technology’s laser system from Macsa is the perfect […]
2016 GMO Label Law Update
2015 was a year filled with updates about trends with GMO labeling. In fact, if you have been following the news related to GMOs, you may be aware of the developments at the end of 2015 regarding possible legislation where it would not be required for states to have companies share products that contain GMOs. […]
An Introduction to GS1 Barcodes
GS1 is the global entity that sets barcode and data standards that make supply chains work. While we tend to think of GS1 in terms of barcodes, the whole GS1 concept is really built around the data – barcodes are just a convenient way of keeping the data where it needs to be and provide […]
Simplify Serialization Aggregation with Helper Codes
If you are working on a serialization project for your Federal Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) compliance, you’ll know that capturing the data from round containers can be tricky. As you pack the individual bottles into cartons, you need to be able to automatically scan the serialization barcode on the label in order to […]
Covered! – On-Site Support for Citronix Printers
Citronix Continuous Inkjet (CIJ) printers from ID Technology are well known for being easy to use and for being exceptionally reliable. Out of the box, they come with one of the best warranties in the business. Knowing how important our printers are in our customer’s production lines, we have introduced Covered by ID Technology – […]
Labeling and Coding for Baked Goods
The variety of products, packaging types, and production environments in the baked goods industry create difficult labeling and coding challenges. Industry regulations requiring accurate coding of information on all packaging, and the need to keep lines up and running continuously further complicate your labeling and coding process. ID Technology helps simplify your labeling and coding with […]
Pantone Color of the Year for 2016
For a few years I’ve posted about Pantone’s announcement of their Color of the Year – I’m not sure why, other than as a label company we use Pantone’s color standards in a lot of our jobs. For 2016 Pantone has made an effort to be gender neutral and has picked two colors, a pink […]