Case coding
100% compliant and high-quality coding solutions for all case coding requirements.
YOUR CHALLENGES
There are various demands to fulfill for each case coding application to satisfy the legal and regulatory requirements.
- Finding a cost-effective solution that meets your business needs.
- Reliability and serviceability to allow maximum uptime.
- Coding technology suitable for the porous nature of corrugate or cardboard.
- Durable codes that withstand transportation and storage.
- Legible codes of a high-quality permitting compliance with regulations and traditional GS1 standards.
- Technology capable of producing compliant or GS1 Digital Link 2D codes on the substrate e.g. for traceability.
- Ability to maintain print quality in often very large fonts and colors for brands and logos.
- Achieving alignment with your company’s safety and sustainability requirements
Fortunately, we can help.
OUR SOLUTIONS
More than just production, expiration date, and SKU numbers are required on corrugated boxes in retail and industry today. Barcodes are increasingly complex, usually must be GS1-compliant, and, increasingly, required to be printed in 2D, for example, GS1 Digital Link and other QR codes.
These codes can include increasingly more detailed information about the journey of the product, ensuring advanced traceability of the contents in your case shipments, throughout the supply chain. Brands are now required to include more on their corrugated boxes including address information, data in multiple languages, and the need to reproduce logos for brand protection, including in different colors.
We have extensive experience in producing the optimal technology for cardboard case coding, including a full range of compliant solutions for printing directly onto the case in different character sizes, colors, and resolutions. All our technologies are primed to ensure your coding operations are as seamless as possible for maximum uptime, reliability, and ease-of-use.
We offer the latest innovations suitable for corrugated case coding applications: CoLOS® software, large character inkjet (LCIJ), print and apply (P&A), thermal inkjet (TIJ), valvejet, and continuous inkjet (CIJ), in which we also offer pallet-specific technology.
Please note, that if you are looking for paperboard printing for primary packaging, please visit this page.
Simply leave your e-mail address in the form to be contacted by one of our experts who can provide detailed information and can help you find the best solution for your corrugated case coding requirements.
What our customers say about our solutions for case coding
"We launched a call for bids and chose the Markem-Imaje 2200 Series of print and apply systems and CoLOS® software because the equipment proposed proved to be easy to use and reliable."
Denis Grosjean
Project Manager at Bel Cheeses
"The Markem-Imaje solution proposed to Bioplants was interesting because we could choose the criteria we needed. Today, we use hot melt ink directly projected on the cardboard that allows to add traceability to the packages, which we did not have before,."
Xavier Bossard
Digital and Logistics Project Manager at Bioplants
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Connected Packaging and Packaging Intelligence software
Our Packaging Intelligence solutions combine our proven coding and marking expertise with our experience to deliver complete turnkey solutions for achieving the maximum packaging line efficiency, trouble-free data management, and supply chain traceability all the way to the consumer’s hands. CoLOS® will significantly enhance your productivity and quality control while also addressing the challenges of waste and costs in an ever-changing manufacturing environment, creating a smarter business. Looking for a partner to develop your product’s digital roadmap? Markem-Imaje end-to-end solutions include leading solutions for supply chain traceability and authentication through our Systech brand and an ultimate consumer engagement experience with Blue Bite.
Markem-Imaje has decades of experience with our easy-to-integrate, operate, and maintain high-resolution piezo Large Character Inkjet (LCIJ) printers and our non-hazardous, solvent-free Touch Dry® hot melt ink that solidifies on contact and produces darker, high-quality codes. Our LCIJ printers with Touch Dry ink are the ideal solutions for marking and coding, including GS1-compliant 1D and 2D barcodes and logos, on corrugate cases and trays all with lower TCO.
Markem-Imaje 5800
Offering a lower-cost solution and employing the same instantly solid Touch Dry® ink technology for medium throughput applications, the 5800 is equipped with unique printheads that use smaller ink blocks inserted directly into the printhead and allow for the use of up to 4 different colors of ink on the same line.
View Markem-Imaje 5800Markem-Imaje 5940 G
Using Touch Dry® ink technology for consistently scannable 1D and 2D compliant barcodes with maximized uptime and great throughput thanks to its larger ink supply, the 5940 G is built to be reliable even in tough industrial environments and features Intelli’Flow® technology to keep printhead jets clear.
View Markem-Imaje 5940 GWith decades of experience in Print and Apply (P&A) labeling technology, Markem-Imaje labelers provide the highest print quality with Grade ‘A’ GS1 compliant barcodes, including the Digital Link, while being reliable, efficient, and easy to use.
Furthermore Markem-Imaje dedicated pallet labeler offer provides the highest print quality, including the possibility to produce Grade ‘A’ GS1 compliant barcodes, including the Digital Link.
Markem-Imaje 2200 Series
The 2200 Series features unique award-winning technologies that will help you to achieve a great cost of ownership through maximum production uptime, high performance, and minimum downtime. As the world’s leading supplier in P&A, Markem-Imaje labelers offer unparalleled application rates, a resolution of 300 dpi, and a wide range of interchangeable applicators.
View Markem-Imaje 2200Markem-Imaje 2200 Pallet
The 2200 Pallet system can be easily integrated onto any production line, providing outstanding print quality and fully compliant labeling, delivering 1 or 2-side labeling at speeds of up to 120 pallets per hour.
The Markem-Imaje range of thermal inkjet (TIJ) printers offers high-quality compliant barcodes printed directly onto corrugate cases, contact-free. They require little maintenance and excel on intermittent or low to mid-volume production lines.
Markem-Imaje 1200
This TIJ printer provides maximized uptime with low-maintenance snap-in and out cartridges for no hassle and reliable printing. It features flexible printhead options for a variable dpi (dots per inch), including GS1-compliant barcodes in 1D and 2D.
View Markem-Imaje 1200Markem-Imaje valvejet large character coders excel in low-resolution alpha-numeric text, date code, and logos for corrugated case coding applications.
Markem-Imaje 4500
Offers robust marking, requires little maintenance, and is easy to use, the 4500 coder is ideal for single-sided corrugate printing and provides simplicity and flexibility with robustness for dusty or humid conditions and tight spaces.
View Markem-Imaje 4500Markem-Imaje 4700
Complete, compact, and reliable, the 4700 offers one or two-sided corrugate printing in a robust and intuitive format with an extended ink capacity and a reserve tank for consumable changes without production line stoppages.
View Markem-Imaje 4700With more than four decades of experience in Continuous Inkjet (CIJ) innovation, Markem-Imaje has a full range of printers for corrugated case coding. Our vast ink portfolio, including competitively priced MEK-free inks and reduced VOC varieties for reduced environmental impact, makes Markem-Imaje CIJ printers the most flexible and one of the most reliable on the market today. Designed for maximum uptime and ease of use, our CIJ range simplifies daily activities and makes your printing process seamless.
Markem-Imaje 9330
CIJ printer designed for light to medium duty production lines, the 9330 series offers versatility, cost-effectiveness, and longevity, covering all your basic case marking needs, with the capacity to print for more than 8,000 hours non-stop.
Markem-Imaje 9750
CIJ printer designed for medium to heavy-duty production lines, the 9750 is primed for digitalization and traceability with its unique 24-pin interface delivering clear, customizable, traceable black or colored codes, including 2D codes (QR
and DotCodes), in a modular format which is easy-to-use.
Markem-Imaje 9750 Plus
CIJ printer designed for medium to heavy-duty production lines, the 9750+ features a revolutionary, polyvalent ink circuit for both standard marking or pigmented contrast printing, giving you the highest level of flexibility and inventory
streamlining across your installed base.
CIJ inks
Markem-Imaje has a complete ink portfolio including a MEK-free ink offering with a full range of colors designed to lower your TCO for corrugated case coding and is one of the few manufacturers to lower volatile organic compound emissions (VOCs).
2D codes have already become an indispensable method of connecting your products to the Internet, facilitating vast amounts of product data and customization possibilities. They are also simultaneously becoming essential to comply with new regulations and standards, especially concerning traceability, including for the GS1 Digital Link, Digital Product Passport, and the US FDA’s FSMA regulations. The advantages of 2D codes for boosting brand loyalty through the supply chain are unrivaled. The possibilities for promoting sustainability efforts, packaging design efficiencies, and retail process optimization are enviable.
With the GS1 set to begin phasing out 1D barcodes in favor of 2D codes like the QR and DataMatrix from 2027, at Markem-Imaje, we have GS1 Digital Link-compliant 2D codes at the heart of our innovations from our coding hardware to software solutions supporting leading brands and retailers around the world to define and implement their connected product roadmap. Connect with us to talk to an expert or read more on our 2D solutions dedicated page!
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“In conjunction with our system, we ensure that we can send brand, item number, batch number, and more to our marking systems without errors. “
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Andrea Boccolini – VFFS Technical Sales Support Manager @ IMA Ilapak
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Xavier Bossard – Operations, Digital and Logistics Project Manager at Bioplants @ Bioplants
“The Markem-Imaje solution proposed to Bioplants was interesting because we could choose the criteria we needed: Before that, we were using a labeler, so one consumable item was created every time we labeled a package. Today we use hot melt ink directly projected on the cardboard allows us to add traceability to the packages, which we did not have before.”“
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