Minimizing production downtime is an ongoing challenge for manufacturers. How can they address technical problems while limiting disruption to their production process?

December 10th was International Human Rights Day, an excellent opportunity to share the Markem-Imaje Labour and Human Rights Policy, a document committed to respecting and promoting internationally recognized human rights.

Markem Imaje’s eTouch-S – a cutting-edge applicator for the 2200 Series – has won the 2022 PPMA Award for Innovative Packaging Machinery.

It’s an exciting time to be working for Markem-Imaje in Australia. I lead our direct sales team across Australia and the wider Oceania region. We’re a large country and one of the biggest challenges is distance. Our dedicated sales teams work hard to cover large areas of the country across six territories from Perth to Brisbane and as far south as Tasmania.

As we noticed during COVID lockdowns, a global shutdown of human activity allowed air pollution to lower drastically. Each individual needs to make an effort to limit emissions, as they directly affect human health and the environment, causing climate change, air pollution, extreme weather events, and more.

Regulatory requirements for product labeling present both benefits and challenges for manufacturers. This is certainly the case for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) classification of cosmetic products such as toothpaste with medical benefits (and similar “cosmetics-related” frequent use substances or mixtures) as medical devices within its Unique Device Identification (UDI) system.