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Packer of dried food & snacks, Country Products, reports a 10 per cen increase in production efficiencies fol ow g replacement of old pri ters th NGT2 therm transfer systems fromAl ich has reinforce


Coding which s reinforced its sole su Each of Country Products’ five production lines benefit fromtwo NGT2 F


urther underlining its position at the forefront of marking and coding


technology for the global food industry, Allen Coding has strengthened its sole supplier status with long-standing customer, Country Products, following four additional inters at the art plant in


company’s state-of-the- NGT2 thermal transfer pr the recent installation of


North Yorkshire.


Since the replacement of all its old printers with Allen Coding’s high performance NGT2 thermal transfer systems, this leading supplier of healthy snacks, nuts, dried fruits, mueslis and herbs and spices, is reporting a 10 per cent increase in production efficiencie s. Country Products is using the Allen Coding NGT2 printers to apply data, including product title, nutritional


information, address and legal details, to both the front and back of packaging film produced from polypropylene, polyester or laminate.


OFFLI E POUCH CODING M


The RF1-V+ stand-alone enables pouches to be


to 60 per minute


he RF1-V+ stand-alone overproverprinting systeminting system enables pouches to be coded offline before they


Packer of dried food & snacks, Cou try Products, reports a 10 per cent increase in production efficiencies following replacement of old printers with NGT2 thermal transfer systems from Allen Coding


its sole su pplier statu handled by the vertical form fill seal


ier statu s machines, with packs weighing from 15g


coded offline before they are filare filled, at speeds of upled, at speeds of up to 60 per minute


machinesmounted on Gainsborough form up to 500g. As a result, the Allen Coding fill sealmachines. The units are installed on 90-degree swivel brackets so that they can be easily turned by the operator, both to change thermal transfer ribbons and to move swiftly fromone orientation to another for different client films. Mark Leather, Country Products’


managing director, comments: “We have a long-standing relationship with Allen Coding which dates back to the


strengthen ourmarking and c lines. They recommended the


function in line with business


installation of our first automated packing NGT2 to


growth, the oding


addition of new product ranges, and the need tomaximise uptime.


He continues: “We have gradually replaced all our old printers and the latest four NGT2 thermal transfer systems complete the upgrade. Thanks to Allen Coding’s service team, who are rated as amazing by my team, the switch from our previous printer model has been a simple and hassle free process.” A wide variety of products are being


OFFLINE POUCH CODING MADE 50% FA Rotech, the Hertfordshire designer of end-to-end coding and feeding systems,


FASTER


NGT2 printers are operating at speeds up to around 30 packs per minute. The NGT2 thermal transfer printer


offers flexible two inch wide printing and can be easily switched between


intermittent (IM) and continuous motion (CM) modes. Capable of printing a range of variable information including bar codes, date codes and serialisation at high speeds, it can be networked via PC or Allen Coding’s a:touch touch screen. Leather adds: “The NGT2 thermal transfer printers have proved to be reliable with minimal faults compared to other models. In fact, we can report that the new machines have helped increase production efficiencies by 10 per cent. It is a strong endorse ment of Allen Coding’ s ability to deliver advanced marking and coding systems designed to meet customers’ exacting requirements.” With a print area of 53 x 50mm, the NGT2 offers 650 prints per minute (ppm) and boasts a print resolution at 12 dots/mm or 300dpi.


“The sole supplier status with Country


MADE 50%FASTER engineering expertise and commitment Products is further recognition of our


has launched a customer-driven development of its RF1-V offline coder. The new RF1-V+ is said to offer a 50 per cent improvement in speed through design improvements, including a shingling infeed and extended reservoir capacity. The stand-up pouch is one of the fastest growing flexible packaging formats for a wide variety of end-use applications, but is not always easy to


code online. Richard Pether, director at Rotech, explains: “Pouches that are formed, filled and sealed online are straightforward enough to code prior to filling, but when using pre-made pouches or trying to code onto filled packs, online coding becomes problematic. In these situations, an offline coding system is preferable from both an efficiency and a code quality perspective, as pouches can be printed offline before they are filled, and brought to the production line ready printed. Coding the pouch in its flat form results in a consistently clear, perfectly positioned code.”


Most offline coders use friction feeding. However, because this technology is designed to feed packs or pouches of a uniform thickness, accommodating a resealing mechanism often means it cannot do the job accurately. In developing its RF1-V offline pouch coder, Rotech assuaged this issue by using vacuum pick and place technology to pick a pouch from a stack, place it onto a conveyor for printing, and transfer the printed pouch neatly onto another stack for collection. Drawing on its feeding system expertise, Rotech has engineered the RF1-V+, an offline overprinting system that is capable of coding up to 60 pouches, with a maximum width of 375mm per minute.


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to maintaining high levels of quality , service and on-time delivery,” says Stuart Fenwick, Allen Coding’s region sales manager for the north. “Being part of the Country Products’ supply chain further augments our capabilities in offering reliable and marking and coding variety of food sectors.


solutions across a cost effective


“Allen Coding’s on-going focus on anticipating customers’ needs will help ensure it continues to earn and maintain sole supplier status with many of it s customers.”


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