Invisible coding: efficient and secure: coding every package can give you piece of mind--and save you money. Here's a new way to do it. (Cover Story).

From: Food & Drug Packaging | Date: October 1, 2001| Author: Pierce, Lisa McTigue | Copyright information

It has been a well-kept secret for the last two years. "It" is a new way of coding packages that improves product identification and security. And it offers a more efficient method of product tracking so companies can pinpoint improvements in supply chain management and internal production.

This new process lets you ink jet a two-dimensional (2D) code using "invisible" ultraviolet ink onto every package quickly and cost effectively with 100 percent automatic inspection. ...

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