3C! Packaging, an independent privately-owned pharmaceutical packaging solutions company specializing in the design and manufacture of custom folding cartons, printed literature, inserts/outserts, labels/foils and unit dose applications, will premiere a sophisticated new coating for coding applications at INTERPHEX NYC 2015, April 21-23 at the Jacob K. Javits Center. Offering high precision, functionality and consistency without intruding upon limited design and product information space, the company’s Clear Code will be showcased at INTERPHEX on a Domino AmJet printer in conjunction with co-developer DataLase.
Clear Code is a next-generation system employing an industrial CO2 laser, which works with a clear coating by causing a color change reaction to produce a positive contrast image. The result is enhanced clarity and contrast.
The Clear Code process offers two significant improvements over traditional coding and competing clear laser etching applications. First, Clear Code avoids marking techniques that require printed dark blocks to decode laser etched information. Second, the process successfully achieves an especially accurate, opaque image.
As such, the Clear Code process requires no inks, ribbons, applicators or other costly consumables, simplifying the process and making it more cost-effective and eco-friendly than current technologies that utilize hazardous production line materials
“Clear Code, achieved with the support of our partners DataLase and Domino AmJet, will create more attractive and functional packaging,” said Joey Rae Elphick, VP of Marketing & Business Development at 3C! Packaging. “For the first time, the technology will add consistency, quality and reliability to clear code laser etching techniques.”
At INTERPHEX, 3C! Packaging professionals will be available to share technical expertise regarding this new technology, as well as a set of other innovations on display at the show. These include:
- 3C! Packaging’s comprehensive portfolio of multiplex cartons run the gamut from traditional and innovative inset-to-carton solutions to label applications and more. 3C!’s Innovation Team has the capabilities needed to give customers any combination of packaging products desired.
- 3C! Packaging’s new 294-panel outserts provide a significant increase in copy space for necessary product information and instructions. These outserts are, on average, 20% thinner than traditional outserts, leading to a sleeker product appearance and customer savings on production, storage and shipping costs.
- 3C! Packaging recently introduced enhanced printed foil lidding for blisters, as well as printed foils with extruded plastics for sachets. By integrating into its operations a cutting edge 13” FB-3300, 6 color Servo Flexo Press from Nilpeter, 3C! Packaging is running a broad range of multi-substrate packaging materials while specializing in thin-gauged films.