Vincent Millot, Consumables Product Marketing Manager, Markem-Imaje03.15.21
Black, multi-purpose ink enables safer, more sustainable fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) coding, with fewer errors – all for the same total cost of ownership (TCO) versus traditionally-used, MEK-based options.
FMCG manufacturers face high expectations. Consumers want products that are as sustainably made as possible, at a good price, while retailers and distributors are quick to issue fines for poorly coded items that jeopardize traceability, data collection and/or automation. The ink launched delivers on all these objectives by enabling better performance and sustainability, with no overall cost increase.
Paired with the company’s flagship 9450 coder, the EB588 ink sets the new standard for FMCG inkjet coding.
MEK-based inks generate Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) emissions, contributors to greenhouse gases. This new MEK-free alternative, made of Methyl Isopropyl Ketone (MIPK), supports product sustainability by generating 40% fewe
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