What is marking technology?
Industrial marking processes for products
The term marking technology covers all processes used by industry to clearly mark products, packaging and raw materials. Labeling technology is used to apply texts, numbers, dots, lines, pictograms or more complex graphics that contain information such as product or raw material origin, manufacturing process or date, shelf life and much more.
Advantages of coding and marking technologies
More efficiency and more safety
Almost all industries mark and label their products. For some, such as the food, textile and pharmaceutical industries, marking is even a legal requirement. In all industries, clear product markings facilitate the manufacturing process and logistics and make goods reliably traceable. However, this requires the use of professional industrial coding and marking systems.
Coding and marking technologies bring the following advantages for the efficiency and profitability of manufacturing companies:
- seamless integration of coding and marking systems into production plants or manufacturing plants
- fast marking with individual data or information
- machine readability of the markings and thus fast information processing, automation of production and networking of production and administration
Companies also benefit from reliable marking technology in terms of security . Permanent, clearly readable markings and codes ensure greater security in the production process and thus improve product safety, forgery-proofing, consumer safety and brand protection.
Find the right marking process
Versatile techniques for all surfaces
Numerous marking processes are available to the industry for fast, cost-effective and environmentally conscious marking of goods. Depending on the surface material, marking purpose and production process, very different coding and marking technologies are suitable, such as
- Inkjet printers or continuos inkjet printers for fast, contact-free marking of smooth surfaces
- Laser marking or laser engraving for almost all surfaces and particularly permanent, robust markings
- Systems for applying data carriers such as labels, type plates or RFID labels
- Printing processes such as screen printing, pad printing or digital printing
- Embossing processes for durable markings
