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Datalase will unveil upgrades to its Casemark and Packmack coding and marking systems for primary and secondary packing at Interpack 2008.

The Widnes-based firm said the new labelling systems would be the first to use dedicated high-speed fibre laser technology and would produce "consistent, indelible and traceable" product identification at speeds faster than a conventional CO2 laser.

Casemark is a label replacement technology that uses laser light to image bar codes onto secondary packaging.

The Casemark material is applied directly to the pack in the required mark area and a computer-controlled beam of laser light 'writes' the required data onto the mark area. The printed message and bar codes are 100% permanent and cannot be removed after printing.

Packmark uses colour-change technology to apply date and bar codes to printed packaging. Packmark-treated packaging is exposed to a computer-controlled CO2 laser and when exposed the chemistry undergoes a colour-change reaction to form a positive contrast image.

Datalase will be on stand D02-2 in hall 5 of the Messe Düsseldorf during Interpack, which runs from 24-30 April.