Symington’s keen on Datalase kit following four-week trial

The Casemark product enables companies to image barcodes onto a tape applied to outer packaging, rather than use self-adhesive labels.

Datalase launched the Casemark tape-imaging station, its first piece of hardware, at Total Processing and Packaging in May.

Williams said: "We are now looking at a version of the technology we tested for use on a high-speed sachet line for couscous and flavoured rice products, which we hope to install next February.

"We're at a very early stage – the manufacturer of the line doesn't even have a machine in the showroom yet."

Instead of applying Casemark tape directly onto secondary packaging, Williams said Symington's planned to apply Datalase laser-sensitive material in ink form directly onto cartonboard in the required mark area at the box manufacturer.

"We will then expose the patch to a low-power CO2 laser as the box goes through the filling machine," he said.

The chemistry in the patch produces a colour change from white to black on exposure to the CO2 laser.

Datalase said it was looking at further developments for the Casemark imaging station, including combining the product with a box sealer to offer further time savings.

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