French CIP-13 legislation has now come into force requiring pharmaceutical packs to carry not only a lot and expiry date, but also a 13 digit "CIP" number along with a 2-dimensional datamatrix barcode that carries the same information in a machine readable format.
For many companies this means a change for a simple "blind deboss" code to one that requires a far more sophisticated piece of coding equipment that is programmable and produces a visually distinct mark (e.g. black on white).
Throughout 2010 we have been busy installing such systems in a wide variety of locations and can offer either thermal transfer or thermal inkjet technologies to produce the high quality mark that is required in order for the barcode to meet the ISO/IEC 15415 standard. We can also advise on suitable scanning equipment (both online and offline) and can even install a complete package to offer a total solution.
If you have products that need to carry the new codes and would like to discuss a solution, why not contact us?