Joint engineering and commercial initiative from
leaders in the coding and vision system sectors will develop an even more
advanced and integrated solution for manufacturers to ensure the accuracy of
coding on their packages.
Products with incorrect, unreadable or missing
codes can cause significant problems for manufacturers. Not only is
traceability made difficult, if not impossible, during recall situations but
also retailers may fine manufacturers or reject products. Since 2015, Mark
& Read, an automated Cognex camera and Markem-Imaje printer verification
solution, has helped companies confirm the right code is correctly printed
every time, reducing unnecessary waste and helping ensure non-coding related
recalls run more smoothly.
Markem-Imaje and Cognex are deepening their
existing partnership to develop the next generation of Mark & Read
applications for global fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies. Both
companies’ research and development and commercial teams will be working more
closely together to integrate their printing and reading solutions,
collaborating at regional and global levels on opportunities and projects in
the packaging market.
By working together earlier in the engineering
design process, they will ensure their products work even more seamlessly
together to provide even quicker and more accurate code verification.
Manufacturers will also benefit from a more intuitive user experience – from
setup through to full-production – as enabled by the two leading players in
their respective fields.
“We are excited to combine our Mark & Read
solution and proven Cognex’s vision solution,” said Vincent Vanderpoel, CEO of
Markem-Imaje. This combination will allow us to capitalize on our major
customer references, helping them minimize rework due to missing or unreadable
text and barcodes, reducing waste from using incorrect data in printed
messages, and avoiding scrapped product due to incorrect packaging materials
being used on the production line.”
“Together with Markem-Imaje, we are building new
capabilities to improve new global standards for printing product quality,
eliminating production errors, lowering manufacturing costs, and exceeding
consumer expectations for high quality products,” said Robert Willett, CEO of
Cognex Corporation.
Manufacturers can expect to see the first of a new
generation of Mark & Read solutions by the end of 2018, with a range of
additional improvements available in 2019.
