Track and Trace

Coesia Group, controlling a multinational portfolio of automated machinery businesses in different industries, has combined the expertise of two of its sister companies, G.D and Laetus, to develop C-TTS, a track and trace solution for pharmaceutical packaging applications. With G.D’s knowledge of complex IT solutions in packaging machines and Laetus’ experience in packaging security solutions in the pharmaceutical sector, a competent team was established.

Simons Security Systems GmbH (Nottuln, Germany) recently released a new industry solution for legally binding product security and traceability of packaging. The Secupack system, through the combination of track and trace features, provides the traceability of packaging and products throughout the entire production and delivery process.

“Many anticounterfeit systems are on the market,” said Angelina Rayak, Sales Manager for anti-counterfeiting technologies at Simons Security Systems.

By Milos Blagojevic

As the old adage goes, two heads are better than one, and the world of brand protection and authentication is no exception.

By Anastasia Thrift

Inspection equipment company Optel Vision (Quebec City, QC, Canada) recently added a printing line to complete a track-and-trace suite for pharmaceutical and medical packaging. Calling it their Capture and Control (C&C) system, Optel works with pharma packagers to create serialization solutions that will secure lines via linear, 2-D, or Data Matrix bar codes.

By Anastasia Thrift

NanoInk’s (Skokie, IL) brand-protection division, NanoGuardian, is partnering with SDI, a pharmaceutical and healthcare industry analysis company, to deliver its Closed-Loop Protection market-monitoring program. The program combines the on-dose authentication and tracing benefits of NanoGuardian’s NanoEncryption technology with a pharmacy-auditing program to identify counterfeit or illegally diverted pharmaceuticals entering the global supply chain.

By Anastasia Thrift
Managing Editor

Polyonics (Westmoreland, NH) debuted its label material Product Sentry to acclaim when it received Circuits Assembly’s New Product Introduction Award. 

The labels use Polyonic’s Thermoguard “durable label” technology. The quality being honored is the ability for labelers to collect track-and-trace information along with anticounterfeiting information in one step. Real-time WIP data collection is combined with layered technologies for product authentication.

By David Vaczek
Senior Editor

CSAT America (Louisville, CO) has launched encrypted data coding as an anticounterfeiting feature with its printing solutions. The encryption solution is provided as a module in the TASC desktop publishing Windows-based software. CSAT is also featuring microtext printing capability, with its DTS 1200 blister printing machine.

Hapa AG (Zurich, Switzerland) is suggesting the use of just-in-time inline printing of pharmaceutical and medical device packaging. Drop-on-demand (DOD) ink-jet and flexo/digital hybrid printers are designed to deliver quality printing coupled with operational efficiency across many packaging formats and materials.