Packaging Monitoring

Eliminating labels appears to be the next step beyond thin-walling of containers in source-reducing packaging. We’ve seen it most recently with a method that relies on a special coating onto packaging substrates so that a lower-power laser can print high-contrast marking onto the surface of corrugated boxes and paperboard cartons, among other surfaces (see Laser printing on coated cartons and cases eliminates labels). The newest take on that approach applied to primary packaging in the form of PET…