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1 Marking, coding and systems soutions Candy and Confectionery

2 We know the unique chaenges you face on your production ines From managing many different package types, to coding on sma moving targets in an environment with airborne sugar partices, we have deveoped coding soutions to get the right code, on every product, time after time. 2

3 Your high quaity packaging deserves a high quaity code Capturing saes on the shef means making the most of your brand. Brand management teams strive for innovative packaging design and artwork. The ast thing they need is poor quaity codes that detract from the effect. A true printing partner understands the importance of great print quaity and achieving your operationa goas. With over four decades of experience in your industry, Videojet offers the perfect combination of technoogy, expertise and service options to be your coding partner of choice. Uptime advantage Printing innovation engineered to give you uptime advantage. Supported by the most extensive service network in the industry. High speed production ines won t toerate unpanned stops. Buit-in productivity The cost of a printer is a fraction of the investment in the overa packaging ine. Videojet equipment integrates into your ines and heps enabe you to maximize ine efficiency and OEE whie minimizing tota cost of ownership. Code Assurance With increasing SKU compexity, take advantage of simpe onboard toos to hep prevent coding errors. Get the right code in the right pace, on the right product. Simpe usabiity No matter what coding technoogy you are using, your operators wi use the same intuitive graphica interface. This means you can spend more time focusing on the most critica aspects of your business. 3

4 Expertise for seamess integration Your production ine is ony effective if a of its components are working in unison with each other. Though ony a reativey sma component of your packaging investment, seection of the right coding soution is imperative to your success. With over 40 years of integration experience, we understand the sma detais of integration. Integration chaenges can be physica, in terms of space and the need for mounting accessories, or software and communications-based. We work cosey with OEMs to make sure that your coding soution integrates seamessy into your ines. In addition, Videojet s service and technica support team hep ensure that the instaation is done right the first time and provides support throughout the ife of the printer. Vertica form fi sea (VFFS) Whether intermittent or continuous motion, Videojet has a range of printers to address the growing compexity of VFFS bags and pouches. Packaging features, ike zippers and gussets, and the type of VFFS ine require a thoughtfu seection of the right coding technoogy. Laser Marking Systems Beam of infrared ight that creates marks where the heat of the beam contacts with the package surface Therma Ink Jet (TIJ) Ink-based non-contact printing that is generay used to print 2D DataMatrix and other bar codes Continuous Ink Jet (CIJ) Ink-based printing of up to five ines of text and 2D bar codes on a variety of packaging types, incuding stationary packaging via traversing systems Therma Transfer Overprinting (TTO) A digitay controed printhead precisey mets ink from a ribbon directy onto fexibe fims to provide high resoution, rea-time prints Large Character Marking (LCM) Ink-based, non-contact printing of ta codes, incuding aphanumeric ogos, and bar codes in arge sizes primariy for cases Labe Printer Appicator (LPA) Prints and paces abes of various sizes on mutipe package types 4

5 Coding technoogies for your packaging type: Packaging type CIJ TIJ Laser TTO LPA LCM Fow wraps Paperboard boxes Bags Pouches Speciaity packages Cases Fow wrapper Videojet has severa soutions for fow wrapping appications regardess of your ine speeds. Athough coding downstream of the fow wrapper is possibe, the highest quaity codes are typicay obtained by coding on the fim prior to packaging. Cartoner Severa printing options can serve in this appication and can be integrated with the machine or immediatey downstream in the out-feed. The optima instaation ocation wi depend upon the size constraints of both the cartoner and the preferred coding technoogy. Case packer and seaer Case printers are best integrated on your conveyor after the seaed case has been discharged. The type and amount of information you want to print on your cases determines which coding soution is idea for you. 5

6 Fow wraps Keep pace with fow wrapping technoogy Packaging equipment innovation is increasing fow-wrapping speeds. Take advantage of this high throughput/enhanced profitabiity capabiity with Videojet. We re matching our innovation with coding options that ensure your entire message appears ceary, in the right product space, and keeps your ine at peak performance. Bar codes Therma Ink Jet (TIJ) Lengthwise Idea for high resoution text, bar codes and graphics on gossy fim and fois Print more and faster with a 12.7mm ta array and inear speed of up to 100 meters per minute Therma Transfer Overprinting (TTO) Produces high resoution codes on fexibe fim without sovents Idea for printing dates, ogos, bar codes, nutrition facts, other product information and graphics Continuous Ink Jet (CIJ) Meets the needs of high speed fow wrapping appications, coding either before or after the product has been packaged Smart Cartridge fuid system virtuay eiminates waste, mess and mistakes Laser Marking Systems No inks or fuids required, thereby eiminating the potentia of ink affecting product integrity Idea for pre-printed poypropyene fims, arge marking fieds hep optimize power settings and avoid burn through 6

7 Paperboard boxes Coding to represent high quaity Carton coding technoogy seection is based on unique business needs. You need to consider code appearance and durabiity, printer maintenance and even consumabes. Integration is another critica consideration, especiay with cartoners. Direct integration of coding with the cartoner, rather than on the out-feed conveyor, creates super consistent codes through more precise materia handing and, by using existing guards, reduced costs. Laser Marking Systems Direct to paperboard Idea for crisp, cear and permanent coding with imited consumabes Comprehensive portfoio of aser accessories incuding enses and beam turning units to simpify ine integration and maximize aser performance Large Character Marking (LCM) Good soution to code on shef-ready package. Reduce inventory by printing on demand Consistent code quaity by using automatic micropurge and pressure reguation systems Continuous Ink Jet (CIJ) Speciaty inks that can create contrast and are idea for use on virtuay a carton materias, incuding aqueous overcoats and other varnishes Smart Cartridge fuid deivery system means virtuay no mess, no waste, and no mistake fuids repenishment Therma Ink Jet (TIJ) Creates compex, detaied messages, bar codes and 2D codes, idea for retai ready packaging Compact design for easy integration into your ine and fexibe communication choices for ease-of-use 7

8 Bags Get more from your printer Managing mutipe pre-printed fims for mutipe products running on the same ines can be cumbersome and costy. TTO gives you the capabiity to print product information during packaging, enabing you to imit pre-printed fim variations. TTO can print high resoution ogos, bar codes and product information, giving you the utimate in fexibiity and efficiency. Widthwise Lengthwise Minimizing code errors on your ine With codes that are very simiar in format to each other and a risk of aergens, coding errors are a probem for candy and confectionery companies and have a rea cost. Up to 70% of coding errors are caused by operator error. To address this issue, it is idea to remove the human eement atogether from code seection. Our advanced software minimizes and mistake-proofs operator inputs to the coding and marking process to hep eiminate errors. Therma Transfer Overprinting (TTO) Produces high resoution codes (300 dots per inch/12 dots per mm) on fexibe fim with no sovents Patented cutchess ribbon drive minimizes maintenance-reated downtime and maximizes ribbon efficiency Continuous Ink Jet (CIJ) Idea for frequent changeovers with easy-to-use interactive touchscreen. Abe to edit codes at the printer for quick changes CeanFow printhead reduces frequency of printhead ceanings, heping to maximize uptime 8

9 Pouches Soutions for a wide variety of pouches Make sure your coding doesn t detract from your great package stying by considering coding during the design process, then choose the optima coding technoogy for your speciaized package. A the printing speed without the sme Certain confections, ike chocoate, are susceptibe to odor absorption and therefore require specia care. A coding technoogy can be perfect for your ine speeds and required ink quick drying times, but if the ink has a strong sovent base and is not idea for products sensitive to environmenta odors, then there is potentia risk to product quaity. Standard code Product information With a wide range of coding soutions incuding CIJ with near-odoress inks, TIJ with minima MEK usage, and aser marking systems with zero fuid usage, we have soutions that are idea for your appication. Therma Transfer Overprinting (TTO) Added vaue coding enabes you to use generic fim and print the product name, best by, and nutritiona facts on demand Integrates directy into the ine and prints on the fim prior to packaging the product Continuous Ink Jet (CIJ) Particuary usefu for more compicated appications such as preformed pouches and bags with very thick reseaabe zippers Code changes are simpe through a user-friendy message creation interface or connection to networking software Laser Marking Systems Creates cear codes. Idea for pre-printed poypropyene fims or a reverse printed DataLase (a contrast enhancer) patch between two ayers of a muti-aminated fim Videojet fume extraction systems hep keep the production environment and marking ens cean 9

10 Speciaty packages Code on amost anything Due to their shape, use, and dispensing method, many candy and confectionery packages, speciay the ones targeted to kids, come in a variety of speciaized containers. In fact, your package design often differentiates your products and can be integra to your success. Ink seection is as important as finding your idea coding technoogy Producing a high quaity code goes beyond printer seection. Inks and fuids are a critica piece to identifying the idea soution for your appication. Specific sweets appications needs such as high contrast codes, difficut-to-code substrates, and rust-proof coatings can require different inks. Direct to package Direct to abe With an expert team of ink chemists and a portfoio of over 340 different inks, Videojet can hep you find the right ink for your needs. Therma Transfer Overprinting (TTO) Prints on abe and shrink wrap prior to appication Idea for dark packaging when a contrasting code is required Many different ribbon coors avaiabe Continuous Ink Jet (CIJ) Versatie coding soutions for amost any package materia, size or coor Broadest portfoio in the industry at over 175 ink offerings incuding odoress and non-mek inks Easy integration onto your ine for printing on the shouder, top or bottom of a wide variety of substrates Laser Marking Systems Mobie 3020 Laser Marking System is easiy adjusted for varying package sizes Scribing technoogy and arge marking fieds provide exceent code quaity Fiber Laser Marking System is abe to code on meta surfaces 10

11 Cases Empower your suppy chain and reduce costs Printing ot, batch and suppier-specific information on your cases creates a traceabiity point that is visibe to your warehouse, whoesaer and retaier. This information provides vita product information, aows for rapid identification and heps to move your product quicky through your suppy chain. In addition, printing this information directy on the case heps reduce pre-printed case reated costs by using generic cases and printing different trading partner s information on demand. Laser Marking Systems Direct to abe Direct to case A DataLase (a contrast enhancer) coated case marked with a aser wi produce a dark back and extremey high resoution print Especiay usefu for water-resistant coated boxes, as it enabes cear, dark printing without damage to the protective coating Large Character Marking (LCM) Eiminates the cost, storage and management of abes and need for customer-specific pre-printed cases Soution with patented micropurge process purges ink in programmabe intervas to hep keep the printhead free of debris for best print quaity Labe Printer Appicator (LPA) Automatic appication of high quaity printed abes, designed for ease of use and ow maintenance Direct Appy abeing increases performance with on-demand abe appication up to 150 packs per minute (typica 4 x6 abe) Therma Ink Jet (TIJ) High resoution, ink-based printing with no wear parts, minimizing maintenance and reated downtime Videojet s idea for non-porous substrates, MEK-based inks hep ensure good code recovery even after ine interruptions 11

12 Goba Service offering Broad service offering buit with you in mind Start-up The perfect introduction to peace of mind, ensuring a smooth transition during the adoption of new printers Preventive Whie your team focuses on production, our technicians safeguard your equipment with reguar maintenance visits Protective For a team capabe of genera maintenance, take advantage of break & fix coverage pus wear parts repacement Comprehensive Let us take care of everything and enjoy 100% coverage to proactivey optimize printer performance 24/7 technica phone support Preventive maintenance Break-fix coverage Wear parts repacement Priority service Basic operator training Consutative services and appication support Optiona equipment easing avaiabe Further detais of a Service Products can be found in our product specification sheets and any professiona quotation suppied by Videojet. You wi benefit from: Performance advantage Propery maintained printers experience ess downtime, ast onger, and increase operator productivity. Rey on Videojet certified service technicians to maintain your coding equipment in peak operating condition. Financia advantage Service costs are predictabe, protecting your budgets from expensive equipment faiures whie ocking future services at current prices. Service advantage Customers get fast, prioritized, high-quaity service from Videojet technicians. With the argest fied service team in the industry, our trained experts are we positioned to respond quicky to your needs. 12

13 Technica Training Training programs designed to improve productivity and eiminate coding errors User instruction Advanced operator Basic maintenance Advanced maintenance Basic operation Appication specific operation Basic repairs Preventive maintenance Advanced repair & printing theory Duration 2 hours 4 hours 1 day 2-3 days* What you can expect from our training: Your choice of ocation Technica training can be deivered both at your faciity or at a Videojet Training Center. Training at your faciity wi bring instant customization for your printing appications and environment. Training at a Videojet Training Center wi enabe your empoyees to minimize distractions and remain focused on earning. Customization for your team and schedue Based on technica capabiity and interaction with the printers, students wi receive instructions customized for their job and their needs. Muti-shift and muti-technoogy options are aso avaiabe. Focus on your operationa chaenges Both troube-shooting techniques and maintenance best practices covered in maintenance training wi hep your team to quicky return the printer to production when issues are encountered, and maximize uptime in the ong term. Dedicated training professionas Videojet Maintenance Training is deveoped and deivered by a group of certified fu-time Videojet training professionas with in-depth technica expertise, extensive operationa knowedge and versatie teaching techniques. Technica capabiity buiding Students wi gain hands-on experience in identifying, anayzing and addressing technica issues in an operationa environment. An evauation wi take pace to measure training effectiveness and knowedge transfer to enabe your management team to assess your maintenance staff s eve of competence. Videojet wi provide everything you need - manuas, parts, toos, and even dedicated training equipment upon request to minimize the impact on your production. * Duration of Advanced Maintenance Course dependent upon technoogy 13

14 Videojet soutions Accurate, reiabe and cost effective printing Coding in the candy and confectionery industry is not necessariy straightforward. Airborn sugar, grease, and dust can ead to poor quaity printing. Aso, new products, favors, promotions and bag sizes increase the potentia for costy coding errors. Additiona factors such as uptime, fexibiity, ine efficiency and tota cost of ownership are important to hep protect the profitabiity of the operation. With the broadest technoogy offering in the industry, Videojet meets these chaenges with an array of cost effective, high uptime and fexibe soutions. Continuous Ink Jet (CIJ) Laser Marking Systems Therma Ink Jet (TIJ) Most versatie of a variabe technoogies, combined with a portfoio of over 175 inks, CIJ prints on neary any package type and shape. Improve the appearance and readabiity of your products by permanenty etching the materia surface without physica contact or any need for sovents or extra suppies. Idea for high quaity text and bar codes on fois, cartons, and cases ensuring that even compex and detaied codes are ceary readabe for your downstream partners and consumers. Therma Transfer Overprinting (TTO) Large Character Marking (LCM) Labe Print Appicator (LPA) Perfect for your fexibe packaging appications, TTO gives you high quaity codes and images, from date, time and ingredients to aergy warnings and ogos in a variety of coors. Eiminate pre-printed cartons and abes by printing your suppy chain information directy to case, saving time and reducing costs. When abes are required or you are using darker corrugated cases, LPA automaticay appies abes to cases to hep ensure high accuracy across a range of substrates. 14

15 Suppies and accessories Customized soutions for your appication Every coding appication is different. That is why we offer you one of the most comprehensive seections of suppies and accessories to customize a soution for your unique operations. With a wide range of ribbons, inks and fuids, Videojet has spent over 40 years deveoping speciaty consumabes that are idea for your confectionery appications. In addition, we work directy with major OEMs and have a wide range of customized accessories for a printing technoogies to seamessy integrate our printers into your production ines. Suppies Speciay deveoped inks and fuids Videojet empoys strict manufacturing quaity contro processes for our consumabes to deiver the best possibe printer and code performance. With over 15 types of ribbon, 640 appicationunique fuids, and the hep of our technica support team, we are sure to have your idea soution. Accessories Configurabe accessories From customized stainess stee brackets and rubber roers to fume extractors and beam turning units, Videojet has the accessories for a worry-free instaation to hep ensure the optima performance of your ine. Software Print job creation and management Increase avaiabiity and quaity by taking print job creation and management off the production foor. 3 Coding accuracy aerts 1 Job seection 2 Product coding and marking 15

16 Peace of mind comes as standard Videojet Technoogies is a word-eader in the product identification market, providing in-ine printing, coding, and marking products, appication specific fuids, and product ife cyce services. ur goa is to partner with our customers in the consumer O packaged goods, pharmaceutica, and industria goods industries to improve their productivity, to protect and grow their brands, and to stay ahead of industry trends and reguations. With our customer appication experts and technoogy eadership in Continuous Ink Jet (CIJ), Therma Ink Jet (TIJ), Laser Marking, Therma Transfer Overprinting (TTO), case coding and abeing, and wide array printing, Videojet has more than 325,000 printers instaed wordwide. Our customers rey on Videojet products to print on over ten biion products daiy. Customer saes, appication, service and training support is provided by direct operations with over 3,000 team members in 26 countries wordwide. In addition, Videojet s distribution network incudes more than 400 distributors and OEMs, serving 135 countries. Goba Headquarters Videojet Saes & Service Offices Manufacturing & Product Deveopment Countries with Videojet Saes & Service Countries with Videojet Partner Saes & Service Ca Emai marketing.india@videojet.com or visit Videojet Technoogies (I) Pvt. Ltd. Unit 101 / 102, Rupa Soitaire, Buiding No. A-1, Sector -1, Miennium Business Park, Mahape, Navi Mumbai , Maharasthra, India 2014 Videojet Technoogies Inc. A rights reserved. Videojet Technoogies Inc. s poicy is one of continued product improvement. We reserve the right to ater design and/or specifications without notice. Part No. SL Candy and Confectionery Brochure-0414