PACKAGE & LABEL INNOVATION SYMPOSIUM Athens, February 18th,
2015
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WELCOME Jeroen Van Bauwel Director Product Management
Xeikon
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ADVANCEMENTS IN DIGITAL LABEL & PACKAGING PRINTING Athens,
February 18th, 2015
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Some things have changed Some things are changing = New
opportunities
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Source: http://www.dearmedia.be
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CHANGES IN SUPPLY-CHAIN MANAGEMENT Printing labels just in time
Reduction of waste / overproduction No Stock Flexibility to change
/ last minute corrections Make the most of your packaging not just
the product, assist warehousing, order-picking incorporate batch
information, barcoding data Link with ERP system synchronization
with the production process
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NEW REQUIREMENTS ON PROTECTION Brandowners looking for: Product
identification Authentication of protected products Track and Trace
systems
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REALFAKE NEW REQUIREMENTS ON PROTECTION
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WHY USE DIGITAL PRINTING? The low cost Most of these techniques
are part of the production printing process, They do not require
too many extra investments or special expensive fraud detection
systems. They allow to combine several protection features directly
into the packaging
INTEGRATION Addition of separator-labels Variable elements
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INTEGRATION Addition of separator-labels Diecut lines to assist
in finishing
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COLEBOURNE & PARTNERS 75 million lids for ready-made meals
yearly Growing number of SKUs Colebourne set up a JustInTime
production solution based on a Xeikon 3500: lead times dropped from
10 to 1 week minimum job order size dropped from 12.000 to 250
