Pharmaceutical
Quality and support from
a partner you can trust
Domino coding and marking technologies are designed to deliver verified, consistent quality
and reliability to pharmaceutical applications.
It’s a big promise.
As a design principle it’s in line with Domino’s philosophy of quality and customer excellence.
For you, it means the security that Domino’s unique technologies for industrial ink jet, laser
and outer case printing, developed and refined over 25 years, will help you to meet high
volume automated manufacturing demands.
Efficiencies for Manufacturers
The drive to improve line efficiencies demands new approaches, new technologies.
Domino works with pharmaceutical industry manufacturers to ensure that its printing technologies meet their diverse and changing needs.
Dealing with multiple product lines, which may have multiple market specific packaging, demands fast code changeovers. Domino’s equipment meets those needs with specific technologies, and automated set-up. It also adds consistent print quality.
The Digital Advantage
Domino products for the pharmaceutical industry are driving the evolution from pre-print methods like labelling and embossing, to the future of digital systems.
Domino’s technologies offer improvements in code quality, the ability to print real-time information and
machine-readable codes.
Domino’s products for the pharmaceutical industry are specifically designed to enable customers to comply with validation requirements of Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) and other regulatory requirements,
such as 21 CFR Part 11.
Improvements in Coding Quality
Digital print, whether ink jet or laser, solves many of the problems of traditional coding methods. Poorly defined or incorrect characters, misinterpretation of characters or digits, batch re-working due to inconsistencies, and slow changeovers are all eradicated by digital technologies. Digital coding systems take seconds to set-up, provide reliable quality to a degree that surpasses previous methods and also enables code validation using camera/vision systems.
The clarity of print quality provided by Domino technologies ensures that codes are easily read by end-users of packaged pharmaceutical products.They also ensure safety through non-contact printing and implementing other recent technologies like Radio Frequency Identification (RFID).
Laser coders offer high quality codes and
accuracy in pharmaceuticals packaging
Domino laser coding technology is increasingly important to the pharmaceutical sector.
It is flexible enough to be applied to most packaging types, whilst providing high-resolution
fonts and graphics.
Laser Features
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Excellent code clarity
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High quality graphics, bar codes and
letter-quality text (including Arabic, Asian
and European character sets)
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Permanent, durable codes onto
a wide range of substrates
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Quick set-up and fast product changeovers
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Fast and simple code set-up and editing
Domino’s laser coders have many applications in the pharmaceutical manufacturing process.There are a variety of ways in which the code can be applied to packaging; which you choose depends on coding requirements, speed of throughput, and the need for validated code output.
Carton identification, an area traditionally addressed by embossing, is a good place to start, not least because laser coding systems offer advantages in terms of clarity and flexibility.
Whichever laser coding method you choose, with a Domino system, you will benefit from increased machine availability, longer service intervals, and the highest production speeds.
There are many other features of the laser coding range which provide pharmaceutical manufacturers with distinct advantages:
Ink jet solutions - a flexible choice
for cost effective marking
Domino’s ink jet printing technology makes adopting digital coding and marking simple
and cost effective.
Ink jet is especially appropriate for materials that are difficult to mark by other means, such
as certain plastics, glass and metals used in drug packaging. As a technology it is among the cleanest
and most efficient across many substrates.
Outer Case Coding Advantages
In addition, Domino’s Outer Case Coding technologies bring the advantage of variable print to all layers of the pharmaceutical packaging process. Domino Outer Case coders enable you to print high quality bar codes, text, and graphics on final packaging. Customised information printed exactly to your requirements saves on the cost of pre-printed cases or labelling, and offers improved inventory management.
Developments in Ink Jet Create New
Opportunities for Security and Safety
Domino continually invests in product development and innovation. New developments in inks and coding formats have particular benefits for the pharmaceutical sector. Products can be marked discreetly with invisible UV readable inks, which facilitate internal tracking prior to labelling, tracking products through the supply chain or to ensure against counterfeiting.
Encrypted number sequences can be produced and coded, and ‘taggants’ can be added to ink to further strengthen the battle against the counterfeiter.
Ink Jet Features
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High contrast codes onto glass, metal,
paper and many plastics
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Machine readable codes enable
automation
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Stored product can be identified,
labelled and packaged ‘just-in-time’
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Diverse range of process specific
inks including those suitable for
body-contact and edible applications
Domino coding technologies - flexible,
reliable, accurate, validated output
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Fast code changes
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High reliability
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Constantly variable data – batch codes, expiry dates, sequential
and random numbering, RSS, Data Matrix and pharmacode
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Comprehensive range of validation packages available
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Products that help acheive compliance to 21 CFR Part 11
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Easily networked and remotely managed
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ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 certified, member of EPC Global and AIM
(Association for Automatic Identification and Mobility) and active
in other pharmaceutical bodies
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Strong links with sector OEMs ensures rapid, smooth integration
with production lines
Global Sales and Support
Domino provides the technologies and the backup to underpin all your time sensitive and quality-driven pharmaceutical packaging production requirements. Through a network of in-country distributors and subsidiaries, Domino is able to support your operations around the world.
A dedicated after-sales service ensures that whatever the scale of operations, Domino can provide immediate backup and training wherever you need it.
Domino's technologies support a range of languages including Arabic, Asian and European character sets.
Domino Worldwide
Australia
Domino (Australia) Pty. Ltd.
Unit 12 6 Gladstone Road Castle Hill Sydney NSW 2154 Tel: + 61 2 9894 7833 Canada
Domino Printing Solutions Inc.
2751 Coventry Road Oakville Ontario L6H 5V9 Tel: + 1 800 387 7972 China Domino Coding Ltd.
No. 1150 yun Qiao Road Jin Qiao Export Processing Zone Pudong Shanghai 201206 Tel: + 86 21 5050 9999 France Domino SAS ZA du Bel Air 2 Rue Mege Mouries 78120 Rambouillet Tel: + 33 1 3046 5678 Germany Domino Deutschland GmbH Lorenz-Schott-Strasse 3 55252 Mainz-Kastel Tel: + 49 61 34 25 050 India
Domino Printech India Private Limited
167, Udyog Vihar Phase I, H.S.I.D.C Gurgaon - 122016 Haryana Tel: + 91 124 500 7406
Mexico
Domino Printing México
SA de CV
Calle 3 No. 47 Local 6F Col. Industrial Naucalpan 53370 Edo. De México Tel: + 52 55 5576 7979 Netherlands Domino Amjet BV Ambachtsweg 8 3991 LH Houten Tel: + 31 30 636 3333 South Korea Domino Korea Pte Ltd
1st-3rd Floor Rich Town Building #694 Bokjeong-dong, Sujeong-gu, Seongnam-city, Gyeonggi-do 461-200 Tel: + 82 2 797 1811 Spain
Domino Amjet Ibérica S.A.
Avenida Fuente Nueva No 14 28700 S.S. de los Reyes Madrid
Tel: + 34 91 654 2141
United Arab Emirates Domino UK Ltd (Dubai)
PO Box 16984 Jebel Ali Dubai Tel: + 971 4 88 35003 United Kingdom Domino UK Ltd Bar Hill Cambridge CB3 8TU Tel: + 44 1954 782 551
United States of America Domino Amjet. Inc.
1290 Lakeside Drive Gurnee
Illinois 60031 Tel: + 1 800 486 7351
Due to our policy of continuous improvement, specifications are subject to change without notice. E&OE.
