Track & trace: supply chain under control

An internationally established supplier of traceability and vision control systems for the pharmaceutical sector, Antares Vision is looking increasingly to the consumer goods packaging industry.

«In fact, while in the past track & trace systems, in compliance with national regulations in effect in different countries, have focused on pharmaceutical serialization, many other sectors are now aligning with traceability standards even when not legally required to do so» Mr Paolo Gilberti esplains. The world of packaging is at the forefront of this movement, in a constant search for new solutions to enable tracking defective or contaminated products individually in order to recall them from the market without losing entire lots.

Antares Vision is responding to these needs by offering systems not only for track & trace, but also for traceability management throughout the entire supply chain, integrating warehouse logistics.
For managing high speed print and control operations, the concern offers compact standalone solutions as well as onboard kits enabling significant space-saving on packaging lines.
The concern’s systems dedicated to the packaging industry include ALC (Antares Label Checker, see photo), for in line label positioning control and BOS (Bottle Orientation System), installable on automatic machinery and designed for orienting bottles or flacons during the labeling phase.