pianoro, italy fce pharma, the most important pharmaceutical and cosmetic trade fair in latin america will prove once again that the brazilian pharmaceutical packaging market is thriving.this is a market where serialization and track & trace are particularly felt and generate a lot of interest. indeed, they became central in brazil after the federal regulator anvisa published in 2013 guidance on the reporting requirements for its medicine track & trace system throughout the pharma supply chain, which is due to come fully online in 2016.by this time, brazilian pharmaceutical manufacturers are required to have adapted and implemented their production equipment so that every single step of the productive chain can be monitored, thus improving safety and achieving a higher level of transparency for patients.it is therefore no surprise that at fce pharma may 1214, transamerica expo center, são paulo, booth d45, the marchesini group will exhibit one of its best track & trace lines composed of a carton labelling machine bl a420 and a semiautomatic casepacker ps 310 tt. the line, alongside with aseptic packaging solutions by the group&rsquos brand corima, represents a guarantee of efficiency and versatility for a market that, in this important phase of transition, needs reliable and internationally known packaging solutions.the line on show a complete solution for serialization and track & trace the bl a420 is one of the group&rsquos &ldquoclassics&rdquo every single detail, from the ergonomic construction, the easy and fast changeover to the possibility to install all the main tracking devices available on the market as laser or inkjet printers plus relative cameras, contributes to make the bl a420 a complete solution for serialization, both as standalone machine and as part of a line.the carton accumulation on the infeed conveyor allows a smooth feeding even at high speed. a toothed belt positive transport keeps cartons in a correct position during the code printing and prevents them from slipping, for a maximum precision of the label application. the carton transport is made by a patented device with mechanical design, permitting size change without adjustment.the label dispensing units are fed by servo or stepping motor drive their speed is automatically synchronized with the other motors drives, guaranteeing the optimization of the productive process.once transported under the labelling heads, cartons are labelled with a vignette on the upper panel and two selfadhesive, tamper evident seals on the closure points. on the upper panel and on the lateral flaps are printed the 2d data matrix codes necessary for the identification of each carton, and the same data in plain readable text. a camera then verifies both codes. the use of a &ldquofailsafe&rdquo logic in the management of the machine permits the ejection of wrong cartons at the end of the process.at fce 2015, the bl a420 will be shown in line with the semiautomatic case packer ps 310 tt, a fully enclosed structure machine built to manage a wide range of product working sizes and to meet the requirements of safe working conditions and machine selfefficiency. thanks to a completely balconystyle and to a totally safe case feeding area free from any mechanical movement, this case packer ensures a certain independence of the machine and leaves the operator free to carry on with different jobs.the line is equipped with a sea vision server a modular software application composed of different independent connector services to manage the serialization and the communications between the line level and the enterprise level of the company production site and fully controlled through the sea vision client a single centralized, ergonomic and userfriendly interface providing several functions to execute easily the main operations for the packaging process such as batch start, recipe management and configuration, audit trails management data collection features.march 16th, 2015marchesini groupborn from an idea of massimo marchesini in 1974 in pianoro bo, where the headquarters are still based, marchesini group is a leader in the supply of complete lines and machines for pharmaceutical and cosmetic packaging. the numbers prove its success a consolidated turnover of the entire group amounted to 247 million euro in 2014, with 1200 employees 500 direct and 700 between group companies and foreign branches, 14 manufacturing divisions, 7 acquired companies, one company partner, a network of 30 agencies and 15 branch offices. thanks to the constant commitment for innovation, marchesini is nowadays protagonist in the italian and international markets 87 of its turnover is generated by exports. despite the strong international vocation, strong point and distinctive feature of the marchesini group is that it bases the production entirely in italy, to guarantee the high quality of the product and to enhance its relationship with the localised economy. for info www.marchesini.com
