Launch Event “Cod de bune Practici in Domeniul Scanarii pentru Companiile de Vanzari en-gros si en-detail”
Bucuresti, 11 March 2008 - As member of GS1 Romania Association and barcodes quality control specialist, the only representative for REA Elektronik gmbh and LVS ltd the two biggest barcodes systems manufacturers on the market today, Pricon Graphics attended on 11th of March at the Launch Event – Scanning Best Practice Code.
Together with Consumer Protection Association and GS1 Association, Pricon Graphics explained the importance of having a Code for Good Practices in barcodes industry.
The Code for Good Practices is a part of a project started by GS1 Romania in 2006 and it contains procedures for barcodes management for the supply chain. The code is applied by all the GS1 members under the observation of GS1 stuff. The GS1 team will make annual audit visits and give Quality Certificates for the members.
For more details please visit GS1 Romania ( http://gs1.ro/gs1-web/prg_sect_protectia_consumatorului.do ) and visit the Business Standard Newspaper webpages ( http://www.standard.ro/articol_34262/codurile_de_bare__un_business_de_50_mil__euro.html )
Luxembourg, 8 February 2008 - Flint Group, a world leading supplier to the printing and packaging industry, announced the formation of the new global business unit Flint Group Flexographic Products. It combines the Flint Group Printing Plates activities with the rotec
sleeve business, which was included in the Flint Group acquisition of Day International in
2007. Flint Group Printing Plates is a leading supplier of photopolymer plates for flexography and
letterpress. rotec is known as the number one supplier of sleeves and adapter systems for
flexo applications.
“The new business unit is a logical step following the acquisition of Day International in 2007
in order to create real added value from the combined businesses.” commented Charles
Knott, CEO Flint Group. “This is what our customers expect from us. As a result of the
acquisitions in recent years, Flint Group is a young, impressively developing company with
enormous potential with respect to a unique product offering, the combined know-how and
diversity of talents, ideas and experience. The new global business unit will bring in-depth
expertise in the field of flexography and leverage this potential for the benefit of our customers and us.”
The management team of the new Flexographic Products division is excited about the new
opportunities this move creates. “The combined R&D expertise and technical know-how puts
us in a unique position with respect to the development of new products and enables us to
provide unmatched technical service to flexographic trade shops and printers all over the
world” said Dr. Thomas Telser, President Flint Group Flexographic Products. “One area where
we expect that the new organization will give immediate proof of its effectiveness is the
photopolymer sleeve segment. We are looking forward to present to our customers at drupa
our new ready to image photopolymer sleeves nyloflex® ITR Thin and nyloflex® ITR Classic.”
Pharmaceutical industry backs 2-D bar code techonogy in the fight against counterfeits
Brussels, 30 May 2007 – The European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations (EFPIA) today announced its support for a pan-European and industry-wide solution to protect patient safety through a more transparent medicine supply chain, thereby attempting to tackle the rise in counterfeit medicines entering the European legitimate supply chain.
Championing 2D Data-Matrix Bar Coding, instead of the less reliable and more expensive RFID, EFPIA have taken the lead in the European healthcare sector on proposing a common Pan European technological solution to support its call for tighter regulation and better enforcement in the supply chain to protect patient safety.
Speaking at the Brussels meeting, Thomas Cueni, member of EFPIA Board and chair of the Economic and Social Policy Committee that oversees the proposal, spoke of the pressing need for a transparent and secure medicines supply chain that puts the patient first and where all stakeholders take responsibility for guaranteeing the integrity of medicines. “EFPIA proposes introducing unique bar-coding on every medicine pack in Europe before it leaves its manufacturer” said Cueni “Thereafter, at every stage of its distribution, up to the point at which it reaches the patient, the medicine can be authenticated to make sure it is genuine.”
2D data matrix bar codes printed on packaging during manufacture can provide each medicine with a unique identity before it enters the supply chain. Significant quantities of encrypted information can be stored this way to support
pharmacists, regulators and government authorities in the authentication and tracing of individual medicines.
2D data matrix bar codes help prevent dispensing errors and
make counterfeit medicines easily identifiable. Existing scanners found in most pharmacies can read the bar codes and no additional work is required by the pharmacist. Scanned information is transmitted to an independent electronic data hub and a verification message is quickly returned to the dispensing pharmacist.
No part of the supply chain should accept medicines without validation. With tamper resistant packaging and 2D data matrix bar codes in place, a unified system with agreed responsibilities across the European Union would allow each individual medicine pack to be traced. This would take the place of existing national coding systems, which currently follow different formats and do not allow the pedigree of medicines imported across national boundaries to be checked. A safe medicines supply is one in which every stakeholder is able to trace and authenticate the medicine back to the manufacturer.
