2026-07-31
Background and Challenges
As the global retail industry increasingly demands supply chain traceability, compliance with the GS1 international standards has become a necessary condition for beverage enterprises to enter large-scale supermarket chains and international markets.
A large PET bottle beverage producer located in Southeast Asia originally used traditional small character inkjet printers for bottle coding. However, as the daily production volume exceeded hundreds of thousands of bottles, the traditional equipment faced a series of problems: the cost of ink consumables was high, the ink was prone to smudging and fading in high humidity environments, and frequent equipment downtime for cleaning the nozzles seriously hindered the overall equipment efficiency (OEE) of the entire line. More importantly, the clarity of the existing labels could not consistently meet the strict verification requirements of GS1 standards for barcode grades.
Solution: Introduce CYCJET CO2 Laser Marking Machine
In order to address the issues of coding quality and compliance without reducing the production line speed, the company ultimately chose to collaborate with CYCJET and deployed the CYCJET CO2 flying laser marking machine on its high-speed bottling line.
This system is specifically designed for high-speed packaging lines and can perform non-contact permanent coding directly on the PET bottle body or bottle cap:
Precise compliance: The high-precision galvanometer system installed on the equipment, combined with professional coding software, can clearly imprint two-dimensional matrix codes, production dates, and batch numbers in the designated areas of the bottle body in accordance with GS1 standards. The contrast is high and they will never fade, and it has successfully passed the automated scanning verification of the supply chain.
High-speed seamless integration: The coding system can easily meet the flight marking requirements of hundreds of bottles per minute, enabling "marking while running" and eliminating the need to slow down the production line to wait for marking.
Zero consumables and maintenance-free: The laser directly acts on the material surface, completely eliminating chemical consumables such as ink and solvents, and avoiding unplanned downtime caused by ink clogging in the printhead.
Results and Customer Feedback
After completing the equipment installation and the production line debugging, the beverage factory achieved significant improvements in production efficiency and operational costs:
Compliance rate reaches 100%: All the products manufactured meet the tracking and traceability requirements of the GS1 standard, and have successfully entered major supermarkets and export channels.
Overall costs have been significantly reduced: After excluding the expenses for ink consumables and frequent maintenance shutdowns, the factory recovered the upgrade cost within 8 months after the equipment was installed.
Improvement in on-site cleanliness: No ink splashes or solvent odors, and the production area now better complies with food safety and environmental protection standards.
"CYCJET’s CO2 laser equipment not only helped us easily meet GS1 coding compliance requirements but also took the stability of our entire production line to the next level. The maintenance-free, consumable-free design has significantly reduced the burden of our daily operations and maintenance," commented the plant's Production Operations Director.
Summary
By introducing the CYCJET CO2 laser coding solution, this beverage manufacturer successfully completed the technological transformation from traditional inkjet coding to high-precision laser coding. Not only did it fully meet the strict requirements of GS1 regulations regarding the traceability and clarity of labels, but it also achieved cost reduction without consumables and green production while ensuring the smooth operation of the high-speed production line. This provides a demonstration and reference for the compliance upgrade in the labeling of food and beverage packaging.
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