Domino Printing Sciences plc Press releases

With an astonishing annual output of 100,000 tonnes, Premier Foods in Histon, Cambridgeshire, is responsible for manufacturing 50% of the nation's annual consumption of jams, jellies and preserves. The recent installation of five Domino A300+ continuous ink jet coders is helping the company improve efficiencies by addressing the most common causes of downtime - namely unplanned line stoppages, speed losses and defects.

Domino Amjet Inc is using Labelexpo 2008 to demonstrate how its fully integrated solutions for mailing and addressing applications offer opportunities for label and narrow web specialists to gain a competitive advantage through part personalization. With the broadest available range of ink jet technologies, including binary, thermal, piezo and continuous, Domino offers a cost effective and high quality solution for every application, irrespective of speed, volume or format.

A group of colleagues from Domino Printing Sciences plc, world-leader in total coding, marking, printing, traceability and RFID solutions, recently took part in the annual London to Cambridge bike ride. Held in aid of Breakthrough Breast Cancer, the ride took place on one of the summer's hottest days, with the first of the Domino team completing the 58-mile course in an impressive 3 hours 30 minutes

Domino Amjet Inc will use Graph Expo 2008 to demonstrate how its fully integrated solutions for mailing and addressing applications offer opportunities for commercial printers to gain a competitive advantage through variable data printing. With the broadest range of ink jet technologies, including binary, thermal ink jet (TIJ), piezo and continuous printing, Domino offers a cost effective and high quality solution for every application, irrespective of speed, volume or format.

Leading pencil manufacturer Faber-Castell has significantly enhanced the quality of coding on its range of cosmetics pencils following installation of Domino's DSL laser coding systems. The switch from dye-stamping to laser inscription of alphanumeric codes ensures accurate, low-contrast marking, which does not impair the high quality look and feel of the products.

At Pack Expo 2008, Domino will be launching its newest coding solutions. First, Domino will showcase the new product addition to its C-Series portfolio of secondary coding technologies. The innovative solution firmly underscores Domino's leading position as a provider of secondary coding products, meeting long term market needs and delivering increased efficiency for manufacturing customers. Second, Domino will be showing the next generation of its acclaimed line-up of laser coding systems, the D-Series plus. The D-Series plus is a highly versatile range of industrial scribing lasers designed to provide high quality codes across a wide range of production speeds.

Domino Printing Sciences plc is pleased to announce it has agreed terms for the acquisition, through its wholly owned subsidiary, Domino Holdings Deutschland GmbH ('Domino'), of 95% of the equity of aps Alternative Printing Services GmbH ('APS').

Friesland Foods, one of the largest dairy companies in the world, has made considerable improvements to the quality and reliability of its track and trace process through the installation of Domino technology. Seamlessly integrated into Friesland Food's drink packaging production line, Domino's A-Series continuous ink jet printers and C-Series outer case coders ensure secure product tracking from the farm through to the retailer's shelf. In addition, the versatility of the Domino technology has enabled Friesland Foods to introduce creative marketing promotions at no extra cost.

Impending legislation relating to mass serialisation of pharmaceutical products is one of the biggest challenges facing the sector right now, with a number of countries about to mandate serialisation and traceability regimes as a means of combatting counterfeit products, ensuring patient safety and eliminating reimbursement fraud. Implementing this solution across all pharmaceutical lines on a global basis is a massive undertaking for the industry and its suppliers. It requires a robust software solution and significant integration with the many different types of hardware found on existing pharmaceutical lines. All of this needs to be compliant and validated to pharmaceutical standards and available on a global basis.

Headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda, Bacardi Limited is one of the world's leading producers of spirits. The company's 200-strong portfolio of rum, vodka, whisky, gin, vermouth and tequila products includes established global brands such as the eponymous Barcardi rum and Martini vermouth, alongside newcomers such as Bombay Sapphire gin, Bacardi Breezer and Grey Goose vodka.