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The global label industry looking up for the future

Posted on November 23rd, 2009

Here are some interesting facts about the label industry in North America.

-          NA label market is projected to increase to 11 billion dollars by 2013 (bigger than Western Europe and Japan)

-          The food market is the biggest contributor to label market, but this expects to change hands to the pharmaceutical market by 2013.

-          The US is the biggest producer and consumer of labels.

-          Canada consumed 775 million square meters of labels in 2008.

Interestingly enough the reason that the pharmaceutical will end up being the largest player in the label industry is due to all the new and changing regulations that are expected to take effect in the coming years requiring more detailed and extensive material be placed on these labels.

With the changes will also come the need for proper label inspection and packaging inspection tools. Automated inspection solutions will be come more and more important in quality control, regulatory and design departments.

There is more information available in a great article called North America: The World’s Label Powerhouse in the Sept. issue of Flexography Magazine.



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Pharmaceutical & Medical Packaging News: great blog.

Posted on November 4th, 2009

I thought I would share a great blog for pharmaceutical packagers. It is the Pharmaceutical Medical Packaging News Blog.

Daphne Allen and her team of experts definitely have some interesting insights in to the pharmaceutical industry and the latest trends relating to regulations, pharmaceutical packaging and much more.

Worth checking out…keep up the great blogging!


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Pharmaceutical packaging demand on the rise

Posted on October 7th, 2009

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By the year 2013 expect the pharmaceutical packaging industry to reach a high of $62.3B. A large part of this is due to the increasing number of new packaging options being developed in the US these days with prefillable syringes and inhalers being the amongst the fastest growing. All of this growth combined with the varying languages and dosages leads to other concerns, such as label inspection, packaging inspection and managing and maintaining an optimum level of packaging quality control.

Both pharmaceutical companies and their printers alike are going to have to stay on their toes in terms of the latest automated proofreading technologies.

If you’re one of them, you’re going to want to check out what’s new in automated proofreading technologies at Global Vision.


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Using Global Vision’s label inspection tools for clinical trials

Posted on October 1st, 2009

Inspection software and hardware can really be used in so many industries for so many different job functions. I want to start showcasing a few of our customer stories from the many different industries we work with. From label inspection in the pharmaceutical industry to artwork inspection in the consumer goods markets and everything else in between.

Citation Clinical Labeling Systems is one of those great customers that really believe in Global Vision and our label inspection solutions. Have a look at their story and see how they reduced label inspection times and improved their processes.

Stay tuned in the coming days for more Global Vision success stories from Procter & Gamble, Wyeth and many more…


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Manual Inspection or Automated Label Inspection…That is the question.

Posted on September 23rd, 2009

So some of you might be reading about automated proofreading solutions or automated inspection solutions for the first time and wondering, what the heck is the difference and does it really work? Well, let me just outline a few of the differences between the two here for you:

Manual proofreading:

  1. lots of proofreaders
  2. lots of time
  3. high potential for errors
  4. higher costs

Automated Proofreading:

  1. 100% accuracy
  2. complete confidence
  3. perfect quality control
  4. faster turnarounds
  5. total process control

Not convinced? Read the Global Vision whitepaper; “How to Prevent Packaging Errors on Copy & Artwork”, its sure to change your mind…



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