Below are a variety of success stories from our PIN members highlighting how they met customers’ needs in various industries.
- Case Sealer/Chemical
Problem:
This client was taking packed cases of tubes of caulk and manually closing them, then feeding them into an older model semi-automatic case sealer. The process was labor intensive and slow.
Solution:
PIN Distributor upgraded the customer to a new automatic case sealer. The PIN Distributor was able to remove the need to close the case after ...
- Thermal Inkjet/Industrial Components
Problem:
This manufacturer was silk screening their customers’ logos and information onto the ends of wooden reels. This proved to be a very expensive and time-consuming process. Most customers required a specific PMS color for their reels which required this manufacturer to perform a complete cleaning of the silk screening system for each color change. Additionally, ...
- Label Applicators/Agriculture
Problem:
The customer had a challenging new printing application, and the competitor could not provide a workable solution that would perform consistently. The customer had to resort to hand applying labels during downtime. The label printer/applicators needed to accurately apply a 3” x 7” pressure sensitive labels to 10 – 40 pound bags filled with seed ...
- Beverage Industry Solutions
Problem:
The beer brewer was using a mechanical hot stamp to apply a simple, one-line date code on preprinted beer bottle labels prior to the labels being applied to the bottles. The hot stamp had become unreliable and produced uneven print quality. It also required manual type changes for each new date. It was difficult to ...
- Laser/Medical Device
Problem:
This customer was using small character continuous inkjet printers to mark extruded medical tubing with quality control codes. In addition to reliability issues with the printers, the ink was not able to withstand the chemical washing used in this environment. A method to apply a permanent mark on the tubing was required.
Solution:
After extensive testing of ...
