Due to the reasons mentioned above, hardly a product leaves the industrial production plant without being marked with a character or number string or even with a two dimensional Data Matrix Code.
GS1 Germany is a private sector organization and has set itself the task of creating a global standard which can guarantee a continuous traceability of products.
The product serial number together with a global article number works, according to GS1 Germany, like a passport for products. With this number it is possible to track precisely where the product was produced and which value-added chain and logistic chain it has passed. Using this number the whole life-cycle of a product can be reproduced and in case of a necessary recall campaign it is very easy to track the product.
The GS1 system says about itself to be an international coordinated tool for a complete and unique identification. As the demand on GS1 conform codes is increasing, the manufacturer of marking systems MARKATOR® Manfred Borries GmbH was motivated to deal with this subject.
For durable markings according to the GS1 standard, MARKATOR® does have a wide product range and considerable experience in the area of the durable and tamper-proof marking of work pieces of different kinds.
The high quality product range of the German company MARKATOR® Manfred Borries GmbH covers several solutions to mark work pieces of different kinds durable and tamper-proof. Various kinds of materials can be marked from plastics, aluminum and construction steel to hardened steel with a hardness up to 63 HRC. Whether a marking system to integrate in an automatic production line, a table marking system to mark small work pieces on a bench-top work place or a flexible hand-held marking system to mark big and unmovable pieces directly on site; MARKATOR® has a solution for every marking requirement.