From breakthrough coding, labelling and inspection systems to our years of experience working with the fresh produce industry, we have everything you need to transform your unique fresh produce processing environment and product.

With Matthews, it’s never been easier to get higher productivity and better quality levels for your organisation.

Fresh Produce Industry: Coding, Labelling, Inspection.

Top Fresh Produce Industry Challenges:- Short shelf life of product leading to a require-

ment for reliable equipment that does not let you down as well as a partner who is available to support you when and where you need it

- Seasonality of produce driving the need to have flexible equipment and solutions that can code, label, weigh a range of produce

- New laws introduced to protect consumers cre-ating the need for solution that are future proof and can adapt to meet the new requirements

- Stricter industry standards for produce like country of origin labelling

- Major supermarkets and distributors insisting suppliers follow their specific labelling, coding and quality rules for supply chain efficiencies

The bottom line: It’s more important than ever that you invest in the right coding, labelling and inspection systems for your unique processing environment and product.

Date CodingThe use-by date is the most important code in the fresh produce industry. Without clear and precise date coding, your produce is as a good as useless. But it’s not about simply adding the use-by date; you need to make sure the code always looks clear and crisp, no matter the product and packaging format.

Matthews recommends:

Small Character Continuous Inkjet (CIJ) Printers: A non-contact printing technology that can print codes onto a variety of packaging materials even at high line speeds.

Top Benefit: Versatile printing that can apply codes to a wide variety of sizes, shapes and substrates

Thermal Transfer Overprinters (TTO): The most popular technology used in the fresh produce industry, TTOs are used for coding onto flexible packaging films and self-adhesive labels.

Top Benefit: Crisp and durable printing that is excellent for high density barcodes and labels that require longevity. Perfect for cost-effective packaging by using generic film.

Carton Coding Do you also want to put a simple use by date or batch code on your carton?

Matthews recommends:

Thermal Inkjet (TIJ) Printers: Thermal inkjet printer is a high resolution coding solution with a cartridge system for coding onto cartons, boxes, trays, sleeves and plastic packaging materials.

Top Benefit: Out of the box coding solution that is quick and easy to install and use for printing variable data. It automatically measures line speed to trigger print. This solution is ideal for Carton coding with one line of print and/or 2D codes.

Precise Weights In the fresh produce industry, you need to be sure you’re not giving away too much of your product and, ultimately, your profits. At the same time, you don’t want to short-change your customers and risk expensive fines or, worse, risk losing their business altogether.

Matthews recommends:

Checkweighers: Automatically check the weight of packaged goods and reject packs outside specified tolerances. Our checkweigh systems are made in Germany by Bizerba, the global leader of manufacturing checkweighers, industrial scales and software.

Top Benefit: Exceptional accuracy at high speeds, even with low-weight small goods such as nuts. Check goods from just 10g at speeds of up to 120 metres/minute.

More Product Information From barcodes to product variety, fresh produce suppliers now have to provide more information on their produce to meet stringent retailer and industry requirements. Consistency and quality is critical.

Matthews recommends:

Label Applicators: Apply pre-printed pressure-sensitive labels onto products of all shapes and sizes including cartons and trays.

Top Benefit: Low cost labelling solution for simple applications

Label Printer Applicators: Fully automatic printing and positioning of pressure-sensitive labels onto products, trays, packaging and pallets.

Top Benefit: Excellent print quality ensures the barcode labels are fully compliant with all GS1 and retailer quality standards.

Ceravolo saves time & money When R Ceravolo & Co became the principal supplier of pears to Coles in South Australia, it urgently needed to streamline its in-house labelling process. The Linx TT5 thermal transfer overprinter was the answer. The TT5 clearly and consistently prints product variety, pack dates, best-before dates and GTIN-13 barcodes. The result is less downtime, reduced costs and increased throughput from 300 to 500-1,000 punnets a day. Discover the whole story on our website!

“It’s so easy to use that even someone without any prior experience with the thermal transfer overprinter can operate it.” Sandra Ceravolo, Co-owner and Packaging Controller, R Ceravolo & Co

Parilla Fresh grows efficiencyFrom hot foil technology to a TT5 Washdown thermal transfer overprinter, Parilla Fresh has not only improved its date coding – it has improved the overall efficiency and productivity of the packaging line. The TT5 works in tandem with form, fill and seal equipment, printing the “use by” date onto flexible film before the bags are formed. The IP65 rating for wet environments saves time and effort previously spent removing the printer from the factory floor before wash down. Date changes are possible at the click of a button, and data-capture capability lets staff check if the correct quantities are being processed. Discover the whole story on our website!

“The TT5 is saving us money. We’re saving labour in not having to remove and replace the machine every day when we hose down; it’s much easier and faster to change the date each day; and we’re not having to constantly replace ribbons. It all adds up.” Matthew Szenczy, Production Manager, Parilla Fresh

AAA makes the gradeMajor efficiencies backed by top service was what expanding fresh produce packer, AAA Packers, got when they installed a Bizerba GML-E 40 weigh-labeller from Matthews Australasia. The weigh-labeller is fast, easy to use and features a stop button for extra safety. Set up is quick, and dealing with product pricing changes is a breeze.

“This is seriously one of the best things in fresh produce weigh-labelling that I have seen and used in the whole 30 years I have been doing pre-packing.” Jannelle Harris, Warehouse Manager, AAA Packers

Visit the Matthews website and discover more about great labelling, coding and inspection solutions for the Fresh Produce industry. Plus find out how companies are using our systems to drive better business benefits.

1300 CODING (1300 263 464)www.matthews.com.au