If you manufacture any type of custom beverage, chances are pretty good that your product is placed into bottles made from polyethylene terephthalate or PET. This common type of thermoplastic can handle many different types of liquids and is also strong and quite lightweight. Another plus you enjoy with PET is the ease of recycling, as this plastic is accepted by recycling centers worldwide.
In order to place codes on these bottles, you will need a specially formulated type of Videojet® ink or another brand that has been created with PET in mind. Typically a continuous inkjet printer might be a good choice for rapidly marking your PET bottles with batch numbers, date and time stamps and other important types of coding. At PrintJet, we sell an assortment of new and refurbished printers that might meet your printing needs. Your first step might be to give us a call, and we can help match you to an id coder that will be ideal for your operation.
Many of our clients produce a number of different products and these might include PET bottles as well as products or packages made from different materials. In some cases, you might need just one id coder and in others, you might need more than one. Even if you select the best possible printers, what it really comes down to is the ink. For instance, some types of Video Jet® ink works well on a surface such as PET while other inks work better with porous materials such as paperboard or cardboard.
In addition, you might need Videojet® inks that can handle printing on a curved surface or a surface that is not smooth. When working with PET bottles, the surface is often curved, so this is definitely a consideration. Your Videojet® inks need to be able to handle these conditions, dry rapidly and provide the highest possible resolution.
If you have a Videojet® coder and need replacement inks and fluids for your id printer, it is best to shop around for the best ink prices. Videojet inks and other coding inks are extremely expensive, so purchasing quality, low-cost alternative inks and fluids can be a fantastic way to cut your business costs.
Our team of experts formulate low-cost replacement Video Jet® inks and fluids for virtually any type of Videojet® printer. We also formulate inks for other major brands of coders, including Domino®, Maxima®, Altima®, Linx® and more. All of our inks undergo a four-stage filtration process designed to keep your production lines running at full throttle, minimizing costly printhead maintenance.
Before you buy Videojet ink to use on your PET bottles or any other product or package, head to our home page and download our cost-saving analysis to discover just how much you can save. In most cases, we can save you thousands of dollars each year on your annual ink expenditures.
