Etipack has been a leader in Italy and Europe for the design and marketing of labelling, coding, feeder and pick & place solutions since 1978.
The company, ever flexible and customer oriented, develops solutions with the aim of satisfying the various different application needs. Design, carried out in-house by the company’s R&D department, begins with careful analysis of the functions and performance most required for packaging lines and product coding; Etipack’s current offer comprises 18 product lines and 100 standard solutions. Etipack’s strong points are flexibility, speed and an attention to service. With 2 production sites in Italy, 3 foreign branches (France, the Netherlands, Germany), 2 subsidiary companies (Czech Republic and Hungary), agents in the various regions of Italy and a network of distributors in over 30 countries worldwide, Etipack is a sure partner of concerns operating in the different industrial sectors, for whom it ensures a high degree of specialization, competence, consultancy during all project phases and a timely technical assistance service.
Since 1995, quality certification, currently UNI EN ISO 9001:2000, guarantees the excellence of criteria applied to all phases of designing Etipack’s products.

Validation Line
The systems of the Validation line are designed in compliance with international guidelines on good manufacturing practises in the pharmaceutical
sector (GAMP). Thanks to a series of controls and actuators, run by an advanced PCL electronics, set to also include the procedures laid down by the
Code of Federal Regulation 21 par 11 (CFR 21/11), all the quality and safety requisites are guaranteed that are demanded by the pharmaceutical industry. All the systems of the Validation Line, System 1, System 2, the Seal and Vial System along with System 9 are created complete with a Validation Package, a collection of standard validation documents that reduce and speed up all the activities connected with validation, even in the event of customised demands:

System 1 Validation
System 1 Validation performs wrap around labelling on cylindrical products adopting a series of technical solutions that ensure max reliability in the labelling operations and overprinting of the label (management of controls and alarms, end of reel, ripping of backing paper, minimum and max load, control of successful labelling and overprinting, expulsion of the non conforming products).

System Vial Validation
System Vial Validation is specifically for vial labelling. The products are loaded by the operator and then automatically conveyed and channelled
to wards a carousel, with special lodgings, up to the labelling station. The label is applied on the product as it passes and a rotating device completes the application, having the vial rotate around its axis. The successful labelling and overprinting checks see to the expulsion of the unsuitable products, that are collected in a special collecting bin.

System 4
System 4 applies pressure-sensitive labels to the under-side of bottles and thermoformed containers. Products are moved forward by means of two side
belts while the labelling head positioned below the conveyor belt applies the labels to products as they pass. This system can be equipped with a second labelling head for simultaneously labelling of the topside and also with hot printing units, such as Europrint or GSCE 46, to overprint variable data, or with heat printing units, such as Drintec or Drinspeed, to print barcodes and images.

System 5
System 5 is specific for applying one or two front/back labels on quadrangular or elliptic products. Available in Basic and Full configurations, they are designed to be modular and flexible and, depending on production demands, can be equipped with medium or high speed labellers, a set of accessories, printers and, lastly, functions such as controls and alarms. System 5/2 Full ensures top performance thanks to management of a set of functions such as reel end control, tearing of backing paper, minimum and maximum product load, management of completed labelling and overprinting with ejection of unsuitable products. These parameters are displayed on an operator control panel.

Whizzy
Whizzy belongs to the series of feeders manufactured by Etipack and designed for packaging uses. Very compact and versatile, Whizzy can dispense a
wide range of products, such as coupons, leaflets, CDs, booklets and any other flat object within 10 mm thickness into cartons, boxes or any other package. The brushless motor ensures a high production pace, with outputs attaining 450 pieces/minute. It can be easily installed within
any packaging line, as its optional equipments grant a simple, precise and quick positioning; Whizzy can dispense products horizontally or vertically, according to the production requirements.