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Ease of Use Makes the Hitachi Continuous Inkjet Printer a Holiday Treat at Sanders Candy

America’s Leading Candy Producer Chooses Hitachi Marking and Coding Solutions for Flawless Coding on Decorative Tins.

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Summary

Due to business expansion, Sanders Candy turned to MarkPack Inc. for a better date coding solution than its laser and thermal transfer printers could provide. Mark-Pack placed one Hitachi continuous inkjet printer in a Sanders Candy production line. For the confectioner, it was better than a box of chocolates and they quickly ordered four more units, which performed flawlessly through the holiday peak production.

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About Sanders Candy A Legacy of Sweet Success: Sanders Candy, Beloved for their Chocolate Bumpy Cake Since 1875, Chooses Hitachi for Reliable Coding on Decorative Tins

In business since 1875, Sanders Candy is top-tier technically and demands the best production and printing equipment. Famous for its Chocolate Bumpy Cake and other delicacies, this much-loved confectioner sought a better way to print on decorative tins of chocolate. The Hitachi distributor, Mark-Pack Inc., was certain Sanders’ technical team would love the Hitachi RX-S with its print quality, reliability, versatility, and easy programmability. About 20 minutes after arriving with a demo RX-S, Paul Owen of Mark-Pack had the Hitachi unboxed, up and running on a Sanders production line. Owen then let Sanders Candy techs take over and experiment with the unit for four days.

Challenges Business Challenges
  • As the holiday season loomed, Sanders Candy faced a coding crisis. Their existing laser printers marred the decorative tins' paint or couldn't print on the bottoms at all, leaving them with inconsistent and unacceptable codes.
  • Running double shifts at 80 tins per minute, Sanders Candy needed a high-speed date coding machine to meet their holiday season demands.
Solutions Solutions
  • To meet peak Christmas demand, Sanders Candy expanded their Hitachi CIJ Printer fleet to four, replacing legacy laser printers and integrating them seamlessly across various packaging materials.
Outcome Outcome
  • Hitachi CIJ printers streamlined Sanders Candy's production, slashing costs by $465 per unit monthly and boosting output by 240-480 units daily by eliminating thermal transfer ribbons and saving 4 minutes per day.
  • Today, these printers ensure flawless coding efficiency on glass, plastic, flow wrappers, tins, and cartons during peak seasons.
“The Hitachi RX-S gives Sanders Candy a cost-effective alternative to expensive thermal transfer ribbons. We not only save $465 monthly per unit, this change also saves us two shutdowns per day to replace the thermal ribbon.”
- Mike Koch Jr,
“We programmed all four CIJ units to work on every production line, and simply move them to areas where demand is heaviest.”
- Mike Koch Jr,

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