New legislation means that, from next year, all pharmaceutical cartons will be required to include Braille information.
Wakefield-based Cava UK has designed RotoBraille – an embossing system that can be retrofitted to existing lines and is compatible with a wide range of machines already on the market.
"It’s taken two years to develop and meets current and proposed legislation. The advantage is that people don’t need to buy costly new equipment," said Cava chairman Tony Barrett.
The device is repositionable and portable, and allows Braille to be applied on up to four carton faces. It is installed as the last process on a carton line. Pricing starts at €155,000 (£135,000).
RotoBraille has already been subject to extensive field-testing by existing Cava customers and the company has reported strong worldwide interest in the product now that it is commercially available.
Cava offers retrofittable Braille embossing system
Cava UK has developed a product that allows carton printers to add Braille to packaging without having to buy a new folder-gluer.
