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CIRRO E-Commerce Integrates with 17TRACK

Posted on 17 July, 20247 August, 2025 by Keith McKinley

CIRRO E-Commerce, a leading e-commerce logistics solutions provider, announces its integration with 17TRACK, a global shipment tracking service platform. This partnership is designed to improve the customer experience by providing seamless, real-time tracking information and robust customer support.

The integration between CIRRO E-Commerce and 17TRACK improves access to tracking information for marketplaces, e-commerce merchants, and consumers. By automatically sharing tracking data with 17TRACK’s partners and users, it becomes easy for all stakeholders to stay informed about their orders. The tracking platform enhances traceability, ensuring updates are always available and accurate. This, in turn, boosts CIRRO E-Commerce’s reliability, as timely tracking builds trust and confidence among consumers.

“Welcoming CIRRO E-Commerce to 17TRACK has enlarged our carrier network, marking a key milestone in our strategy to expand in the North American market. We remain dedicated to increasing transparency and reliability through our tracking platforms, alongside ongoing development of advanced technology solutions for the e-commerce sector,” said Ria, Head of Global Marketing Operator at 17TRACK.

“We are delighted to partner with 17TRACK. With transparent tracking information and streamlined operational processes, we collectively optimize the post-purchase experience for e-commerce merchants and consumers,” said Vincent D’Amato, Head of Sales at CIRRO E-Commerce North America. “We will continue to forge collaborations with upstream and downstream companies, ultimately enhancing customer satisfaction and driving e-commerce growth.”

New Fulfilment Centre Opened by CIRRO

Traceability in Logistics with new Labelling Machine

Posted on 9 January, 202429 July, 2025 by David Priestman

With the global logistics labels market poised for significant growth in the coming years, Domino Printing Sciences is pleased to announce the launch of its new Mx-Series print and apply labelling machines. The growing need for traceability within global supply chains is fuelling demand for reliable product labelling solutions that promote quick and accurate data sharing. Recognising this need, Domino developed the Mx-Series for fully integrated, automated, GS1-compliant coding of products and pallets.

Feedback from extended customer testing, which took place at sites across Sweden, Germany, and the Netherlands, highlighted two key benefits that specifically resonated with Domino’s test customers: the printer’s high-speed variable data printing capabilities, up to ten times faster than previous generation print and apply labellers, and enhanced connectivity options to facilitate data sharing.

Designed and manufactured to European Standards, Domino’s Mx-Series printers offer market-leading build quality and reliability, alongside variable data capabilities, and Industry-4.0 connectivity, for data collection and sharing across supply chains. Advanced connectivity and configuration options include machine vision for automated code inspection and validation; and coding automation for enhanced data sharing, including integration into factory MES and ERP systems.

“Reliable, consistent, and accurate product labelling is crucial for the global logistics sector,” says Jan Lindgren, Customer Operations and Site Director at Domino. “Our Industry-4.0 ready Mx-Series print and apply labellers have been created in recognition of this need – providing fully-variable data coding, with labels printed to exact customer specifications, and connectivity options to enable seamless sharing with supply chain partners.”

As all production lines are unique, printers in the Mx-Series range have been developed to suit a range of different production environments, and with a smaller overall footprint compared with previous print and apply labellers for easy integration. Printers are available as both left- and right-hand options, with options for 4” and 6” printheads, and both tamp and swing applicators, with variants providing different running modes to suit different production applications. The company is expected to announce more customisable features, including additional applicator types and further connectivity options, in the coming months.

“The Mx-Series platform builds on our global reputation for excellence – with the quality standards our customers have come to expect from Domino – while delivering a whole new range of capabilities to satisfy new market demands,” says Sharmil Ghouse, Global Head of TTO and P&A at Domino. “We are very pleased to be able to offer this state-of-the-art solution to our existing customers, and any business looking to embrace automation, integration, and increased traceability.”

Comprehensive Packaging Traceability Project

Posted on 9 February, 202131 July, 2025 by David Priestman

Sitma Machinery — a leading company in the design, construction and marketing of packaging and distribution solutions — has teamed up with Crono Log, an innovative start-up incubated in 2019 for the development of Data Science and Cloud Computing expertise, for a new partnership with the University of Parma. The partnership will facilitate research for a new system of product traceability, monitoring packaging material and parcel contents at every step of the distribution chain. This exemplary case of collaboration between academia and the business world will contribute to technological advancement in the automation sector. It will bring significant impact in terms of guarantee, quality and material sustainability.

Key players: Sitma Machinery, Crono Log, the University of Parma and FT Lab

The University of Parma is participating in the partnership through its Department of Engineering and Architecture, which has worked closely with the world of business and production in managing projects that contribute to scientific progress and effect positive change in manufacturing. The project is managed by FT Lab, a university laboratory with technological skills enabling industry 4.0, including radiofrequency and identification, big data and analytics, simulation, and more. FT Lab is directed by Professor Eleonora Bottani, who is also the university’s main project representative.

Sitma Machinery supports the project through its R&D department. As a startup with less than a year of operation under its belt, Crono Log has already contributed innovative solutions for automated shipment and parcel tracking in the logistics sector. Crono Log will oversee creation of the interface for data management and coordination through mobile and web applications.
The firm, which is part of a wider research and development program, has obtained a regional recognition granting it access to public finance subsidies intended to support projects with particularly innovative features that foster significant technological advances.

The goal: preserving quality and sustainability

The partnership aims to integrate specific hardware and software components to create an intelligent product that allows interception, collection and correlation of data, in order to ensure complete traceability of a product, from packaging material to parcel contents. Possible applications for this solution exist equally in the packaging and consumer goods sectors, where there exists a process derived from a reel-wrapped material. Launched in early 2020, the project began immediately after the summer and aims to have a first working prototype ready by the first quarter of 2021, working within a record-breaking timeframe to prepare for market launch in 2021.

“The collaboration with Sitma is a key part of FT Lab’s growth strategy and has gotten underway with good auspices,” University of Parma representative Eleanor Bottani said. “Our skills are complementary; this creates common ground for the project to forge ahead, with future development margins.”

Innovation stemming from collaboration

The project aims to combine current traceability technologies, from identification of packaging material to package contents, allowing for monitoring throughout the packaging and shipping processes. The system being developed is based on installation of hardware equipment within an automation system that can transform a wrapped material into a reel. The system will then be able to recognize the material used; in real time, it will combine other information related to the product itself in additive optics, creating a complete digital twin.

The goal is to guarantee the traceability and sustainability of the packing or packaging material for all supply chain actors. Data will be available in the cloud to everyone from the producer of consumables to the converter or co-packer, from the brand owner or retailer to the final consumer. The system prototype will be supported by a series of tests to assess its viability, simulating its use in multiple production contexts. Different positioning and use of diverse packaging materials will be studied. Behaviors and performance will also be observed in order to evaluate sustainability-related issues, one of Sitma’s long-term priorities.

“There will be many applications in the industrial field,” said Sitma COO Fabrizio Della Casa. “First, the client — and the end user — will be offered further guarantees to protect product quality and as a measure against counterfeiting. One of the aims is also to ensure sustainability of the materials and the entire process, being able to determine the machine’s Carbon footprint impacts even during their use.”

This project is ultimately (and optimally) aligned with the new path Sitma is setting out for itself. Through the implementation of increasingly broad and innovative services, Sitma aims to position itself as a service provider in addition to a machines and systems supplier. The University of Parma will in turn benefit from the project by experimenting with its radio frequency technology expertise in the context of automation for the packaging and converting sectors.

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