Case Study: Bristol-Myers Squibb achieves 100% Datamatrix quality control with ZetesAthena

High performance Datamatrix marking with 100% quality control at Bristol-Myers Squibb

Bristol-Myers Squibb, one of the world’s largest biopharmaceutical producers, needed to comply with French legislation requiring every pharmaceutical product sold in France to carry a Datamatrix code. To meet this challenge across its high-volume production sites, the company partnered with ZetesAthena for a packaging-line marking, labelling, sealing, and quality-control solution.

ZetesAthena designed, produced, and installed 25 tailor-made machines for Bristol-Myers Squibb, integrating Datamatrix marking, automated data input, camera-based inspection, and ejection of non-compliant boxes. The solution enabled 100% quality control on every box, handled up to 400 containers per minute per line, improved legibility and reduced errors, while also centralizing data securely through a client/server architecture.

Bristol-Myers Squibb

Sylvain Ballesta

Project Manager