Libertyville, IL – EBS Ink-Jet Systems, a leading supplier of high performance industrial ink-jet printers for the brewing industry announces that they will be displaying small-character, continuous ink-jet and hand-held printing systems ideal for date coding bottles and cans and marking barrels, cases and kegs at the Craft Brewers Conference and Expo in Philadelphia, PA on May 3-6, 2016 in Booth #3851. Date coding bottles and cans is important in the case of quality or safety recall issues, helps wholesalers and retailers to properly rotate their stock and provides transparency for consumers to understand beer shelf life In addition, and perhaps most importantly, date coding will enable brewers to comply with the Bioterrorism Act which requires beer traceability. On display will be the EBS-6500 Small-Character Continuous Ink-Jet System designed to make exacting date coding simple. The 6500 Series is an innovative coding system that fits right into virtually any bottling line and provides crisp, clear date codes on every bottle or can.  The 6500 Series eliminates the messiness often associated with most ink-jet systems as it integrates an improved ink system that makes ink changes and preventive maintenance clean and easy. The HandJet^® model EBS-250 and EBS-260 are hand-held, large-character ink-jet coders that takes marking barrels, kegs and cases to a whole new level of portability. These hand-held printers make it a snap to mark all sorts of packaging by hand. Just input data via its touchscreen and you’re ready to make large, readable messages. EBS Ink-Jet Systems USA, Inc. has over 30 years of ink-jet application experience in the brewing industry and is a leading supplier of high performance industrial ink-jet printers and consumables throughout all of North and Central and America.  EBS contact-free printing systems are successfully used in a wide variety of industrial and service applications where there is a need to mark moving objects.