All Smart Packaging articles – Page 10
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ArticleAIPIA Congress Highlight: Temperature label combines RFID/NFC with visual indicator
One of the new products on show at the AIPIA World Congress was Cleantech’s Digital Temperature Indicator (DTI), an irreversible temperature label with visual and digital indication, integrated with a passive RFID or NFC transponder.
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ArticleCoca-Cola UK becomes first beverage brand to pilot Navilens technology for visually impaired
Coca-Cola has rolled out NaviLens codes across 24x330ml and 30x330ml packs of its Christmas can multipacks, which can be scanned with a mobile phone camera from distances of up to four metres to help blind and partially sighted consumers, and are readable even when unfocused.
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ArticleFinal rule for new traceability protocols for some food products published by USA’s FDA
The USA food & Drug Administration, (FDA) has published its final rule concerning traceability protocols for food products vulnerable to contamination. Companies and organisations who manufacture, process, pack or hold foods including produce, cheeses will be subject to record-keeping requirements during production.
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ArticleA reusable alternative to polystyrene packaging using NFC
The KoolPak is a durable, lightweight, reusable alternative to thermally insulated polystyrene containers, with an NFC sensor tag that allows for the scanning of the temperature without the need to open the lid.
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ArticleConnected juice carton educates consumers about its sustainability benefits
Spain’s top juice brand, Don Simon, has unveiled what it describes as its first-ever 100% environmentally friendly and smart packaging, which, it says will do good for both consumers and the environment.
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ArticleWrapping up the AIPIA World Congress 2022 Part One: Themes
The first live AIPIA World Congress since 2019 took place in Amsterdam on the 14th and 15th of November, and the delegates, presenters and exhibitors all agreed that it was great to finally get back to face-to-face business.
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ArticleFirst grab-and-go checkout in the beauty sector thanks to RFID
L’Oréal has piloted a pop-up shop in its store in Königsallee, Düsseldorf, Germany using Payfree and Avery Dennison’s advanced Self-Checkout Technology to offer customers a convenient, seamless checkout.
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ArticleTetra Pak water carton with connected QR experience achieves Gold at Packaging Afristar Awards
Tetra Pak’s Tetra Prisma Aseptic 500ml water carton – utilising QR technology to provide a ‘connected experience’ for attendees at the Lewa Safari marathon in Kenya – has won the Gold award in the Beverages category at the Packaging Afristar Awards 2022.
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ArticleWelcome to the era of ‘market time’! The digitisation of packaging is inevitable
A recent survey conducted by the Brazilian National Confederation of Industry (CNI), of over 1,000 companies, revealed that the Brazilian manufacturing industry is more digital than five years ago. If in 2016, less than half (48%) of the companies surveyed used digital technologies, in 2021 this percentage had risen to 69%, according to a recent article by Liliam Benzi.
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ArticleDigital twin solution from Merck offers increased traceability
German drugmaker Merck KGaA and Gerresheimer, which provides healthcare packaging and drug delivery systems for pharma, biotech and cosmetics, have jointly developed a digital twin solution to increase traceability and trust in crucial steps along the pharmaceutical supply chain.
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ArticleNew digital product cloud solution boosts circular economy for apparel
EON, from Proto Innovation based in New York, is claimed to be the world’s first cloud-based network of retail products in the fashion sector. It adds new dimensions of data to a product’s journey, opening up new possibilities for the circular economy.
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ArticlePrefilled syringes with RFID labels launched by Schreiner MediPharm and SCHOTT Pharma
Pharma label specialist Schreiner MediPharm and SCHOTT Pharma, which produces drug containment and delivery solutions for medications, have been engaged in a partnership for several years. Its objective is to develop new smart concepts that add functional value to prefilled syringes.
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ArticleGraphic Packaging International reveals serialisation solution intending to provide anti-counterfeit and data protection measures for pharmaceuticals
Graphic Packaging International has announced its new serialisation solution for packaging in the pharmaceutical sector, expected to combat the circulation of falsified medical products and facilitate pharma-compliance in data handling.
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ArticleAIPIA World Congress 2022 special: Come and see the latest technology in action
Since the early days of AIPIA Congresses, we have always believed that live demonstrations are an important part of the delegate experience. Live demonstrations of Smart Packaging technologies are a unique feature of the World Congress and the 2022 event is no exception. Around the hall ...
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ArticleThe AIPIA World Congress: The #1 event for Smart Packaging
In just over two weeks AIPIA will open the doors for its first live Congress since 2019 (14/15 November). The event will host around 30 speakers and, on each of the two days, a Brand Challenge will open a window on what two internationally recognised Brands are planning for their next Smart Packaging implementation.
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ArticleNew Smart Packaging technology delivers end-to end solution for cannabis sector
AIPIA member Identiv and TrueGreen, a cannabis technology company specializing in digitizing packaging, have announced the deployment of the world’s first smart tamper seal using RFID technology, designed to deliver, along with the TrueGreen software as a service (SaaS) platform, digital transformation in the cannabis industry, giving products a unique digital identity, they claim.
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ArticleWhat does modern traceability look like for CPG businesses?
Consumers are paying attention to their products – where and how they are sourced, and whether they are everything they claim to be. How can smart packaging accommodate for this shift, and what additional benefits can it bring? Ken Sickles, EVP and chief product officer at Digimarc, tells us why digitisation might be the way forward for CPG businesses.
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ArticleQR on snack packaging invites students to create their own music
Harvest Snaps, a plant-based snack brand which is part of Calbee America, has launched a music-driven, TikTok-branded, effect designed to attract and engage college students across the USA during the Autumn.
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ArticleNew project aims to create active packaging based on biomass from shrubs
Longstanding AIPIA member AIMPLAS is working on developing bioplastics for active packaging for cosmetics and absorbent litter for the pet industry within the European BeonNAT Project.
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ArticlePrintpack launches flexible pouch with hologram-like features
AIPIA member, Printpack, a major manufacturer of flexible and specialty rigid packaging, has partnered with Fathom Optics to develop the first hologram-like 3D pouch on a wide web flexographic press.