All Smart Packaging articles – Page 17
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ArticleTrack & Trace helps to foil major plastic theft operation
In 2021, a major plastic container theft sting was executed in Cook County, Illinois in the USA, thanks to the use of track and trace technology.
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ArticleColour shifting liquid crystals for authentication and brand protection
Idvac Ltd, a specialist in advanced vacuum and thin film technology, has been investigating the properties of some Liquid Crystals (LCs) for packaging and security applications.
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ArticleTelling your story through connected packaging
In 2022, we’re asking AIPIA members to tell their product story, using real examples of their technology in action. To kick things off, Peter James of EVRYTHNG, now a Digimarc company, explains how connected packaging can be theatre: it can create a story.
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ArticleAIPIA and Packaging Europe connect to fast-track Smart Packaging development
AIPIA (the Active and Intelligent Packaging Industry Association) and Packaging Europe have entered into a strategic partnership aiming to accelerate uptake of smart packaging innovation across FMCG at every stage of supply chains and retail.
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ArticleCollaborative solution for processing recycled material into thin-walled containers
The Thin Wall Integra collaborative project offers a fully automated solution for the high-volume processing of recycled material into thin-walled containers with a material saving of up to 35% and HolyGrail 2.0 compatible labels.
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Digital watermarking contexts: HolyGrail stakeholder panel
Throughout autumn 2021 of 2021, the HolyGrail 2.0 hosted a series of open house events in Copenhagen, the site of the latest semi-industrial trials of digitally watermarked packaging on municipal sorting lines.
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ArticleOutlook for 2022: Trends and disruptive innovations
As we move ever closer to a new year, it’s time to ask what kinds of trends, priorities and disruptive innovations we can expect 2022 to bring.
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ArticleTaking the next steps in the digitization of packaging
Andrew Manly, communications director at the Active & Intelligent Packaging Industry Association, looks back at this year’s AIPIA congress and at some of the main takeaways.
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ArticleHow is HolyGrail 2.0 working in practice?
September was a busy month for the HolyGrail 2.0 project, which aims to simplify the process of sorting packaging waste through the use of digital watermarking technology.
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ArticleHolyGrail 2.0 receives validation for prototype detection sorting unit
Following last week’s announcement that it has reached its semi-industrial trial stage, the digital watermarking initiative HolyGrail 2.0 has reached another milestone – the successful validation of its first prototype detection sorting unit.
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ArticleHolyGrail 2.0 project reaches semi-industrial trial stage
AIM and the Alliance to End Plastic Waste announced today a partnership to start semi-industrial trials in the next phase of the HolyGrail 2.0 project, which is testing digital watermarks for the intelligent sorting of packaging waste.
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ArticleLeveraging the power of smart packaging
David Rogers, marketing manager at Blue Bite, discusses how brands can benefit from smart packaging technologies and build a digital platform to engage consumers.
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ArticlePrinted electronics and packaging - a look at the OE-A competition
In its annual competition, OE-A, the Organic and Printed Electronics Association, a working group within VDMA, looks for new ideas, prototypes and designs related to flexible, organic and printed electronics.
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ArticleActive packaging against salmonella - a closer look at the REFUCOAT Project
The REFUCOAT Project has developed what is described as innovative, efficient, bioplastic food packaging production processes using renewable materials that are also recyclable and could replace conventional fossil-based raw materials.
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ArticleAvery Dennison partners with Schreiner MediPharm and PragmatIC Semiconductor to leverage NFC technology
Avery Dennison is leveraging near field communication (NFC) technology to extend smart packaging to the unit-level for everyday pharma, with the goal of improving patient experience and safety.
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ArticleCan augmented reality help to bring people together during lockdown?
Solucan has partnered with microbreweries in an effort to emphasise solidarity and locally sourced products in a time of crisis through the use of augmented reality.
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ArticleAptar announces new active packaging solution combining moisture adsorption with oxygen scavenging
Aptar CSP Technologies, a part of AptarGroup, Inc., has announced the launch of a “first-of-its-kind” active packaging product.
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ArticleFinalist interviews: HolyGrail project leader underlines value of collaboration
Today Gian De Belder, packaging technologist, Procter and Gamble, and project leader of the HolyGrail project (finalist in the ‘Driving the circular economy’ category), discusses how collaboration is key to solving sustainability challenges.
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ArticleDo androids dream of electric sensors?
Electronic tracking of medication, flexible electronic connectivity, and battery-free sensor tags? These all sound like they are straight from an alternate universe in a Philip K. Dick novel; however, innovation today in the real world is smart.
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ArticleCombatting food waste with intelligent solutions
According to statistics, one in nine people on the planet suffer from hunger, and 98 per cent of these people live in countries where over 40 per cent of food gets lost after harvest, not least because it is poorly packaged.