All Smart Packaging articles – Page 19
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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.
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ArticleNovel Packaging for Extending Shelf Life
A report published by PreScouter, Inc. explored a selection of the most innovative recent developments in novel packaging for the purposes of extending shelf life.
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ArticleA trillion reasons why recycling is getting easier
NFC offers a great solution to improve recycling. A low-cost inlay could be added to packaging allowing the consumer, with a simple tap of their smartphone, to access information about the packaging, according to Gillian Ewers of PragmatIC