
Consumer Packaged Goods


How HP’s Smart Packaging Guarantees Ink Cartridge Authenticity
The solution integrates customer experience with sustainability and is available to businesses in the food, pharmaceutical and beauty industries, among others.
Smallest UHF RFID Inlay Wins RFID Journal New Product Award
Avery Dennison Smartrac’s AD Dot inlay measures just four by four millimeters and is designed for tracking very small goods such as wearable electronics, cosmetics and drugs.
NFC Dual Sensor and Authentication Tag for Spirits, Appliances, Drugs
NXP's NTAG 22x DNA family of NFC tag ICs leverage conductive and capacitive sensing to detect when a product has been opened, while providing moisture, pressure or fill-level sensing.
U.K. Project to Pilot NFC for Tracking Reusable Containers
The two-year TRACE project, led by a consortium that includes PragmatIC Semiconductor, will monitor NFC-tagged beverage bottles and food trays as they are sold, returned to a store, cleaned and then reused.
NFC Brings Authentication, Engagement to Boutique Tequila Brand
OTACA's NFC label, along with blockchain software and analytics, enables the company to share product information with consumers, provide authentication, and create a digital record of each item's retail journey for analytics purposes.
RFID News Roundup
Science Based Targets Initiative approves Avery Dennison emission-reduction plan; Tageos, All4Labels collaborate on sustainable RFID inlays; CISC Semiconductor offers RFID reader for quality verification; Wiliot intros new Internet of Things platform; NFC Forum releases wireless charging specification; New Zealand Dept. of Conservation deploys Swarm satellites; XO2Tech unveils new products for consumer packaged goods, oven; Kerlink launches indoor LoRaWAN IoT gateway; ELATEC issues white paper on user authentication and access control.
RFID News Roundup
Xerafy offers on-metal RFID tags with NXP chips; Axia Institute launches RFID tag validation program, partners with Fresenius Kabi; AsReader unveils lightweight RFID reader-writer; CDO Technologies adds DT Research tablet to DoD auto-ID contract; ScaleOut Software upgrades real-time digital twin streaming service; Trackunit, Silicon Labs partner on BLE asset-tracking solution; GS1 US to host virtual healthcare RFID workshop; STMicroelectronics publishes white paper on NFC for CPG.
Avery Dennison Addresses Smart Packaging as a Business Tool
The growth of e-commerce, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, has created a new demand for advanced packaging design.