Packaging
RFID News Roundup
BehrTech updates MYTHINGS IoT platform; iDTRONIC offers healthcare RFID white paper; ASSA ABLOY joins Zigbee Alliance Board of Directors; Seebo helps manufacturers optimize production via AI; Cherry Cricket, Wynkoop Brewing use SpeedPro's touchless menus, signage; IoP Journal becomes AIPIA media partner for smart packaging.
The New Normal Encourages Technology Adaptation and Creation
Solutions developed by companies specializing in product identification and tracking are becoming key tools in the post-COVID-19 world.
Green RFID Antenna Company Brings Capacity to One Billion
4e Antenna's Finnish production site will be able to produce a billion paper antennas for RFID tag companies, using a laser-cutting method and pure aluminum, thus eliminating chemical etching processes and waste, while the antenna makes tags recyclable.
Hershey Uses Its Packaging Intelligently—As Media
Marcel Sacco, the general director of Hershey Brasil, outlines his company's vision regarding smart packaging trends.
RFID for Orthopedic Implant Management Offers Standardized Solution
Johnson & Johnson Supply Chain has boosted inventory visibility and efficiency for orthopedic loaner sets, ensuring implants are securely delivered to hospitals when needed and driving down costs for healthcare providers.
Smart Support in Response to COVID-19
Smart labels and packaging are safely supporting healthcare products for patients and professionals, thereby saving lives.
Packages Will Need to Evolve Faster and More Intelligently Due to the Coronavirus
If technologies for identification, tracking, authentication and improving the customer experience are necessary, other innovations are mandatory—such as eliminating viruses, for example.
Contactless Payments Are on the Rise
Merchants are increasingly using physical cards for payments, as well as a growing number of smartphones equipped with either special chip readers or encoded images.
NFC Delivers Hemp Product Authentication, Information to Consumers
The Near Field Communication-enabled packaging that PearlCBD employs for its goods helps consumers confirm the authenticity of a lotion or capsule, as well as view its certification data, and learn about what cannabidiols are and how they are used.
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