Out-smarting the competition
It is no longer enough for packaging to be blessed with good looks – it also needs to have the brains to go with them to be taken seriously.
Is there a need to re-invent integrated circuits?
When I look at how things have changed since I took my electronics A level in the early 1980s, it seems like that was light years ago.
Smart sustainability - active and intelligent packaging
Active and intelligent packaging helps to combat counterfeiting and can engage consumers. Tony Corbin finds out if can also help brands achieve sustainability goals.
RFID tags could save the U.K. National Health Service $500M/year
Diagnostic samples bound for one of the U.K.’s NHS pathology labs get low-cost RFID labels that save packaging, staff, and operational costs, among other benefits.
Taking on the anti-counterfeiting challenge
Counterfeiting has moved on from small-scale operations to big business. Elisabeth Skoda shines a light on solutions aimed at luxury packaging, pharmaceuticals and fast-moving consumer goods ranging from holograms to printed on-pack and on-blister codes a