Track & Trace/Serialization

Printable Smart Label Offers Worldwide Tracking of Cargo and Parcels

Sat, 25 Apr 2026 00:00:31 -0400

Reelables’ Anywhere smart labels provide continuous visibility into cargo movements, capturing facility arrivals and departures, verifying truck-level contents, and detecting when individual items within a shipment diverge.

How Smarter Packaging is Driving the End of the QR Code Era

Mon, 15 Dec 2025 00:00:00 -0500

In this interview, Ashley Burkle of Identiv explains how technologies such as ultra-thin NFC inlays are enabling a new balance between form and function. Integrated discreetly within materials, these technologies preserve the visual brand goals of packaging while adding subtle intelligence and interactivity.

Pharmaceutical Serialization: Requirements and Solutions for Regulatory Compliance

Thu, 20 Nov 2025 00:00:57 -0500

In this article, Luciano Marchesini of Nimax discusses various options for achieving pharmaceutical serialization compliance for both primary and secondary packaging.

Reelables Secures $10.4M in Series A Funding to Advance Active Smart Label Technology

Tue, 18 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

Reelables grew more than 200 percent this year and plans to scale production to 100 million labels per year with this funding.

Enhancing Supply Chain Transparency with Track-and-Trace Technology

addingtonb@bnpmedia.com (Brad Addington) — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 00:00:00 -0500

We present some of the most intriguing stories that surfaced in 2025. From pharmaceutical packaging to foodservice packaging to the shipment of perishable goods, track-and-trace technology plays a critical role, as the following stories illustrate.

Deitz Co.'s Pharmafill BCV1 Bottomless Conveyor Helps with FDA Compliance

Mon, 29 Sep 2025 14:37:41 -0400

An aid in compliance with 21 CFR 111 and 21 CFR 117, which comprises the Food Traceability Rule, the BCV1 Bottomless Conveyor automatically captures plastic, glass, and metal bottles from a conveyor, suspends them between dual hugger belts, and moves them above a printer.

HP Indigo 6K Secure Press powers JPatton's leap forward in high-security printing

Thu, 07 Aug 2025 00:00:21 -0400

Incorporating HP’s technology enables JPatton to meet the growing demand for authentication tools across regulated markets such as pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals, alcohol, and tobacco.

Linx’s New Strong Adhesion Ink Offers Superior Coding on Plastic Substrates

Tue, 22 Jul 2025 00:00:17 -0400

The new Linx Black Ultra Strong Plastic-Adherent Ink 1061 provides consistent adhesion, particularly on PET and low surface energy substrates, including OPP, BOPP, HDPE, and LDPE.

Identiv to Showcase DPP Solutions at Smart Packaging World Congress

Tue, 17 Jun 2025 12:17:41 -0400

At World Congress 2025, Identiv will host an interactive “Build Your Own DPP” demonstration at its booth with DPP SaaS company Narravero.

Beontag Expands RFID Portfolio with Waterproof and Microwave-Compliant Tag

Tue, 18 Mar 2025 00:00:00 -0400

The eWave and Carrier eWave UHF RFID tag allows greater versatility and sustainability in the food and beverage sector while optimizing asset management and streamlining supply chains.

Reelables Releases New 5G Cellular Label for Perishable Shipping

Thu, 13 Feb 2025 14:12:25 -0500

The label constantly monitors the ambient temperature and the location of products in each shipment while en route via land, water or air.

Markem-Imaje Helps Mezzacorona's Wine Packaging with EU Compliance

Fri, 06 Dec 2024 11:05:36 -0500

Originating in the Rotaliana plain in northeastern Italy, Mezzacorona has brought together Trentino winemakers since 1904, offering the market a selection of high-quality wines and sparkling wines as heirs and innovators of an ancient local tradition.

FPSA Announces Call for Speakers for Food Solutions Exchange & Conference 2025

Thu, 14 Nov 2024 00:00:00 -0500

FSX 2025 is designed as a platform for knowledge-sharing, professional growth, and collaboration among key stakeholders in the food industry.

Schreiner MediPharm to Highlight RFID Label Solutions at PACK EXPO 2024

Wed, 02 Oct 2024 12:21:41 -0400

Schreiner MediPharm's new RFID label comprises an integrated digital sealing function whose design irreversibly indicates a container’s initial opening, and enables automated integrity tracking.

Beontag celebrates 40 years of operation

Tue, 01 Oct 2024 11:06:13 -0400

This milestone, marking more than four decades of innovation and success, also represents a new era of excellence for the brand, as the company continues its expansion journey, solidifying its global presence and driving transformative business growth.

Antares Vision Group Launches Food Safety Solution

Mon, 26 Aug 2024 11:30:06 -0400

The solution will be showcased for the first time at Pack Expo International 2024 (Chicago, November 3-6 2024), where it has been selected as a Technology Excellence Awards finalist in the Food/Beverage category.

The Evolution of Serialization and the Role of Packaging

Thu, 22 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

The packaging industry supports pharmaceutical and health sectors, with serialization playing a transformative role in ensuring compliance with regulations.

Antares Vision Group Completes First Phase of Serialization for Cosmeceuticals Provider

Thu, 22 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

Antares Vision Group has implemented a traceability solution for cosmeceutical skin care provider Episciences, Inc., addressing supply chain visibility and gray market diversion challenges. The system was developed by ACSIS, a business unit of Antares Vision Group.

Ensuring Product Safety: The Important Role of Track & Trace

addingtonb@bnpmedia.com (Brad Addington) — Thu, 22 Aug 2024 00:00:00 -0400

The global track and trace solutions market is expected to reach $28.9 billion by 2032, with companies in various industries utilizing these solutions for production and sales tracing and compliance. Notable firms such as MM Packaging, Antares Vision Group, and Deitz Co. have developed innovative solutions for these needs.

Systech selected by Praxis Packaging for Track and Trace solutions

Tue, 16 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0400

Collaboration offers Praxis customers access to enhanced product tracing to meet compliance requirements such as the FDA-mandated DSCSA (Drug Supply Chain Security Act) regulation with a November 2024 enforcement deadline.

Deitz Co. Develops New Printer Mounting Kit for Traceability Coding

Mon, 24 Jun 2024 12:25:19 -0400

The kit enables food, pharmaceutical and nutritional product manufacturers to mount a printer underneath the company's Pharmafill^TM BCV1 Bottomless Conveyor and automate lot traceability coding on bottle bottoms.

Drug Supply Chain Compliance: AV Group Joins Partnership as DSCSA Deadline Looms

Tue, 29 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0400

Antares Vision Group becomes first DSCSA solution provider to join the Pulse Interoperable Partner program of the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy (NABP).

Expert Article: Ensure Drug Supply Chain Compliance by Getting Your Data in Order

Fri, 11 Aug 2023 00:00:00 -0400

Some big tests are on the horizon in the area of pharmaceutical tracking as new requirements of the Drug Supply Chain Security Act (DSCSA) take effect.

Ink Technologies Growing Increasingly Sophisticated

addingtonb@bnpmedia.com (Brad Addington) — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 00:00:00 -0400

Until recently, most pharmaceutical manufacturers would buy blister foils pre-printed with product names, dosage information, and branding and use a basic in-line printing or embossing system to add a batch code and expiry date to the blister in human-readable text.

Smart Products Build Trust while Solving Problems

Thu, 09 Sep 2021 00:00:00 -0400

Smart Packaging or Smart Products, are assigned internet IDs to allow consumers to engage with their everyday products.

5 Topics to Discuss with Your Packaging Line Integrator

Wed, 13 Jan 2021 00:00:00 -0500

For many of today’s top CPGs, packaging line integrations have become routine investments; necessary for meeting changing market demands and improving the overall efficiency of production lines. The relative success of a packaging line integration can be determined by answering “yes” to three questions

Advanced Packaging Market to Grow 8% to 2026

Wed, 07 Oct 2020 00:00:00 -0400

According to a recent study from market research firm Global Market Insights, the advanced packaging market is set to grow from its current market value of more than $25 billion to over $40 billion by 2026, gaining remarkable traction over the 2020 to 2026 period.

The Promise of Connected Packaging: From brand protection to consumer engagement

Mon, 14 Sep 2020 22:24:00 -0400

It is now well accepted that virtually all brands, from the utmost recognized to the newly eager, face an unprecedented onslaught of counterfeiting and gray market trading. In emerging countries, this menace is bold and audacious, with outright fakes appearing in the open marketplace. In developed countries, the problem is equally insidious due to online propagation of counterfeit products through e-commerce platforms.

The Importance of Flexible Packaging

Mon, 11 May 2020 00:00:00 -0400

As the saying goes, you only get one chance to make a first impression. In the packaging world, flexible packaging is considered by many to be the optimal way for a company to put its best foot forward.

Reducing Loss in the Medical Supply Chain

Sun, 12 Apr 2020 00:00:00 -0400

In 2020, the goal of reducing supply chain inefficiencies has become especially true for the healthcare industry, as hospitals and healthcare systems work to reduce the billions of dollars spent on unnecessary supply chain operations every year.