Interactive Print - Near Field Communications

Constantia Flexibles Collaborates with Hopsy to Create Smart Beer Labels
June 14, 2016 at 9:05 am

As appealing as a craft beer delivery service may sound to micro-brew fans, smart labeling is poised to make the experience more interactive. Constantia Flexibles and Thin Film Electronics have announced they will be producing smart labels for Hopsy, a San Francisco-based beer delivery service.

Are Interactive Screens on Their Way to Packages?
April 19, 2016 at 10:43 am

Will there be a time when traditional labels are out and interactive screens are in? Scientists at the University of Sheffield and tech company Novalia have collaborated on technology that could make packaging much more interactive in the near future.

Connecting to Packaging with NFC
August 13, 2015 at 9:12 pm

Companies are adding RFID and NFC tags to packaging to offer an interactive experience and connect with consumers on a deeper level.

Printed Electronics Becoming More Relevant to Our Market Segments
February 21, 2012

Printed Electronics is on the verge of becoming a relevant technology for several of our market segments. Organic LEDs, flexible displays, RFID tags, printed discrete devices, as well as printed photovoltaic devices, are making an impact in consumer, commercial and specialty electronics markets.

UPM Raflatac Recognized for RFID project
June 11, 2009

Finnish apparel company NP Collection has won the Golden Tag Award 2009 for effective logistics and profitable trade using RFID. UPM Raflatac is the winner of the Minitag Award for the same project.

RFID-Enabled Item-Level Inventory Management System
April 23, 2009

UPM Raflatac, Seeonic™ and Alliance, a RockTenn company, announced the deployment of a new generation of Alliance’s MAXRPM™, an inventory management system for retail promotional items that uses RFID technology to provide retailers and manufacturers with real-time business insights of retail promotion performance at the item level.

RFID Market Forecasts 2009-2019
April 22, 2009

IDTechEx announced a new report “RFID Forecasts, Players & Opportunities 2009-2019”, which addresses the global RFID situation. Areas of growth, undersupply and oversupply, and trends are given based on extensive new primary research.