Michael Gorgi

Smart packaging takes on many forms and purposes. Some smart packaging communicates to end users via thermochromic inks that change color with temperatures. Other types will remind patients to take their medicine or combine communication with functionality in cases like self-cooling beer kegs or self-heating soups and coffees. One area where smart or intelligent packaging has practically become a necessity is in the area of brand security/authentication. One way to make packaging for brand protection smart is employing RFID. According to a -NanoMarkets study, “Smart Packaging Markets: 2006-2013,” printable and chip-based RFID tags will be consumed by smart packaging to the tune of $1.1