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Lindsey Shean, WPA President, provided an update on Nature's Packaging.
Lindsey Shean, WPA President, provided an update on Nature's Packaging.
Michael Modugno of PGS Group (France) provided a perspective on Packaging from Nature, the European initiative to promote wood packaging.
Michael Modugno of PGS Group (France) provided a perspective on Packaging from Nature, the European initiative to promote wood packaging.
Michael Modugno of PGS Group (France) provided a perspective on Packaging from Nature, the European initiative to promote wood packaging.
Michael Modugno of PGS Group (France) provided a perspective on Packaging from Nature, the European initiative to promote wood packaging.
Michael Modugno of PGS Group (France) provided a perspective on Packaging from Nature, the European initiative to promote wood packaging.
Practical functionalities
Just like the red label, the new label is fitted with an RFID chip and a data matrix. The RFID chip has deliberately not been fitted with new features like Bluetooth or NFC. “There are a lot of technical possibilities out there: you can for example have chips that send out an active signal or report on the temperature of their environment,” de Jong adds. “However, this also drives costs and in consultations with customers, we found that the horticultural industry is best helped with a simple, durable, cost efficient and practical functionality of the chip. Hence we invested in a sturdy design, with top-class reading performance.”
Quicker reading performance
The new RFID chip has been changed, to provide for a fast, convenient and safe authenticity check. explains: “With the old red label the individual number of the chip read by the scanner was checked by a central database,” explains Gert Aagaard, Technical and ICT Director. “Now the scanner is fitted with an encryption key that immediately returns the check result – providing much quicker and safer scans. We invite companies that are interested to find out how scanning can help their business processes, to contact us. Information for companies that currently use scanners, is available on our website.”