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Thinfilm, Jones Packaging Deliver Automated Application of NFC OpenSense Tags to Pharma Packaging

The customized Jones production line can apply and read up to 15,000 tags per hour.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

A joint initiative between Thin Film Electronics ASA (Thinfilm) and Jones Packaging Inc. has enabled the automated application of Thinfilm’s NFC OpenSense tags to paperboard pharma packaging on a Jones high-speed production line at the company’s primary converting facility in London, Ontario, Canada.   The customized Jones production line can apply and read up to 15,000 tags per hour. Thinfilm’s “Tag Talks First” protocol is a key feature of the OpenSense tag and enables a read-speed that is u...

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