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PragmatIC Semiconductor Leads Project to Digitize Reusable Packaging

Ultra-low-cost NFC enables practical solutions that will accelerate adoption of new packaging models.

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

PragmatIC Semiconductor is leading an Innovate UK, Smart Sustainability Plastic Packaging business project that will make reusable plastic packaging systems a reality at scale. The project code-named TRACE (Technology-enabled Reusable Assets for a Circular Economy) will use PragmatIC’s ultra-low-cost NFC technology to give reusable containers unique digital identities (UIDs) so that the packages can be efficiently and effectively returned and reused. The UIDs will be used throughout the lifec...

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