Smart packaging technology used in pharmaceutical packaging

Thin Film Electronics, the world's leading supplier of printed electronics and intelligent systems, announced today its partnership with Jones Packaging, Inc., a healthcare and consumer product packaging company, that will jointly develop top-level medical pharmaceutical smart packaging solutions and Thin Film's NFC OpenSense technology. Integrate into cardboard medical packaging and create important manufacturing processes for production on Jones' high-speed production line.

Jones and Thin Film are working with the world's leading pharmaceutical companies in anticipation of the promotion of this smart technology to the global medical market.

NFC OpenSense is a thin, flexible label that detects the “factory-sealed” and “opened” state of the product and allows wireless communication to view the contents of the tag through an NFC-enabled smartphone. The packaging label contains a unique logo that allows pharmaceutical companies to validate and track products one-by-one using powerful software and analysis tools.

In addition, even if the product's factory seal is open, the label is still active, allowing brand owners and medical staff to communicate with consumers and patients.

“It has always been Jones’s strategy to develop a printed electronics packaging solution for the healthcare market. For this reason, we have chosen to work with industry leader Thin Film.” Jones’s founder, Chris? Jones? Chris Jones Harris said. “Thin Film's unique NFC printing solution meets a variety of needs in the pharmaceutical market, and is particularly important in ensuring product integrity and patient safety. We look forward to a successful partnership with Thin Film in this area. ."

NFC OpenSense reads data 20 times faster than traditional NFC reads, making it an ideal technology choice for Jones's high-speed, high-volume production line. The collaboration between Jones and Thin Film also includes the tagged iron shield packaging, which means that NFC technology will be used for metal packaging.

“Jones has been in business for more than 100 years and is a trusted partner for many of the world’s largest and most successful companies,” said Davor Sutija, CEO of Thin Film. “We are very excited to work with innovators in the packaging industry and look forward to them. Can provide this advanced NFC packaging solution for the pharmaceutical market."

Jones's smart packaging cooperation will receive funding, some of which are funded by the Swedish and Canadian governments.