The basic shipper is reimagined as an ecommerce-enabled plastic box that’s durable, reusable many hundreds of times and a whole lot smarter...

Goodbye date code? New technology lets consumers know how much shelf life is left in every packaged food, even before they purchase it.Ours is a highly mobile and connected world where sensors, the cloud and smartphones mean that global access to...

Savvy brands like Nestlé are leveraging the sustainable packaging benefits that AR technology offers along with potent consumer engagement.We now live in an age where consumers are holding businesses to a higher standard of environmental...

The Absolut Co., owner of the Malibu rum brand, is using smart packaging to create a closer connection with consumers. The company recently announced the launch of 300,000 “connected” Malibu bottles in the United States.This limited-edition...

Inductive Intelligence’s tech offers induction-heated-anywhere containers by marrying food and beverage packaging with wireless charging, software, RFID/NFC tags and sensors.Packaging Digest reported earlier this month on a selection of...

On-Metal UHF radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags have been optimized for more effective tagging of challenging products and materials. The configuration incorporates an inlay design and label construction intended to address performance...

Francesco Rinaldi has given its traditional pasta sauces a 21st century twist by adding augmented-reality technology to its packaging.The Francesco Rinaldi AR App (available via the Apple Store or Google Play) enables consumers to pick up the jar...

With less than 60 days before we flip our calendars to a new year, we’ve started to think about how packaging might evolve in 2019. Smart packaging is one area that’s sure to continue to amaze us as consumers rely on their smartphones to stay...

Anheuser-Busch InBev—no stranger to innovative packaging design—outdid itself at the 2018 FIFA World Cup tournament in Russia, with collectible Budweiser cups that lit up in response to crowd noise. Circuitry built into the beverage packaging...

How comfortable are you with using today’s digital tools for packaging? Virtual and augmented reality, packaging-related apps and more become a lot less scary when you can touch and play with them yourself—which you can do at EastPack 2018...