The Digital Product Passport to Europe

The Digital Product Passport to Europe

When we travel abroad, our passport doesn’t just identify us—it proves where we’ve been and where we’re allowed to go. Products are now beginning to carry that same kind of identity.As part of the European Union’s Green Deal, certain products now require a Digital...
The Future of Bar Coding – Sunrise 2027

The Future of Bar Coding – Sunrise 2027

Symbols containing data read electronically is an innovation now three quarters of a century old. However, the use and functionality of bar codes continues to grow almost expontentially as time goes on. What started as simple lines and spaces to identify products has...
The Future of Bar Coding – RFID

The Future of Bar Coding – RFID

What is RFID? RFID, or Radio Frequency Identification, is a technology that uses radio waves to automatically identify objects, track inventory, and store and transmit data through chips, which can be embedded inside tags or labels.  In 1939, Great Britain...
The Future of Bar Coding

The Future of Bar Coding

Today, the bar code can be found anywhere, from your store checkout to concert tickets, or even on the side of a city bus. Did you know the concept of encoding data into printed symbols for scanning is now 75 years old?   A quarter century later, Point-of-Sale...