Brasil Pack Trends 2020

BrasilPackTrends2020 155 qual ity and new technologies FIGURE 6.19 RipSense ripening indicator Source: Press Release consumer goods packages, it can work as an anti-theft and anti-violation system. An example of anti-theft/anti-violation system is sold by MeadWestvaco, called Natralock, which the main appeal is the safety, made with a blister, a tear-resistant card and a siren system, that sounds like on the currently used anti-theft systems, but it is also activated if the package is twisted or broken, by the rupture of the ink filaments (Figure 6.20). MWV uses a printed integrated circuit printed by flexography with conductive ink, “electronic ink”, graphene-based (nanomaterial), produced by Vor-ink, which has an excellent conductivity, competitive cost and flexibility, that allows the material to be bended without damaging the electronic circuit. Retailers embed a reusable electronic module of sound alarm to the circuit, which sounds if it is removed from the package or if the circuit is broken. FIGURE 6.20 Conductive paint-based anti-theft device Source: Press Release One of the most intriguing technological races involving public and private R&D companies is the search for making the printed electronics available in high volumes and commercially viable (IAPRI, 2012). The application of nanotechnology in the electronics industry has allowed the creation of such small electronics circuits capable of being printed on thin and flexible surfaces. It is the born of the e-packaging , which involves the printing of conductive circuits directly on the package material. E -packaging goes beyond the radiofrequency identification – RFID and the monitoring/surveillance via EAS labels – Electronic Article Surveillance. It does not aim to replace the current technologies, but aggregate more functionality, intelligence and interactivity to the current concept of package, something that the silicon chips do not allow. In the package sector, the printed electronics can be used for complex function for many purposes, from safety systems, temperature registers that tailor expire date to devices of audiovisual interaction with the consumer, displaying images, emitting sounds or even vibrating (powder products dosing). In the field of pharmaceuticals it can instruct the patient over voice commands, reminding him of the medication, inform whether the pharmaceutical has been consumed. In Electronic smart packaging