Counterfeit-proof product protection and resilient supply chains are the goals of the Fraunhofer SmartID project. The Fraunhofer Institutes for Applied Polymer Research IAP, for Secure Information Technology SIT and for Open Communication Systems FOKUS are developing a novel marking system that can determine the authenticity of products via smart devices even while being offline, i.e. without access to a database. SmartID will be embedded in existing track & trace infrastructures and can be printed on products or their packaging using commercially available printing processes.
TactoTek (Oulu, Finland), the developer and licenser of injection moulded structural electronics (IMSE) technology, has received up to €15M in financing from the European Guarantee Fund (EGF). It is the first company to receive an EGF investment. TactoTek engaged the Grannenfelt Finance to support investment application and processing.
LG Display (Seoul, Korea), a world leader in display technologies, recently announced its new partnership with Kakao Mobility, a Korean mobility platform company, to build a smart parking lot in Seoul, Korea, equipped with the company’s advanced transparent OLED displays.
