Key Features:

• Non-invasive & Non-destructive
• Reversible response
• Meets food safety laws
• Low cost
• Rapid, real-time measurements
• Incorporation directly into polymer or as a discrete sensor “dot”
• Remote interrogation/measurement
• Measure: dry atmosphere, headspace over liquid, dissolved oxygen within liquid
• Large measurement range
• Photostable
• Highly specific O2 responsiveness

Packager Value Proposition:

• Enablement of 100% QC up to point of sale
• More efficient and lower plant operating costs
• Earlier identification of packaging equipment malfunction
• Reduced losses from out-of-spec packaging
• Higher customer loyalty
• Reduced risk of compromised brand image/reputation from flawed product entering the market
• Lower liability risk
• Protection from bioterrorist attempts, adulteration, tampering
• Opportunity for premium pricing commensurate with higher quality/safety
• Detection of packages that don’t have headspace
• Elimination of product loss due to sacrificial sampling of goods for test purposes

Customer Value Proposition:

• Greater confidence in their supplier(s)
• Reduced losses from dealing with inferior or unusable product
• Shelf-life studies
• Reduced risk of compromised brand image/reputation from flawed product entering the market
• Lower liabilities for resellers to end consumers
• Protection from bioterrorist attempts, adulteration, tampering
• Prevention of counterfeit product entering the market