Crown Holdings, Inc. and QinetiQ have launched a joint development program to adapt QinetiQ’s Omni-ID Pak™ integrated Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology for use in metal packaging. This will enable brand owners to integrate ultra high frequency (UHF) RFID tags into metal packaging for a wide variety of applications at the single item level.

Designed to mitigate issues such as signal reflection, detuning and grounding which reduce or negate RFID’s effectiveness on metal packaging or with aqueous-based products, the unique technology leverages several of metal’s inherent properties and shifts the format into an advantageous position.