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Global Factories Selects Thinfilm Printed Memory for Revolutionary New Blister Packaging System
[December 18, 2014]

Global Factories Selects Thinfilm Printed Memory for Revolutionary New Blister Packaging System


Thin Film Electronics ASA ("Thinfilm") (OSE:THIN.OL) today announced that Global Factories, the global market leader in the field of medicine pouch verification, will use Thinfilm printed memory labels for security and authentication in its new Vandenbrink Blister Packaging Machine (VBM). (View VBM video).

The VBM provides automated filling of Global Factories' unit- and multi-dose blister cards, which securely store patient medication and provide a visual blueprint of required daily intake. The Thinfilm Memory labels will enable Global Factories' clients to confirm authenticity of the VBM blister cards, ensuring only safe and qualified materials are used in the system. In addition to packing and checking of blister cards, the VBM uses a patented verification technique that makes distribution of medicine safer and more efficient than ever before. /p>



"We're excited to partner with an innovative leader like Global Factories," said Davor Sutija, Thinfilm's CEO. "The VBM system is a breakthrough in pharmaceutical packaging. In securing the authenticity of unit- and multi-dose blister cards for the VBM, we are contributing to a key milestone in pharmaceutical dispensing. Our printed electronics technology and manufacturing processes are able to deliver a cost-effective, highly scalable and easy-to-integrate solution for Global Factories."

Thinfilm's Smart Consumables solution features uncopiable, printed rewritable memory labels. Thinfilm Memory has previously been deployed in-field for product verification, including retail shipments earlier this year for protection of luxury goods. Global Factories will now extend use of Thinfilm memory to pharma security applications. Global Factories revolutionary VBM will be launched during the first quarter of 2015. Additional Global Factories' blister cards featuring Thinfilm memory label systems will be introduced to key global markets throughout 2015.


"At Global Factories, we take our clients' need for secure, reliable medicine distribution seriously, and try to be innovative in all that we do," said Richard van den Brink, CEO of Global Factories. "Thinfilm Memory offers significant advantages over any other electronic verification solution we investigated, and gives us a highly secure label through the use of proprietary printed electronics technology. It's a new solution which adds value to the needs of our clients all over the world, and represents the first step in our roadmap for using printed electronics in innovative systems to help improve overall patient adherence."

About Thin Film Electronics ASA

Thinfilm is a leader in the development of Printed Electronics. The first to commercialize printed, rewritable memory, the Company is creating printed systems that include memory, sensing, display, and wireless communication, all at a low cost unmatched by any other electronic technology. Thinfilm's roadmap integrates technology from a strong and growing ecosystem of partners to enable the Internet of Everything by bringing intelligence to disposable goods.

Thin Film Electronics ASA ("Thinfilm") is a publicly listed Norwegian company with headquarters in Oslo, Norway, product development and production in Linköping, Sweden, product development, production, and business development in San Jose, California, USA, and a sales office in Tokyo, Japan.

About Global Factories

Global Factories, as market leader in the field of medicine verification techniques, develops unique products to make personalized medicine distribution available for everyone. By combining breakthrough technologies with their extensive knowledge and worldwide network, Global Factories can ensure that the distribution of medicine is and remains efficient, reliable and safe.

Global Factories is an international and multidisciplinary organization. By learning, understanding and listening to the needs of its customers, they are able to develop innovative products which are both forward-thinking and unique.


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