NEW FROM GLOBALAUTOID

Global Automation & Identification Group has launched QRWarning.com, an information and awareness campaign website for both consumers and businesses.

QR codes are everywhere - restaurant menus, automated parking meters, on print ads, on TV screens -- and more and more, on packaging and shipping labels.

When you scan a QR code on your phone, you get little or no indication of what website is going to be loaded up in your mobile browser. Bad players use this vulnerability to send people to fake payment websites, to sites with malware, and to sites engineered to scrape as much personal information as possible.

For businesses, QR codes are being touted as "the next generation" of track and trace solutions for the supply chain. But there is also a growing false impression that standard QR codes can be used in securing supply chains from counterfeiting and diversion.

Learn more about the risks both consumers and businesses face when using QR codes.

GLOBALAUTOID MEMBER SPOTLIGHT

VeriTrace

GlobalAutoID member VeriTrace has completed its 3-part series that explore how proprietary UID codes are superior for B2B product identification and how they are changing the way companies protect their products, strengthen supply chains, and gain greater business intelligence.

Part 1 – Why Security Matters​
​ • The limitations of open codes vs proprietary codes ​
• Authentication in the age of AI​
• Using secured components as data points​
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​Part 2 – Building Authentication That Lasts​
​ • Securing the product, not just the package​
• Connecting product and packaging identities​
• Authentication throughout the product lifecycle​
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​Part 3 – Turning Security into Business Value​
​ • Deploying proprietary codes within the B2B supply chain​
• Visible and Covert marking ​
• Solving B2B problems using UID data​

UPCOMING TRACEABILITY EVENTS

​SEP 14 | IMTS 2026​

Chicago, IL • McCormick Place
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​As the largest manufacturing technology trade show in the Western Hemisphere, IMTS – The International Manufacturing Technology Show draws the innovators, sellers, and drivers of manufacturing technology together to connect, be inspired, and find new solutions.

​OCT 18 | Pack Expo International 2026​

Chicago, IL • McCormick Place

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​Discover the most comprehensive packaging and processing event in the Western Hemisphere—bringing together 40+ vertical industries and 2,600 exhibitors with the latest machinery in motion and packaging materials.