The theme of this year’s World Refrigeration Day which happened a few days ago on 26th June was ‘Cooling Matters’, focusing on the importance of refrigeration for food safety, medicines, data centers and air conditioning. And cooling really does matter for our health, welfare, productivity and economy, as we’ll explore below: Food safety – Our […]
Charles Vilner, UK Engineering Director, Omni-ID, writes, May 21st marks World Fish Migration Day, when conservationists highlight the need to keep the world’s rivers healthy to help migratory fish populations to recover. In addition to dams blocking access to breeding grounds and pollution of rivers and oceans, fish face a number of challenges which threaten […]
April 21st is World Creativity and Innovation Day (#WCID). It’s also Supply Chain Day. #WCID was founded by the United Nations to highlight the importance of creative thinking for the development of innovative practical solutions that tackle the world’s most urgent problems. Considering the multiple challenges currently affecting global supply chains, today is a fitting […]
We are pleased to announce the launch of our ‘Sense’ passive range of temperature, moisture and volume sensing RFID devices developed for datacenter, industrial and healthcare markets. The new temperature & moisture monitoring capabilities come thanks to the ‘Magic of Magnus’. OK, it’s not actually magic but it is very clever – it’s the revolutionary […]
Tony Kington, CEO, writes, “The United Nations Environment Assembly has proposed a global treaty to compel countries to reduce the amount of plastic they produce and discard. The treaty could include international rules to reduce unnecessary plastic packaging and replace it with more sustainable alternatives. Reducing Packaging Recycling helps to conserve natural resources and reduces […]
International Customs day recognises the role that Customs officials play in enabling the flow of international trade and security of supply chains. The day stems from the formation of the Customs Co-Operation Council in Brussels, which was formally inaugurated on 26th January 1953. The intergovernmental Council was authorized as the World Customs Organization (WCO) in […]