"Smart Packaging" - published in early January 2004 - is a comprehensive report that reviews the technology opportunities, business imperatives and market forecasts for all forms of smart packaging for the ten year period to 2014.

The report uses non-technical language to describe vital technical information and market intelligence. At more than 250 pages in length, with over 20 case studies covered, this is essential reading for brand managers, analysts, consultants, business planners, marketing executives, product designers and packaging technologists, to help guide business decisions in this fast-changing field.

Hardcopy available priced £1200 from www.idtechex.com

----------------------------------------------------------------  "Consumer Smart Packaging" - published in October 2004 - charts smart packaging that focuses specifically on the needs of the consumer via the deployment of smart design elements and functionality based on the use of smart materials or smart systems. These can be characterised according to increasing levels of technical sophistication from very simple design forms, through packaging with mechanical, electrical or electronic functionality. The common factor is that these are consumer-benefit led, not technology-led. Some may seem trivial, such as providing entertainment to a tired shopper, others point to a future where a dramatically improved user interface between the packaging and user will save and enrich lives.

This report is more than 180 pages long, with over 25 tables and 129 figures.

It is available priced £650 from www.idtechex.com

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"Smart Packaging Technologies for Fast Moving Consumer Goods" - published April 2008 - approaches the subject of smart packaging from an innovative, thematic perspective. Part 1 looks at smart packaging technologies for food quality and safety, part 2 addresses smart packaging for the supply chain, part 3 focuses on smart packaging for brand protection and enhancement and part 4 centres on smart packaging for user convenience.

Each chapter starts with a definition of the technology, and proceeds with an analysis of its workings and components before concluding with snapshots of potential applications of the technology. The Editors, brought together from academia and industry, provide readers with a cohesive account of the smart packaging phenomenon. Chapter authors are a mixture of industry professionals and academic researchers from the UK, USA, EU and Australasia.