DECARTES

DECARTE transforms cardboard into a smart medium by integrating RFID technology directly into packaging.
This innovation paves the way for a new generation of communicative, traceable, and interactive cardboard boxes, reinventing logistics, consumer information, and supply chain management.
It is part of a trend toward more transparent and sustainable distribution, offering manufacturers and retailers new opportunities to create value-added services and innovative applications.

Results and Achievements

Major innovations
Development of an RFID system printed directly onto corrugated or flat cardboard, creating smart electronic boxes capable of transmitting data and providing personalized information to consumers.

Economic impacts
Creation of 5 jobs in the Hauts-de-France region and enhanced competitiveness for partner companies.

Scientific impacts
Filing of a patent and receipt of an award at the 2012 European RFID Awards, recognizing the project’s technological innovation.

Key aspects of the project:
Coordinator: Cartonnerie de Gondardennes
Partners: Centre technique du Papier (CTP), Etinord-Stratus Packaging, ETIK OUEST, EuraMaterials, Graphic Interface Concept (GIC), INRIA, Institute of Electronics, Microelectronics, and Nanotechnology (IEMN), IRCICA, RDM Blendecques, Tagsys
Project years: 2008–2013
Funding source: FUI 6 (Single Interministerial Fund)
Amount funded: €1 .1 million