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9/10/2024 - Varcode, a leader in cold-chain digital monitoring, proudly announces the launch of its latest innovation, the Smart Tag VI™. This cutting-edge, low-cost barcode label is designed to provide temperature monitoring with a clear visual indicator, ensuring the highest level of safety and quality for temperature-sensitive products.

The Smart Tag VI™ represents a significant advancement in Varcode’s portfolio of temperature-sensitive monitoring solutions. Now enhanced with a revolutionary visual indicator, the Smart Tag VI™ offers immediate and clear visual feedback, significantly reducing the need for frequent scans and allowing stakeholders throughout the cold-chain to instantly verify whether a product has been exposed to increased temperatures. Varcode’s Smart Tags can be scanned by any smartphone as well as any regular barcode scanner, and every scan provides the user instant feedback about any temperature excursions.

This advancement, paired with Varcode’s legacy cloud-based tracking platform, simultaneously creates cold-chain efficiencies while also offering a comprehensive digital record that supports customer decision-making and enhances overall product safety. Varcode’s cloud-based platform enables the triggering of automated temperature excursion alerts and the collection, storage, and analysis of excursion data.

“The launch of the Smart Tag VI™ marks a significant milestone in our commitment to enhancing cold chain safety and efficiency. By introducing the visual indicator, we’re not just providing another piece of technology - we’re delivering a practical tool that simplifies the monitoring process and offers our customers peace of mind. In an industry where every degree counts, this feature empowers businesses to take immediate action, ensuring that their temperature-sensitive products remain safe and effective from origin to destination”.

- Dirk Van Peteghem , CEO of Varcode

Varcode’s Smart Tag VI™ comes at a crucial time. Industries such as pharmaceuticals and life sciences, where the margin for error is minimal, require cost-effective and reliable temperature monitoring. This product addresses the primary concern of ensuring public safety while also easing the operational burden on its cold-chain customers. This new technology is poised to be particularly beneficial to pharmacies, clinics, and laboratories dealing with temperature sensitive pharmaceuticals, biologics, and blood or tissue samples.