TruTag Technologies selected Edison Awards finalist for 2014

TruTag Technologies, Hawaii-based innovator of an edible security platform that addresses the trillion-dollar global counterfeit problem, has been named a 2014 Edison Award Finalist.

The awards are vetted by more than 3,000 professionals from the fields of product development, design, engineering, science, marketing and education.

TruTag microtags are inert, edible, and can integrate into the fabric of a product without packaging or labels for the authentication of food, drugs, electronics, consumer products, and industrial components. Moreover, millions of optical patterns can be embedded into a TruTag, a dust-sized particle smaller than the width of a human hair. The TruTag security platform will help prevent counterfeiting, enhance the safety of food and medicine, improve tracking and logistics, assure product quality, and enable the Internet of Things.

The company will be recognized on April 29-30 in San Francisco at The Edison Award Gala, as a finalist in the category of “Materials Science – Nanomaterials.”

“It’s exciting to see companies like TruTag Technologies continuing Thomas Edison’s legacy of challenging conventional thinking,” said Frank Bonafilia, Edison Awards’ executive director. “Edison Awards recognize the game-changing products, services, and the teams that brought them to consumers.”

“Innovation has been a constant driver for our company and we are honored to be recognized by the prestigious Edison Awards,” said Kent Mansfield, TruTag’s president. “TruTag’s security platform addresses the fundamental issue of brand protection facing large global companies across industries, and we are actively working with them to improve the safety, security, and traceability of food, medicine, industrial components, consumer goods, and other products.”