From Batch Coding to Connected Products: How Control Print and QRiousCodes Are Building Connected Product Journeys
CONTROL PRINT LIMITED | JULY 29, 2026
A QR Code on a product package is no longer just a way to share a website link.
As businesses and consumers demand greater transparency, QR Codes are becoming an important link between the physical product and the digital world. From product identification and supply chain visibility to consumer engagement and brand protection, QR Codes are helping businesses create smarter, more connected product journeys.
Beyond the Traditional Product Code
Traditional batch codes, manufacturing details, and expiry dates continue to play a critical role in product identification and regulatory compliance. However, the growing adoption of QR Codes and serialized QR Codes is enabling manufacturers to take product-level traceability to the next level.
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A unique QR Code gives every product a digital identity, enabling businesses to:
- Track products throughout the supply chain
- Enable serialization and aggregation
- Improve product authentication
- Support faster and targeted recalls
- Provide instant access to product information
- Engage consumers through digital experiences
- Generate valuable supply chain and consumer insights
For consumers, a simple scan can unlock product information, authenticity verification, instructions for use, or loyalty programmes. For manufacturers, it creates greater visibility, accountability, and control across the product lifecycle.
Coding and Marking: The Foundation of Traceability
Every successful traceability system starts with one essential element; a clear, accurate, and machine-readable code.
Control Print’s comprehensive portfolio of coding and marking solutions enables manufacturers to print:
- Batch and Lot Numbers
- Manufacturing & Expiry Dates
- Variable Data
- 1D & 2D Barcodes
- Dynamic QR Codes
- Serialized QR Codes
- Product Identification Codes
Across diverse packaging formats, Control Print offers the right technology for every application:
- Continuous Inkjet (CIJ) for high-speed batch coding
- Thermal Inkjet (TIJ) for high-resolution text, barcodes, and QR Codes
- Laser Marking for permanent, maintenance-friendly identification
- Thermal Transfer Overprinting (TTO) for flexible packaging
- High-Resolution Printing for cartons and labels and other applications
- Large Character Printing (LCP) for secondary and tertiary packaging
Reliable coding is the first step towards effective authentication, traceability, and compliance.
Pharmaceutical Industry: Every Dose Matters
In the pharmaceutical industry, product identification extends far beyond printing a batch number. Every pack and every individual dose must be uniquely identifiable to support patient safety, regulatory compliance, and supply chain integrity.
While coding creates the product’s identity, QRiousCodes transforms that identity into actionable intelligence.
QRiousCodes offers an integrated End-to-End Track & Trace Solution that combines industrial hardware with intelligent software to provide complete visibility across the product journey.
Pocket Printing / Unit Dose Printing
One of the most advanced applications is Pocket Printing (Unit Dose Printing), where batch information or unique codes are printed on every cavity of a blister pack. This ensures that even when individual tablets are separated from the original strip, each dose retains its identity and traceability, supporting patient safety and improving product identification throughout the distribution chain.
SecurePrint – Intelligent Security Printing
QRiousCodes’ SecurePrint technology combines secure coding with advanced data protection by printing encoded information along with batch details in a wave format by a proprietary secure technology. This enables manufacturers to strengthen product authentication while making duplication and counterfeiting significantly more difficult.
SecureSeal – Enhanced Brand Protection
SecureSeal extends packaging security by printing customized logos, encoded information, and secure graphical elements directly on pharmaceutical blister packs. By integrating security features with batch coding and product identification, manufacturers can enhance brand protection while enabling quick authenticity verification.
Together, these innovations help pharmaceutical manufacturers strengthen anti-counterfeiting measures, improve traceability, and reinforce patient confidence.
The Future Is Connected
As packaging evolves from a simple information carrier to a digital touchpoint, manufacturers need more than just reliable printing, they need connected solutions that protect products, engage consumers, and deliver complete supply chain visibility.
Whether it’s batch coding, serialized QR Codes, Pocket Printing on pharmaceutical blisters, or a fully integrated Track & Trace ecosystem, Control Print and QRiousCodes help manufacturers move from simply marking products to creating connected, secure, and traceable product journeys.
Because the future of product identification is not just about printing a code, it is about giving every product a digital identity.