Antares Vision Group – a technology partner in product and supply chain digitalization for enterprises and institutions, and a leader in track & trace and quality control systems – has extended its DIAMIND ecosystem of integrated and modular solutions. The company’s new DIAMIND Connect platform manages traceable data and production processes to guarantee end-to-end sustainability, comprehensive traceability and seamless customer engagement for brand owners in a variety of industries, including F&B. 

DIAMIND Connect’s prominent differentiators include modularity – each software module can be adopted separately, independently or in combination with the others, to best manage the production environment and follow development step by step – and scalability, which enables the platform to be used/connected to a plant at different levels, from a single machine, up to corporate level settings. Notably, DIAMIND Connect can be integrated with existing IT infrastructure, including a wide array of legacy systems. 

DIAMIND Connect facilitates the traceability of all supply chain information, starting with raw materials, continuing through each stage of transformation and processing, and concluding with the creation of a Unique Digital Identity for each single sellable product unit. These identifiers can be associated with various identification media (QR Code, Datamatrix, NFC, RFID, etc.), enabling users to monitor the product throughout its supply chain journey toward the goals of reducing counterfeiting risks and combatting grey markets, as well as guaranteeing production process quality, transparency, and documenting efficiency and sustainability.

The identifier (data-carrier) can have varying uses depending on the context. Prior to product release, it can provide support for logistics or sampling; after purchase, the identifier can provide information and interact with the end consumer. And at the end of the lifecycle, the data-carrier can help enable the packaging recycling process. 

“The DIAMIND Connect platform is in line with the Group’s consolidation and growth strategies,” said Gianluca Mazzantini, CEO of Antares Vision Group. “We are particularly proud of the launch of the platform, which joins the current one for the life science sector, focused on the regulatory system and compliance with legislation in force.” 

Furthermore, thanks to the collection and availability of data (including sustainability metrics) throughout the supply chain, DIAMIND Connect helps inform and enable circular economy goals by analyzing the environmental impact of a product during its supply chain journey (e.g. carbon footprint and water consumption). It therefore promotes end-to-end sustainability, transforming raw data into valuable customer information.

In the food & beverage space, it enables complete “farm to fork” supply chain traceability, validating information regarding nutritional values, ingredient origins and sustainable practices while improving customer engagement. 

“The platform meets the requirements of producers and consumers, becoming a tool to communicate the sustainability, safety and authenticity of the supply chain at all levels,” said Massimo Bonardi, CTO of Antares Vision Group. “It has been developed following the highest technological standards: a native architecture multi-tenant based on microservices, designed with cloud-first and cloud-agnostic to ensure maximum scalability and flexibility. The platform integrates advanced AI tools for intelligent processing and analysis of data. In 2025, DIAMIND, our ecosystem of solutions, will be enhanced with new products to make our value proposition increasingly aligned to market needs.

About Antares Vision Group
Antares Vision Group is the Italian multinational company that ensures product safety and supply chain transparency thanks to innovative technologies for quality control (inspection systems and machines), end-to-end traceability (serialization and aggregation solutions) and integrated data management (powered by artificial intelligence and integrated with blockchain). This is possible through DIAMIND, the integrated, modular ecosystem of solutions that guides the path toward digital transformation of companies, products and supply chains, to improve security and transparency in supply chains. The Group operates in the Life Science (pharmaceuticals, biomedical devices and hospitals), Cosmetics and FMCG (Fast-Moving Consumer Goods) sectors, supporting companies in digitalizing processes to improve sustainability, efficiency, productivity and visibility. It is a world leader in drug traceability, supplying the world's leading manufacturers (more than 50% of the top 20 multinationals) and numerous government authorities. It is present in more than 60 countries, employs more than 1,200 people and has a network of more than 40 international partners. The Company has been listed on the Euronext STAR Milan segment (EXM, AV:IM) since 2021 and reported revenues of €214 million in 2023, up 7% from 2022.