The Hashgraph Group (THG) and Merck partnered to extends the TrackTraceDigital Product Passport (DPP) platform to support compliance requirements for the global supply chain industry.
The collaboration aims to meet the EU's incoming product transparency regulations, ensuring product trust, quality, and improved sustainability.
"Digital records alone are not sufficient for high-stakes supply chains," says Stefan Deiss, CEO and co-founder of The Hashgraph Group. "Enterprises need to prove the physical product is genuine, not just the paperwork. This unique integration with M-Trust covers all layers from the first mile to the last mile – physical authentication through Merck's technology and digital verification through TrackTrace, creating the foundation for trusted Digital Product Passports across any industry."
"Product authentication has always required bridging the physical and digital worlds," says Dr. Thomas Endress, executive director, head of M-Trust in Group Science & Technology Office of Merck. "Integrating M-Trust's verification with TrackTrace's digital traceability creates exactly the kind of end-to-end trust infrastructure that enterprises and regulators are asking for. This is what product authentication looks like when it is built for the scale and complexity of modern supply chains."
Key takeaways:
· The technical integration brings together THG's Hedera-powered digital traceability infrastructure with Merck's M-Trust physical authentication technology system, offering the global supply chain ecosystem of physical goods a single trust system for proof of quality, proof of traceability, proof of authenticity, and proof of value transfer, all supported digitally by product passport, with Hedera as single source of truth.
· Merck embeds invisible security markers directly into a product and packaging using patented pigment technology. When scanned with an M-Trust handheld device, the product's physical authenticity is confirmed, cryptographically signed, and recorded within TrackTrace on the Hedera network, becoming a permanent, verifiable part of its Digital Product Passport.
· The combined architecture is built to work across any sector where product authenticity, provenance, and regulatory compliance are non-negotiable – from foods to pharmaceuticals and luxury goods to electronics and industrial components.
