Innovate Utah NEW IDEAS, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES FROM UTAH COMPANIES

Packsize International, a Salt Lake City-based manufacturer of corrugated packaging systems, has launched its new X5 shipping box system. The company markets the product to e-commerce companies that face the need for multiple-sized shipping containers, billing the X5 as “the most advanced, flexible, efficient and sustainable platform available for the e-commerce industry.” The X5 solution produces ready-to-pack, right-sized erected boxes at industry-leading speed, the company said.{mprestriction ids="1,3"}

The X5 significantly enhances e-commerce providers’ and manufacturers’ ability to meet customer demand, while addressing labor shortages, associated costs and waste concerns. The X5 reduces packaging waste caused by oversized boxes, negates void filler like plastic air pillows, reduces shipping emissions and improves the end-consumer’s overall experience. By right-sizing boxes, companies can minimize their costs and environmental impact while improving parcel logistics and fitting 66 percent more boxes on freight and delivery carriers, Packsize said.

“Unpredictable marketplace challenges over the last two years have compelled retailers and manufacturers to solve complex challenges around packaging technology, labor shortages and throughput issues to meet consumer demand with sustainable solutions up and down the supply chain,” said Rod Gallaway, CEO of Packsize. “Our innovations with the X5 solution alleviate these concerns while increasing efficiencies at scale and reducing the environmental impact of e-commerce. We continue to reimagine the future of packaging and create solutions at the nexus of technology, efficiency and sustainability.”

The X5 is driven by Packsize’s Right-sized Packaging on Demand automated platform and integrated with its PackNet production and optimization software. The X5 solution delivers up to 600 ready-to-pack, right-sized erected boxes per hour while automatically and accurately applying up to two labels per box.

Eltropy, a Lehi-based banking software company, has received a patent for a digital notary product, Video Notary. The company said that with declining financial institution branch traffic, technology that simplifies and speeds up the notary process is critical to today’s credit unions and community banks. “We’re very proud to receive this patent for our Video Notary technology, an area in which we have deep expertise. It’s yet another example of our commitment to innovation and excellence as the pioneer and leader in video banking,” said Jed Taylor, chief product officer at Eltropy. “While other vendors may say they have video banking, it’s really just video chat,” Taylor said. “The key differentiator with Eltropy is we’re not just doing video chat, we’re enabling services that have historically been available only in physical branches.”

Lyberate Nutrition, a dietary supplement manufacturer based in South Jordan, has released its line of nine all-natural nutritional supplements. Made in the U.S. in an FDA- and GMP-approved facility, Lyberate Nutrition Supplements contain a blend of ingredients that include herbs, vitamins and amino acids and have proved to be effective in relieving the effects of insomnia, anxiety and stress and in generating overall well-being, the company said. The supplements, available in capsule form, are called Focus, Femme, Strong, Slumber, Relief, Brainzymes, Boost, Mag-G+ and Lift. “Our company was born during the COVID pandemic as a way to provide help to those who similarly struggle with common yet painful, stress-induced or mental-illness related symptoms who want relief with all-natural, high-quality ingredients,” said Jonathan Mitchell, founder and CEO of Lyberate Nutrition.

Salt Lake City-based pieFi Inc., a Web3 products producer, has launched Upside.coop, a customer retention and growth platform. The company said brands can use Upside.coop to build a one-of-a-kind customer loyalty and retention program by rewarding customers with ownership in the business through their purchases, referrals and any other value-creating activities that the brand chooses. “Brands spend endless time and cash chasing better customer experience and stronger customer relationships. What they’re chasing is a community that has an ‘ownership mentality,’” said Tyler Morrey, CEO of pieFi. “That’s why we’re so passionate about Upside.coop. We give brands the tools and infrastructure they need to take their community straight to an ‘ownership mentality’. We make it as easy as flipping a switch. This new model stands to change the way we cultivate customer relationships.”

Recursion, a clinical-stage biotechnology drug-discovery company based in Salt Lake City, has released MolRec, an interactive internal tool to explore Recursion’s proprietary maps of biology and chemistry. Just as a regular map is a navigation tool in the physical world, Recursion’s maps are designed to help scientists understand the topology and connectedness of human biology and chemistry to navigate the path to new medicines more efficiently. Recursion also released RxRx3, an open-source cellular imaging dataset that is 76 times larger than all previous Recursion datasets combined. “With the release of MolRec and the RxRx3 dataset, anyone in the world can now explore some of the same insights that our scientists are using to generate novel therapeutic hypotheses and advance new discovery programs,” said Ben Mabey, chief technology officer at Recursion.

Security Metrics, a data security and compliance company based in Orem, has released its “2023 Guide to HIPAA Compliance” to help healthcare organizations understand healthcare data security and maintain compliance. The guide helps healthcare IT and risk officers understand how to comply with the HIPAA security, privacy and breach notification rules, such as best practices for conducting risk assessments. Security Metrics’ principal security analyst Jen Stone said, "Many healthcare organizations understand the importance of HIPAA. They want to ensure the privacy and security of patient data, but they struggle because the law says what to do, not really how to do it. Our HIPAA Guide helps bridge that gap to give healthcare providers and business associates a way to implement policies, procedures, and security controls in a meaningful, HIPAA-compliant way."

Everee, a Salt Lake City payroll technology platform, has launched Instant Pay, which allows companies to streamline payment operations and deliver earnings seconds after a worker finishes a shift. “Workers expect instant payment options from gig companies like Uber and DoorDash. Everee’s Instant Pay allows platforms to compete for the same workforce by paying people instantly, every day, including weekends and holidays,” said Piers Mainwaring, chief innovation officer at Everee. “We’ve found that 68 percent of workers live paycheck to paycheck and can’t afford transportation costs to their job each day. Instant Pay breaks that cycle. It means getting them the resources they need to do their jobs. It means paying a delivery driver when they complete a drop-off. It means giving people what they’ve earned as they earn it.”

UtahRealEstate.com (URE), a multiple listing service in Salt Lake City providing software and services to over real estate professionals, has launched property showing management software Aligned Showings. Aligned Showings is included as a free member benefit for URE members and is integrated into URE’s suite of products, including its MLS software. Brad Bjelke, CEO of UtahRealEstate.com, said, “Aligned Showings gives our members a tool that is easy to use, modern in design and focused on the core aspects of showing properties. It allows for interactivity between the listing agent, showing agent, and the homeowner, and it simplifies the calendaring of appointments. With the software being owned by (UtahRealEstate.com owner) MLS Aligned, we know that all future changes and enhancements will be laser-focused on the needs of our members and their clients.”{/mprestriction}