Researchers in Korea develop magnetic bicoloured micro particles that could be used in ink for as an anti-counterfeiting feature; Toppan launches ID-NEX – its new anticounterfeiting and diversion service; Swiss IOT specialist Scantrust helps Lockcon lock out tampering of sample control kits; Eltronis links brands to online content through smartphones; Deepkey combines AI and balloons to authenticate products in harsh conditions; new metasurface provides polarisation-dependent fullcolour images.
Schreiner MediPharm, PragmatIC and Avery Dennison join forces to develop new NFC smart packaging solutions; using 4D printing to create multi-colour invisible Inks; webinar on non-cloneable codes raises contentious questions; peacock plumage could prove useful in the fight against counterfeiting; Nanobrick partners with SICPA; new protection for polycarbonate cards from Demax.
Digital artwork sale shows blockchain gaining pace as authentication tool; optical coherence tomography (OCT) proves that security can be more than skin-deep; Nanotech launches LiveOptik PROTECT security Foil; De La Rue’s smartphone authentication app for holograms leverages power of visual-AI; JURA updates pre-press security software solution Corvina; scientists develop new magnetic nanomaterial as anticounterfeit device; quantum cryptography – is it too early to panic?
NFC blockchain technology from INFINEON; new techniques to prevent food fraud; Portals to acquire Fedrigoni’s security business; Russia adds dairy products to its unified track and trace system; SICPA partners with Rhizo Verified for hemp authentication; rare earth element helps provide new type of authentication; AuthentiBrand takes on cannabis counterfeits.
Baseball card collectors move to blockchain; CCL Design partners with iTRACE Technologies; OpSec introduces new suite of authentication solutions; CuraCode – barcodes plus holograms equal authentication; YPB Group launches MotifMicro™, ‘world’s first smartphonereadable tracers’; new photochromic materials for authentication; Prismade launches security labels that bridge the physical-digital divide.
Gleitsmann Security Inks (GSI) launches mouveGSI, worlds’ first traffic light for banknotes with three different luminescent effects; OpSec introduces holographic two-factor authentication label, KeyCode; German researchers work on manipulating magnetic fields to aid detection and authentication; DSSI sells off AuthentiGuard technology to Proof Authentication; Markem-Imaje buys authentication and traceability software specialist Blue Bite; Louisenthal adds RollingStar® i+ to its security threads portfolio; overview of ISO standards relevant to authentication.
SICPA reveals third generation of SPARK® optically variable magnetic ink technology; 3D-printed shark fins that bite back at illegal trade; US Bureau of Engraving and Printing issues RFP for new security features; Authentix moves into online protection with acquisition of Strategic IP Information; Giesecke+Devrient expands into Internet of Things; OriginAll and Authentic Vision announce collaboration; Toppan launches product ID authentication platform in China; Zeiser acquires track and trace technology provider Inspectron.
KURZ acquires tesa scribos; Arizona’s ballot papers as secure as banknotes; food and drink security and traceability update; Nanotech Security to sell to META Materials; traditional and digital authentication for paper-based bitcoins; potential security applications for 3D printed perovskitebased crystals.
De La Rue doubles production capacity for tax stamps and brand protection labels; wood phosphorescence could offer sustainable alternative for security inks; Covectra enhances StellaGuard; Securikett launches recyclable paper security seals; VDS (visible digital seals) gain wider acceptance for travel and nontravel documents and objects; regulators get tough on food traceability; fingerprint technology in the age of COVID.
PragmatIC Semiconductor secures $80 million funding; Elite Coinage offers high security for the collectible market; Orell Füssli and AUGENTIC partner for central bank digital currency; YPB extends authentication product range; Eluceda develops rapid test for whisky authentication; Octane5 to incorporate Crane micro-optics labels into brand protection programme; nanocolloidal hydrogel inks for anti-counterfeiting; implanted atoms create unique ID; Chinese scientists work on water-sensitive multicolour luminescence for anti-counterfeiting.
Another traceability system for Russia, but no product marking required; Nanotech’s nano-optic toolkit; Inovinks’ new IR pigments; De La Rue partners with Chkfake to expand intelligence catchment area; OpSec Security targets criminal networks with the OpSec® Network Intelligence analytics tool.
Koenig & Bauer Banknote Solutions launches smartphone authentication of currency with ValiCash™ app; LVMH partners with brand protection specialist Security Matters on pilots to improve traceability of raw materials in the luxury goods supply chain; JURA looks to the future of security printing with a range of new digital techniques; Digimarc to strengthen product ID with purchase of EVRYTHNG; new partnership between OriginALL and Partisia Blockchain to tackle fake pharma and charity diversion; Essentra to sell off packaging business; new partnership for MASS and iTRACE to deliver end to end traceability of products and assets; new family of optical features from OpSec.
