Safe and secure
Foremost leader in manufacturing and supply of
banknote papers and security solutions,
Arjowiggins Security has a wide portfolio of options
for its customers. From substrate to
coding, through to state-of-the-art security features,
its solutions are used in several countries,
helping companies to protect and enhance their
revenues.
Today, no company is immune to
counterfeiting. In order to implement
effective anti-counterfeiting and antismuggling
measures, brand owners need to be
involved and the general public and the authorities
need to collaborate.
A comprehensive anti-counterfeiting
programme involves analysing, implementing and
measuring the success of solutions. Brand owners
threatened by counterfeiting or the grey market
do not have figures to assess the scale of disaster
and often realise it too late. Suitable action
means
more than applying a label and security ink, then
being confident that problems will disappear.
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Some authentication
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Issues related to each market are well known
but have to be specifically addressed from one
company to another.
This is where Arjowiggins Security comes in.
The
organisation's action plan is to combine
tailor-made security
solutions with surveys and monitoring. The company
has
considerable experience in protecting many of
the world's
banknote and security documents with its customised
solutions, from banknote security paper and excise
stamps to
passport components and security-machine-readable
ink.
Broad vision
Tackling counterfeiters requires a global strategy
and calls for
companies to broaden their actions on security.
Ten years ago,
Arjowiggins Security started to propose its specific
approach and
solutions to private companies through its brand
protection
division. Today it is proud to protect companies
ranked in the top
five of each market.
The organisation offers assessment, solution
development and
life cycle surveillance, providing specific tools
that comply with
direct and indirect industry requirements.
To challenge the huge efforts made by counterfeiters,
innovation and R&D is one of the company's
priorities. The R&D
centre constantly evaluates and develops new solutions
to create
technical and financial breakthrough against counterfeiters.
At the forefront of its initiative are the areas
of the pharma
industry already involved in tackling counterfeiters
Nevertheless,
it is mandatory to distinguish between authentication
and
identification, which are different but complementary
functions.
In fact, serialised numbers as printed cannot
ensure the
authenticity of a product if those numbers can
be copied.
Physical securities will ensure a good product
as long as the
end package combines tamper evidence and physical
authentication. Identification can therefore be
achieved once
applied and combined with securities.
Authentication features are ranked according
to three main
levels: overt (Level 1), semi-covert (Level 2)
and covert (Level 3).
- Level 1 is intended for customers and covers
visible security
features
- Level 2 is targeted at trained people and
requires tools such
as UV lamps, magnifiers or chemical pens
- Level 3 is aimed at companies' inspectors
and requires
specific proprietary readers.
Anticipating the issues and expectations of its
customers,
Arjowiggins Security has developed specific physical
and
digital tools to enable authentication, identification
and product
integrity. Its extensive portfolio of options
ranges from a simple
overt authentication device, to product integrity,
solution
assessment and monitoring. The company's
state-of-the-art
solutions are available to anyone who needs to
authenticate
a product during its life.
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