With realities like the global chip shortage prompting more “bad actors” to develop unapproved reproductions or copies of the real thing, the companies that make anti-counterfeit and tamper-proof packaging are continually developing new ways to combat these crimes, writes Bridget McCea at Source Today.
“Counterfeiting has grown from a $30 billion trade problem in the 1980s, and now exceeds $600 billion in trade,” North Carolina State University reports. “Trade data trends suggest that this number could soon rise to over $1.8 trillion, which is more than the gross domestic product of most countries.”
According to Polaris Market Research, the global anti-counterfeit packaging market size and share is expected to post a 12.6% compound growth rate (CAGR) and its revenue is expected to reach nearly $320 billion by 2030—up from about $120 billion last year, reports McRea.
She says that with the World Customs Organization reporting that counterfeit goods generate over $650 billion in sales annually, Flexible Packaging says manufacturers are incorporating sophisticated technology into packaging to get ahead of the counterfeit industry, with some of the newest innovations being:
- Radio frequency identification tags (RFIDs) equipped with microchips
- Security seals
- Barcodes
- Security ink and printing
- Smart labels and holograms
- Mass encoding
- Digital encryption and serialization
Clever packaging is just one of the ways counterfeiters use to produce fake components.
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