As counterfeit goods continue to proliferate, packaging companies and start-ups are coming up with new ways to reduce the number of counterfeit goods making their way into the world’s supply chains, write Bridget McCrea in Source Today.
In Flexible Packaging, Sam Paul highlights some of the newest anti-counterfeit packaging innovations such as:
- ·SnapDragon’s Swoop technology, which detects counterfeit products in real-time and removes the links across online platforms.
- Applied DNA Sciences, Inc.’s Encrypted Optical Markers for Security Applications, which offers rapid, secure, real-time in-field authentication of a DNA-tagged substrate through an encrypted fluorescing signal when paired with a decryptant.
- ·Applied DNA Science also makes the SigNature molecular ink for tagging, testing and tracking products and packaging along the supply chain.
- Toppan Printing’s ID-NEX is a cloud-based service with smartphone authentication utilizing the S-White hologram, which facilitates authentication and traceability using QR codes scanned with smartphones.
McCrea says, “Within the anti-counterfeit packaging segment, mass encoding is in the biggest demand right now. When supported by software, encoded products permit product tracking through the various nodes of logistics and supply chain management operations.”
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