Labels, Tags and Ribbons
Security Tags
Invisible taggants
A
variety of invisible taggants are available for secure media. These
are engineered materials that do not exist in nature, so they can be
very accurately verified. These materials have specific optical
qualities that make them invisible to the naked eye, providing a
covert layer of security that is difficult for counterfeiters to
detect or reproduce while preserving the desirable appearance of the
finished tag or label. Since the materials are invisible, they do
not interfere with label readability, bar code scanning, or consumer
appearance. These taggants resist heat and chemicals and can be read
through top coats and other materials applied during the label
making process. Information can often be printed on top of the
taggant, so no changes to label size or format are required.
RACO offers a variety of invisible taggants with different
detection and readability performance.
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Taggants that are
visible under an inexpensive black light, allowing easy, low
cost field verification throughout the supply chain.
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Taggants that can be
machine authenticated and thus differentiated from easily
counterfeited fluorescent materials used by more sophisticated
criminal organizations.
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Hand-held
verification devices allow taggants to be authenticated to
determine, instantly and conclusively, wherever suspect goods
are found. Some invisible taggants can even be detected through
several layers of packaging material, so authenticity can be
verified without opening the packaging.
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Invisible taggants
can be manufactured directly into the paper or synthetic
substrate, creating a low-cost but very difficult to counterfeit
media.
Taggants can also
be added to over varnish, ink, or a ribbon.
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A taggant can be added to a clear over varnish
applied as part of the die-cutting process.
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Some taggants can be incorporated into the label
adhesive for more covert applications.
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Taggants can be added to the ink used in any
logo, artwork, or patterns preprinted on the label adding
additional layers of security.
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In some cases, taggants can also be added to the
ribbons, allowing verification of variable information printed
on the label as well as verification of the label itself.
Adding taggants to over varnish, ink, or a ribbon has the added
advantage that the way the taggant is applied to the media can be
changed every year, every batch, or every label. This allows
encoding additional information in the security process, such as
place or date of manufacture, without changing field authentication
procedures or equipment. Using a clear varnish, clear ink, or a
clear ribbon to apply this variable information adds an additional
covert layer of security.
Contact RACO Industries at 513-984-2101 or
800-446-1991 or at our email address at info@racoindustries.com
to learn more about the above unique label and its applications. If
you have a specific application and cannot find the solution you
need a RACO sales rep will be glad to assist you.
This product should be pre-tested in the end-use conditions to
insure that it meets the requirements of the specific application.
Specification subject to change. Minimum order may be required, call
for details.
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