{"id":9587,"date":"2024-08-04T08:34:30","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T07:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.scantrust.com\/?p=9587"},"modified":"2024-09-19T13:06:55","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T12:06:55","slug":"anti-counterfeiting-technology-companies-a-comprehensive-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.scantrust.com\/anti-counterfeiting-technology-companies-a-comprehensive-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Anti counterfeiting technology companies: a comprehensive list"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n
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In the Scantrust R&D center in Lausanne, scattered on desks and pinned on walls, you’ll find anti-counterfeit labels, stickers, holograms, and QR codes from all over the world – evidence of over a decade spent analyzing both traditional and emerging anti-counterfeiting technologies.<\/p>\n

We often get asked about the different technologies available to brands and governments seeking to incorporate anti-counterfeiting features into products and documents. Here we present a list of the key technologies and leading companies commercializing them.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

In 2021, the European Union Intellectual Property Office released a helpful report<\/a> defining the key categories of anti-counterfeiting technologies. The below list of anti-counterfeiting technology companies builds off of the work by the EUIPO in that report by highlighting key companies with relevant solutions.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n \n Key categories of anti counterfeiting technology companies\n <\/h1>\n\n\n

The European Union Intellectual Property Office classifies anti counterfeiting technology in 6 categories:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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  1. Electronic technologies<\/li>\n
  2. Marking technologies<\/li>\n
  3. Chemical and physical technologies<\/li>\n
  4. Mechanical technologies<\/li>\n
  5. Technologies for digital media<\/li>\n
  6. Shared ledger technologies (blockchain)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n\n

    Each of these technologies is listed along with the names of companies that offer solutions in those categories and some key considerations. Though there are many vendors of the technologies which are not listed here, based on our experience researching and developing anti counterfeiting technology, we chose companies which we believe are leaders in the field.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

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    \n 1. RFID & NFC (a.k.a. electronic technologies)\n <\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n

    RFID tags and NFC devices are electronic tags that can also be used as anti-counterfeiting technologies. They use electronic signals for identification and authentication.<\/p>\n

    Magnetic strip, contact chip, and RFID and NFC solution providers often sell into industries where secure transactions and identity verification are important.<\/p>\n

    NFC readers usually must come within at least ten centimeters of the tag to be able to read them, unless special antennas are used. There are also different kinds of NFC tags – passive and active – which have different properties.<\/p>\n

    RFID tags are especially suited for use cases that involve reading many tags at once, even up to hundreds of items.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

    Use cases for RFID & NFC tags:<\/b><\/p>\n