Authentication News
11/2009,
November 2009

It is some ten years ago that 3S Simons Security Systems launched SECUTAG® - a microscopic colour-coded particle that is economical, simple to identify yet provides unequivocal evidence of product authenticity in courts. The company has recently rebranded itself and the product range, extended the use of Secutags into the logistics market and is poised for a major drive for international sales. Authentication News spoke to Sales Manager Angelina Rayak to find out more about this technology, one of the first of its kind, its enduring success and how its benefits compare with similar technologies on the market […]

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Pakblad
10/2009
October 2009

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Product&Image Security July/August 2009

3S Simons Security Systems offers companies from all industries reliable and legally binding counterfeit protection. On the basis of the worldwide smallest colour-code particles SECUTAG®, individual industry solutions for the protection against product piracy have been developed […]

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Converting
05/ 2009,
May 2009

SECUTAG®, developed by German-based 3S Simons Security Systems, reportedly combines product security with traceability. The counterfeit-proof micro colour-code system is united with logistic benefits of different traceability codes […]

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Pharmaceutical piracy: Tracking and Tracing and Anti-Counterfeiting

It is estimated that in 2010, counterfeit drug sales will reach 75 billion US dollars globally, an increase of more than 90 percent from 2005. This figure is highly alarming. But most worryingly, we must realise that this is no long-term prediction anymore. The pharmaceutical industry, politics, organisations and associations not only need to get plans going for an effective protection of medical products – a prompt implementation is also necessary as soon as possible […]

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Pharmaceutical piracy: too dangerous to be ignored

The OECD estimates that the total sales generated worldwide with counterfeited products are about US $200 billion. This amount corresponds to approximately 2% of the international trade, or to the GDP of 150 countries. The German CCI reports that, in Germany alone, product piracy has caused economic damage of €20 to 30 billion. The dark figure is even higher. The increase of the global piracy of pharmaceutical and body care products is especially alarming, since these products present a potential danger to the health of consumers. Besides political initiatives and legal measures against counterfeiting, product traceability and effective product security are becoming more and more important […]

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Combination Coding
New system solution for product security

Product security and traceability can now be combined into a single system solution. With product piracy being the cause of widespread losses and risks for producers and consumers, both the protection and the traceability of products are matters that cannot be ignored […]

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Secutag Combines with Track & Trace
New system solution for product security

3S Simons Security Systems have launched a new system that combines the logistical benefits of data matrix and other forms of coding with its counterfeit-proof micro colour-code system SECUTAG® […]

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Smal Size, Large Impact

The product protection system SECUTAG® marks originals as forgery proof
Brand piracy is no small offence. The counterfeit trade causes immense economic damages and is increasingly endangering customers and users. The challenge for the government and economy is enormous. On one side, it is important to strictly confine the counterfeit market through legal measures. However, effective product protection is steadily becoming the focus of corporate trade […]

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Trading with forged or manipulated pharmaceuticals is a booming industry. Product protection with 3S Simons Security Systems’ SECUTAG® helps identify the originals […]

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