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Rolith, Protemics Announce Cooperation on Novel Anti-Counterfeiting Technology

Rolith's proprietary security labels are invisible to human eye, standard inspection equipment, but can be revealed using sensors from Protemics

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By: DAVID SAVASTANO

Editor, Ink World Magazine

Counterfeiting presents a global economical and security problem. Fake pharmaceuticals, foods and beverages pose direct treat to the public health. Fake ID cards and passports are serious problem for governments. The drain on the global economy due to counterfeited goods and piracy will exceed $1 trillion by 2015. State-of-the-art anti-counterfeiting solutions include RFID chips, tags and labels, holograms, tamper-evident closures, special inks and nanomaterials. At present counterfeiters are...

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