Advast suisse offers a whole range of smart label features and add-ons for security labels. These additional elements can be used in combination or individually and offer further possibilities for optical enhancements, personalization, serialization and track & trace. Learn more about the possibilities of smartlabel features and add-ons for security labels.
Radio-Frequency Identification (RFID) is a technology that uses radio waves to read and capture information stored on a tag. This powerful feature can be read from a distance, enabling efficient, remote tracking and identification. By integrating RFID into our security labels, we add a robust layer of digital security, facilitating real-time product authentication and supply chain monitoring.
Near Field Communication (NFC) enables wireless communication between smartphone and smartlabel, providing interactivity. By integrating NFC into our labels, consumers can authenticate products and access additional information using their smartphone, offering countless possibilities as well as an enhanced user experience.
Taggants are microscopic, encoded particles that provide an additional layer of security. Virtually undetectable without specific detection devices, taggants add a covert and forensic security feature ensuring authenticity and deterring counterfeiting.
Demetallization is a process that makes parts of an OVD/hologram transparent by selectively removing metallic areas. This intricate and sophisticated technique not only enhances the OVD’s visual appeal but also adds a layer of security that’s difficult to counterfeit. With demetallization, our OVD’s offer both high-security and aesthetic enhancement to your security labels.
QR codes (Quick Response Code) and Data Matrix Code are a two-dimensional, machine readable code with instant access (e.g. with mobile phone) to the information hidden in the code. The required data in QR codes is extracted from patterns that are present in both horizontal and vertical components of the image while a Data Matrix Code consists of black and white modules, usually arranged in a square pattern. Applications include product and goods tracking, product authentication or applications for marketing purposes.
Guilloche patterns are intricate designs produced by complex, precise geometric algorithms, widely used in security printing. These patterns are almost impossible to replicate accurately without the original algorithm, offering a robust defense against counterfeiting.
Serialization assigns a unique, traceable number/ID (also called UID “Unique Identifier”) to each product, enabling effective tracking and traceability. Our serialized labels not only ensure product authenticity but also help optimize supply chain operations and facilitate recall processes when necessary. Serialization can be done in digital printing, thermotransfer or using inkjet technology.
Image authentication features empowers consumers to verify product authenticity using their smartphones. By scanning the label or the packaging itself, consumers can ensure the product they’ve purchased is genuine, enhancing trust and customer satisfaction.
At Advast Suisse, we ensure the utmost quality and accuracy in our 2D code printing, strictly adhering to the ISO/IEC 15416 standard and ISO/IEC 15426-1 for linear barcodes. This international standards dictate stringent parameters for print quality and data integrity in barcodes, ensuring their proper function and readability. Each of our labels printed with 2D codes undergoes a thorough and fully automated verification process to confirm its adherence to this standard.
Thermochromic ink is a special type of ink that changes color in response to variations in temperature. This unique feature offers a visual verification of temperature changes, making it an ideal solution for monitoring storage and transportation conditions. By integrating thermochromic ink into security labels, we provide an easy-to-interpret indicator that your goods have been kept under the right conditions throughout their journey, ensuring product quality and safety.
A security feature Print which is visible only under UV light. Logos, guilloche elements, text or even serial numbers can be printed onto the holograms protective layer or smartlabels. This covert feature is not visible by the naked eye and needs UV light as authentication tool. Variable serial numbers can also be printed, depending on the utilization of the serialization. UV special inks are available in different colors such as blue, red or green.
Optically Variable Ink (OVI) changes color when viewed from different angles. OVI is a high-security feature used in banknote printing that is challenging to replicate, adding a strong, visible safeguard to your labels and security documents.
Solvent or water-reactive inks respond visibly to contact with certain liquids, providing a clear indicator of tampering. This feature adds another level of protection to your labels, ensuring product integrity and consumer confidence.
Security die-cuts are precise, intricate cuts made into the label, designed to deter tampering and unauthorized removal. While these cuts intentionally weaken the internal structure of the label, they do not interfere with its automatic application. This creates a balance between secure usage and operational efficiency.
Metallic tamper films are predominantly utilized in the creation of holographic labels or Optical Variable Devices (OVDs). These films enhance the label’s visual appeal while serving as an essential base for complex holographic structures, adding an intricate layer of security that deters counterfeiting and tampering. By leveraging metallic tamper films, we equip your labels with robust security and elevated aesthetic sophistication.
Non-transfer films offer tamper-evidence without adhesive residue, displaying a ‘VOID OPEN’ message upon removal. With a self-destructing film and high-performance adhesive, they attach effectively to a variety of surfaces, instantly revealing tampering and preventing misuse.
This is a special material which can be used for difficult surfaces where tamper evidence is critical. Removing an ultra-destructible safety seal leads to the destruction of the label. Only small flakes can be removed which makes any removal attempt visible. The label cannot be re-applied as the degree of destruction makes it impossible. UD vinyl material is an excellent base for added safety or authentication features like OVDs, QR codes, serialization and special inks.
Delaminating label materials present an effective solution against tampering. Any attempt to remove the label results in visible tearing or delamination, ensuring that the label cannot be reapplied. Additionally, this label material serves as an excellent platform for integrating further security or authentication features such as Optical Variable Devices (OVDs), QR codes, or serial numbers.
Tamper-evident labels are a strong theft deterrent and boost consumer safety by visibly indicating package interference. Upon removal, these labels leave a message, pattern, or logo on the package surface, or they delaminate or destruct. Suitable for every supply chain stage, our extensive range of reliable security label products are readily available with small minimum order quantities. Additionally, we offer full customization for unique needs.
You wish to convince yourself of the possibilities, the optical effects and the unique holographic security features? We will be happy to provide you with personal advice and a detailed demonstration of the unique possibilities available with Nanocrypt® technology. Request our samples, in which the features described below are integrated.
Highly sophisticated security features and nanostructures with up to 640,000 dpi resolution can be realized with Nanocrypt® origination technology. These features cannot be simulated or represented by conventional techniques (analog as well as digital origination techniques such as dot-matrix). Nanocrypt® offers unique features and possibilities.
Counterfeit-proof optical features that are visually striking and at the same time offer maximum security enable countless functional and visually appealing design options. In addition, by combining security features of different levels, counterfeit protection can be significantly increased. While some features are purely security elements, others can be used as visual effects. The challenge lies in combining and customizing the individual features to create optimal counterfeit protection and a visually appealing design.
Nanocrypt® allows forensic security features to be achieved in the nano range which can be authenticated with the aid of digital or laser microscopes. From microscopic nano-images to modulated nanostructures, the possibilities are almost limitless. Specific and customized security concepts can thus be realized that are absolutely counterfeit-proof.
