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News Release from: DataLase | Subject: DataLase
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 15 November 2004
DataLase provides an effective solution
Sherwood Technology's DataLase, the new generation colour change technique for an infinite range of solutions, is being used in the fight against counterfeiting.
Sherwood Technology's DataLase, the new generation colour change technique for an infinite range of solutions, is being used in the fight against counterfeiting DataLase and DataLase Clear can be used for brand protection and security applications by providing products with their own unique mark
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 16 Feb 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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DataLase brochure describes a range of imaging solutions which offer infinite possibilities for printing graphics, security marking and coding products for a range of industries.
DataLase technology can be used for a range of covert and overt security applications.
For example, DataLase has the ability to overtly mark a product with its own distinctive 'finger print'.
This 'finger print', such as a tiny 2D Datamatrix code is formed through films, such as Polypropylene and Polyethylene, allowing it to be permanently embedded or 'sandwiched' in laminates.
The DataLase chemistry is incorporated at the manufacturing stage and can be subsequently laser marked.
This technique can be used in products as diverse as cigarette and cosmetic packaging.
It is a particularly effective tool in preventing counterfeiters and grey market trading as the 'finger print' can not be easily reproduced or removed.
DataLase Clear enables the covert checking of a product's authenticity.
This unique product allows images to be transferred onto transparent media via a laser without interfering with the translucency of the underlying substrate.
Counterfeiters are unable to spot the presence of the laser responsive DataLase Clear material as it only becomes visible when exposed to energy from a low power CO2 laser.
The DataLase Clear image remains undetectable up to the very point where authenticity needs to be verified, a unique feature not possible with other techniques.
Steve Kelly, Managing Director of Sherwood Technology, comments: "The application of DataLase technology for the purpose of security features is a very new and exciting project.
Existing methods have become stagnant and predictable to counterfeiters who find ways around them, however, DataLase has the potential to revolutionise the market.
We expect brand protection applications to be key development areas for the DataLase technology." The DataLase technology security applications will be available as a result of new and existing application licensing agreements and strategic partnerships with security substrate manufacturers.
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