WHY USE SECURE Labels?

A secure closure protects against refilling and provides a visual authentication tool. SICPA’s closure solutions offer authentication, track and trace capabilities, and a tamper-evident feature, none of which require additional label application.

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Authenticate

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Protect Against Refilling

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Track & Trace

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Evidence of Tampering

multi-layered security to protect your products and brand

SICPA’s multilayered security solutions help fight counterfeiters while offering beautiful, attractive design elements that make a bottle stand out on the shelf, enticing consumers to buy it.
Wine bottle
Overt@2x
OVERT
These visually obvious features, like inks that change colors as you tilt a product away from you, can be clearly authenticated with the naked eye
WHY USE IT?
Because no tools are required to see overt features, they offer easy validation for consumers and the general public
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Semi-covert@2x
SEMI-COVERT
These features, like UV fluorescence, can be validated with the naked eye with the help of a simple tool like a UV light or polarization validator
WHY USE IT?
Semi-covert features are ideal for dealers, auctioneers, collectors and customs inspectors who want to authenticate products quickly using only simple tools
Authenticating closure with detection device
Covert@2x
COVERT
These hidden features are completely invisible to the naked eye. They are machine-readable and must be authenticated using portable, handheld devices
WHY USE IT?
Covert features are excellent for brand owners who want a secret and highly counterfeit-resistant solution. These features work best when you limit the number of authenticators, as special devices and some training is required 
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FORENSIC
These features are completely invisible and can only be authenticated in a lab
WHY USE IT?
Forensic features are extremely robust and can be used as court-admissible evidence

HOW DO SECURE LABELS WORK?

SICPA’s solutions can be integrated into existing wine & spirits labels, making it a cost-effective and turnkey solution. From overt security features that allow authentication with the naked eye to covert features that require the use of handheld devices or smartphones, SICPA can customize a solution tailored to your unique needs. 

  • Security features can be used on front and back labels or
    neck bands, sleeves and seals
  • Can be added to existing designs with minimal impact to
    the look and feel, or incorporated into a new design
  • Printed using existing printing equipment

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Solution benefits

Legislative building

Government

• Simple product and volume reconciliation to identify suspicious activity
• Visibility across the supply chain to manage and report on compliance
• Unambiguous, on-the-spot authentication and traceability
• Secure transport manifests validate that product in transit is in the right hands

Alcoholic beverages

Industry

• Increases brand awareness by creating a direct-to-consumer channel
• Protects market share for legal actors by demonstrating proof of compliance
• Allows licensees to demonstrate adherence to certain principles (e.g., small business, organically-principled techniques)
• Denotes participation in social equity and other market diversity initiatives

User friendly

Consumers

• Validates products were legally produced and tested for safety
• Provides product information (serving size, appropriate use instructions, etc.) and shares notifications of unsafe or recalled products
• Confirms product production methods and operator third party certifications

Layered security for robust protection
multi-layered label security
  • OVERT - Proprietary color-shifting ink cannot be copied or recreated and provides a visible check for authenticity
  • SEMI-COVERT - An overt color shift with semi-covert properties that become visible when viewed using simple tools like polarized filters
  • SEMI-COVERT - Can be validated with the naked eye with the help of a simple tool like a ultra-violet (UV) light.
  • COVERT - Machine-readable taggants, invisible to the naked eye. These features work best when you limit the number of authenticators to a small group, as special devices and some training is required to use them

what the CONSUMER sees
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  • Confirm product authenticity
  • Review product information
  • Report suspicious stamps & activity
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