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Nicola Sudan

2 July 2023

6 min read

Interview with an ITSA Member – SICPA

We continue our interview series exploring the perspective of International Tax Stamp Association (ITSA) members, who offer some of their experiences within the tax stamp industry, and their predictions of challenges and opportunities that lie ahead.

Interviews

Nicola Sudan

24 May 2023

5 min read

Interview with an ITSA Member – ANY Security Printing

We continue our series of interviews with members of the International Tax Stamp Association (ITSA), by talking with Gábor Zsámboki from ANY Security Printing in Hungary.

Interviews

Nicola Sudan

4 May 2023

6 min read

Interview with an ITSA Member – Authentix

This month, we continue our series of interviews with members of the International Tax Stamp Association (ITSA), who share their experiences of the tax stamp industry and look ahead to some of the challenges and opportunities yet to come.

Interviews

Nicola Sudan

30 March 2023

5 min read

Interview with an ITSA Member – Garsu Pasaulis

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Nicola Sudan

7 March 2023

5 min read

On The Record with Gerben van Wijk, Luminescence Sun Chemical Security

Gerben van Wijk is Sales and Marketing Director of Luminescence Sun Chemical Security (LSCS) and has been a Board Member of the International Tax Stamp Association since 2018, taking over as Chair in May 2022.

Interviews

Nicola Sudan

2 Feb. 2023

6 min read

Authenticating Everything from Fuel to Banknotes – an Interview with Dr Tim Driscoll

Readers of Authentication & Brand News™ will most likely be aware of Texas-based Authentix’s work with national governments providing fuel marking services, but perhaps you’re not so familiar with their other activities in protecting brands and securing documents.

Interviews

Nicola Sudan

23 Dec. 2022

8 min read

Jérôme Pichot, the Second CEO of Advanced Track & Trace

Tax Stamp & Traceability News™ interviewed Jérôme Pichot, Chairman and CEO of Advanced Track & Trace, to learn more about his approach and aspirations in managing this innovative French company.

Interviews

Astrid Mitchell

5 Oct. 2022

5 min read

G+D Signs its Move into the Secure Packaging Market

Giesecke+Devrient is probably better known for producing banknote paper and printing banknotes than it is for protecting brands. Having explored the brand protection market in the past, the company is now returning to protecting brands with its new SIGN® technology.

Interviews

Aftab Baloch – former Advisor to Federal Tax Ombudsman; former Customs

4 Oct. 2022

8 min read

On the Record with Pakistan Revenue Authority

For over 17 years, Pakistan’s revenue authority, the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), has been in the crosshairs of providers of tax stamp and track and trace systems for excise products prone to revenue leakage.

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Nicola Sudan

24 Aug. 2022

12 min read

On the Record with Panama General Directorate of Revenue

During the last Tax Stamp and Traceability Forum™, held in Malta in May of this year, Tax Stamp & Traceability News™ was able to interview Milagro J Mendoza, a Panamanian lawyer who specialises in tax-related issues in her country and who works for the General Directorate of Revenue (DGI – or Dirección General de Ingresos) in Panama.

Interviews

Nicola Sudan

17 Dec. 2021

7 min read

KURZ Talks Tax Stamp Innovation and Motivating Consumers to Buy Tax-Paid

Tax Stamp & Traceability News™ recently spoke to three members of LEONHARD KURZ about the company’s comprehensive tax stamp solution and, in particular, its adoption of visible digital seal (VDS) technology for tax stamps and other secure documents.

Interviews

Ian Lancaster

30 April 2021

7 min read

Georgia Opens Invitation for Expression of Interest

Georgia has a remarkably successful tobacco tax stamp programme which has been reported on in Tax Stamp & Traceability News™ (TSTN). Here we interview two managers from the Revenue Service of the Ministry of Finance of Georgia (GRS), Levan Dgebuadze, head of the Service Department, and Samson Uridia, head of the International Relations Department, to find out more about it.

Countries Interviews Tenders

Chander S Jeena

9 Dec. 2019

5 min read

India Needs Comprehensive National Policy to Tackle Alcohol, Declares ASPA

In November, the President of the Authentication Solution Providers Association, Mr Nakul Pasricha, was interviewed by Ambrosia (a magazine for the alcoholic beverages industry) on the impact of illicit trade on India’s alcohol market.

Excise Products Illicit Trade Interviews

Latest News

Interview with an ITSA Member – SICPA

Interview with an ITSA Member – ANY Security Printing

Interview with an ITSA Member – Authentix

Interview with an ITSA Member – Garsu Pasaulis

On The Record with Gerben van Wijk, Luminescence Sun Chemical Security

Authenticating Everything from Fuel to Banknotes – an Interview with Dr Tim Driscoll

Jérôme Pichot, the Second CEO of Advanced Track & Trace

G+D Signs its Move into the Secure Packaging Market

On the Record with Pakistan Revenue Authority

On the Record with Panama General Directorate of Revenue

KURZ Talks Tax Stamp Innovation and Motivating Consumers to Buy Tax-Paid

Georgia Opens Invitation for Expression of Interest

India Needs Comprehensive National Policy to Tackle Alcohol, Declares ASPA

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