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Nicola Sudan

27 July 2023

2 min read

Indian Banknote Printer Eyes Global Tax Stamp Market

India’s government banknote printer, Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Ltd (SPMCIL), is looking to target the tax stamp export market. The organisation is inviting bids for consultants or agencies to represent it globally for procurements related to excise labels and other security products, including banknotes, coins, security paper, and inks.

Companies

Nicola Sudan

27 July 2023

2 min read

Nanobrick Carving a Market with its Active Nano Platform

Nanobrick, the South Korean company founded in 2007 by its current CEO, Jae-Hyun Joo, is building a presence in the security and authentication field with what it calls its ‘active nano platform’ (ANP). Tax stamps are one of its target markets.

Companies

Nicola Sudan

27 July 2023

1 min read

South Africa’s Tax Commissioner Elected Chairperson of WCO

At the recent World Customs Organisation (WCO) Council session, in Brussels, Edward Kieswetter, Commissioner of the South African Revenue Service (SARS), was elected as chairperson of the Council, replacing Shaikh Ahmed bin Hamad Al Khalifa, Director General of Bahrain Customs.

Government

Nicola Sudan

4 July 2023

2 min read

G+D Strengthens Position in IoT – Acquires MECOMO and Launches Smart Label

International security technology group Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) has acquired MECOMO AG, a specialist in tracking and tracing solutions, with the contract signed in May.

Track and Trace

Nicola Sudan

4 July 2023

5 min read

From Costa Rican Butterflies to Meta’s Latest Plasmonic Banknote Features

Meta Materials Inc (previously Nanotech Security Corp) has been a pioneer in optically variable device technology for the past decade, with innovations in micro, nano, and now plasmonic structures. The company has also developed in-house secure foil production so that it can offer banknote stripes direct to customers.

Events

Nicola Sudan

4 July 2023

2 min read

Fedrigoni Announces Brand Protection Portfolio

Fedrigoni Group, a leader in the production of value-added speciality papers for luxury packaging and other applications, along-with self-adhesive materials for premium labels, has introduced a range of paper products and self-adhesive materials for brand protection in the commercial sector.

Companies

Nicola Sudan

4 July 2023

3 min read

Anti-Counterfeiting – The Canon Way

According to the Imaging Consumables Coalition of Europe, Middle East, and Africa, the imaging consumables industry is threatened by a €1.6 billion market in counterfeit supplies. Unfortunately, the problem of counterfeiting in this industry is nothing new.

Companies

Nicola Sudan

4 July 2023

2 min read

Partnership Leads to New Class of Security Feature

The authentication and brand protection industries are not known, for obvious reasons, for their willingness to share information. But a chance meeting at a Reconnaissance conference between a client and supplier is beginning to bear fruit.

Free Free

Nicola Sudan

4 July 2023

5 min read

Structural Colours Tell Their Own Stories

Structural colours (surfaces structured to control the interference of light), featured strongly in the ‘New Optical Techniques for Security’ section of the Optical & Digital Document Security™ conference (ODDS), which took place in Prague, Czech Republic, in April 2023.

Technology & Systems

Nicola Sudan

4 July 2023

4 min read

News in Brief

Digimarc Corporation has signed a significant new contract to safeguard the integrity of a nationwide deposit-return recycling system and the authenticity of precious metals and construction materials.

Authentication

Nicola Sudan

4 July 2023

2 min read

US Trademark Office Seeks Input on Preventing Counterfeiting

The US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is inviting feedback from stakeholders on ways to prevent counterfeiting and piracy.

Authentication

Nicola Sudan

4 July 2023

2 min read

Plug and Print for Leibinger’s New Intelligent Marking System

Leibinger, the third generation family-owned German coding and marking systems company, used the interpack trade show in Düsseldorf to launch IQJET, which it describes as the ‘world’s first intelligent coding and marking system for products and packaging’.

Technology & Systems

Nicola Sudan

2 July 2023

1 min read

OpSec Group Goes Public

OpSec Group has announced that it will list on the NASDAQ stock exchange by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) – Investcorp Europe Acquisition Corp. The SPAC is an arm of OpSec’s current owners – the private equity firm Investcorp Technology Partners.

Companies

Nicola Sudan

2 July 2023

2 min read

EU MEPs Prepare ‘Arms’ Against Tobacco Lobbyists

In the May 2023 issue of Tax Stamp & Traceability News™, we reported on how the tobacco lobbying concerns of several EU parliament members were largely being ignored by the European Commission.

Excise Products

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

Francisco Mandiola

2 July 2023

4 min read

Déjà Vu in Costa Rica

A little over two years ago, Costa Rica was in the throes of allegations by TRACIT (Transnational Alliance to Combat Illicit Trade) that the best way to fight illicit tobacco trade was through a close collaboration between private sector companies (eg. tobacco producers) and the public sector.

Free Illicit Trade Free

Nicola Sudan

2 July 2023

4 min read

TSTF Programme Latest

The programme for the Tax Stamp & Traceability Forum™ (TSTF) is almost finalised and includes some interesting presentations by tax authorities and solution providers alike.

Events

Nicola Sudan

2 July 2023

1 min read

Cambodia Reveals Tax Stamp Requirements to Vendors

Cambodia has revealed the features of its new cigarette tax stamps to vendors in prime locations across the country, thanks to a joint effort between the General Department of Taxation (GDT) and the General Department of Customs and Excise (GDCE), reports Khmer Times.

Excise Products

Nicola Sudan

2 July 2023

1 min read

Authentix Buys Royal Joh Enschedé

Authentix has announced that it has acquired Netherlands-based Royal Joh Enschedé, a leading specialty printing and security solutions provider, from investment firm Nimbus.

Companies

Nicola Sudan

2 July 2023

3 min read

Argentina Takes Tobacco Evasion by the Horns

Earlier this year, in an update on Latin America in this same newsletter, we posited that Argentina’s AFIP (Administración Federal de Ingresos Públicos), the government institution in charge of the country’s tax policies, would be toughening up its stance against illicit tobacco trade and tax evasion.

Excise Products Illicit Trade

Latest News

Indian Banknote Printer Eyes Global Tax Stamp Market

Nanobrick Carving a Market with its Active Nano Platform

South Africa’s Tax Commissioner Elected Chairperson of WCO

G+D Strengthens Position in IoT – Acquires MECOMO and Launches Smart Label

From Costa Rican Butterflies to Meta’s Latest Plasmonic Banknote Features

Fedrigoni Announces Brand Protection Portfolio

Anti-Counterfeiting – The Canon Way

Partnership Leads to New Class of Security Feature

Structural Colours Tell Their Own Stories

News in Brief

US Trademark Office Seeks Input on Preventing Counterfeiting

Plug and Print for Leibinger’s New Intelligent Marking System

OpSec Group Goes Public

EU MEPs Prepare ‘Arms’ Against Tobacco Lobbyists

Interview with an ITSA Member – SICPA

Déjà Vu in Costa Rica

TSTF Programme Latest

Cambodia Reveals Tax Stamp Requirements to Vendors

Authentix Buys Royal Joh Enschedé

Argentina Takes Tobacco Evasion by the Horns

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