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Opportunities for the printable security industry have never been better.
- Governments are increasingly willing to invest large sums in return for enhanced ID systems able to protect their citizens from terrorists
- Financial institutions suffering US$8 billion of losses per year from identity theft are anxious to recoup their losses
- Brand owners are under increasing pressure from regulatory authorities and retailers to tag individual goods so products can be recalled or located more efficiently within the supply chain
In order to meet these needs, new security technologies have been developed and commercialised on an unparalleled scale. Two of the most rapidly expanding areas have been personal ID and security inks.
Personal ID, fanned by record identity theft and heightened terrorist fears, has seen the introduction of innovations such as biometrics, smart ID cards and digital watermarking. At the same time, extant high security technologies such as holograms, security threads and others have been updated and improved.
Who needs to buy this study?
- Security printers and state owned print works
- Government passport, ID and other issuing agencies
- Specifiers and buyers of security documents
- Security technology providers
- Security inks, paper and print equipment manufacturers
- National banks and financial institutions
- Government security forces