AlpVision Fingerprint Ventures Into New Territory

AlpVision Fingerprint has experienced more revenue growth than any of our technologies over the past few years. The reason behind this trend lies in its simplicity. Instead of applying a marking, this authentication method relies on the imperfections that naturally occur in molded products. We have deployed this technology with great success on plastic parts (pharmaceutical flip-off tops) and on metallic ones. In the watch industry, so far, we have been limited to parts that are either molded or die-stamped. However, we are now able to propose a fingerprint that is unique for each watch and still detectable with an iPhone. The detection process performs a serial number lookup, followed by a one-to-one match with the micro-defects of the watch under inspection. As with our other technologies, a regular iPhone can be used to perform instant product authentication.