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Lotteries offer the tantalizing possibility of instant wealth, turning everyday life into a potentially transformative experience. Millions of people participate in lotteries, driven by the hope of winning life-changing prizes. However, with lottery fraud on the rise, organizations are met...

Counterfeiting affects every industry from pharmaceuticals to luxury goods, and from electronics to consumer goods. Traditionally, companies have relied on taggants for brand protection—special markings embedded into products to verify their authenticity—as a line of defense against counterfeiters. However, they...

  Topical Absorbable Hemostat, a medical device, is commonly used during surgical procedures to control bleeding. Imagine if a surgeon puts the device into a patient's body, but finds out the product isn’t performing well as it’s an instance of...

Counterfeiting affects your business in many ways. It harms your brand and your reputation. It also jeopardizes the safety of your customers or patients. Brand protection is important as it allows you to prevent these problems but, depending on your...

As small as 10mm in diameter and still authenticatable with a smartphone, this is what is now possible with the latest evolution of AlpVision Cryptoglyph. This presents a significant challenge for all authentication features, especially for invisible security elements readable...

We are excited to be attending the upcoming London Bullion Market Association (LBMA) and London Platinum and Palladium Market (LPPM) conference in Miami, FL from October 13-15, 2024. The LBMA promotes good trading practices and ensures integrity in the gold...

The grey market diversion is a complex problem for brands to curb. The products are not counterfeited, rather they are diverted to a different location This impacts the brand’s trade partners, pricing strategy, marketing message, financial planning, revenue forecast, and more....

Social networks have become an integral part of the communication strategies of companies addressing a worldwide market like AlpVision. For several years, we have had a global strategy to be present on the most important networks. For instance, we publish weekly...

Counterfeit products not only result in lost sales for your business but have the power to destroy your brand reputation and market trust. With such high stakes, brand protection from counterfeiters becomes an essential part of your market strategy, and...

Counterfeit pallets: issues and solution Pallets play an important role in the logistics and supply chain industry. In response to proliferation of counterfeit pallets, Cryptoglyph technology emerges as a promising solution to authenticate pallets and mitigate the adverse effects of...

Asking someone about their identity is not enough to tell if the person is lying. In general, an identification document is needed to see if the physical appearance of the person corresponds to the name. We have a similar scenario...

Counterfeiters target any and every type of industry, be it a niche or a mass market. Luxury pens fall in the niche category. However, counterfeiters see the market as an opportunity to create fake luxury pens and make exponential profits...

We are happy to announce the granting of a new patent, US11,989,961. It protects a new technology that we have recently implemented in some of our smartphone apps. The main usage of our apps is typically to tell the user if...

This event brings together leaders from the pharmaceutical and healthcare supply chain sectors to tackle the global challenge of counterfeit medicines. Key insights will include DSCSA compliance, consumer education, brand protection, smart packaging, government collaboration, and regional market analysis. Lauren,...

To curb the problem of counterfeiting and to empower consumers against counterfeit items, brands are coming up with smartphone apps to check fake products. The problem is: using smartphone apps without a comprehensive strategy for anti-counterfeiting isn’t helpful. The apps...

The proliferation of falsified medical devices poses a significant challenge to global healthcare systems. It threatens patient safety and undermines trust in medical products. Some solutions to prevent the risks linked to medical devices counterfeiting exist.     The prevalence...

How to prevent food fraud with anti-counterfeiting technologies   Food fraud poses serious risks to consumer health and industry integrity. In this article, we explore innovative anti-counterfeiting technologies designed to safeguard the food supply chain and restore consumer trust. Here...

Some people knowingly buy counterfeit products as a way to save money. On the other hand, some unsuspecting consumers become victims of buying a knockoff unknowingly. In both cases, however, the harmful effects and consumers’ penalties for buying counterfeit goods...

We are proud to announce that we have signed a new customer for several billion items per year. This company manufactures desiccant bags, which are often counterfeited. These desiccants are added by brand owners to the products they ship to...

A brand owner in the luxury industry has successfully validated our new, unique fingerprint technology approach. This approach enables the real-time identification of metallic objects using only a smartphone camera and our dedicated app, without any modification of the object....

Counterfeit goods detection: tools and tips   Counterfeit goods are on the rise, causing substantial financial losses and jeopardizing brands’ reputation. This article explores this growing threat and reveals the importance of some innovative solutions to detect counterfeits and protect...

Join us for the inaugural session of our "AlpVision Essentials" webinar series, centered on crucial brand protection issues. Our opening session, titled "Navigating the EU’s Digital Product Passport (DPP)," aims to prepare brands for the upcoming EU mandates on digital...

Desiccants play a pivotal role in maintaining the dryness needed within packaging to ensure the integrity of a wide range of products in industries including food, pharmaceuticals, electronics, and more. These crucial substances are key to avoiding the risks of...

Growing a company in a global environment involves being able to rely on efficient and safe network solutions. The devices set up for a business must fulfill all technical requirements to secure data. This flourishing network gear market is now...

We are thrilled to share that AlpVision is now a member of the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition (IACC), a global non-profit dedicated to combating counterfeiting and intellectual property theft. Since its founding in 1979, the IACC has been actively involved in...

In the wine world, fraud threatens trust and authenticity. Addressing this is crucial to preserve industry integrity. To fight wine counterfeit, cork is a key weapon, sealing bottles to ensure authenticity and protecting the tradition from deceit.     What...

Authentication using human fingerprints has been prevalent for years, and the technology for fingerprint readers has evolved significantly to enhance security. A similar evolution is observable in the realm of product fingerprints. Modern technologies are not only based on contrast...

Government rules and regulations over the world make it necessary for industries like pharmaceuticals and  (F&B) to track and trace their products. However, the need for traceability goes beyond a handful of industries. But why is traceability so important that...

Just after world leaders met at the WEF in Davos, it was both a great pleasure and an honor for AlpVision to welcome the Honorable US Ambassador to Switzerland, Scott Miller, on January 25, 2024. Following a tour of our...

Radio Frequency Identification Technology (RFID) is a cost-effective method to track and identify items, applied in a wide range of industries. On a number of occasions, it’s also used as an anti-counterfeiting tool, which can prove to be ineffective. This...

Most corporations are digital friendly because they need a secure process to protect their goods. NFC is a technology used in smartphones, laptops and the fashion industry. So, what is NFC? Who created this electronic innovation, and is it reliable...

In October 2021, the first Apple smartphones integrating a macro lens, the iPhone 13 Pro and Pro Max, were launched. Since then, this feature has been retained in iPhones 14 and 15. Although this new feature might appear to many...

In the realm of product security, the use of anti-counterfeit labels emerges as a pivotal strategy. These specialized adhesive tags, designed for both visible deterrence and covert authentication, play a crucial role in safeguarding products across industries. This article delves...

Spirits are a market for anti-counterfeiting solutions because those bottles can be expensive, and counterfeits are more likely to be dangerous for consumers than wine. Indeed, spirits have a much higher percentage of alcohol, and when counterfeiters use methanol instead...

The consequences of drug counterfeiting are far-reaching and worldwide. According to a review report by United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, it’s estimated that the black market for counterfeiting exceeds $250 billion. Such a huge supply of illicit medications...

AlpVision is pleased to announce its cooperation with Moonhill Technologies Ltd, represented by Mr. Sass Farahzad, in promoting the Minting authentication solution in Turkey. Mr. Farahzad's impressive experience in the precious metals field, combined with AlpVision’s leading digital authentication solution...

QR codes were first invented to be used for inventory tracking. As they’re extremely easy to use, their usage became widespread across industries like advertising, product authentication, and more. However, with the growing popularity comes the rise of malicious intent...

Seeds are the root of the global agricultural industry, which is a multi-trillion-dollar industry. This massive scale of the industry makes it a lucrative sector for counterfeiters. These counterfeit seeds have far-reaching consequences on the farmers and the environment. It’s...

Counterfeit cosmetics are just as dangerous as pharmaceutical or food counterfeits. It’s a health hazard, and it directly impacts the bottom line of cosmetic brands. In 2020, cosmetic companies suffered a loss of 4.7 billion euros or USD 5.16 billion...

Bearings are one of the most crucial components in any machinery – from cars to marine ships, and from escalators to a petrochemical plant. This creates a huge market for counterfeit bearings, with the supply of bearings of different shapes...

Since the invention of printing, halftoning has been used to simulate continuous-tone imagery through the use of dots, varying either in size or in spacing, thus generating a gradient-like effect. The first halftone printed image dates back to 1869. Although...

We are proud to announce that, just last month, we launched our first large-scale pilot of the variable Cryptoglyph. This innovative solution embeds invisible serialization data onto packages. In practice, it allows for the restoration of data that gets lost...

We are thrilled to introduce you to the newest member of our AlpVision family, Lauren Moise. Lauren has joined us as the Head of US Sales, Marketing, and Operations, and we couldn't be more excited to have her on board....

Coffee is one of the top ten adulterated and counterfeited food items because of its high consumption worldwide. Billions of dollars are lost in sales for brands every year due to counterfeit coffee. Contaminated coffee is also a health hazard...

The issue of counterfeit gold coin minting has existed for years. Flooding into the marketplace, these coins pose a huge problem for the global economy. However, minting companies can counter this problem by investing in simple, yet advanced, anti-counterfeiting solutions....

FMCG products, along with pharmaceuticals and tobacco, are one of the most affected industries by counterfeiting. Investment in covert and overt anti-counterfeiting measures can help brands make life harder for counterfeiters and recover losses in sales and brand reputation.

The COVID-19 pandemic kickstarted an explosion in the demand for surgical masks which resulted in crippling shortages. Gripped with fear, people hoarded what they could find and even started stockpiling N95 masks that should ideally have been reserved for use...

Putting authentication into the hands of end-users can be both advantageous and challenging. Most product authentication solutions require sophisticated methods and either an expert eye or a trained user to be effective. This remains true even with the advent of...

Despite widespread awareness, many companies still don’t have a robust offensive against brand abuse. Brand protection is more crucial than ever to safeguard brand identity and should be an integral part of a brand’s overall anti-counterfeiting strategy. This raises the...

Historically, our invisible marking technology, the Cryptoglyph, has mostly been printed on rigid materials. The only exceptions are cases when it is printed on plastic films. But even on deformable films, the distance between the Cryptoglyph dots is invariant. We...

A new European patent, EP 3 374 975 B1, protects a method for authenticating a 3D structure by scanning it with a 2D image. Developed by AlpVision and marketed as SmartEmbossing, this technology allows three-dimensional structures to be authenticated using...

Pharma serialization is indispensable to the fight against counterfeit drugs but without advanced verification measures, it’ll continue to remain only a blunt tool. Covert counterfeit protection will only compound serialization’s significant benefits.

Thousands of pets have already succumbed to the plague of fake pet food. With the authorities unable to catch every single culprit, the onus lies on brand owners to insist on covert solutions to achieve counterfeiting protection that’s completely tamper-proof.

While cheaper bags are a smaller upfront investment, you'll typically pay more in the long run. Designer bags are sturdier and last longer, but you need to be careful; the market is saturated with fakes. Let’s explore how to spot...

The Luxury Transparency Index is a public-private partnership led by the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) and Lausanne University (UNIL) with a primary focus on promoting transparency within the luxury sector. Its main objective is to assess the social...

We are delighted to announce that we have secured a new customer in Asia! The requirements for this project were particularly demanding. Specifically, our task was to protect a small, flexible, transparent plastic pouch that contains a powder. Due to...

Authentication of precious metal products with a smartphone was once deemed impossible until AlpVision proved otherwise seven years ago. In 2006, AlpVision patented the AlpVision Fingerprint technology, which has since evolved to a level where it can be utilized by...

How to spot fake bourbon? The question reveals an endemic problem affecting the biggest brands in the whiskey industry. Brands need to explore next-generation technology solutions to take back control from counterfeiters.

QR codes have many use cases, yet there's a problem with deploying them for anti-counterfeit security. You must use QR codes as intended, or con artists will circumvent them. So, brand owners often ask, how do I make my QR...

Buying counterfeit products may seem like a victimless crime, but in reality, the consequences are far-ranging and widespread. You may not know that counterfeiting enables illicit activity worldwide, so what happens if you buy counterfeit goods online?

AlpVision is excited to announce that we will be participating in the 17th Global Brand Protection Innovation Programme, taking place on the 24th and 25th of May, 2023 in Frankfurt. As a leading provider of digital authentication solutions, we are...

“WeChat” is the most used smartphone app in China, with about 1.3 billion users. It was initially a simple app that facilitated people to chat with each other. However, it has now become an app that can be used for...

AlpVision has been accredited by the LBMA Gold Bar Integrity (GBI), an international independent authority for precious metals. This accreditation confirms the cutting-edge anti-counterfeiting technologies of AlpVision, allowing us to partner with major players across the global precious metals industry....

The lucrative counterfeit fashion industry costs fashion brands billions every year. Brands have virtually been unable to make a significant dent in this illicit global trade. With counterfeiters getting bolder on social media, is there hope for manufacturers? Advanced anti-counterfeiting...

Blockchain-based digital assets, like non-fungible tokens (NFT), bring new opportunities for your brand, but you must put this evolving tech in context to yield maximum value. Otherwise, you risk investing in a physical NFT that doesn't safeguard products.

Counterfeit Viagra and other medications to treat erectile dysfunction (ED) pose a severe threat to public health and safety. Although buying these pills online may be legal, consuming them is dangerous for patients looking for affordable medicines.

Today’s anti-counterfeiting technology provides brand owners with state-of-the-art protections, yet fraudsters continue to flood luxury markets with fake products. The challenge is understanding why luxury’s counterfeit problem is getting worse.

When consumers unwittingly consume counterfeit food, the consequences can be life-threatening. Fake food still reaches store shelves despite a company’s best efforts to manufacture safe products, so the need for better anti-counterfeit solutions is imperative.

The protections are diverse and sophisticated when it comes to anti-counterfeiting technologies for precious metal mints. The stamped engravings on the surface of gold kilobars and bullion can prove their authenticity, but they can also be faked.

Bitcoin’s rapid expansion over the past decade has propelled blockchain technology to new heights. Today, the tech is still maturing, and companies continue to experiment with other use cases. So, does blockchain provide authenticity of physical products too? 

The consequences of using a fake fire extinguisher can be deadly. A fake device will malfunction, and it may also intensify the fire. Indeed, the situation warrants high-tech solutions because the cost of failure couldn’t be higher – injuries and...

On October 4th, 2022, AlpVision was granted a 24 page US patent. This invention allows for the combination of machine learning and AlpVision technologies. Our current detection algorithms are composed of several processing blocks, each with specific parameters.   Using...

Implementing an anti-counterfeiting security feature, as a brand owner, is not an easy task. Aside from strategic and financial considerations,  selecting the most appropriate anti-counterfeiting technology is critical. Deploying a technology is a long-term commitment that affects  not only the...

When electricians inadvertently install fake circuit breakers, the consequences can be severe. Not only can counterfeit breakers cause fires, but they can also lead to life-threatening injuries or death. Still, brands can protect consumers with new tech.

Counterfeiters and fraudsters will stop at nothing to ply their criminal trade to turn a profit. As such, fake motor oil is a persistent threat that demands a better solution, especially as criminals try to take advantage of fluctuating global...

Counterfeiters will try to fake any product, including baby formulas. The moral revulsion against potentially harming infants isn't there. Instead, fraudsters only care about profits, but brand owners are not helpless.

In a continuous effort to adapt our anti-counterfeiting solutions to customers’ requirements, and not vice versa, we are extremely pleased to report that AlpVision BMS – Brand Monitoring System – is now capable of running on Linux Servers. BMS is AlpVision’s anti-counterfeiting monitoring and...

Competitive sports aren’t immune from counterfeiting despite the best efforts of organizations worldwide. The need to identify a counterfeit doping control kit makes the challenge more complex. Still, brands have options regarding anti-counterfeit protection.

All our customers use our smartphone apps for authenticating products. Their needs are constantly growing: we went from a few million items per year in 2000 to hundreds of millions in 2010 and reach now tens of billions of products...

AlpVision is the authentication feature supplier protecting the largest number of products in the tobacco, pharmaceutical and precious metal markets with digital covert solutions. Moreover, we have the leadership in those industries for the past 15 years. Interestingly, we recently...

Counterfeiting can occur at any point in the product life cycle, whether it originates at the manufacturer or as distributors unwittingly transport fake goods. One strategy to pinpoint counterfeits is to identify fake products using barcodes, but do they work?

QR and barcodes are used for traceability. However, when products are distributed on the gray market, these codes are often erased, thus defeating their purpose. Using secured invisible QR codes can solve this problem.

Banknotes, passports, certificates, checks, identity cards; security inks are found in all of these items and more. They support authentication and reduce the risks of tampering and counterfeiting. Yet when it comes to brand protection where brands need to protect...

AlpVision Fingerprint is a technology that uses the matte finish of plastic and metal parts as an authentication feature. From a mathematical perspective, the detection is somewhat similar to the Cryptoglyph, but it also has a unique feature: It requires...

Counterfeiting is a multi-billion dollar criminal trade, and the perpetrators will try to fabricate facsimiles of just about everything, including counterfeit batteries. As such, the need for brand owners to protect against counterfeit batteries is clear.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is currently a very hot topic and has applications in many different fields. AlpVision has already been using AI for many years in some of its smartphone apps in order to increase the detection performance of genuine...

Regarding the gaming industry, counterfeiting has remained a persistent problem since its inception, but why? In short, fraudsters and con artists have all the incentives they need to ply their trade: gambling winnings with no actual financial risk.

Pharmaceutical companies regularly face problems relating to counterfeiting. One way to solve this issue could be an efficient pharma traceability solution. But what is pharma traceability in the first place? Why ensure such measures for counterfeiting protection? Read on to...

The evolution of microprinting as anti-counterfeit protection was a boon for brand owners worldwide since the printing technique was initially hard to replicate. Few had access to the technology required to create it, but what is microprinting exactly?

As a brand owner, it's best to accept that counterfeiting remains a severe problem despite increased awareness. Intellectual property laws and trademark infringement protections are helpful, but how do you prevent counterfeiting in the first place?

The evolution of anti-counterfeit technology has progressed over the last two centuries in ways no one ever imagined. Indeed, counterfeiting itself has a lengthy history, so anti-counterfeit protections developed long ago to secure goods as well as currency.

AlpVision Fingerprint enables authentication of plastic molded products by identifying microscopic details of the plastic microstructure. The big advantage of this approach is that it requires absolutely no modification of the product itself. A customer asked us recently to apply...

After 20 years of existence, Apple has decided to go “end of life” with their iconic iPod. The original iPod was introduced as a portable music player back in 2001. From there, it has undergone an amazing evolution. Starting with...

Companies have many options when it comes to product authentication technology, yet some haven’t picked a solution – or even decided on an anti-counterfeit strategy at all.

Counterfeiters are persistent, sophisticated, and determined criminals. As such, brand owners would benefit from a comprehensive anti-counterfeit strategy. But you can safeguard your brand in many ways, so what is anti-counterfeiting? What does it include?

Any form of brand protection - hologram or not – depends on developing a holistic anti-counterfeit strategy, including the underlying IT systems that your company already has in place. The challenge is turning away from the usual slate of visible...

AlpVision has been providing anti-counterfeiting features (ACFs) to brand owners for over 20 years. In this process, we have developed a unique, wide-ranging expertise. Therefore, we decided to share this knowledge in short videos. Each one-minute video is dedicated to...

There are plenty of reasons why companies need anti-counterfeit technology to protect their brand, so the primary challenge is deciding on the correct type of product protection because not every software includes similar features and integration capabilities.

Regular readers of the newsletter may recall that AlpVision solutions protect over 30 billion products a year. Until a couple of years ago, our solutions were exclusively reserved for internal use by brand owners. However, with end users and consumers...

One of the most common questions we answer at AlpVision is this: can QR codes be counterfeited too? The short answer is that QR codes are counterfeit-able, but you have additional options to secure them. The challenge is determining which...

When you need to protect your brand, you have several options for anti-counterfeit solutions. But since not every anti-counterfeit technology is as effective as you'd expect, we'll outline the essentials in this article to provide critical context.

Security labels used to have an advantage over other counterfeit protection, but you should know that fraudsters have finally caught up to the technology. Now, it’s more critical than ever to develop a new approach to protect your brand.

The Cryptoglyph is an invisible feature which protects over 30 billion of products every year. A positive detection using our smartphone app proves that the product is genuine. However, some of our customers need something fundamentally different: a feature that...

2021 was an historical date for AlpVision which celebrated its 20th anniversary. But it was also a year of commercial extension with an important agent contract signed in China and the integration of two organizations: Unifab in France and Stop...

The cannabis industry presents new business opportunities. Unfortunately, it also opens the door to counterfeiters trying to take advantage of the momentum. Without a doubt, fraudsters have every incentive they need, so how do you plan to safeguard your brand?

Following PharmaLedger’s year 2 press release in December 2021, we are happy to share our contribution to the European Project. Sponsored under the Horizon 2020 program, PharmaLedger brings together 12 global pharmaceutical companies and 17 public and private entities. The...

Security And Trading Cards How to spot a fake collectible card has become a primary topic of interest in the TCG (Trading Card Game) community. After all, the collectible card industry has set its roots as a valuable market. Logan...

The benefits of a watch certificate of authenticity are many, yet many brands still struggle to keep counterfeits out of circulation. Indeed, it’s always been a concern in the watchmaking industry for as long as we’ve been manufacturing them.

Counterfeiting isn’t a victimless crime since it’s so prevalent worldwide, but do you understand why counterfeit goods are bad? Who is paying the price - sometimes literally - for the rampant counterfeiting of consumer goods, pharmaceuticals, and food?

Pharmaceutical companies and businesses often need to track packages through the industry’s supply chain. Companies need to trace their products at an individual and pallet level to ensure that clients receive the right products. Product manufacturing businesses also grapple a...

Counterfeiting is a massive problem. To help secure valuable items such as banknotes, the most common method today is through optically variable ink (OVI). In a nutshell, OVI ink appears to change colors based on the angle of viewing. How...

With so many counterfeit nutritional supplements available, it has become more challenging for brands to gain consumers’ trust with legitimate supplements containing safe, quality ingredients. So, the question is this: do you know how to spot fake supplements?

With our solutions, AlpVision is actively contributing to solving the counterfeiting problem that has occurred with COVID-19-related pharmaceutical products. Last year, we launched the COVID-19 Initiative, offering special conditions for protecting against any counterfeit drugs related to COVID-19. This offer...

As of September 10, 2021, AlpVision is a proud member of the Swiss non-profit association Stop Piracy. The association provides educational and awareness campaigns to consumers and is very active in cooperation between the authorities and businesses. The association’s work...

QR codes have become more popular than ever. However, one needs to keep in mind that QR codes have been designed for traceability and not authentication. So, how do you secure QR code? Fortunately, this is possible and we show...

Shoes are the most counterfeited item globally, and the fraudulent industry only seems to be growing in size. Brands need to protect themselves by harnessing better solutions to authenticate shoes.

Covert security features are among the most secure features. However other factors must be considered while choosing the most appropriate features such as target audience, deployment complexity and cost. Discover below the most well-known features and compare them to your...

We finally published our new video, and it looks good! For the first time, we have used graphical illustrations to explain our two core technologies. This is particularly challenging since both technologies are fundamentally covert. For this reason, we have...

We are proud to report that AlpVision has successfully passed the ISO 9001-2015 re-audit. The ISO 9001:2015 standard, issued by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), specifies requirements for a quality management system within organizations. Obtaining and maintaining the certification...

When people think of counterfeit products, they usually think of knockoff designer items and electronics, not pet medications. The truth is, counterfeit pet medications are a growing problem, and they pose a real danger to our beloved animals. Here’s what...

Following are two news item directly from our office in Shanghai, China: The China National Intellectual Property Administration has granted AlpVision's patent application. This solution is a visible 3D authentication solution which is very inexpensive to manufacture, extremely hard to...

Counterfeit detection devices are devices that are used to prevent or mitigate the creation of counterfeit versions of a product. There are different kinds of counterfeit detection devices, each with their own advantages and disadvantages.

With the growing popularity of e-cigarettes, vape pens, and other electronic nicotine delivery systems, the market for alternatives to traditional cigarettes is booming. At the same time, the marketplace is also experiencing an influx of dangerous counterfeit electronic cigarettes.

A new patent application was granted on March 30th, 2021. It is a so-called “Continuation” of our US Fingerprint patent which refines the claims of this important patent, hence enforcing our protection in the US. This process requires the US...

There is a big problem with counterfeit medical devices. Although the protection of patient safety is the main concern, any precautions taken indirectly protect health professionals in case of a problem. At AlpVision, we have a solution to verify the...

In their April 2021 issue, the Tobacco Asia magazine published an article about our authentication solutions. An electronic version is available online here. We are proud to be given this opportunity since Tobacco Asia is the only magazine written and...

This month, we are proud to celebrate the 20th anniversary of AlpVision. AlpVision is a real startup story. From humble beginnings, working from a garage in 2001, AlpVision first started developments of obscure robust steganography technologies. Although these certainly worked great,...

ISO 22383:2020 gives guidelines for performance criteria and an evaluation methodology for authentication solutions. We help you to better understand the key points of the standard towards an insight-driven and well-thought-out choice of your authentication system.

Businesses are now largely implementing anti-counterfeit measures and heavily investing more money in them than at any point in history. Firms are prepared to spend even more on covert and overt solutions than they are today. 

The future of plastic recycling is in accurate sorting to allow circular plastic economy of such materials as recycled PET, PPT, PP. Plastic is a very useful material, which is hard to replace in many applications. However, the way we...

The counterfeiting of plastic objects is a growing problem. More and more companies are falling victim from counterfeit plastic products. AlpVision can help fighting this problem with their patented AlpVision Fingerprint technology.

Our Cryptoglyph solution is currently printed on 30 billion products every year by over 200 printers worldwide. The integration to the printing process does not add any cost to the production and the solution works on all rotary printing processes...

On April 8th, we were informed by the China National Intellectual Property Administration that our new patent titled “Method of Authentication of a 3D Structure” had been granted. All 13 claims of our application were accepted by the examiner. This...

AlpVision team has recently taken part in various virtual events. Soon, we will present AlpVision’s anti-counterfeiting features during the 2nd Brand Protection V-Congress. This virtual event will be held from the 20th to the 21st of May. Fred Jordan, CEO,...

Pharma companies develop and produce drugs for the good of humanity. But today pharma companies have to also protect their products against counterfeiting. Should this really be part of their job, I don’t think so. A four-pillar approach is proposed...

This is certain – a reliable serialization technology product tracking is needed. The control of distribution channel is necessary to avoid profit losses and brand reputation damages caused by product diversion. This is not easy, because anyone involved in diverted...

Did you know both antibiotics and anti-malaria treatments are the most counterfeited products in the world? This issue is not slowing down; fake or counterfeit medicines continue to be a serious problem across the globe. As a company committed to...

We are proud to have been selected to be a member of the UNIFAB LAB. Known in English as “The Manufacturers Union”, this French association promotes the protection of intellectual property and the fight against counterfeiting at an international level. Their mission statement...

Control of the distribution channel to prevent product diversion to grey markets and parallel trade is an important priority of brand owners. It is necessary not only to avoid profit loss but also to: protect brand owners from the reputation...

2020 was a year in which AlpVision had to explore a whole new set of unexpected and even weird challenges, and all this while doing business as usual. The result of 10 racking months was overall very positive, with new customers, some...

We are proud to announce that we just had another patent granted. This US patent 15/985,091 is actually protecting our “Smart Embossing®” technology (which is also an AlpVision trademark). This solution is overt and looks a bit like a hologram. However, it is...

It is a challenge to combine instant authentication and traceability of products for pharma companies. Although traceability is often mandatory it does not protect against counterfeiting. Cryptoglyph combined with any traceability solution will effectively secure the supply chain.

Increasingly, an important aspect of consumer protection is to secure the supply chain by implementing traceability and counterfeit protection. It is important to distinguish between anti-counterfeiting solutions and supply chain technologies. Combining hologram and QR codes will not be the...

The AlpVision Cryptoglyph® technology is printed on over 30 billion product items each year and has been proven to be both easy to use and effective in detecting counterfeit products. However, we have recently met and discussed with companies with a totally...

AlpVision has recently featured several times in various Swiss news publications such as 24 heures and Le Bilan regarding an authentication solution for precious metals. Additionally, an entire page has been dedicated to precious metals on the AlpVision website. The European Pharmaceutical Manufacturer magazine has also written an...

Worldwide, countries are struggling to manage the recurrent waves of COVID-19 infection. In an emergency scenario criminals have more opportunities for counterfeiting, with catastrophic consequences: this is the reason why AlpVision has decided to offer its mobile-based solution (the Cryptoglyph®)...

In this article we will go through the 5 major reasons to protect against counterfeiting despite the fact that anti-counterfeiting solutions will only allow you to spot counterfeits: liability, regulation, reputation, profit and company value.

The AlpVision Fingerprint technology is an authentication solution that uses the micro-defects naturally occurring during the manufacturing process of products for instance the texture of molded plastic caps. This technology is interesting because it has no impact on the production...

This year has seen AlpVision develop better modes of communication with our Chinese customers. Since the launch of our new website, a language section is now available in English or Chinese. It is believed that up to 45% of the...

Two more media articles covered AlpVision solutions during the month of September 2020. The September issue of Bilan, a French language Swiss publication that has been reporting on the Swiss economy for the past 30 years, has published an article...

We are happy to announce that we received the official granting of another European patent (EP1849139) titled “Method to apply an invisible mark on a media”. This patent protects the technology we invented for creating and detecting patterns in the varnish...

Last June, the magazine Industry Era decided to publish a list of the “10 best security solution providers for 2020”. Obviously, many brand protection suppliers from all over the world submitted applications. We are immensely proud to announce that AlpVision...

We are happy to share with you the release of BMS 3.0. With this release, the AlpVision Brand Monitoring System platform has reached an important milestone, providing brand owners and authorities with important insights into brand protection activities and related...

Product authentication is a very important subject due to the ever-increasing number of counterfeits today. There are dozens of technologies around, all having different strengths, weaknesses, and usages. In this article I will look at Mobile Product Authentication and highlight...

Blockchain is becoming more and more popular, tempting companies to replace their current anti-counterfeit solutions with a blockchain approach. Although blockchain has many advantages, including tamper-proof data and perfect traceability of the supply chain, one must be cautious about compromising...

We are in the process of completing another worldwide deployment of the Cryptoglyph technology. This deployment presented a challenge because of the extreme variability of the printing suppliers: from large, sophisticated infrastructures to very small, basic, flexographic presses, all from...

Brand protection, counterfeit protection, track and trace, and product authentication are just few words addressing an extraordinarily complex challenge faced by businesses today. According to a 2019 report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development “OECD”, trade in fake...

One of our customers recently came to us with a specific requirement: they wanted to have our Cryptoglyph technology on their products but did not trust their suppliers to do so. At the same time, their bottle filling lines were...

Counterfeiting affects your business in many ways. It can harm your brand and your reputation. It can also jeopardize the safety of your customers or patients. Protecting your brand not only allows you to prevent these problems but, depending on...

After several years of developments and successful field tests, we are proud to announce the availability of our system for the authentication of precious metals. This technology enables to automatically check if a gold ingot or coin is genuine. It...

On June 25th, 2019, AlpVision was granted one more patent in the United States. The patent with number US 10,332,247 B2 is entitled “Means for using microstructure of materials surface to protect as a unique identifier” completes our patent portfolio...

COVID-19 is currently impacting worldwide business activities. We have entirely restructured our activities organization in order to handle this exceptional situation, in particular using extensive use of remote work. Surprisingly, this does not seem to substantially impact our productivity overall....

During the last 18 years, we have secured billions of products using our Cryptoglyph technology. In the beginning, the solution worked only on paper. Over the years, we found solutions to enable its application to many other substrates: cartons, plastic,...

We are only a few weeks away from releasing the Version 2.0 of the Brand Monitoring System ( BMS), our online platform which allows brands to control and monitor brand protection activities. AlpVision BMS was first released in 2017 with...

Boston, Massachusetts, will be hosting the IACC’s 2019 Annual Spring Conference! The year 2019 is very special for the IACC as it is the organization’s 40th anniversary! 40 years is a very impressive achievement for an organization in the anticounterfeiting...

Historically, the AlpVision authentication applications for Cryptoglyph and Fingerprint were released for the iPhone. We developed our first Android version back in 2014. Since then, we have seen a growing interest for the Android version.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is everywhere, including at AlpVision. In the last few years, we have developed several machine learning approaches for our authentication software. For specific problems, AI substantially increases the performance of our apps.

We are pleased to announce that starting in January 2019 AlpVision is an active member of the International AntiCounterfeiting Coalition (IACC), a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit organization devoted solely to combating product counterfeiting and piracy.

Since the opening of our office in Shanghai, AlpVision has recorded excellent sales results in China. By the end of December, we will relocate to the Swiss Center in Hongquio which features ultra-modern offices in the heart of Shanghai.

It is with great pleasure that we invite you to visit our new website dedicated to Cryptoglyph, our flagship anticounterfeit technology for the protection of printed products and documents. Cryptoglyph’s story started in 2001 when Dr. Fred Jordan and Dr....

On the 4th and 5th of December 2018, AlpVision will participate in the 2nd Brand Protection Congress in Frankfurt, Germany. 120 attendees are expected with representatives of more than 25 countries.

A new user group bringing together over 10,000 members of the Chinese cosmetic industry has been created. This group named “CBC Anti-Counterfeit Committee”will run under the presidency of Lucien Zhao from AlpVision China.

With events in the US and in Europe, October is going to be a busy month for AlpVision. The first event is GBPS - 9th Annual Global Brand Protection Summit - in Amsterdam on October 10th and 11th, 2018.

The first one is titled “Method intended for preventing forgery or alteration of a printed or engraved surface”. This patent, granted on July 30th, covers European countries and reinforces the protection coverage of our Cryptoglyph technology, which enables printing of...

We have just completed the successful deployment of a new security feature inspired by both the Cryptoglyph and the Secured QR-Code technology.

It is our great pleasure to announce that as of July 3rd, 2018, AlpVision SA is ISO 9001:2015 certified. The certification was performed by SGS (Société Générale de Surveillance SA), known as the global leader in certification. ISO 9001 is...

AlpVision is proud to announce the granting of a new patent. This US patent 10,019,627 B2 was granted on July 18, 2018 and describes a new digital authentication technology based on the analysis of two images.

In the past few years, AlpVision has developed an entire family of solutions to authenticate bottles. In particular for automotive lubricants and the distilled spirits industry, we adapted the Cryptoglyph technology so that it would work successfully with labels, plastic...

One of our flagship authentication solutions is the AlpVision Fingerprint. It enables consumers to instantly authenticate a product just using the micro-imperfections made during its manufacturing. Only a smartphone is needed, without any additional devices like lights or lenses.

AlpVision has been securing billions of products for many years using invisible features. Those features are either created on the packaging (Cryptoglyph) or are already existing on the product (Fingerprint). There is a third class of feature, the most obvious...

Some time ago the world customs organization released API Version 2.0 of IPM, their web and mobile platform. This platform allows rights holders to share relevant product information and facilitates online verification of product authenticity.

Do not miss an opportunity to meet with AlpVision this spring and discover our brand-new solution to protect QR Codes and bar codes.

We are happy to announce that we have successfully completed the qualification of a new type of packaging that can now be protected with our technologies. Indeed, we adapted our solution to the so-called “shrink-sleeve”, which are flexible plastic films...

AlpVision Secured QR code add anti-counterfeiting functionalities to products featuring a QR code. This new feature therefore simultaneously provides track and trace and anti-counterfeiting.

All the AlpVision authentication applications automatically detect authentic products by analyzing in real-time the video stream coming from the camera of the smartphone, giving the user instant authentication of the product.

AlpVision had a new patent granted in the US for its Fingerprint technology. Entitled “Mean for using microstructure of materials surface as a unique identifier”, this patent covers the latest Fingerprint technology advances while building upon the unique imaging and...

At the Brand Protection Congress on Nov. 22, 2017, AlpVision announced the release of a QR Code that can be used for authentication. This solution instantly detects when a QR Code has been copied.

On 15th of November, QyResearchReport published a detailed report addressing anti-counterfeit packaging solutions for electronics. It examined top players supplying anti-counterfeit solutions, including AlpVision’s Cryptoglyph.

Historically, AlpVision has always supported the Apple iPhone series since the iPhone 4. Therefore, all our applications are carefully tested on each hardware model version as well as each main iOS release.

This coming November will be a busy month. 30 days and 3 opportunities to meet AlpVision and experience our solutions first hand. The first two opportunities take place in London, UK, and the third one in Munich, Germany. The first...

Our company has been active with authentication technologies for over 15 years, and billions of products are protected with our solutions each year, produced by over a hundred suppliers worldwide. As a result, there are numerous articles on the internet...

According to a recent white paper by Authentix, an authentication and information services company, brand owners should not delegate nor should they rely on consumers to authenticate products. Authentix first argues that consumers do not want to scan QR codes....

Implementing an authentication solution is a necessary but insufficient step to effectively protect brands against counterfeiting. Once a solution has been put in place, it is extremely important to use it, collect its results and monitor its effectiveness. During the...

If you have not met with us for some time, the 8th Global Brand Protection Summit would be the perfect place. The talks take place in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, on 3rd and 4th October 2017, the Global Brand Protection Summit...

The 2nd Stakeholder Meeting on the Implementation of the European Union Tobacco Packaging Directive was held on the 15th of May 2017. The purpose of this directive is to define solutions on tobacco products in order to be able to...

Mass visible serialization; i.e mass serialization with visible tags is not working for product authentication. Here we explain why.

As every year around this time, we invite you to visit us at the EPHJ event, taking place in Geneva, Switzerland, June 20 to 23rd, 2017. EPHJ (Professional Watchmaking and Jewelry Environment) takes place together with the EPMT (Microtechnology Professional...

MarketsandMarkets just published their global forecast for the worldwide anti-counterfeit market. This report predicts that the main market territories in 2021 are expected to be dominated by Asia, followed by Europe and Norh America.

Product authentication has been, and still is, logistically very challenging. For example, banknotes require both robust, yet easy-to-use anti-counterfeiting and security measures to promote counterfeit deterrence and consumer adoption. Together with a steady rise in the number of sophisticated counterfeiters,...

Two continents, two opportunities to discover our product authentication services before the summer. The IACC 2017 Annual Spring Conference will be held in Barcelona, Spain, May 17-19 this year. The IACC conference combines the industry's most up-to-date information and best...

March 2017 will be a very busy month for AlpVision commercial team with two events in Germany. The first event will take place in Munich on March 16th and 17th. Called the Brand Protection Excellence Forum, this event is a business...

AlpVision Fingerprint is being used worldwide to protect molded products against counterfeiting. For example, this technology protects such diverse items as flip-off caps of vials, precious metals, and bottle closures. Using intrinsic features of the product, AlpVision Fingerprint is one...

In April 2016, we reported on Title II of the Drug Quality and Security Act (DQSA), known as the Drug Supply Chain Security Act or DSCSA. Enacted in 2013 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the DSCSA requires a...

At the beginning of the millennium, product authentication was mainly done with a special tool or with the naked eye. The former solution was reliable but cumbersome while the later became less and less useful as simple copies became very...

Authenticating secondary packaging, such as folding boxes, is very often a first choice for a brand as one is not required to open the box to authenticate the product. However, in addition to the multi-layer paradigm, pharmaceutical companies have realized...