Tamper-evident substrate
A micro-pattern security layer that is difficult to reproduce convincingly outside the original production line, and shows any attempt to lift or reapply it.
Two problems, usually two vendors. We close that gap.
A label that is hard to copy, and a code that is individually identifiable, normally come from different suppliers and get stitched together after the fact.
We make both — the tamper-evident micro-optic pattern and the per-unit identity behind it — as one product, not a vendor handoff.
Why this is harder than it looks
The two halves are built by people who never talk to each other
Security-print converters are good at physical patterns that are difficult to reproduce. QR and traceability platforms are good at giving every code its own identity and scan history.
Very few do both under one roof, so most brands buy a converter and a software platform separately, then own the integration between them — and the join is where these systems fail.
How it fits together
A micro-pattern layer and a unique code, designed as one label
The physical layer makes the label difficult to reproduce convincingly. Two high-resolution layers — a cast micro-optic array and a micro-printed graphic indicia — combine into a dynamic 3D effect in real colour. It moves as the product moves. A photograph of it does not.
The digital layer gives every single label its own identity, not a code shared across a print run. Both are specified and produced together, so neither is an afterthought bolted onto the other.
What is included
Everything needed to get from a blank label to a trackable one
Per-unit identity
Every label carries its own code, not a shared link printed thousands of times.
Scan-level visibility
Time, location and device for every scan, tied back to the specific physical unit it came from.
One production line
Pattern and code are specified together at the start, rather than reconciled between two vendors afterwards.
Die-cut to your format
Converted into the label shapes and sizes your existing packaging line already uses.
Same verification flow
Customers and field teams verify exactly as they would any other code, with no separate app.
From film line to scan record
How a label gets made
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Cast and convert
Micro-optic film is cast on our roll-to-roll line and converted into your label, tape, stamp or thread format.
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Code and register
Each unit is issued a unique identifier and registered before it leaves the line.
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Verify and watch
Customers, inspectors and distributors check with a phone. You see the resulting pattern.
How we deliver it
One workflow, whichever route gets it made
We are bringing micro-pattern production and code issuance together under one workflow — whether that means our own converting line or a closely integrated print partner for a given run.
Either way the pattern and the code are specified as one job rather than handed between unrelated suppliers, so the result is the same by either route: a label and a code designed for each other from the start.
Bought with or without the platform
Security labels are manufactured goods and have been our business since long before we built a QR platform. They are quoted per job against substrate, format, run length and construction.
Add the digital layer when it earns its place. Nothing about the label changes.
Want to see a sample on your own packaging?
Tell us your label format and current print process, and we will talk through what fits.
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