Hanita Coatings launches anti-counterfeit film range

Hanita Coatings, supplier of topcoated filmic face materials to the labelstock industry, will unveil at Labelexpo Americas a range of brand-id films ‘watermarked’ with a novel anti-counterfeit feature. These identity-enhancing films are manufactured using a proprietary process to imprint the coatings with a customized logo or message, providing additional security identification to the label.  

‘Hanita’s new watermark film coating upgrades the security of regular printed labels, and enhances the anti-counterfeit levels of tamper-evident security labels,’ commented Print Substrates manager, Nir Dvir. ‘This simple, inexpensive product identification process can really boost the label’s security value, adding a new dimension without affecting the printability or UL rating of the product.’  

The watermarked logo can either be overt or discrete, on clear, white, matte and metalized 50 micron polyester film, and is printable by conventional and thermal transfer print processes.  Hanita's new Watermark films will be showcased alongside a vast selection of PET films topcoated for printing by conventional or digitalized systems, including several dozen types of tamper-evident security face stocks. These void films feature new security developments such as total transparency, destructible print, and unresealable color change.  

The Hanita team will also be showing solutions for RFID, including pure copper antennas and films optimized for printing by conductive inks.