KolourOptik® authentication and
brand-protection technology chosen over traditional
holograms
VANCOUVER, April 7, 2016 /CNW/ - Nanotech Security Corp.
(TSXV: NTS) (OTCQX: NTSFF), today announced it has provided
authentication and brand-protection technology for admission
tickets to the UEFA Euro 2016® Football Championship. The
prestigious sporting event is being held in France from June 10 to
July 10, 2016.
Nanotech's KolourOptik® technology was chosen for admission
tickets, due to its intense high definition (iHD) full colour
imaging capabilities and anti-counterfeiting security features -
replacing older hologram technology used at past events.
KolourOptik® technology accurately controls the wavelengths of
light at nano-scale, producing an ultra-high resolution image that
can only be seen from specifically engineered viewing angles.
For an example of the image used on the UEFA Euro 2016®
admission tickets see the UEFA website:
http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/news/newsid=2347529.html.
Billions of Holes Create Intense High Definition (iHD)
Image
Nanotech's engineers used a complex mathematical
algorithm and advanced manufacturing technologies to accurately
embed over two billion nano-sized holes on each of the ~5.8 million
UEFA Euro 2016® admission tickets produced. Only using the
reflection of light and no ink, the nano-sized holes create the
famous event mascot "Super Victor" in a photonic intense high
resolution image. Together with other ticket features,
KolourOptik® brand-authentication technology helps secure the
authenticity of each ticket and protects against ticket fraud.
Nanotech CEO Doug Blakeway said,
"The Super Victor image demonstrates the extensive commercial
application of our KolourOptik® technology, which provides a more
secure, vivid image for authenticity and branding purposes than any
other commercial technology. This advanced authentication
feature will be instantly recognizable while adding to the visual
aesthetics of the ticket. Nanotech's KolourOptik® technology
creates intense, high-definition images that exhibit unmatched
colour, brightness and definition."
KolourOptik® Technology Provides Unsurpassed Visual Security
Features
Nanotech Security's technology was developed for
use in the banknote and security documents industry to counter
ever-advancing threats from modern scanning, photocopying or
photography based counterfeiting techniques. Today
KolourOptik® technology can be applied to consumer and industrial
goods on various surfaces including paper, foil, metal, plastics,
glass and textiles. It complements tamper-evidence
technologies and modern mass serialization and other advanced
track-and-trace solutions.
The patented arrays of nano-holes can create fully customizable
images that help easily authenticate merchandize as original.
Mr. Blakeway added, "In the fight against growing threats to
brand authenticity, product falsification and grey-market trade,
KolourOptik® technology has established a new benchmark for overt
authentication." Due to the confidential nature of the
contract, specific financial details cannot be disclosed.
UEFA EURO 2016® and the
Super Victor logo are registered trademarks of the Union des
Associations Européennes de Football.
About Nanotech Security
Nanotech Security Corp. is a
leading innovator in the design and production of advanced security
products and law enforcement solutions. Nanotech's
KolourOptik® and Plasmogram™ products are nanotechnology-based
product platforms originally inspired by the unique optical
properties of the iridescent wings of the Blue Morpho
butterfly. The company's security products produce intense,
high definition optical variable images and colour shift optical
thin films. Activated by a simple tilt or rotation, with
higher resolutions than the best LED-displays, they are ideal for
authentication of currency, passports, identification cards, and
help easily distinguish quality goods from counterfeits.
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SOURCE Nanotech Security Corp.