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Global Anti-Counterfeit Packaging Growth Fuelled By Track And Trace Technology
Generally, products that are being produced are of two kinds - original and duplicate. Millions of people often get tricked into purchasing low-cost and tempting forged products, thus providing increased opportunities for the counterfeit companies to establish a strong hand in the market by deception. This has led to the economic downfall of numerous manufacturers, which is why they have taken initiatives to stop the illegal counterfeiting of their brand image and identity.
Anti-counterfeiting packaging is a safe and secure way of packaging and labeling the products using advanced technologies to give a unique identity to the products and reduce the counterfeiting procedure. The legitimate companies seek the service of this kind of packaging service to gain assurance. Along with hampering the profit income of the original companies, counterfeiting technique also risks the life of the consumers. Fake medicines, cosmetics, foods and beverage can fatal. Taking all these points into consideration, the anti-counterfeit packaging market is experiencing growth swiftly across the world.
As per the findings of an IndustryARC report, the Global anti-counterfeit packaging market had reached $95,400 million worth in the year 2018. Moreover, the demand will be growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 13.4% during the forecast period 2019-2025. The report is titled “Anti-Counterfeit Packaging Market: By Technology (Print [Inks, Dyes & Markers, Holograms, Bar & QR Codes], Tags & Labels [RFID, NFC, Biological/DNA], Watermarks, Taggants); By Feature (Tamper Evidence, Forensic Techniques, Track & Trace, Overt, Covert); By End-User (Food & Beverages, Medical Device & Pharmaceuticals, Consumer Goods, Industrial, Automotive, Clothing & Accessories, Sports & Beauty Products, Banks, Insurance and Financial institutions, Government & Educational Institutions, Cosmetics & Personal Care); By Geography - Forecast (2019-2025).”
Global Anti-Counterfeit Market: Trends and Features
There are several renowned companies that offer the service of anti-counterfeiting packaging in order to ensure safe delivery of the product to the end-users. With these facilities one can achieve cost-effectiveness, security packaging, product’s tracking and tracing, and brand protection. The features that anti-counterfeit packaging technology provides include serialization, RFID, digital watermark, barcode technology, and so on. According to IndustryARC’s report, inks and dyes held the largest market share of 40% in the year 2018 which is followed by labels, bar codes, and QR codes.
- Track and trace technology has a growing demand in the market due to its unique identifying codes and product traceable assistance, which is reliable and efficient. It uses the method of securing the product with a hologram and a QR code, which then gets scanned through each step creating a database and creates a track of every procedure it goes through, lessening the chance of creating its replica.
- Barcode technology is one of the most common tag features which grants a number of benefits to its user. With the help of symbology to encode data, printed as a label of 1D or 2D images, the product can be traced with its location from manufacturers to the ultimate end-users. These type of codes printed on the product packaging can only be read using a laser or image scanner, ultimately leaving no space for copying or stealing.
- With proven satisfactory results, RFID technique is accentuating this scenario. It is an advanced digital data encoding technology attached to the object by means of smart tags using electromagnetic fields, which can be tracked and identified automatically.
- Regular reports of the sale of unauthorized cosmetic products imitating the original brand around the world have been traced. Available at an amazingly cheaper price with similar features, people fall into the trap of these businesses. These products seem attractive outside and cause harmful effects after regular application on the skin.
- Several cases of fraudulent dealing in food and beverage packaging have been revealed. Cheaper quality services with harmful inks and packaging labels affect the food quality, which is generally used by the counterfeiting companies creating a trend of softness in demand for the original high-quality products. This lowers the overall economy of the business market.
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