Industry solution for pharmaceutical companies

The European Commission, organisations, associations and pharmaceutical companies all agree on the fact that a uniform solution for the security and traceability of medicinal products needs to be found in the very near future. The damage for companies and consumers caused by counterfeited drugs is immense. The German 3S Simons Security Systems GmbH now offers a tailor-made solution for the pharmaceutical industry. The combination of micro colour-code particles SECUTAG® and traceability codes provide product security and traceability in one single system.

Nottuln/Germany, 13th August 2008. The number of confiscated medicinal products at the EU borders has increased by an alarming 51% in 2007. Not only lifestyle medicines are concerned, life-saving drugs are also counterfeited more and more often. The European market is also frequently targeted by counterfeiters. In its public consultation, the European Commission suggests the implementation of a uniform security and traceability concept, at least for the European pharmaceutical industry. Time is short, as not only pharmaceutical companies but also counterfeiters adjust to the technical state of the art. Many security features are copied nearly as quickly as they enter the market for the protection of medicines.

This is where the concept of 3S Simons Security Systems GmbH sets in: With its innovative combination, the company offers pharmaceutical producers the possibility to sustainably secure their primary or secondary packaging, the package inserts and the traceability codes against counterfeiting. The worldwide smallest micro colour-code particles SECUTAG® are accepted as evidence by international courts and are practically inimitable due to the huge technical production barriers. Combined with an RFID or data-matrix code, the traceability of the entire delivery or of the single packages is also ensured. The pharmaceutical products can be identified and checked for authenticity in existing databases worldwide. This industry-specific solution decisively minimizes the risk of counterfeited medicines entering the supply chain. Verification of the merchandise is easily accomplished for producers and suppliers as well as for customs, the police and end consumers.

For further information on product security and SECUTAG®, please visit www.3SGmbH.com

Company Contact:
3S Simons Security Systems GmbH
Nicole Golomb
Lise-Meitner-Straße 6
48301 Nottuln
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 2502 23 33 0
Fax: +49 (0) 2502 23 33 33
E-Mail: info@secutag.com
Internet: www.3SGmbH.com

Press Contact:
Ariadne MedienAgentur
Annette Crowther
Kiefernweg 13
D-76149 Karlsruhe
Germany
Phone: +49 (0) 721 970 30 23
Fax: +49 (0) 721 78 83 70
E-Mail: acrowther@ariadne.de

Guaranteed protection against product piracy with the smallest micro colour-code particles worldwide

3S Simons Security Systems GmbH, located in the German Nottuln, is a renowned manufacturer of micro colour-code systems ensuring product security and anti-counterfeit action. SECUTAG®, the smallest micro colour-code particles worldwide, serve as unambiguous identification marks of genuine products and have been forgery-proof for more than a decade. Besides research and development of innovative security technologies, the product portfolio of the company also includes a vast array of services in the realm of individually designed product security. The negative economic impact of product piracy has challenged 3S Simons Security Systems GmbH to develop continuously optimised security strategies providing cross-sectoral protection against counterfeiters.
3S Simons Security Systems GmbH is a spin-off of Simons Druck und Vertrieb GmbH and was established as an independent company in 2007. The management under director Dirk Simons decided on this move to advance sustainable expansion of both business areas, Security Technologies and Security Services. Simons Druck und Vertrieb GmbH will continue business following their proven concept, focussing more strongly on their core competences in fields of label printing and labelling. The company was founded by Rolf Simons in 1983. The specialisation on printed security products provided the ideal setting for the development of SECUTAG®. As for the anti-counterfeit system, both partners, 3S Simons Security Systems GmbH and Simons Druck und Vertrieb GmbH, combine their technical and strategic know-how in security matters, a vast range of services, and decades of experience in the production of security tags and sealing labels. Committed, as ever, to the state of the art, 3S Simons Security Systems GmbH is extending its product range to include a new system solution that combines the logistic benefits of data-matrix code labelling with the counterfeit-proof micro colour-code system SECUTAG®.

Following the slogan „your code for safety“, SECUTAG® marks the genuine products with colour-code particles, which enable unambiguous distinction between branded goods and counterfeits. Industrial production of the smallest micro colour-code particles worldwide requires up to 40 production steps and special technical products. The process is protected by patents all over the globe and has proven to be forgery-proof for more than ten years. The colour codes are accepted as decisive evidence by international courts, serving global defence of industrial property rights and supporting the fight against unjustified damage claims respectively product liability claims. In this respect, the product security system acts as deterrent against counterfeiters, while simultaneously protecting and promoting the image of brand-owners as guarantors of high-quality goods. This in turn can be transformed into a sales argument by the company. Every manufacturer gets his individual company code. The system’s flexible application renders it suitable for a broad range of products. Integration into any kind of production line is easily accomplished without costly modifications in the manufacturing process.

SECUTAG® is used by companies active in the most diverse industries worldwide. The anti-counterfeit system has proven its reliability, evidence is furnished by the numerous prizes that have been awarded in recent years, for example by the „World Packaging Organization“, the „Salon International des Inventions“ or the „Interpack“ trade fair.

This release was published on openPR.