Smurfit-Stone: Counterfeit protection

Smurfit-Stone Container (Chicago, IL) and Isotag Technology (Houston, TX) have created the MasterGuard™ system, a line of anticounterfeit and traceable packaging.

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Sep 30, 2000

The system involves 2 products, AuthentiPak and TrackPak. AuthentiPak uses a chemical tag and a molecular identification code. With TrackPak, an invisible ink is applied to the package with a destination code to be verified with a laser-based viewing device.

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