Technology:
Dainippon Printing developed ink that is extremely hard to counterfeit
in alliance with TagSyx Biotechnologies that is a venture company founded by an
ex-researcher pf RIKEN. TagSyx has already obtained the license of the
technology that uses special DNAs in Japan, the U.S., and Europe. Dainippon is
scheduled to put the new ink into practical use within the month. The research team
mixed an artificial DNA with special substances with ink. It is virtually
impossible to counterfeit the new ink, and it is easy to distinguish it from
the counterfeited ink. The two companies plan to market the new ink for
documents that require high degree of anticounterfeit technology, such as
marketable securities, cash vouchers, passports, and official documents, and
tags and brand names put on products. Dainippon plans to control the cost
increase between 10-20%.
The artificial DNA is created by adding special substances to the
molecule of the DNS extracted from plants, etc. It has a structure greatly
different from DNAs available in the natural world, and it needs tremendously
large amount of money to duplicate an artificial DNA with exactly the same structure.
Special analytical equipment is necessary to tell whether the ink is genuine or
counterfeit, and it takes 3-4 hours to make a judgment. The two companies plan
to launch the analysis service business together.
An introduction of a new product from Dainippon Printing
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