Following the successful introduction of authentication solutions, Koenig & Bauer is continuing on the path to further digital innovations in the high-security sector. By entering into a partnership with Veracity Protocol, Koenig & Bauer is pursuing the goal of being able to jointly develop solutions for authenticating any type of printed product without the need to add features.
Every product – whether printed or not – has certain features on its surface. These are comparable to a human fingerprint, facial biometrics or an iris scan. Images of products can be used to generate descriptive models by now. This so-called feature extraction enables a special form of security, as it is based on the unchanging microstructure of the product (Physical Code™). It also opens up various possibilities, such as tamper-proof brand protection, innovative solutions for customer-product interaction, non-invasive methods for the supply chain and item tracking, or the implementation of the digital product passport vision and new forensic authentication standards.
This enables users to track the identity, authenticity and quality of physical objects. This is made possible by linking physical products with their digital identity: a digital fingerprint is scanned using computer vision and neural networks, protecting companies, people and their assets in the digital world in a non-invasive, sustainable and cost-effective way.
With the partnership now concluded, the two companies are combining their strengths and expertise: Veracity Protocol’s innovative technology and Koenig & Bauer’s decades of experience in developing printing presses for virtually all substrates. The common goal is to develop customized solutions for packaging, security documents and banknotes, among other things. This is to realize the vision that any product can be “secured on print” without changing the product design or disrupting the production process.
