Anti-Counterfeiting for Packaging Box Printing
One of the favourite tourist destination in Kuala Lumpur is Petaling Street. Tourists love to go there because it’s a food haven and the night market located there sell all kinds of counterfeit product.
Everything from counterfeit watches, bags to clothing are available there. If you know how to bargain, you can pick up some very reputable counterfeit brands there and the price is astonishingly low.
During CMCO in Malaysia, many vendors also used social media such as Facebook to sell their products. Some claimed that they are selling genuine products and offer you money back guarantee. But the price is so cheap and it give you a feeling that they are selling counterfeits.
Counterfeit products is quite common in Malaysia and you need to know how to defense against counterfeiting. Below are some suggestions:
Micro-Text
One of the most common anti-counterfeiting technique is Micro-text printing. Micro-text are tiny text, normally smaller than 0.5 pt.
The micro-text is normally hidden in the design and you will not be able to see them with naked eye. You have to know where they are and use special magnifying glass to see the micro-text on the packaging box.
Uniquelink have been doing micro-text printing for many years. If you want to learn more about micro-text, give us a call and we will show you some samples.
Hidden images
Another anti-counterfeiting you can consider is hidden images. Similar with micro-text, you need to know where they are and it is only visible with a magnifying glass.
Hidden images are normally concealed in the design of the packaging box. If your packaging box have illustrations and patterns, it will be easier to apply hidden images.
Due to the reason micro-text is getting common. We give client another option whereby they can have hidden images on their packaging box for anti-counterfeiting.
Holograms
Holograms are three-dimensional and created using special films and laminates. They are visually striking and many reputable brands choose to use hologram for anti-counterfeiting.
Hologram cannot be duplicated and it is very effective for anti-counterfeiting. The only short coming is it is more costly compare to micro-text and hidden images.
Special print finishing
In Malaysia, packaging printer used print finishing such as foil stamping, spot UV lamination, embossing and debossing so that it is more difficult and troublesome to reproduce the packaging box.
But technology have improved so much over the years, print finishing is now easily available and most can be duplicated.
We at Uniquelink understand the importance of print finishing and have acquired a special machine for print finishing. The foil stamping and UV lamination are thicker and when you run your finger over the surface, the print finishing give you an embossed feel.
This special print finishing can be use for anti-counterfeiting because it cannot be duplicated by normal print finishing machines. At the same time, It will make your packaging box more exclusive and unique.
We can help...
As a designer, we spend pain staking hours to do creative. If we find people copied our work and claim that the creative belong to them, we will be very angry.
Similar to your product, you spend many years to develope your brand and others just duplicate and sell your product. We truly understand your frustration.
Get in touch with us if you want to know more about anti counterfeiting for packaging box printing. We have the products and experience and we will be more than happy to show you how to tackle the counterfeit problem.