Major Products: Proprietary security inks for intaglio, offset, screen, flexo, gravure and inkjet security printing applications. Providers of integrated and customized security and compliance solutions for brand protection.

No. of Employees: 2,400 worldwide; 250 in the US.

Operating Facilities: Springfield, VA; Fort Worth, TX; Carol Stream, IL; Albuquerque, NM; Vaudreuil-Dorrian, Quebec; Naucalpan de Juarez, Mexico.

Comments: SICPA Securink Corporation, Springfield, VA, is SICPA S.A.’s North American subsidiary. SICPA is the leading security ink producer in the world, with its inks being utilized for currency and security documents as well as packaging. SICPA S.A. had estimated worldwide sales of $400 million during 2019.

While SICPA is best known for its high-tech inks for currency, passports, tax stamps and more, the company has brought its expertise into brand security as well.

During the past year, SICPA announced a few new partnerships. First, the company, in conjunction with the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), launched the new Virginia Excise Tax System (VAETS) for fuel. This system will help collect approximately $1 billion in state revenue each year for the Commonwealth Transportation Fund.

In addition, SICPA was awarded a new contract to continue to provide its SICPATRACE excise tax solution to protect cigarette excise tax collections in Massachusetts’ Department of Revenue (DOR). The solution includes tax stamp production and data management, and allows Massachusetts to track cigarette sales and collect close to $600 million in excise tax revenue and more than $240 million in Master Settlement Agreement payments annually.

Major Products: Proprietary security inks for intaglio, offset, screen, flexo, gravure and inkjet security printing applications. Providers of integrated and customized security and compliance solutions for brand protection.

Operating Facilities: Springfield, VA; Fort Worth, TX; Carol Stream, IL; Vaudreuil-Dorrian, Quebec.

Comments: SICPA S.A., Lausanne, Switzerland, is the leading producer of security inks and other measures for documents and consumer brands throughout the world, with estimated sales of $400 million during 2018. SICPA Securink Corporation, SICPA S.A.’s North American subsidiary, is the leading security ink producer in North America. In addition to its inks for currency and security documents, the company has leveraged its expertise into brand security and packaging.

SICPA’s expertise goes beyond currency and tax stamps, passports and security documents, and packaging. SICPA recently announced a new election security solution that the company has developed in conjunction with Guardtime, which will provide blockchain-enabled protection of voter registries.

“We must help our state and local election officials by making more tools available for them to continue to strengthen and safeguard the election process,” said Jane Holl Lute, SICPA North America president and CEO. “SICPA is excited to leverage our decades-long experience in providing unparalleled security for banknotes, identity documents, and other regulated products to help ensure that sensitive voter information is protected and the integrity of the voting process enhanced.”

Major Products: Proprietary security inks for intaglio, offset, screen, flexo, gravure and inkjet security printing applications. Providers of integrated and customized security and compliance solutions for brand protection.

Operating Facilities: Springfield, VA; Fort Worth, TX; Carol Stream, IL; Vaudreuil-Dorrian, Quebec.

Comments: SICPA Securink Corporation, SICPA S.A.’s North American subsidiary, is the leading security ink producer in North America, with its inks being utilized for currency and security documents as well as packaging.

Its parent company, SICPA S.A., Lausanne, Switzerland, is best known as the leading producer of security inks and other measures for documents and consumer brands. While SICPA is best known for its high-tech inks for currency, the company has leveraged its expertise into brand security as well. SICPA S.A. had estimated worldwide sales of $375 million during 2016.

SICPA Securink was active in the US during the past year. The company was awarded a 10-year contract to provide the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) with a program, including its SICPA Excise Tax System (SETS), for the DMV’s fuels tax collection operations.

“We are excited to partner with the Virginia DMV to help ensure the Commonwealth collects the revenues needed to support its critical transportation infrastructure” said Jane Lute, CEO of SICPA North America. “The SICPA Excise Tax System (SETS) is an integrated and scalable solution to provide enhanced service delivery to both agency employees and taxpayers.”

With its SICPATRACE Cannabis system, the company also has developed cannabis control programs. SICPA notes that this system allows county officials in Mendocino, Yolo and Humboldt counties to track cannabis “from cultivator to dispensary.”

“The customizable SICPATRACE Cannabis solution – combined with SICPA’s ongoing implementation support – provides government officials, cultivators, distributors, and consumers greater visibility into the supply chain for cannabis products. This forensic trail, stretching from cultivator to dispensary, helps identify and reduce the spread of illegal cannabis, supports public health and safety goals, and increases consumer confidence,” said Alex Spelman, SICPA VP of business development.

Major Products: Proprietary security inks for intaglio, offset, screen, flexo, gravure and inkjet security printing applications. Providers of integrated and customized security and compliance solutions for brand protection.

Operating Facilities: Springfield, VA; Fort Worth, TX; Carol Stream, IL; Vaudreuil-Dorrian, Quebec.

Comments: SICPA S.A. is a Lausanne, Switzerland-based printing ink manufacturer that is best known for providing security measures for documents and consumer brands. The company is the global leader of inks for currency and sensitive documents. It procides security inks for the majority of the world’s currencies.

In September 2016, SICPA and Clariant joined forces to launch PLASTIWARD, a robust integrated protection for plastic pharmaceutical packaging or medical devices. More recently, SICPA Product Security LLC announced that it is working with the Commonwealth of Kentucky on their Electronic Tobacco Tax Filing System.

Major Products: Proprietary security inks for intaglio, offset, screen, flexo, gravure and inkjet security printing applications. Providers of integrated and customized security and compliance solutions for brand protection.

Operating Facilities: Springfield, VA; Fort Worth, TX; Carol Stream, IL; Vaudreuil-Dorrian, Quebec.

Comments: SICPA S.A. is a Lausanne, Switzerland-based printing ink manufacturer that is best known for providing security measures for documents and consumer brands. The company had estimated worldwide sales of $400 million during 2015, and is the global leader of inks for currency and sensitive documents.

SICPA provides security inks for the majority of the world’s currencies, and its technology is critical in the fight against counterfeiting and terrorism. With this knowledge, SICPA has expanded its expertise into brand security as well.

SICPA Securink Corporation, SICPA S.A.’s North American subsidiary, is the leading security ink manufacturer in North America. Its inks appear on currency and security documents as well as packaging of value.

In January 2016, SICPA announced the finalization of its acquisition of Global Fluids International (GFI) from the Canada-based Eurocontrol group. GFI offers cutting-edge capability to mark oil products at molecular level through the Petromark program, which allows governments to control fraud in the oil sector. This acquisition extends SICPA Group’s product marking and “track and trace” portfolio.

Major Products: Proprietary security inks for intaglio, offset, screen, flexo, gravure and inkjet security printing applications. Providers of integrated and customized security and compliance solutions for brand protection.

Operating Facilities: Springfield, VA; Fort Worth, TX; Carol Stream, IL; Vaudreuil-Dorrian, Quebec.

Comments: For SICPA S.A., the Lausanne, Switzerland-based printing ink manufacturer, providing security measures for documents and consumer brands is its forte. SICPA is the worldwide leader in providing inks for currency and sensitive documents, which is critical in the face of counterfeiting and terrorism. SICPA has leveraged its R&D expertise into the field of brand security.

With estimated worldwide sales of $400 million during 2011, SICPA S.A. provides security inks for the majority of the world’s currencies. SICPA Securink Corporation, SICPA S.A.’s North American subsidiary, is the leading security ink manufacturer in North America, with its inks appearing on currency and security documents as well as packaging of value. SICPA’s color-shifting Optically Variable Ink (OVI) has played an important role in reducing counterfeiting for U.S. currency. SICPA’s R&D expertise has been critical in developing innovative inks in cooperation with its parent company and its high-tech suppliers, and combines this technology with strong technical support.

In July 2014, SICPA completed the acquisition of Cabot Security Materials Inc. (CSMI), Albuquerque, NM, a product division of Cabot Corporation. A new company, STA Technologies Inc., has been set up, and will be further developed into a competence center dedicated to material-based technologies for authentication.

Major Products: Proprietary security inks for intaglio, offset, screen, flexo, gravure and inkjet security printing applications. Providers of integrated and customized security and compliance solutions for brand protection.

Number of Employees: Approximately 150.

Operating Facilities: Springfield, VA; Fort Worth, TX; Carol Stream, IL; Vaudreuil-Dorian, Quebec.

Comments: Providing security measures for documents and consumer brands is critical in the face of counterfeiting and terrorism, and ink plays a key role in security features. For SICPA S.A., the Lausanne, Switzerland-based printing ink manufacturer, security ink is its forte; SICPA is the worldwide leader in providing inks for currency and sensitive documents, and has leveraged its R&D expertise into the field of brand security. With estimated worldwide sales of $400 million during 2011, SICPA S.A. provides security inks for the majority of the world’s currencies.

SICPA S.A.’s North American subsidiary,  SICPA Securink Corporation, is the leading security ink manufacturer in North America, with its inks appearing on currency and security documents as well as packaging of value. For U.S. currency, SICPA’s color-shifting Optically Variable Ink (OVI) has played an important role in reducing counterfeiting, and the company’s R&D expertise has been essential in developing unique inks in cooperation with its parent company and its high-tech suppliers, combined with excellent technical support.

SICPA received a few awards this year for its technology. In June 2013, the company was recognized at the 4th Tax Stamp Forum and awarded the “Best Tax Stamp Program Award.” In November, SIPCA was recognized for its expertise and global contribution in the area of the fight against fake products affecting public health on the occasion of the ID World International Congress 2013 – “The Prime Event on Identification.”

Also in November 2013, SICPA’s Government Security Solutions Division announced that it acquired the R&D department of Olivetti I-Jet, part of Olivetti S.p.A., based in Italy.

Major Products: Proprietary security inks for intaglio, offset, screen, flexo, gravure and inkjet security printing applications. Providers of integrated and customized security and compliance solutions for brand protection.

Number of Employees: Approximately 150.

Operating Facilities: Springfield, VA; Fort Worth, TX; Carol Stream, IL; Vaudreuil-Dorian, Quebec.

Comments: Counterfeiting is a major threat in many ways. In terms of security documents, forged passports can lead to terrorism. Counterfeit currency bleeds money out of the economy. Counterfeit goods, particularly pharmaceuticals, can endanger the lives of the people who count on these products.

Developing technology to ensure the security of value documents, currency and consumer products is essential, and SICPA S.A., the Switzerland-based worldwide leader for printing inks for currency and sensitive documents, plays a huge role in these segments. SICPA also offers expertise in developing integrated systems for authentication and a secure supply chain. With estimated global sales of $400 million during 2012, SICPA S.A. continues to provide security inks for the majority of the world’s currencies.

SICPA Securink Corporation dominates the security ink business in North America, with its inks appearing on currency and security documents as well as packaging of value. For example, SICPA’s color-shifting Optically Variable Ink (OVI) for U.S. currency has played an important role in reducing counterfeiting.

To keep ahead of counterfeiters, SICPA’s R&D experts have developed numerous innovative inks in conjunction with its high-tech suppliers, and offers excellent technical support for its products.

Major Products: Proprietary security inks for intaglio, offset, screen, flexo , gravure and inkjet security printing applications. Providers of integrated and customized security and compliance solutions for brand protection.

Number of Employees: Approximately 150.

Operating Facilities: Springfield, VA; Fort Worth, TX; Carol Stream, IL; Vaudreuil-Dorian, Quebec.

Comments: The need to provide security measures for documents and consumer brands is of critical importance in the face of counterfeiting and terrorism, and ink plays a major role in such security features.

For SICPA S.A., the Lausanne, Switzerland-based printing ink manufacturer, security ink is its lifeblood. SICPA is the global leader in providing inks for currency and sensitive documents, and has leveraged its R&D expertise into the field of brand security. With worldwide sales of $400 million during 2011, SICPA S.A. provides security inks for the majority of the world’s currencies.

SICPA Securink Corporation, SICPA S.A.’s North American subsidiary, is the predominant security ink manufacturer in North America, with its inks appearing on currency and security documents as well as packaging of value. In terms of U.S. currency, SICPA’s color-shifting Optically Variable Ink (OVI) has played an important role in reducing counterfeiting, and the company’s R&D expertise has been essential in developing innovative inks in cooperation with its parent company and its high-tech suppliers, combined with excellent technical support.

Brand protection is an increasingly important field, and SICPA offers expertise in developing integrated systems for authentication and secure supply chain. SICPA manages the California and Massachusetts counterfeit-resistant tobacco tax stamp programs, and is also in a joint venture with Canadian Bank Note Company on the Canadian tobacco stamp program.

In September 2010, SICPA acquired Meyercord Revenue Inc., a specialist in stamping machines and ancillary equipment for tax stamp programs, from Illinois Tool Works Inc. This acquisition is paying off; in June 2011, Meyercord introduced FUSON OASIS, a new excise tax stamp solution to help curtail counterfeiting of excise tax stamps and to enable state governments to more effectively collect owed tobacco excise taxes. The next-generation, heat-transfer system includes new overt and covert security features, including proprietary color shifting ink and both short- and long-wave fluorescent inks in the watermark, adding complexity and cost to counterfeiting attempts.

Major Products: Proprietary security inks for intaglio, offset, screen, flexo and gravure security printing applications.

Number of Employees: Approximately 140.

Operating Facilities: Springfield, VA; Fort Worth, TX; Carol Stream, IL; Vaudreuil-Dorian, Quebec.

Comments: The dangers of counterfeiting are clear, as the importance of document security and brand security are essential in the face of terrorism as well as knock-off products such as pharmaceutical goods that can potentially kill people.

Developing technology to ensure the security of documents and products is critical, and SICPA S.A., the Switzerland-based worldwide leader for printing inks for currency and sensitive documents, plays a major role in these fields. With global sales of $400 million during 2010, SICPA S.A. provides security inks for the majority of the world’s currencies.

SICPA Securink Corporation dominates the security ink business in North America, with its inks appearing on currency and security documents as well as packaging of value. SICPA’s color-shifting Optically Variable Ink (OVI) for U.S. currency has played a key role in reducing counterfeiting. SICPA’s R&D experts have developed numerous innovative inks in cooperation with its parent company and its high-tech suppliers, and offer strong technical support for their products.

Due to its expertise in developing integrated systems for authentication and secure supply chain, SICPA Product Security, LLC has successfully combined its material-based security ink technology and information-based secure tracking and tracing technology for brand owners. SICPA manages the California counterfeit-resistant tobacco tax stamp program, which includes an encrypted stamp and database management system. Similar to the California program, SICPA is also in a joint venture with Canadian Bank Note Company on the Canadian tobacco stamp program.

Along those lines, in February 2010, the Massachusetts Department of Revenue awarded the company the contract to provide the commonwealth with a new counterfeit-resistant cigarette excise-stamping program.

Meyercord Revenue, Inc. was sub-contracted by SICPA in both California and Massachusetts to provide stamping machines and ancillary equipment for tax stamp programs. In September 2010, SICPA acquired Meyercord Revenue Inc. from Illinois Tool Works Inc. The transaction combines SICPA’s international government tax platform expertise with Meyercord’s experience in producing and distributing tobacco tax stamps for 47 U.S. states and approximately 140 municipalities and Native American tribes. As a part of the acquisition, SICPA plans to retain the current employment level at Meyercord’s facility in Carol Stream, IL, near Chicago.

“We are committed to Meyercord, its management and employee base,” said Jim Bonhivert, president and CEO of SICPA North America. “We plan to profitably grow the current operation and its reach while moving forward with technology that contributes to the public good.”