Major Products: Security inks and features for intaglio, offset, screen, gravure, flexo and inkjet printing of banknotes and value documents. Providers and integrators of security systems for product protection and excise tax enhancement.

Number of Employees: More than 3,000 (Ink World estimate).

Comments: With more than 30 offices globally, SICPA Holding S.A., Prilly, Switzerland, is the international leader in security inks and solutions. SICPA’s security inks and solutions are used by most of the world’s banknotes, as well as identification documents such as passports, transport tickets and plastic cards. Among its products are intaglio inks and special effect inks such as optical effect and luminescent inks.

SICPA was founded by Albert Amon in 1927 and remains family-owned. The company is led by its third generation of the family, with Philippe Amon serving as chairman and CEO.

SICPA consists of the SICPA Security Inks Division, which provides security solutions for banknotes, ID cards, passports, birth certificates, postage stamps, tax banderoles, product markings and security labels, among other items. SICPA’s Government Security Solutions Division provides security for tax revenues for tobacco, alcohol, pharmaceuticals and other counterfeited products.

Major Products: Security inks and features for intaglio, offset, screen, gravure, flexo and inkjet printing of banknotes and value documents. Providers and integrators of security systems for product protection and excise tax enhancement.

Number of Employees: More than 3,000 (Ink World estimate)

Comments: SICPA Holding S.A., Prilly, Switzerland, is the world’s largest supplier of security inks and solutions for most of the world’s banknotes, as well as a wide range of documents, including passports, transport tickets and plastic cards. Among its products are intaglio inks and special effect inks such as optical effect and luminescent inks.

Founded by Albert Amon in 1927, SICPA remains family-owned and is led by its third generation of the family, with Philippe Amon serving as chairman and CEO.

With offices and manufacturing sites on five continents, SICPA has an international presence. All told, SICPA has 42 offices worldwide.

SICPA is made up of three divisions. The SICPA Security Inks Division provides security solutions for banknotes, ID cards, passports, birth certificates, postage stamps, tax banderoles, product markings and security labels, among other items. SICPA’s Government Security Solutions Division provides security for tax revenues for tobacco, alcohol, pharmaceuticals and other counterfeited products. SICPA’s Product and Brand Protection Division helps the world’s leading brands defeat counterfeiting.

Major Products: Security inks and features for intaglio, offset, screen, gravure, flexo and inkjet printing of banknotes and value documents. Providers and integrators of security systems for product protection and excise tax enhancement.

Number of Employees: More than 3,000 (Ink World estimate)

Comments: With more than 30 offices worldwide, SICPA Holding S.A., Prilly, Switzerland, is the international leader in security inks and solutions. SICPA’s security inks and solutions are used by most of the world’s banknotes, as well as identification documents such as passports, transport tickets and plastic cards. Among its products are intaglio inks and special effect inks such as optical effect and luminescent inks.

Founded by Albert Amon in 1927, SICPA is owned and managed by its third generation of the family, with Philippe Amon, chairman and CEO of SICPA, leading the company.

SICPA consists of the SICPA Security Inks Division, which provides security solutions for banknotes, ID cards, passports, birth certificates, postage stamps, tax banderoles, product markings and security labels, among other items. SICPA’s Government Security Solutions Division provides security for tax revenues for tobacco, alcohol, pharmaceuticals and other counterfeited products.

In 2023, SICPA opened its unlimitrust campus, which the company termed the world’s first center of excellence dedicated to the Economy of Trust, with an eye on bringing together innovation players in one single community.

“In a world where the pace of innovation is accelerating, the unlimitrust campus embodies SICPA’s desire to create a safer, more reliable world for everyone through collaboration and the pooling of multiple areas of expertise,” said Philippe Amon, chairman and CEO of SICPA, in announcing the new campus.

In an interesting technology move, SICPA is partnering with UbiQD, Inc., a New Mexico-based nanotechnology company, in developing anti-counterfeit security inks based on UbiQD’s quantum dot technology.

“This partnership with UbiQD has enabled us to develop cutting-edge optical and machine-readable features that we will be able to add to our robust portfolio of security inks and solutions for our clients,” said Scott Haubrich, R&D director of SICPA US, in announcing the partnership.

Major Products: Security inks and features for intaglio, offset, screen, gravure, flexo and inkjet printing of banknotes and value documents. Providers and integrators of security systems for product protection and excise tax enhancement.

Number of Employees: More than 3,000 (Ink World estimate)

Comments: SICPA Holding S.A., Prilly, Switzerland, is the world’s largest supplier of security inks and solutions for most of the world’s banknotes, as well as a wide range of documents, including passports, transport tickets and plastic cards. Among its products are intaglio inks and special effect inks such as optical effect and luminescent inks.

Founded by Albert Amon in 1927, SICPA is owned and managed by its third generation of the family, with Philippe Amon, chairman and CEO of SICPA, leading the company.

SICPA has 33 offices worldwide. The company consists of three divisions. The SICPA Security Inks Division provides security solutions for banknotes, official ID documents such as ID cards, passports and birth certificates, postage stamps, tax banderoles, product markings and security labels. SICPA’s Government Security Solutions Division provides security for tax revenues for tobacco, alcohol, pharmaceuticals and other highly counterfeited products.

Major Products: Security inks and features for intaglio, offset, screen, gravure, flexo and inkjet printing of banknotes and value documents. Providers and integrators of security systems for product protection and excise tax enhancement.

Number of Employees: More than 2,000 (Ink World estimate).

Comments: With more than 30 offices worldwide, SICPA Holding S.A., Prilly, Switzerland, is the international leader in the field of security inks and solutions. SICPA’s security inks and solutions are used by most of the world’s banknotes, as well as identification documents such as passports, transport tickets and plastic cards.

The company has three divisions: SICPA’s Security Inks Division provides security solutions for banknotes, official ID documents such as ID cards, passports and birth certificates, postage stamps, tax banderoles, product markings and security labels; SICPA’s Government Security Solutions Division provides security for tax revenues for tobacco, alcohol, pharmaceuticals and other highly counterfeited products; and SICPA’s Product and Brand Protection Division helps the world’s leading brands defeat counterfeiting. SICPA’s brand protection solutions are used by industry leaders in a wide range of segments, including agrochemicals, apparel, fast moving consumer goods, food and beverage, health and personal care and more.

Among SICPA’s recent product introductions is Certus myHealth Pass, an authentication and secured traceability solution that helps governments, local authorities, and businesses securely contain the spread of COVID-19.

Major Products: Security inks and features for intaglio, offset, screen, gravure, flexo and inkjet printing of banknotes and value documents. Providers and integrators of security systems for product protection and excise tax enhancement.

Number of Employees: More than 2,000

Comments: SICPA Holding S.A., Prilly, Switzerland, is the world’s largest supplier of security inks and solutions for most of the world’s banknotes, as well as a wide range of documents, including passports, transport tickets and plastic cards.

Since its beginnings in 1927, the privately-held company is under the third generation of Amon family leadership. SICPA has more than 30 offices around the world. The company reports that it secures 90 billion products annually and has more than 4,200 patents. Among its products are intaglio inks and special effect inks such as optical effect and luminescent inks.

The company consists of three divisions. The SICPA Security Inks Division provides security solutions for banknotes, official ID documents such as ID cards, passports and birth certificates, postage stamps, tax banderoles, product markings and security labels. SICPA’s Government Security Solutions Division provides security for tax revenues for tobacco, alcohol, pharmaceuticals and other highly counterfeited products.

Trying to control the COVID-19 pandemic is of tremendous importance, and SICPA is bringing its Certus authentication and secured traceability technologies to a collaboration on the “COVID-19 secured health passport,” showing that people have been tested. The results are printable and digitized, and can be used with a smartphone app.

Major Products: Security inks and features for intaglio, offset, screen, gravure, flexo and inkjet printing of banknotes and value documents. Providers and integrators of security systems for product protection and excise tax enhancement.

Number of Employees: More than 2,000 (Ink World estimate).

Comments: With headquarters in Prilly, Switzerland and 35 locations worldwide, SICPA Holding S.A. is the leading supplier of security inks and solutions worldwide. SICPA was founded in 1927 by the Amon family, and remains privately held, with Philippe Amon providing the third generation of leadership. The company has made a variety of acquisitions of technology-rich companies, adding to its security capabilities. SICPA supplies inks and other security solutions for the vast majority of the world’s banknotes, as well as important documents, including passports, transport tickets and plastic cards. The company reports that it secures 90 billion products annually and has more than 4,200 patents.

The company is made up of three divisions.  SICPA’s Security Inks Division provides security solutions for banknotes, official ID documents such as ID cards, passports and birth certificates, postage stamps, tax banderoles, product markings and security labels. SICPA’s Government Security Solutions Division provides security for tax revenues for tobacco, alcohol, pharmaceuticals and other highly counterfeited products. SICPA Product and Brand Protection Division help the brand owners combat counterfeiting.

In the past year alone, SICPA was awarded a new contract to provide its SICPATRACE excise tax solution, including tax stamps, to protect cigarette excise tax collections in Massachusetts, helping to annually collect nearly $600 million in excise tax revenue and more than $240 million in associated Master Settlement Agreement (MSA) payments. The company is also partnering with Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) on the new Virginia Excise Tax System (VAETS) to support the collection of nearly $1 billion in state revenue annually for the Commonwealth Transportation Fund.

Major Products: Security inks and features for intaglio, offset, screen, gravure, flexo and inkjet printing of banknotes and value documents. Providers and integrators of security systems for product protection and excise tax enhancement.

Number of Employees: 3,000 (Ink World estimate)

Comments: SICPA Holding S.A., Prilly, Switzerland, is the world’s largest supplier of security inks and solutions for most of the world’s banknotes, as well as a wide range of documents, including passports, transport tickets and plastic cards. Among its products are intaglio inks and special effect inks such as optical effect and luminescent inks.

Since its beginnings in 1927, the privately-held company is under the third generation of Amon family leadership. SICPA has 33 offices around the world. The company notes that it secures 76 billion products annually and has more than 4,200 patents.

The company consists of three divisions. The SICPA Security Inks Division provides security solutions for banknotes, official ID documents such as ID cards, passports and birth certificates, postage stamps, tax banderoles, product markings and security labels.

SICPA’s Government Security Solutions Division provides security for tax revenues for tobacco, alcohol, pharmaceuticals and other highly counterfeited products. SICPA Product and Brand Protection Division helps the world’s leading brands defeat counterfeiting.

Major Products: Security inks and features for intaglio, offset, screen, gravure, flexo and inkjet printing of banknotes and value documents. Providers and integrators of security systems for product protection and excise tax enhancement.

Number of Employees: 3,000

Comments: Headquartered in Prilly, Switzerland, SICPA Holding S.A. is the world’s largest supplier of security inks and solutions for most of the world’s banknotes, as well as a wide range of documents, including passports, transport tickets, plastic cards and lottery scratch cards.

SICPA was founded in 1927, and the privately-held company has offices and manufacturing sites in 30 countries, and is focused on has three divisions. The SICPA Security Inks Division focuses on banknotes, official ID documents such as passports, ID cards and birth certificates, postage stamps, tax banderoles, security labels and product markings. The company reports that it secures 76 billion products annually.

SICPA Government Security Solutions Division provides protection for tax revenues for products such as tobacco, alcohol and pharmaceuticals. SICPA Product and Brand Protection Division utilizes the company’s security technology to battle counterfeiting. Overall, SICPA has more than 4,200 patents. In September 2016, SICPA and Clariant introduced PLASTIWARD, in which security features from SICPA are mixed into Clariant’s masterbatches. This provides integrated protection for plastic pharmaceutical packaging or medical devices and helps defeat counterfeiters.

“The counterfeiting of pharmaceutical products, including medical devices, is a silent and deadly epidemic. It attacks strong pharmaceutical brands, while sapping the trust of patients and doctors. It poses a risk for all of us,” said Fabienne Le Tadic, executive president of product and brand protection at SICPA.

Major Products: Security inks and features for intaglio, offset, screen, gravure, flexo and inkjet printing of banknotes and value documents. Providers and integrators of security systems for product protection and excise tax enhancement.

Number of Employees: 3,000 (Ink World estimate).

Comments: SICPA Holding S.A., Prilly, Switzerland, is the world’s leading supplier of security inks and solutions for most of the world’s banknotes, as well as a wide range of documents, including passports, transport tickets, plastic cards and lottery scratch cards. The company estimates that it secures 76 billion products annually.

SICPA is privately held, and has offices and manufacturing sites in 31 countries. SICPA has three divisions. The SICPA Security Inks Division focuses on banknotes, official ID documents such as passports, ID cards and birth certificates, postage stamps, tax banderoles, security labels and product markings.

For example, SICPA recently signed a new agreement extending its relationship with INTERPOL to support the INTERPOL Travel Document initiative. SICPA supplies a variety of security ink solutions to INTERPOL, including its latest SPARK technology, for into the INTERPOL’s electronic passport booklet and electronic identification card.

SICPA Government Security Solutions Division provides protection for tax revenues for products such as tobacco, alcohol and pharmaceuticals. SICPA Product and Brand Protection Division utilizes the company’s security technology to battle counterfeiting. Overall, SICPA has more than 4,200 patents.

In the brand protection market, SICPA acquired Global Fluids International (GFI), a specialist in marking oil products, from Eurocontrol, strengthening its product marking and track and trace portfolio for governments.

Major Products: Security inks and features for intaglio, offset, screen, gravure, flexo and inkjet printing of banknotes and value documents. Providers and integrators of security systems for product protection and excise tax enhancement.

Number of Employees: 3,000 (Ink World estimate)

Comments: Headquartered in Prilly, Switzerland, SICPA Holding S.A. is the world’s leading supplier of security inks and solutions for most of the world’s banknotes, as well as a wide range of documents, including passports, transport tickets, plastic cards and lottery scratch cards. The privately held company has offices and manufacturing sites in 30 locations on five continents.

SICPA consists of three divisions: SICPA Security Inks Division, which focuses on applications such as banknotes, official ID documents such as passports, ID cards and birth certificates, postage stamps, tax banderoles, security labels and product markings. SICPA Government Security Solutions Division protects tax revenues for products such as tobacco, alcohol and pharmaceuticals. SICPA Product and Brand Protection Division leverages the company’s security technology to help combat counterfeiting and illicit trade of all kinds of products.

In August 2014, SICPA completed the acquisition of Cabot Security Materials Inc. (CSMI) in Albuquerque, NM, a product division of Cabot Corporation, for approximately $20 million. Cabot’s Security Materials products include covert taggants for the anti-counterfeiting industry. CSMI generated $7 million in revenue in 2013.

SICPA South Africa is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2015. Operations there started in early 1990 with branches in Johannesburg and in Cape Town, and included label and publication inks as well as packaging and security inks. Today, SICPA South Africa’s branches are merged into Johannesburg, and its activities are now solely focused on security inks.

Major Products: Security inks and features for intaglio, offset, screen, gravure, flexo and inkjet printing of banknotes and value documents. Providers and integrators of security systems for product protection and excise tax enhancement.

Number of Employees: 3,000

Comments: A privately-held company, SICPA Holding S.A. is the leading worldwide provider of security inks and solutions for most of the world’s banknotes, as well as a wide range of documents, including passports, transport tickets, plastic cards and lottery scratch cards. The company has offices and manufacturing sites in 30 locations on five continents.

SICPA is organized in three divisions: SICPA Security Inks Division, which focuses on applications such as banknotes, official ID documents such as passports, identity cards and birth certificates, postage stamps, tax banderoles, security labels and product markings; SICPA Government Security Solutions Division, which protects tax revenues for products such as tobacco, alcohol and pharmaceuticals; and SICPA Product and Brand Protection Division, which helps combat counterfeiting and illicit trade of all kinds of products.

In an important move, SICPA’s Government Security Solutions Division acquired the production unit of Olivetti I-Jet, a subsidiary of Olivetti S.p.A., based in Italy. This acquisition is a follow-up to SICPA’s earlier takeover of Olivetti I-Jet’s R&D activities on Dec. 1, 2013. As a result, SICPA now has a manufacturing and technic al position in Italy for digital-marking technologies, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and microfluidics management solutions.

In March 2014, SICPA announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire Cabot Security Materials Inc. (CSMI) in Albuquerque, NM, a product division of Cabot Corporation, for approximately $20 million. Cabot’s Security Materials products include covert taggants for the anti-counterfeiting industry. CSMI generated $7 million in revenue in 2013. The sale is expected to close at the end of fiscal year 2014, pending regulatory approvals.

Avenue de Florissant 41

1008 Prilly, Switzerland

Phone: +41 21-627-5555

Fax: +41 21-627-5727

Web: www.sicpa.com

E-mail: info@sicpa.com

Sales: In excess of $400 million (Ink World estimate)

Major Products: Security inks and features for intaglio, offset, screen, gravure, flexo and inkjet printing of banknotes and value documents. Providers and integrators of security systems for product protection and excise tax enhancement.

Key Personnel: Maurice A. Amon and Philippe Amon, executive co-chairmen; Dr. Anton Bleikolm, managing director.

Number of Employees: 3,000.

Comments: The leading international provider of security inks and solutions for most of the world’s banknotes, as well as a wide range of documents, such as passports, transport tickets, plastic cards and lottery scratch cards, SICPA is organized in three divisions: SICPA Security Inks Division; SICPA Government Security Solutions Division; and SICPA Product and Brand Protection Division.

SICPA Holding SA has offices and manufacturing sites in 30 countries on five continents, and is the trusted technical advisor to central banks and banknote printers for selecting and integrating security features into upgraded and new banknote series.

SICPA Security Inks Division focuses on applications such as banknotes, official ID documents such as passports, identity cards and birth certificates, postage stamps, tax banderoles, security labels and product markings.

SICPA’s Government Security Solutions is dedicated to protecting tax revenues for products such as tobacco, alcohol and pharmaceuticals.

To help combat counterfeiting and illicit trade of all kinds of products, SICPA Product and Brand Protection Division has leveraged its expertise in developing inks and solutions for banknotes and value documents into integrated security systems. These systems utilize SICPA’s security ink technology with innovative information technology that tracks the product from manufacture to final point of sale.

In September 2012, SICPA and the World Customs Organisation (WCO) signed an agreement concerning SICPA’s contribution to the WCO capacity building program, marking a further step in the cooperation between the WCO and the private sector.

In January 2013, SICPA Government Security Solutions opened its new Asia Pacific regional headquarters in Singapore, which will serve as a base for its activities in Asia Pacific.

9. SICPA Holding SA

Avenue de Florissant 41

1008 Prilly, Switzerland

Tel: +41 21-627-5555

Fax: +41 21-627-5727

www.sicpa.com

E-mail: security@sicpa.com

Sales: In excess of $400 million (Ink World estimate)

Major Products: Security inks and features for intaglio, offset, screen, gravure, flexo and inkjet printing of banknotes and value documents. Providers and integrators of security systems for product protection and excise tax enhancement. OVI for securing banknotes and identity documents. SICPA OASIS for value documents and product protection applications. SICPA Secure Trail system for product authentication and secure track and trace.

Key Personnel: Maurice A. Amon and Philippe Amon, executive co-chairmen; Dr. Anton Bleikolm, managing director.

Number of Employees: More than 2,200.

Comments: SICPA Holding S.A. is the leading global provider of security inks and solutions for most of the world’s banknotes, as well as a wide range of documents, including passports, transport tickets, plastic cards and lottery scratch cards. The company has offices and manufacturing sites in 26 locations on five continents, and is the trusted technical advisor to central banks and banknote printers for selecting and integrating security features into upgraded and new banknote series.

SICPA has leveraged its expertise in developing inks and solutions for banknotes and value documents into integrated security systems to help combat counterfeiting and illicit trade of all kinds of products. These systems utilize SICPA’s security ink technology with innovative information technology that tracks the product from manufacture to final point of sale.

8. SICPA Holding SA

Avenue de Florissant 41

1008 Prilly, Switzerland

Phone: +41 21-627-5555

Fax: +41 21-627-5727

www.sicpa.com

E-mail: security@sicpa.com

Sales: In excess of $400 million (Ink World estimate)

Major Products: Security inks and features for intaglio, offset, screen, gravure, flexo and inkjet printing of banknotes and value documents. Providers and integrators of security systems for product protection and excise tax enhancement. OVI for securing banknotes and identity documents. SICPA OASIS for value documents and product protection applications. SICPA Secure Trail system for product authentication and secure track and trace.

Key Personnel: Maurice A. Amon and Philippe Amon, executive co-chairmen; Dr. Anton Bleikolm, managing director.

Number of Employees: More than 2,200.

Comments: The leading global provider of security inks and solutions for most of the world’s banknotes as well as a wide range of documents, such as passports, transport tickets, plastic cards and lottery scratch cards, SICPA has offices and manufacturing sites in 26 locations on five continents. SICPA is the trusted technical advisor to central banks and banknote printers for selecting and integrating security features into upgraded and new banknote series.

To help combat counterfeiting and illicit trade of all kinds of products, SICPA has leveraged its expertise in developing inks and solutions for banknotes and value documents into integrated security systems. These systems combine SICPA’s security ink technology with state-of-the-art information technology that tracks a product from manufacture to final point of sale. Among its most recent successes was the September 2010 renewal of its contract with the California State Board of Equalization (BOE) to provide the state with a secure cigarette tax stamping system. SICPA’s initial five-year contract delivered more than 5 billion secure, encrypted tax stamps.

In sad news, Albert Amon, the visionary entrepreneur who brought SICPA to its current status as global leader in security inks, passed away in September 2010. He was 94. Mr. Amon joined SICPA in the 1930s to work with his father, Maurice Amon, the founder of the company. Albert Amon led the company’s efforts to expand globally as early as the 1950s, and today, the company is the global leader in security inks.