The world's first RFID flexo ink

Recently, Creo and XINK Labs Co., Ltd. jointly launched anti-counterfeit flexographic printing inks for radio frequency identification. The ink met with the public for the first time at the 6th PISEC (Worldwide Product and Imaging Security Conference) in Vienna, Austria. These covert marking flexographic ink formulations are tailored for manufacturers and processors using RFID smart labels in the supply chain. RFID smart packaging was promoted by Wal-Mart, and was later recommended by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for anti-counterfeiting of drugs. This new series of flexographic safety inks and RFID tags is only sold by XINK and is limited to print and production partners that have been certified by the company.

For a long time, the RFID industry has made anti-counterfeiting by copying RFID tags and copying RFID tags. The new XINK ink reduces this by incorporating the Creo Traceless covert labeling technology. RFID tags printed with STIK free inks are available for the securities and bills industry. Creo's mark is invisible and can be read on a production line by a high-speed reading device or remotely by a Creo reader. The Creo detection reader can perform simple pass/fail authentication, and can also locate the marker and obtain an image of the marker (a marker image signal). To create an anti-counterfeit system, the Creo marker image signal will record the unique shape of the marker and encode each RFID with an ID.

Creo traceless markers are invisible and account for less than 2 parts per million in XINK's RFID inks. Such a low percentage ratio means that it is difficult to detect even with advanced identification techniques such as inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). "If Creo's seamless markers are added to RFID inks, only a simple, pen-sized reader can be used to identify all RFIDs." Creo Security, Brand Certification and ID System Kevin Harrell, director of global business development, said.

“The combination of world-leading tag security technology and XINK's advanced RFID inks has opened the way for flexographic printed RFID tags.” Michael Petersen, COO of XINK Labs, stated that “RFID tags are completely free from reads, ink properties and printing properties. influences."

The XINK InstantCure and XINK formulations using Creo Peroxide have solvent-free, highly conductive silver salt inks and "adjustable" high-resistance inks. XINK inks can be printed on a common press once, without drying, and can be printed on heat-sealed cardboard or other flexible packaging substrates for pharmaceutical packaging.