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PACKAGING NEWS

Dust Identity and Securikett Polyopt
relaunches site
partner for security labels site formerly known as
The film manufacturing

Polyopt following AGP
Securikett has confirmed a unique, permanent physi- Treofan has relaunched as
a strategic partnership with cal identity that can be Holdco’s strategic invest-
Dust Identity, a provider of instantly verified and ment and assumption of full
physical-to-digital identity securely linked to digital operational control of the
German facility. The
and unclonable physical records, compliance sys- relaunch enables a compre-
identity technology. tems, and product data. hensive transformation pro-
Together, the companies gram focused on
will deliver a new class of ‘This partnership production asset revitaliza-
end-to-end authentication addresses a fundamental tion, operational stability
solutions that combine gap in today’s authentica- and expansion of the capac-
advanced security labeling tion and traceability sys- itors film segment. The site
with truly unclonable phys- tems,’ said Ophir Gaathon, maintains its established
ical identities and digital Customers gain a level of protection that cannot be copied PhD, CEO of Dust Identity. expertise in flexible packag-
verification. ‘Digital records, block- ing and specialty BOPP
The partnership brings Identity’s technology is By embedding Dust chain, and serialization are films.
together Securikett’s exper- already deployed with lead- Identity’s unclonable physi- only as strong as the physi- Polyopt is as a sister com-
tise in high-security, tam- ing brands across luxury, cal identity technology cal identity they are tied to. pany to Taghleef Industries
under the Al Ghurair Group
per-evident labels and collectibles, and manufac- directly into Securikett’s ownership structure. It is
traceability platforms with turing, and this partnership security labels, customers By working with Securikett, one of Europe’s most estab-
Dust Identity’s patented extends those proven capa- gain a level of protection we are anchoring genuine, lished producers of spe-
diamond dust-based physi- bilities into a fully inte- that cannot be copied, sim- unclonable trust directly cialty BOPP films with
cal anchors and cloud-based grated security labeling ulated, or reverse engi- into the physical label decades of industrial herit-
verification platform. Dust solution. neered. Each label becomes itself.’ age.
Cohesion Labels celebrates 100 Harper hosts 2026

years roadshow opener

Cohesion Labels has com- Harper Corporation of
pleted over 100 years in busi- America has hosted the first
ness supporting Australian
companies and making labels Harper Roadshow of 2026 at
easy. Founded in 1925 as its Charlotte, North Carolina
Waters Typographic House, campus and headquarters,
the Cohesion story spans four attracting approximately 50 Participants at Charlotte event
generations of family owner- flexographic industry leaders
ship, innovation and com- for technical education and of the Flexographic
mitment to Australian networking. The January 21 Technical Association, also
manufacturing. event, branded as Precision attended the event.
As the typographic indus- in Motion: The Clean Print
try declined and eventually Business has evolved alongside its customers, adapting to changes Experience, featured facility The program focused on
became obsolete, the busi- industries, and market condi- shifts, industry transforma- tours, technical sessions on practical pressroom applica-
ness made a deliberate shift tions while remaining stead- tion, and over a century of clean-print performance and tions designed to reduce
into general printing, with a fast in its core belief: it change, always with a focus workflow efficiency, and live downtime and improve con-
growing focus on labels. That should be easier for on reliability, quality and demonstrations led by
transition marked a pivotal Australian businesses to do Harper president Lee sistency on the press.
moment in Cohesion’s his- business. integrity. Harper. ‘The strong partner pres-
tory, positioning the com- Cohesion is passionate Cohesion’s focus on indus- BW Converting, ence helped elevate both the
pany to support emerging about the incredible poten- try expertise, responsive ser- MicroDynamics and Wikoff
industries and increasingly vice and dependable delivery Color Corporation partici- educational value and the
complex supply chains. For tial of Australian businesses helps customers reduce fric- pated as contributing part- hands-on technical discus-
more than a century, the to succeed in the face of tion in their operations and ners, providing specialized sions,’ noted Lee Harper,
business has evolved along- global competition. That maintain continuity, even in insight on converting and
side its customers, adapting belief has guided the com- time-critical or high-risk workflow technologies. president of Harper
to changing technologies, pany through economic environments. Nathan Ridnouer, president Corporation of America.
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