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Losses
to Government, Business and Citizens through counterfeiting, tampering
and theft around the World now come to almost $960 billion annually; are
estimated to account for some 5-7% of world trade, and are growing at
around 15% per annum - far faster than the total security solutions and
security technologies market.
Demand for
anti-counterfeiting, anti-tamper and anti-theft solutions - such as those
set out in these web pages - was estimated to be in excess of $24 billion
in 2,000. This is less than 3% of the total losses sustained through the
problems. Moreover, the compound annual growth rate in the global demand
for security technologies (products and systems) is estimated at about
8% - little more than half the rate of growth of the problem. Unless the
losses can be contained - and preferably reduced - there is a danger that
businesses and governments may become de-stabilised in the longer term.
Yet the technology and solutions are available.
The product
and image security technologies described in Worldwide Security Exchange
are wide ranging and cover the traditional security printing solutions
for currency, cheques, credit and debit cards, bonds, seals, tags and
labels, as well as hologram solutions, tamper proofing products, electronic
article surveillance and source tagging, through to low cost RFID smart
labels - all of which can also be used throughout the brand and product
protection markets.
