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Security inks for ID documents and passports
State-of-the-art security inks enabling tamper proof passport and ID document protection, easy authentication, while meeting ICAO recommendations
SICPA security inks are reserved exclusively for security applications on financial documents, such as banknotes, stocks, bonds and cheques; on identity documents such as passports, birth certificates, visas, driver’s licences; and on other security documents. They are made available only to official and recognised high-security printers.
With respect to ICAO’s recommendations and definition of authentication levels (levels 1, 2, 3), SICPA proposes a comprehensive portfolio of security inks for passports and ID cards:
- Overt
- Covert
- Forensic
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ID documents and passports protection solutions