The word taggant generally means microscopic, molecular or nano materials that are uniquely encoded specific to a customer or application and are very difficult if not impossible to replicate. A security taggant is uniquely encoded specific to one customer or one application. A single taggant technology can be used for an application, or multiple taggant technologies can be utilized to create a higher level of security. For someapplications, one tagant technology is used for yes/no identification. Other applications utilize multiple unique taggant codes to identify things such as: time of manufacture for product warranty or liability, authorized production to address contract manufacturer over runs, product distributor to address gray marketing or product diversion issues, and even concentrations to verify correct loading of an active material has been incorporated in the final product. There are really countless uses for taggants. In simple terms taggants are unique identifiers which can be incorporate in or on materials or products for quick, positive field identification.

Microtrace has been the leading manufacturer of taggant technologies since 1985. Microtrace offers several types of taggants, each having their strengths and weaknesses for specific applications. Some of our taggants are better for bulk materials identification while others are better for small controlled applications such as printing. Hand held taggant detectors range from approximately USD$20 to overUSD$15,000 depending upon the type of taggant utilized.

Microtrace taggants can provide simple yes/no authentication of materials or can be used for quantitative analysis of materials. Quantitative analysis of the Microtrace taggant can be used to verify specified materials have not be diluted, substituted or otherwise changed.

Microtrace can deliver taggants in bulk form for incorporation into materials or already incorporated into materials that can easily be incorporated into your production process – Security Inks, Resin Masterbatch.

Name a material or substrate you want tagged, and we offer unique taggant applications to satisfy every encoding, detecting and reading need. Microtrace's solutions provide multiple levels of security and are used to covertly track, trace and authenticate materials for everything from National Security to brand protection.

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Not all Microtrace taggant capabilities are fully list or disclosed in our standard marketing materials. Contact us directly for further information or how our technologies may be used to address your specific requirements.

For your covert track, trace, security identification and authentication applications look no further than Microtrace. With over 25 years in the business, we have a proven track record and experience that no other anti-counterfeit company can compare to for positive identification solutions.