From Sample Kit
to protected product.
How anti-counterfeiting protection gets onto your products: we make the codes with our patented Crypto-Optical Technology, you apply them – as a sticker or directly in your label. A camera on your production line captures each code once. Your machines stay as they are.
- Serial number
- 05FC108800
- Article
- Product A-100
- Target market
- EU
- Status
- Registered
How do I integrate product authentication into my existing label production?
In five steps: you decide which products you want to protect in which markets. With our team you set what the code contains and what customers see after the scan. We produce the codes – as stickers or directly in your label. You apply the codes, and a camera on your production line captures each one. From then on, any phone camera can check whether a product is genuine, and you see every scan in the dashboard. Your machines and inks stay as they are.
Who does what.
We produce and guide
- Deciding together what the code contains and what appears after the scan
- Producing the codes with our patented Crypto-Optical Technology – through a qualified industrial printing partner
- Producing labels with the code at the same time
- Connecting your systems
- Dashboard and secure hosting (ISO 27001)
You decide and apply
- Choose products and markets
- Apply the stickers
- Supply product data: article, batch, target market
- Review scans and reports
Five steps to the first verified product.
- 01 · Plan
Determine what needs protection
Which products, which markets, which risks? With the Sample Kit you see beforehand how an original and a copy behave in the scan.
- 02 · Set up
Set up the code
Sticker or label? Which product data belongs to each serial number? And what do inspectors and customers see after the scan?
- 03 · Production
We produce the codes
During printing, we use the patented Crypto-Optical Technology to write a digital security structure into every code. Printing is done by a qualified industrial printing partner. When the code is copied, this structure is lost – and the copy fails the scan.
- 04 · Registration
Apply and register
Stickers arrive ready to use; in a label the code is already built in. A camera on your production line captures each code once and stores its serial number.
- 05 · Live
Verify and analyse
Any phone camera checks the code – no app, in about a second. Further functions use the same code.
What changes in your production – and what doesn’t.
Stays as it is
Your machines, your inks, your packaging material. And if you start with the sticker, your label too.
Is added
A camera on your production line that captures each code once. Plus a one-time setup with our team.
Runs afterwards
Any smartphone can check. Every serial number is linked to your product data. The dashboard shows where and how often products are checked and where reports come in.
How it runs at LIQUI MOLY.
products a year, sold in more than 150 countries. The solution is connected to the existing systems: ERP, track and trace, grey-market control and digital services such as an oil finder and a customer app. LIQUI MOLY press release, 2 June 2026 · Read the case study
About implementation.
How do I integrate product authentication into my existing label production?
In five steps: you decide which products you want to protect in which markets. With our team you set what the code contains and what customers see after the scan. We produce the codes – as stickers or directly in your label. You apply the codes, and a camera on your production line captures each one. From then on, any phone camera can check whether a product is genuine, and you see every scan in the dashboard. Your machines and inks stay as they are.
How long does implementation take?
It depends on your project: how many articles, sticker or label, which connections. We set the schedule together.
Do we have to change our label artwork?
No, not if you start with the sticker – it goes onto the product in addition. If the code goes into the label, we build it into the artwork and produce the label through our qualified industrial printing partner.
Can we print the code ourselves?
No. The digital security structure is created with our patented Crypto-Optical Technology and written into every code during printing. That is why authentic.network produces the codes itself – through a qualified industrial printing partner.
What do we need in production?
A camera on your production line that captures each code once. You do not need new machines.
How are our systems connected?
Every serial number can be linked to your product data – article, batch, production date, target market. At LIQUI MOLY the solution is connected to ERP, track and trace and grey-market control.
What do inspectors and customers see after the scan?
The result – Original or Not original – and content you choose yourself, such as warranty registration, your social media channels or your loyalty programme.
Does the check work without internet?
Yes, with the authentic app. The check itself needs no app – any smartphone camera will do.
Works together with
See what it would look like in your production.
Tell us which products and markets you want to protect first. Or start with the Sample Kit: one genuine code, one perfect reprint.
Real impact.