Printing Inks
We manufacture a wide range of security inks, primers and adhesives for all major printing processes with levels one, two and three security features for visa pages, data pages and more.
Security Solutions for Passport and ID
Innovative Solutions for Passports and Identification
Our technologies can be found in passports that circulate in more than 60 countries across the world.
Sun Chemical offers a wide range of security inks for the intaglio, offset, screen and digital printing processes to meet the specific needs of Identity documents. As the first company to offer cobalt-free inks for the offset and intaglio printing processes, our inks offer market-leading sustainability features designed to reduce waste and can be formulated to include security features ranging from UV fluorescence, infrared, machine readability or taggants.
Used on the vast majority of passports around the world, we offer passport stitching threads tailor-made to meet your specific needs, including thread construction, durability and other special properties.
Explore our solutions for Passport and ID.
Inkjet
Built for drop-on-demand (DOD) inkjet printers, our secure DOD inks can be used with a variety of inkjet printheads to print variable data and personalized images with the durability needed to withstand the life of the document.
Stitching Threads
An integral part of the passports, bank books, and passbooks, Sun Chemical Security’s passport binding threads provide a quick check at inspection in visible and UV light and provide tamper evidence should a forger try to remove or substitute any pages.
Lamination Plates
Our deep bench of experience and expertise in the card market through 4PLATE makes Sun Chemical Security a leader in all types of engraving features to deliver the market’s most complete, integrated and technologically advanced lamination plate technology.
Pre-Patched Holograms
Sun Chemical’s pre-patched holograms deliver outstanding anti-forgery characteristics for government documents and ID cards, including passports and driver’s licenses, while also delivering convenience, production speed and lower manufacturing costs.
Pre-Laid Overlays
With multiple application lines, a big raw material warehouse, and the ability to manage on demand stocks, Sun Chemical Security, through its acquisition of C.T.Lay, can apply pre-laid magnetic stripes on PVC, polycarbonate and PETG to provide convenience and consistent quality to equipped and non-equipped card manufacturers.
Adhesives
Lohmann offers an extensive selection of low-emission, double-sided pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes and reactive adhesive films that contain age-resistant and chemical-resistant properties for various substrates. Lohmann has also developed a new chip bonding tape suitable for the next generation of banking cards.