Samhwa Paint Partners with Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation for Joint Research and Development of Security Ink

Samwha Paint Industrial announced on the 15th that it has signed a joint research and development agreement with the Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation (KOMSCO) Technology Research Institute to synthesize new resin compositions for security inks.

The agreement ceremony took place at Samwha Paint's Ansan factory in Ansan, Gyeonggi Province, with key officials attending, including Kim Won-kyung, CTO of Samwha Paint, and Jeong Yang-jin, Director of KOMSCO Technology Research Institute. On this day, Samwha Paint and KOMSCO agreed to jointly research and develop resins for manufacturing security inks to diversify the security ink product lineup and expand localization.

Kim Won-kyung, CTO of Samhwa Paint Industrial, and Jeong Yang-jin, Director of the Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation Technology Research Institute, attending the joint research and development agreement ceremony between Samhwa Paint Industrial and the Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation. (Photo by Samhwa Paint Industrial)

Through this agreement, both companies will actively cooperate in ▲rapid acquisition of effective technologies related to security inks ▲localization of new and existing domestic products ▲diversification and commercialization of security inks for export.

The security inks developed by KOMSCO are special inks mainly applied to security printed products such as banknotes and gift certificates. Due to the nature of security printed products requiring a high level of security systems, security inks also require advanced technology to prevent forgery and counterfeiting. In particular, security inks’ core technologies include physical properties suitable for special printing processes, adhesion, and high durability.

Kim Won-kyung, CTO of Samwha Paint, said, “The security ink market applied to banknotes has very high entry barriers and is a field difficult for private companies to enter independently. We will strengthen our cooperative relationship with KOMSCO to establish new solutions in the field of intaglio printing security inks.”

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