The Companies Team Up to Provide Encoded Thermal Transfer Ribbons to Combat Counterfeiting and Diversion

InkSure Technologies Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: INKS), a leading provider of covert machine-readable authentication solutions, and IIMAK (International Imaging Materials, Inc.), the world’s largest manufacturer of thermal transfer ribbons, today announced that they have entered into an Exclusive International Authentication Distribution Agreement for the joint development and marketing of TrackSure™ covert barcode solutions for the prevention of product diversion.

The Agreement provides that IIMAK will be InkSure’s exclusive thermal transfer ribbon (TTR) supplier, and InkSure will be IIMAK’s exclusive supplier of security taggants, where TTR technology is used for the printing of covert barcodes.  Both companies agree to market the InkSure-encoded IIMAK TTR for the printing of covert barcodes directly and through their respective distribution channels. 

 “We are please to enter into this agreement with InkSure.  We feel that this partnership and the development of TrackSure will be a huge asset to IIMAK’s TTR security offerings,” commented Rick Wallace, Sr. Vice President of Marketing for IIMAK.  “Many of our existing customers are looking for a secure way to track products in order to prevent product diversion in which authentic products are diverted into channels and markets other than those intended by the manufacturer.  TrackSure provides them with a strong tool to preventthis from happening.  The TrackSure solution provides security in the form of covert barcodes that will not be detected by tools commonly used by gray marketers, such as black lights.   More importantly, these barcodes cannot be seen by the naked eye, even when authenticated by our proprietary reader.  In addition, TrackSure utilizes existing barcode symbology for plug-in connectivity to our customers’ existing logistics and information systems.”

Added Don Taylor, InkSure’s Vice President of Global Marketing, “We’re dedicated to providing our customers with the most secure track and trace solutions that are also the easiest to implement.  With millions of thermal ribbon barcode printers already installed, the capability to implement TrackSure’s covert barcodes becomes relatively easy. And by working with IIMAK, we know our customers are receiving the highest quality and most secure TTR solution.”

IIMAK has also agreed to supply InkSure with color and invisible TTR incorporating InkSure security taggants for brand authentication, and the companies have agreed to work together to develop conductive ink TTR solutions for InkSure’s new SARcode™ chipless RFID technology.

About InkSure Technologies Inc.
InkSure Technologies Inc., with its corporate headquarters in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and its research and development center in Science Park, Rehovot, Israel, specializes in comprehensive, covert security solutions designed to protect high profile brands and documents of value from counterfeiting, fraud and diversion.  The Company's sales and marketing activities target a number of market opportunities, including financial, pharmaceutical, branded products, transportation, and government/institutional, on a global scale.  The Company’s R&D activities include the development of “chipless” RFID technology for affordable item-level secure logistics and track-and-trace applications.

The Company's common stock is listed on the OTC Bulletin Board under the symbol "INKS".  Additional information on the Company is available on its website at http://www.inksure.com.

About IIMAK                
IIMAK is a U.S. based manufacturer of thermal transfer ribbons, primarily used in the automatic identification, facsimile and sign markets. IIMAK's primary manufacturing and distribution facilities are located in Amherst, New York, with additional manufacturing plants in Brazil and Europe. For more information about IIMAK and its products, visit www.iimak.com.

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