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WILMINGTON, Del, USA - March 11, 2005 - Jobwerx News - DuPont joins global fight against counterfeiting and tampering by providing security-related products and services for packaging products.

The company has begun strategic business initiatives in the market through the purchase of an equity stake and marketing agreement with identif GmbH of Erlangen, Germany.

To combat the problem of counterfeiting and tampering, DuPont P&IP has set out to achieve the following goals.

• Help prevent the introduction of counterfeit products and the diversion of goods.
• Minimize the risk and exposure of consumers to counterfeit products.
• Facilitate the identification of counterfeit and diverted products.
• Help customers regain lost revenue from diversion and/or counterfeits.
• Protect our customer's brand integrity.
• Avoid the addition of unnecessary costs.

The counterfeiting and security of food and beverage products has been posing increasingly greater problems for the industry in recent years and in the EU the problem of counterfeiting is proving to be an increasingly challenging problem to tackle. The threat of food terrorism attacks, counterfeiting and piracy have all been on the rise, causing manufacturers to beef up the security of packaging.

Food and packaging firms are beginning to take action in order to stem this trend. There are now a number of products on the market designed to stop counterfeiting and protect brand-name products.

DuPont helps package many of the world's top-selling products,
Marketers rely on DuPont packaging solutions for efficient product distribution, longer shelf life, and enhanced consumer appeal.

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