Authentix/University of York Alliance Receives Prestigious U.K. Award; Authentix Takes Top Honors at KTP Awards Ceremony in London.DALLAS & YORK, U.K. -- A collaborative effort between Dallas-based Authentix, the global leader in authentication (1) Verifying the integrity of a transmitted message. See message integrity, e-mail authentication and MAC. (2) Verifying the identity of a user logging into a network. solutions, and the University of York's Department of Chemistry has won the Best Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP KTP Knowledge Transfer Partnership KTP Potassium Titanyl Phosphate KTP Kartu Tanda Penduduk (Indonesian ID card) KTP Kaj Tiel Plu (Esperanto: Et Cetera) KTP KTiOPO4 ) Program Award, sponsored by the U.K. Government. Of the 370 KTP programs completed in 2005, only nine were recognized during an awards ceremony held on March 28, 2006, at the Savoy Hotel in London, and Authentix took top honors. The Authentix/University of York KTP was focused on developing nanotechnology-based applications to prevent fuel smuggling smuggling, illegal transport across state or national boundaries of goods or persons liable to customs or to prohibition. Smuggling has been carried on in nearly all nations and has occasionally been adopted as an instrument of national policy, as by Great Britain and adulteration Mixing something impure with something genuine, or an inferior article with a superior one of the same kind. Adulteration usually refers to mixing other matter of an inferior and sometimes harmful quality with food or drink intended to be sold. . A spin-off technology from the program is already being used to identify counterfeit To falsify, deceive, or defraud. A copy or imitation of something that is intended to be taken as authentic and genuine in order to deceive another. A counterfeit coin is one that may pass for a genuine coin and may include a lower denomination coin altered so that it may pharmaceuticals. KTP programs are partially funded by the U.K. Government and help businesses and universities benefit from each other's strengths. Businesses are able to access academic insight and know how while universities gain experience pertaining per·tain intr.v. per·tained, per·tain·ing, per·tains 1. To have reference; relate: evidence that pertains to the accident. 2. to the marketing, operational, and research challenges facing companies. "Fuel smuggling and adulteration can reduce a country's fiscal tax revenues meaning there's less money to pay for projects like roads or schools and pharmaceutical counterfeiting costs lives," said Ian Eastwood, Chief Technology Officer, Authentix. "It's gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. to use groundbreaking authentication technology developed in a collaborative environment to defeat criminals." The Authentix/University of York Knowledge Transfer Partnership employed Dr. Mohammed Al-Jafari. He worked on-site at the Authentix office in York, U.K., while being supervised by University advisors. The two-year Authentix/University of York KTP resulted in several key achievements: --The development of a prototype microfluidic testing device --Two patents --The development of authentication devices that resulted in two pharmaceutical contracts worth more than $1.74M The Authentix/University of York KTP also helped Mr. Al-Jafari obtain valuable professional experience prior to joining United Pharmaceuticals in Jordan as Deputy General Manager. The Authentix/University of York collaboration will continue with a new KTP program that will advance the work initiated in the first program. The current program focuses on taking the prototype microfluidic device from a lab setting to the marketplace through the creation of a prototype production version. About Authentix Authentix(R) is the Global Leader in authentication solutions for brand protection and fiscal recovery. As the inventor and developer of many of the leading nano-scale authentication solutions in use today, we have a world-class technology portfolio. Moreover, our skills in applying those technologies to solve counterfeit, adulteration and smuggling issues for clients, ensures that we are a trusted partner of many of the world's leading brand owners and governments. In the last three years we have recovered over $3 billion in lost revenues in the oil and gas, pharmaceutical and consumer goods consumer goods Any tangible commodity purchased by households to satisfy their wants and needs. Consumer goods may be durable or nondurable. Durable goods (e.g., autos, furniture, and appliances) have a significant life span, often defined as three years or more, and industries alone. In addition, our expertise in the fields of security documents, currency and homeland security Noun 1. Homeland Security - the federal department that administers all matters relating to homeland security Department of Homeland Security executive department - a federal department in the executive branch of the government of the United States applications helps protect the very fabric of our society. |
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