Learn how Kalamazoo has produced secure documents for governments and organisations around the globe for more than 100 years.
Kalamazoo’s innovative, secure solutions help protect against counterfeit and fraud across a range of document types, including ballot papers, certificates, cheques, visas, event tickets for sport, theatre and festivals, gift vouchers, tax stamps and many more.
Kalamazoo’s wealth of experience in secure print is valued internationally. The numbers speak volumes.
The UK-based provider of academic and professional qualifications, for example, printed six million certificates of exam in 12 weeks. They reduced their certificate printing costs over the course two years by 25%.
Since 2005, the company has provided more than 750 millions ballot papers to East and West African election. In Saudi Arabia, Kalamazoo provides more than 250,000 education certificates for over 20 colleges and Universities.
Annually, the company produces more than 100 million secure documents, with 400 million total, for the international market.
Proven production capacity
A volume this large requires an operationally sophisticated approach. Kalamazoo’s highly secure offices and manufacturing plant in Redditch have all the necessary equipment, technical expertise, integrated technology platforms and accreditations to fulfil every stage of the security print process – from design and production through to delivery. Projects range from huge volume ballot production runs to smaller volume cheque runs – and everything in between.
Capacity and contingency are also available from the company’s sites in Huddersfield, Glasgow and Leicester.
Combatting document fraud
Documents of high value and/or high personal sensitivity are vulnerable to fraud. And the amount of fraud around the world continues to grow. Recent estimates put the cost of fraud to the global economy at $4.69 trillion (£3.77 trillion), with losses rising by 56% in the past decade.
Businesses and institutions are dealing with a threat which is highly complex and constantly evolving – one which requires expert support to help them manage the broadest possible range of fraud risks. Kalamazoo can help organisations protect their profits and reputation, and keep them one step ahead of criminals.
A robust, sophisticated solution
A more secure document requires a complex process. Kalamazoo provides a complete secure solutions package, with the company’s experts able to provide the very latest advice on developments in papers, inks, and other security technologies.
Kalamazoo’s production sites are set-up to provide a whole host of refined techniques, applied during the printing process or to the document in the latter stages of production. These techniques include:
- Overt – a feature that is clearly visible upon inspection with the naked eye
- Covert – invisible to the naked eye and requiring an inspection device such as a UV light source or magnifier)
- At a forensic level – needing very specific tools to prove its presence
The process of designing a secure document requires a high level of sophistication
Digital solutions use apps to verify and authenticate QR code and holograms. Physical security features and new digital technology are combined in this way to add layers of protection.
Kalamazoo invests continuously in its own operation to provide its customers with the most cost-effective and flexible solution for their secure printing needs. Secure documentation is also able to be customised and integrated with innovative design formats in order to promote an organisation while maintaining corporate branding and high quality standards.
More than a hundred years of security prints
Kalamazoo’s pedigree and expertise has been captured in a short video
Ian Allan, director of client growth & managing director, Kalamazoo comments: “The video emphasises the incredible attention to detail that the Kalamazoo team brings to every security print-job, earning the trust of organisations across the globe through skill and dedication.
“It succinctly captures the essence of the company as ‘People, Pedigree, Peace of Mind’ – we’re extremely proud of our global reputation and we’ll continue to drive standards forward to ensure the best possible level of protection for our customers.”