META Announces LumaChrome for Government Issued Cards

Functional materials company, META, has announced that its LumaChrome colour-shifting film, acquired as part of its purchase of Nanotech Security Corporation, can now be applied as a security feature for embedded polycarbonate government identity cards, eIDs and immunity cards through a new digital demetalisation process.

This new solution safeguards against card delamination and helps ensure identity documents are resistant to counterfeiting. According to META, a number of technically advanced and complex technologies are required in production, including digital demetalisation, physical vapour deposition, and a variety of exacting chemical and material science requirements – the accessibility of which is limited to a handful of producers.

The new digital demetalisation process is highly secure and driven by a sophisticated computer graphics program resulting in a demetalised film and effect, ideal for secure ID applications. META claims that there are only a handful of organisations globally with the capability to digitally demetalise colour-shifting film.