Abstract: The invention concerns in particular a device for moulding an article in which the article is obtained by compression moulding a dose (14) of material in the molten state and comprises at least one orifice (23) after the compression moulding operation, said device comprising at least one die (10), one mandrel (11) cooperating with said die (10) to effect the operation of compression moulding of the dose and one orifice rod (12) sliding in said die (10), said device further comprising a shape endpiece (13) placed between the mandrel (11) and the orifice rod (12) to form the orifice (23) of the article.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of the protection of value documents and value commercial goods against counterfeit and illegal reproduction. In particular, the present invention relates to security threads or stripes to be incorporated into or onto security documents. The security threads or stripes comprise i) an optically variable layer; ii) a magnetic code; and iii) a non-metallized substrate, wherein the magnetic code has a color matching the color impression of the optically variable layer at one viewing angle and wherein the optically variable layer and the magnetic code are jointly visible from one side of the security thread or stripe.

Abstract: The present invention relates to the field of the protection of value documents and value commercial goods against counterfeit and illegal reproduction. In particular, the present invention relates to security threads or stripes to be incorporated into or onto security documents. The security threads or stripes comprise i) an optically variable layer; ii) a magnetic code; and iii) a non-metallized substrate, wherein the magnetic code has a color matching the color impression of the optically variable layer at one viewing angle and wherein the optically variable layer and the magnetic code are jointly visible from one side of the security thread or stripe.

Abstract: The invention relates to an apparatus for the manufacture of dual- or multiple-chamber tubes from tube bodies (6, 6′, 6″) comprising one single partition (7) or a plurality of partitions (18, 19; 20), provided with a tube head having a discharge aperture adapted to be closed, using mandrels corresponding to the inner contour of the desired tube and adapted to be assigned to working stations, the mandrels being divided longitudinally into individual sectional mandrels (3, 4; 17a, b, c; 21a, b) corresponding to the number of chambers provided and leaving a gap (5) between them, the respective sectional mandrels (3, 4; 17a b, c; 21a, b) having a cross-section matching the cross-section of the cavity of an individual chamber of the respective multiple chamber tube.