Abstract: The invention relates to improvements in paper and in particular to paper for use in making labels or packaging, having a removable element. Paper having first and second opposing surfaces, and an elongate security element at least partially embedded in the paper such that when a tearing force is applied to the elongate element, a removable portion is separated from the rest of the paper.

Abstract: A security device comprises a substrate (1) having a viewing region (3) which is provided on one side with first indicia (7) and on the other side with second indicia (9) overlying the first indicia. The substrate carries an obscuring material (10) aligned with the second indicia (9) so as to prevent at least the second indicia from being viewed from the one side of the substrate under reflected radiation. The substrate is sufficiently transparent while the obscuring material permits the passage of sufficient transmitted radiation to allow the second indicia (9) to be viewed from the one side of the substrate under transmission conditions.

Abstract: The invention relates to security paper and in particular to a method for the manufacture of security paper that is provided with high-quality watermarks. In particular such a method comprises forming a papermaking suspension comprising cellulosic fibers and polyvinyl alcohol fibers, which polyvinyl alcohol fibers are soluble in water at temperatures of from 95 to 100 degrees C, dewatering the papermaking suspension through an emboseed wire mesh or other embossed means, wherein the embossing creates a profile of peaks and troughs corresponding to the light and dark areas of the watermark, and the formed paper after dewatering with the watermark feature is thereafter dried to provide the resulting security paper.

Abstract: The invention relates to improvements in security features in paper and in particular to a method of making paper and transparentising selected areas of paper to provide enhanced security features. The invention thus provides a method of making paper comprising the step of depositing fibers (12) onto a support surface (13) to form a porous absorbent sheet (14), applying a transparentising resin to at least portion of said porous sheet and subsequently impregnating the porous sheet with a sizing resin.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing security paper which includes a security feature. The method comprises forming paper in a wet state, which paper incorporates on or more security features, applying to the paper a sizing agent, thereafter applying to one or both sides of the sized paper a coating comprising an unpigmented polyurethane. The unpigmented polyurethane may optionally comprise a functional additive provided that the presence of the functional additive does not increase the opacity of the paper by more than 1%. After the polyurethane has been applied the paper is dried. The coating composition provides a film, when cast on a glass surface, having a Konig hardness of from 15 to 130 seconds.