Founded in 1927 and headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland, SICPA is a government provider of banknote security inks and secured identification, traceability and authentication solutions. With high-technology security inks at the core of its expertise, the company protects the majority of the world's banknotes, security and value documents, and offers solutions and services to governments and industry, such as healthcare, ensuring product authentication, traceability and protection, as well as tax reconciliation, on a worldwide basis.