Olnica

Olnica is a French technology company specializing in coded molecular tagging for materials and products. Created in 2010 and headquartered in Chantepie, France, it is owned by the Socomore Group, a French worldwide player specialized in surface preparation, treatment, protection, tracing and coatings. Olnica describes itself as having more than ten years of experience in securing product identity, and its stated mission is to protect and sustain the world by supporting customers in implementing end-to-end traceability, from raw materials to recycling. The company's core offering is a turnkey traceability solution built around an invisible coded molecular taggant. This taggant can be integrated directly into a product's raw material or applied as an invisible marking on packaging, creating what Olnica calls a "biometric passport" for materials and products. The solution combines the taggant itself, portable readers, a software platform and associated expert services. Olnica markets two main taggant ranges: OLNITAG, an embedded material taggant described as "the DNA for materials" that provides lifetime identification, and OLNISURF, a range dedicated to surface data marking that can be integrated into lacquers, varnishes, coatings, inks and anodisation processes. Olnica positions its technology across several use cases. For anti-fraud and anti-counterfeit applications, it offers coded markers and authentication methods ranging from in-situ optical detection to advanced forensic analysis. For process control and recycling, the taggant allows customers to prove the presence and dilution of a tagged material in composite or recycled products. The company also bridges physical and digital identity, enabling smart product passports and unbreakable links between tangible goods and their digital twins for comprehensive traceability and data-driven insights. Olnica serves a range of sectors, listing government, luxury, cosmetics, healthcare, building and construction, electrical and electronic, consumer goods, and automotive and transportation among the industries that trust its technology. Its services include OLNISERV EXPERTISE, tailor-made support for integrating and industrializing solutions, and OLNISERV LAB ANALYSIS, a forensic laboratory service using techniques such as Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM-EDS), ICP-MS and HPLC to detect and identify taggants and confirm authenticity. As part of the Socomore Group, Olnica benefits from a parent organization with more than 50 years of experience manufacturing solutions for transport industries including aerospace.

Olnica was created in 2010 in France. It is headquartered in Chantepie, France, and is owned by the Socomore Group, a French worldwide player specialized in surface preparation, treatment, protection, tracing and coatings. Socomore has been manufacturing solutions for more than 50 years for transport industries including aerospace, giving Olnica a parent organization with deep industrial and materials-science roots. From its founding, Olnica focused on coded molecular tagging for materials and products. The company developed what it describes as the most advanced and reliable traceability solution to combat fraud, optimize process control and recycling qualification, and ensure product authenticity and data management. Its technology is patented and centers on an ultra-secure, tamper-proof coded taggant that can be integrated directly into products, either as an invisible marking on packaging or within the raw material itself, creating a "biometric passport" for materials and products. Over more than a decade of operation, Olnica built a 360-degree team bringing together expert chemists who develop the molecular coded taggant technology, optics engineers, data scientists, and software engineers who design the readers and software to decode them, alongside management, support, and marketing and business teams. This integrated expertise allows the company to offer a turnkey solution comprising an invisible coded molecular taggant, portable readers, a software platform, and associated expert services. The company expanded its offering into two main taggant ranges. OLNITAG is an embedded material taggant described as "the DNA for materials," providing lifetime identification for products. OLNISURF is a dedicated range for surface data marking, compatible with processes including lacquering, varnishing, coating, printing and anodisation, and designed to facilitate the integration of taggants into fluids of varying viscosities without affecting coating or printing processes or causing settlement, thereby maximizing shelf-life. OLNISURF detection uses the same technologies as OLNITAG detection, including SEM and the Olnica PocketLab reader. Olnica also developed service lines to support deployment and verification. OLNISERV EXPERTISE provides tailor-made support covering needs analysis, specification definition, taggant formulation, integration into products and industrial processes, on-site visits and trials, and recommendations for deployment and industrialization. OLNISERV LAB ANALYSIS provides forensic expertise for authenticity checks, using high-precision equipment and advanced analytical techniques including Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM-EDS), ICP-MS and HPLC to detect and identify the presence of the Olnica taggant and to access the unique molecular formula or "unique code" of the taggant. Detailed technical reports can be used for quality control or as evidence for internal or external purposes. As part of the Socomore Group, Olnica's taggants form part of the group's products and services range. The company markets its solutions across sectors including government, luxury, cosmetics, healthcare, building and construction, electrical and electronic, consumer goods, and automotive and transportation, positioning itself at the intersection of physical materials science and digital traceability.

• 2010

  Olnica is created in France.

• Olnica becomes part of the Socomore Group.

• OLNITAG embedded material taggant range is developed for lifetime product identification.

• OLNISURF surface data marking taggant range is developed for lacquering, varnishing, coating, printing and anodisation.

• OLNISERV EXPERTISE and OLNISERV LAB ANALYSIS service lines are offered to support integration and forensic authenticity checks.

Provider of ultra-secure, tamper-proof coded molecular tagging and end-to-end traceability solutions for anti-counterfeiting, process control, recycling qualification and digital product identity.

• OLNITAG coded molecular taggant

  Embedded material taggant described as the DNA for materials, providing lifetime identification for products.

• OLNISURF coded taggant

  Dedicated range for surface data marking, compatible with lacquering, varnishing, coating, printing and anodisation.

• Olnica PocketLab reader

  Portable reader used for in-situ optical detection of Olnica taggants.

• Software platform

  Platform for decoding taggants and managing product identity and data.

• OLNISERV EXPERTISE

  Tailor-made support for implementing Olnica solutions, from needs analysis to industrialization.

• OLNISERV LAB ANALYSIS

  Forensic expertise for authenticity checks using SEM-EDS, ICP-MS and HPLC.

1. 1Accueil - Olnicaolnica.com
2. 2About us - Olnicaolnica.com
3. 3Services - Olnicaolnica.com
4. 4Surface Data Marking - Olnicaolnica.com
5. 5Olnica (France) - Wikidatawikidata.org