Counterfeiting is a serious problem of growing concern to the global market and especially to the tobacco industry. It also threatens ASL Analytic Service Laboratory GmbH and its partners. Counterfeiting is in most countries illegal and it leads to the manufacturing and distribution of products without quality controls of any kind.
This issue is of critical importance to ASL Analytic Service Laboratory GmbH which is dedicating itself to fight counterfeiting thus to protect the integrity of the brands and trademarks of ASL Analytic Service Laboratory GmbH customers and partners as well as the exceptionally significant economic value of the legitimate supply chain.
Amongst others,ASL Analytic Service Laboratory GmbH is using its research and development resources intensively to develop and offer technologies focused on product tracking and tracing in logistic chains and on brand protection. This goes in line with online integration of anti-counterfeit technologies within the making and packing of cigarettes.
Since many years it is already ASL Analytic Service Laboratory GmbH policy to avoid business with manufacturers of counterfeits. It goes without saying that ASL Analytic Service Laboratory GmbH is permanently enforcing its strategy to seek customer and supplier co-operations for its anticounterfeiting policy.
ASL Analytic Service Laboratory GmbH will suspend or cease doing business with any supplier manufacturing counterfeits which may damage the business interests ASL Analytic Service Laboratory GmbH. The essential elements of the policy of ASL Analytic Service Laboratory GmbH are as follows:
- ASL Analytic Service Laboratory GmbH is not knowingly doing business with manufacturers involved in counterfeiting. In the event that ASL Analytic Service Laboratory GmbH gets positive knowledge that a customer is sentenced guilty regarding their engagement in counterfeiting cigarettes and/ or cigarette brands by competent authorities in charge, ASL Analytic Service Laboratory GmbH will suspend or cease doing business with such customer. Neither equipment, assembly groups, spare parts nor services will be made available.
- ASL Analytic Service Laboratory GmbH will decline to accept any order for equipment, assembly groups, spare parts or services from any individual or entity that has been sentenced guilty by the competent authority in charge regarding their engagement in the manufacture, distribution or sale of counterfeits of cigarette brands.
- ASL Analytic Service Laboratory GmbH dedicates its research and development to track and trace technologies as well as brand protection technologies which will help its customers to fight counterfeiting.
- ASL Analytic Service Laboratory GmbH informs all its customers and suppliers about its anticounterfeiting policy.
11 May 2021
ASL Analytic Service Laboratory GmbH