Anti-Counterfeiting Policy of Hauni Maschinenbau AG.

Counterfeiting is a serious problem of growing concern to the global market and especially to the tobacco industry. It also threatens Hauni Maschinenbau AG 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 Hauni Maschinenbau AG which is dedicating itself to fight counterfeiting thus to protect the integrity of the brands and trademarks of Hauni Maschinenbau AG, Hauni’s customers and partners as well as the exceptionally significant economic value of the legitimate supply chain.

Amongst others, Hauni Maschinenbau AG 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 Hauni Maschinenbau AG policy to avoid business with manufacturers of counterfeits. It goes without saying that Hauni Maschinenbau AG is permanently enforcing its strategy to seek customer and supplier co-operations for its anticounterfeiting policy.

Hauni Maschinenbau AG will suspend or cease doing business with any supplier manufacturing counterfeits which may damage the business interests of Hauni Maschinenbau AG.