About Vandagraf International Limited

We are an international network of highly experienced specialised Consultants, with complementary areas of expertise enabling excellent synergies to be achieved in selected industry sectors worldwide.

A number of specialised consultants with strong experience in related areas have also joined the Vandagraf network of Consultants.

The team provides a strong emphasis on international business with a broad range of industry experience. International offers an international network of highly experienced consultants, with complementary areas of expertise enabling strong synergies to be achieved in selected industry sectors worldwide.

James Bevan is the Founder and Director of Vandagraf International. A number of specialised consultants with strong experience in related areas have joined the Vandagraf network of consultants as associates.

The team provides a strong emphasis on international business with a broad range of industry experience and in-house language skills.

Evolving from the packaging / labels and security print fields, Vandagraf International has increasingly been focussing on Brand Protection / Anti-counterfeit - Markets and Technologies for a number of years.

Vandagraf is well placed to carry out technical and market surveys in this field and is able to draw on ongoing working relationships with a number of additional associate consultancies, as and when required.

Partners include:

• Product & Image Security Foundation - UK - Information source for brand protection, product and image security, counterfeit deterrence and theft prevention.
• IPI (Europe) supports companies at the leading edge of technology adoption by providing a single, independent source of expertise on disruptive technologies in areas such as RFID, NFC and printed electronics for anti-counterfeit and brand protection applications.
  
• PeterBoswell.com - Switzerland - Document protection, including blockchain-based solutions, big-data analaysis and advanced smartphone interfaces. 
• Bricad Associates Sàrl - Switzerland - International consultants specialising in industrial marketing in the metals industry and aluminium packaging.
• Boucher-Lensch Associates, LLC - US / Switzerland - The company provides strategic and financial advisory services to public and private companies in the electronics technology and life sciences instrumentation industries as well as M&A advisory, private placements, strategic planning, and analysis.
  
• Cabinet Penhallow, SA - France - International multi-lingual market research consultants specialising in labels and packaging.
  
• Global Information, Inc. - Japan / US - International consultants specialising in Asian and North American markets.
  

Areas of special expertise include:

• Brand Protection / Counterfeit & Piracy Deterrence, Tamper Evidence, Anti-theft
• Connected / Intelligent / Smart Packaging / Labels 
• Consumer engagement / Mobile marketing
• Supply Chains / Logistics / Track & Trace
• Printing technology
• Digital (Inkjet / Electro-photographic)
• Analogue printing processes
• Security Printing - Coding & identifiers
• Radio electronic (eg: RFID / NFC)
• Printed codes (eg: QR / Digital watermarking)
• Printable electronics
• Internet of Packaging

• Activities & services include:
• Multi-client techno-economic Market studies
• Original research by direct or telephone interviews, questionnaire based if required (multi-lingual)
• Market information and inputs for strategic planning
• Confidential dedicated single client Consultancy assignments
• Due diligence, merger & acquisition studies
• Benchmarking of Companies and / or products
• Speaker engagements
• Events organization, management and hosting.