Primary Sponsors

The support of our sponsors illustrates the strong endorsement of industry leaders for this important event. The Banknote 2009 arena allows for robust, relevant dialogue between industry and government representatives. The connections made at Banknote 2009 are critical to the discussions of the present and future of currency design, production, issue and usage.

While major sponsorships for Banknote 2009 are fully subscribed, if your organization is interested in joining this elite group of conference sponsors as supporting sponsor, please email tpoole@banknoteconference.com or jhanley@banknoteconference.com.


Arjowiggins Security

If Arjowiggins Security, specialised in high value-added paper products, is the World Leader in Banknote & Security Documents. It may be because the group, with 200 years experience, is the only one to provide its customers with the most complete offer on the market. From Banknote Paper to Security Products and Brand Protection, Arjowiggins Security can provide a specific solution, innovative and effective, using the whole range of its latest Research & Development discoveries.

Arjowiggins Security supplies Banknote Paper for more than 130 countries, and Euro paper to many of the European Central Banks. With 3 banknote paper mills located in France, The Netherlands and Brazil, we guarantee flexibility and know how without any comparison.

Authentix®

Authentix® is the Global Leader in authentication solutions for brand protection and fiscal recovery. As the inventor and developer of many of the leading nano-scale authentication solutions in use today, Authentix has a world-class technology portfolio.

Moreover, our skills in applying those technologies to solve counterfeit, adulteration and smuggling issues for clients, ensures that we are a trusted partner of many of the world's leading brand owners and governments. In the last three years we have recovered over $3 billion in lost revenues in the oil and gas, pharmaceutical and consumer goods industries alone. In addition, our expertise in the fields of security documents, currency and homeland security applications helps protect the very fabric of our society.

Crane Currency

Crane Currency represents over two-hundred years of excellence in banknote printing, paper production, and security feature development. With secure facilities located in the United States and Europe, Crane Currency has the distinction of being the only company in the world with intimate knowledge of both US dollar and Euro banknote production. Crane Currency’s daily, worldwide activities are shaped by a philosophy that recognizes security features and substrates as component parts of banknotes that should be durable, secure, and pleasing to the public that uses them. Adhering to this philosophy, Crane Currency invests heavily in research and development and is associated with a number of valuable banknote security feature and substrate innovations.

Dutch Currency Association (DCA)

The Netherlands has a number of companies operating towards Central Banks worldwide. They are complementary to each other and have recognized the specific need of their target group. These companies are Royal Joh. Enschedé, Royal Dutch Mint, Goebel, Transtrack International, Kusters Engineering and IAI Industrial Systems. The common target of these companies has led to an almost self-evident co-operation under the name Dutch Currency Association (DCA).

Fabriano

With a production capacity of over 200,000 tons, four production plants and approximately 628 employees, Cartiere Miliani Fabriano - spanning a period from the thirteenth century to the present - is a company that is historic yet modern, with characteristics that are unique in the paper industry.

The company's pecualiar feature - and its strong point - is its simultaneous production and marketing presence in highly varied sectors and markets.

Working exclusively in the field of uncoated wood-free paper, today the company is a powerhouse in the market of office paper, security and banknote paper, drawing paper for students and artists, paperboard for printing and packaging, and paper for special editions. It also has a department that produces paper by hand.

The company has become a market leader in many of the sectors in which it works (office paper, drawing paper, security paper).

The production of Cartiere Miliani Fabriano focuses on top-quality products, due to its high-tech equipment and production processes.

Giesecke & Devrient

Founded in 1852 as a firm of specialist printers, Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) has evolved from its traditional beginnings into an important international group of companies. Today G&D prints banknotes and securities, and supplies security paper and banknote processing equipment, as well as complete identification systems and cards and card systems for electronic payment and telecommunications. Throughout the company's history, it has consistently pioneered the use of innovative technology. Security and competence are the international high-tech group's watchwords. Its customer-focused products, systems and services make G&D a reliable partner for all organizations needing to solve complex problems in security-related fields.

Goebel GMBH

Goebel provides web-fed solutions for high security printing. The experience of the company group is based on a wide range of applications in printing and processing techniques for banknotes, stamps, cheques, visas and all kind of security documents worldwide.

Web-fed printing enables inline processing and gives decisive advantages compared to conventional sheet-fed techniques. The web-fed operation guarantees a complete security cycle throughout the production process. Maximum productivity of inline production and exceptional cost advantages, based on minimum investment, minimum inventory, one path operation and minimum employed labour force causes the outstanding benefits of web-fed processing.

Goebel provides innovative high security printing solutions in non-stop operation from roll to roll, roll to sheet, or from roll to a finished product. The company supplies a complete range of all printing techniques for high security printing, like intaglio, wet and dry offset, silk screen printing, numbering, hot foil stamping and all kind of hybrid combinations.

Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Goznak"

Since 1724, Goznak has had a long and distinguished tradition as a banknote and security printer and a producer of security paper and related products. Goznak incorporates two Paper Mills, four Printing Plants, two Mints, and a state-of-the-art Research Institute. Our security printing expertise covers a wide spectrum of areas including banknotes incorporating every internationally recognized security feature, full ran ge of certificates, passports, cheques, postage and tax revenue stamps and other restricted circulation state documents.

Goznak is the undisputable leader in Security Polygraph Industry in Russia and our trademark is also well known in many countries. We offer our customers a wealth of experience as well as recent technologies, which allow Goznak to deliver products and services of consistently high quality on global scale.

Goznak is now poised to bring our high performing products to the world market. We are restructuring our operations to become more responsive to the needs of our customers and more flexible in the face of market changes. We intend to compete for business worldwide as a respected and responsible member of the security printing industry.

JURA JSP

The Jura Group as a reputable supplier offers top quality security pre-press solutions, including special graphic software packages for designing all types of security documents, the state-of-the-art DLE intaglio plate-making technology, the most modern high-resolution CTP output devices and unique patented methods to protect travel and personal documents.

KBA-GIORI SA

KBA-GIORI SA is a global supplier of security printing systems serving the banknote industry. Our core business ranges from design & pre-press activity to design & supply of production machines, systems & process control tools focused on quality, security, workflow & environmental management. Key print groups covered are offset, screen, intaglio, numbering & foil application. Automatic inspection & finishing systems along with support & peripheral services complete the KBA-GIORI SA business package. Our machines are used in the production of virtually all banknotes in circulation around the world.

Kusters Engineering

Kusters Engineering is the world's leading manufacturer of custom-designed currency disintegration systems, coin crushing systems and high security media destruction systems. It is our mission to build customer relationships through understanding and exceeding the customer's expectations of reliability, security, safety and environmental awareness. We supply superior systems related to banknote destruction based on proven technology. Worldwide we have installed over 300 systems at Central Banks, Mints and Banknote Printing Works. Learn more about our currency disintegration solutions at www.kustersengineering.com.

LEONHARD KURZ Stiftung & Co. KG

LEONHARD KURZ Stiftung & Co. KG is a family owned company established about 100 years ago. From its beginning as a gold foil producer, it is today a leading manufacturer in the world of security hotstamping foils.

KURZ established its presence in the U.S. by the take over of the Hastings company in 1972. KURZ expanded its business by the foundation of KURZ Transfer Products L.P. in Charlotte, N.C. as sales office and manufacturing plant for security products.

The Kurz Group, with 3500 employees, located at nine manufacturing plants and 19 subsidiaries cooperates with more than 70 exclusive agencies. Kurz offers an excellent customer service from concept to full production through a world-wide network in manufacturing, sales and services. Quality control throughout the Kurz Group is supported by our ISO 9001 certification. Security of our manufacturing plants is protected by a perimeter and internal security system which has been approved by the European Central Bank, the German Central Bank and many other Central Banks throughout the world.

Since the start of the security business in the KURZ Group in the early 80s, KURZ has contributed to currency series for over 70 countries and more than 225 different banknotes including the Swiss Franc, the Pound Sterling and the EURO by its OVD security products.

Louisenthal

Louisenthal, a company in the Giesecke & Devrient Group, is an internationally renowned manufacturer of banknote and security paper and security foils. Besides supplying over 100 countries worldwide with high-grade products, Louisenthal has also been a major supplier of euro banknote paper to many central banks.

Always one step ahead of standard security requirements, Louisenthal has set the pace in developing innovative authenticity features and substrates. As a result, the company can draw on a broad spectrum of cutting-edge technologies to present a product portfolio that accommodates the individual needs of every customer. In 2003, Louisenthal opened its own facility for security foil production.

Oesterreichische Banknoten- und Sicherheitsdruck GmbH (OeBS)

In 1816 the Oesterreichische Nationalbank (Austrian central bank) was founded with its own banknote printing works on the premises. In 1998 the printing division was incorporated as a separate entity and became the Oesterreichische Banknoten- und Sicherheitsdruck GmbH (Austrian Banknote Printing Company), a 100% subsidiary of the Austrian central bank.

Our product range comprises:

Orell Füssli Security Printing Ltd

Founded in 1519, Orell Füssli Security Printing Ltd is a leading provider of security technologies, security products and solutions for identifications documents and systems, banknotes, and secure documents.

Orell Füssli Security Printing Ltd began printing securities as early as 1827 and has been supplying banknotes incorporating state-of-the-art security technology to the Swiss National Bank since 1911. Since then, Orell Füssli Security Printing Ltd has continually tested technical innovations and developed unique new techniques and security features

Our in-depth knowledge allows us to offer our customers the full range of products and services, from basic concept to the design and the printing of banknotes.

To respond to the increasing demand for sophisticated security and apply to all business areas the synergies of our vast knowledge and expertise as a high security printer, we constantly strive to be at the competitive edge and provide innovative solutions with a distinctive and unique identity. With its superb infrastructure, Orell Füssli Security Printing Ltd can fully exploit all security printing technologies either on paper or polymer substrates

Banknotes must meet toughest security standards, and the development, production and issuing of banknotes has become a complex and demanding task. Since we know how to meet these standards in a customized way, we are the ideal partner for such projects.

Securency Pty Ltd

Securency Pty Ltd is a joint venture between the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA), and Innovia Films. Securency's core business is the production of polymer substrate for banknotes. This is supported by a vigorous research and development program, focused on leading-edge innovative security features which can also be used in new-generation substrates for security documents and secure cards.

Securency's substrate for banknotes is known as Guardian®. The proven security, quality, cleanliness and cost-effectiveness of Guardian® substrate has launched a new era in banknotes, and global interest is growing rapidly. Guardian® polymer substrate is quickly being recognized as the superior alternative to paper banknotes.

Securency is ISO 9001:2000, ISO 14001:1996 and AS/NZS 4801:2001 accredited, and has an aggressive R&D program to keep ahead of the counterfeiters.

SICPA

Every day, governments, companies and millions of people place their confidence in SICPA to protect the integrity and value of their currency, personal identity and consumable goods. In a world of constant technological innovation where any product and document can be counterfeited or tampered with, our customers need more than ever a reliable partner who can provide them with effective security solutions.

With more than 80 years of experience, SICPA is the trusted advisor to central banks for selecting and integrating security features into upgraded and new banknote series. Today we provide security inks and integrated solutions for most of the world's currencies, including the Euro, US Dollar and Swiss Franc.

We also provide security printers with a wide range of security ink solutions and technologies that together with their know-how as well as unique design and printing skills result in counterfeit- and tamper-proof, easy-to-authenticate documents and products.

Supporting Sponsors

Gleitsmann Security Inks

Gleitsmann Security Inks uniquely positioned to provide high security ink solutions to secure currency. GSI has a proven record of providing inks which are in use in currencies around the world, a demonstrated record of continuous development and technological enhancements, an unblemished record of security, and most importantly, in-depth experience working with international security printers and central banks to customize solutions to meet the unique needs of each currency.

Gleitsmann Security Inks is certified according to ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and OHS 18001 and GSI has been accredited by the European Central Bank as an ink supplier for printing of Euro banknotes.

Komori

Komori is devoted to the satisfaction of our customer. Since our establishment in 1923, Komori has adhered to our origins: manufacturing products of superior quality and reliability. We are known throughout the world as a manufacturer of high quality printing machinery. We are not, however, satisfied with this level of achievement. To build on this success, we are delivering kando-generating products and services worldwide as a true global company, contributing culturally, socially and economically. This is Kando: Beyond Expectations — the standard by which we judge ourselves. Komori respects people and has a strong focus on environmental conservation and corporate ethics. Our mission: to empower kando printing for people everywhere in every industry segment.

Landqart AG

Landqart AG is a well-established manufacturer and supplier of banknote paper and among others the long standing sole supplier to the Swiss National Bank. Furthermore our product range comprises security paper, and security features for banknotes, passports, visa stickers as well as security solutions such as security detection devices.

Furthermore Landqart AG can offer you up grades on your base paper with such processes as coating, lamination and hot-stamping.

As a highly competent paper producer with a long standing experience and tradition, unique security features are developed in – house in order to offer products and solutions tailored to our customers needs comprising high standards of security against forgery, tampering and counterfeiting.

Oberthur Technologies

Oberthur Technologies is the world's third largest private security printer specialized in high security printing for the production of banknotes and other secured documents. Central Banks acknowledge the expertise of Oberthur Technologies in the creation of designs reflecting national sensitivities, together with innovation in security features, finishing and numbering with close attention being paid to ensure the highest level of quality and traceability. Thanks to challenging investment policy in new-generation equipment, Oberthur Technologies has strengthened its market position, acquired new customers and increased its EURO printing quota. Moreover, the certification PPP (Preferred Polymer Printer) has been obtained by Oberthur Technologies who has already gained a solid experience in this field.

PEC

PEC provides logistics solutions for cash centers and security print works. PEC takes full control over the whole project, from the engineering over the implementation, as well as the field and support services.

PEC offers Automated Vault Technology, including Storage Racks and Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems, Automated Material Handling Systems, such as AGV's, Banknote and Coin Containers, Programmable Electronic Locks and Cash Center Management and Control Software.

PEC is headquartered in Leuven (Belgium) with sales, manufacturing and support locations in Hungary, USA, and China. For more information please visit www.peccorp.com.

Badge Sponsors

TEMA

TEMA is a global leading supplier of one-stop, turnkey surface and print inspection systems for industrial applications. We have been setting standards in fully-automatic 100% quality inspection for more than 25 years now. Based on our comprehensive know-how covering the complete range of machine vision and driven by our high innovation potential we develop, manufacture, and market technically superior inspection systems tailored to each customer’s production environment. As an affiliated company of the Mühlbauer AG TEMA is active around the globe always being a flexible and reliable partner for every customer – now and in the future.

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