Our Sponsors, Exhibitors & Partners

De La Rue

De La Rue’s purpose is to enable every citizen to participate securely in the global economy. As a trusted partner of governments, central banks and commercial organisations, De La Rue provides products and services that underpin the integrity of trade, personal identity and the movement of goods.

As the world’s largest designer and commercial printer of banknotes, De La Rue designs, manufactures and delivers banknotes, banknote substrates and security features to customers in a world where currency will continue to be a key part of the developing payments eco-system.

De La Rue is the world’s largest commercial printer of passports, and also creates and delivers secure product identifiers and ‘track and trace’ software for governments and commercial customers alike to help to tackle the challenge of illicit or counterfeit goods and the collection of revenue and excise duties.

De La Rue is listed on the London Stock Exchange (LON-DLAR).

Koenig & Bauer

Koenig & Bauer is regarded as the main driver of innovation and excellence within the high-security printing industry.Working hand in hand with our clients and partners, we have continuously elevated the art of high-security printing to new levels.By listening to our clients’ needs we have expanded our range of products and services to meet the ever-changing challenges of our market.Today we offer a unique range of products and services to authorised security printers and central banks enabling them to design, produce and issue banknotes and security documents according to their specific and individual needs.

Komori Corporation

Founded in 1923, Komori’s design concepts have originated from the needs of our users and all our efforts have been devoted to customer satisfaction. The management principle of Kando – ‘beyond expectations’ – drives Komori to adhere to its origins and produce products of superior quality and reliability.

With equipment used in over 60 countries, Komori is recognized as a leading supplier with an excellent reputation as a manufacturer of printing machinery. Komori has been developing and manufacturing banknote presses since its first dry offset press was developed and delivered in 1958.

The printing of banknotes, and high security documents, requires the careful synthesis of many printing systems and technologies. By utilising our vast printing knowledge and technical skills, Komori has developed a range of products to service this exclusive market.

Landqart

Landqart AG is the only manufacturer of security paper in Switzerland, proudly upholding traditional Swiss values: quality, security, and innovation. A trusted partner to governments around the world for the supply of banknote and passport paper, our paper-polymer composite substrate, Durasafe®, is firmly at the forefront of technological development in the industry.

A platform for innovative design and security features, Durasafe® is engineered to meet the requirements of banknote issuers. It allows the notes to stay safely ahead of the counterfeiters, offers untold design possibilities, and remains familiar and easy to recognise for the general public. In circulation from Switzerland to Asia, from Africa to the Americas, Landqart’s substrates are used with confidence in the most demanding situations.

Oberthur Fiduciaire

We are a hi-tech security printer and smart card manufacturer in India specialising in tax stamps for tobacco, wines and spirits- both non-adhesive and self-adhesive with complete track and trace system to eradicate the fake stamps.

Demax Holograms

Demax Holograms is a leading printer of securities and documents in Bulgaria and one of the first manufacturers of security holograms in Eastern Europe.

The company is licensed and controlled by the Ministry of Finance. Since 1996,it has been a full member of the International Association of Producers of Holograms (IHMA).

For more information, please visit www.demax-holograms.com.

Gleitsmann Security Inks

Gleitsmann Security Inks (GSI) has been a trusted, innovative provider of highly secure, durable and efficient inks for government entities worldwide since 1847. We continuously strive to improve our products, meeting latest requirements from our customers, i.e. Central Banks, State Printworks and Commercial Security printers. Customer centricity is not just a buzzword for GSI but has highest priority in every aspect of our operation. Our technical and commercial customer service, operating from our headquarters in Berlin, provides support within hours from receiving a customer request. Besides our standard intaglio, offset and numbering inks we also provide cost efficient varnish solutions and an environmentally friendly series of silk-screen colours. Our products are today used by more than 40 international customers.

Jura / PARVIS

Jura is a recognized name in the security printing market, offering solutions from document personalization, high-security prepress, and platemaking to digital security and consultancy.
Jura’s software are in function at more than 100 governmental and licensed security printers all over the world. The Corvina graphic design software family helps the designers to develop sophisticated high-resolution artworks with precision, beauty and harmony.

For the fast-developing digital security printing market, has proprietary, worldwide-patented technology to protect security products and enhance brand protection. Jura’s latest developments contain different new features with smartphone apps for security print authentication and brand protection.

Jura is the first ‘Certified Security Supplier’ company by Intergraf and VPGI.

PARVIS is the leading provider for MES, Track & Trace, Quality Control and production management solutions for the high security printing industry.
With an experience of more than 25 years, PARVIS has been constantly investing in innovation, working in tight cooperation with its customers.
The line of solutions proposed by PARVIS include:
– Abaco-MES: for production management and traceability
– Numero: for on-line numbering inspection
– Proxima-o/p: for substrate and offset print measurement
– Proxima-i: for intaglio print measurement
– Optimark: SCMarks measurement system

Luminescence Sun Chemical Security

Luminescence Sun Chemical Security is part of the Sun Chemical global security solutions business unit. Through the strong corporate culture and power of our multinational parent we have access to over 22,000+ specialists in inks, pigments and coatings based all over the globe. With highly specialised Research and Development centres from which we can draw resources and knowledge, we are continuously on the search for the latest technologies to help you stay ahead of counterfeiters or other threats to your secure documents.

Luminescence Sun Chemical Security (LSCS) offers a wide range of security inks and authentication technologies for Central Banks, Revenue Authorities, ID issuers and Brand Owners.

Whether it is to upgrade or redesign your banknotes, introducing a completely new identity document, increasing your tax revenues or securing your brand, the LSCS specialists are here to help you with innovative, tailor-made solutions. Working with the highest level of confidentiality and the ethical standards that are expected from the industry.

Orell Fussli Security Printing

Founded in 1519, Orell Fussli Security Printing is a leading provider of security technologies, security products and solutions for identifications documents and systems, banknotes, and secure documents. Orell Fussli Security Printing 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 Fussli Security Printing 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. With its superb infrastructure, Orell Fussli Security Printing 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 customised way, we are the ideal partner for such projects.

Security Fibres Ltd

Security Fibres Ltd are the leading manufacturers of security features for paper. Our Rainbow Fibres, Planchettes, Threads and StarLites create an integrated security feature that is highly resistant to counterfeiting and forgery.

SICPA

Market leader in security inks and leading provider of secured authentication, identification, traceability and supply chain solutions, SICPA is a long-trusted partner to governments, central banks, high security printers and the industry. Every day, governments, companies and millions of citizens rely on its expertise, which combines material-based covert features and digital technologies, to protect the integrity and value of their currency, personal identity, value documents, e-government services, as well as products and brands. True to its purpose of Enabling Trust through constant innovation, SICPA aims to further an Economy of Trust worldwide, where transactions, interactions and products across the physical and digital worlds are based on protected, unforgeable and verifiable data.

Founded in Lausanne in 1927, headquartered in Switzerland and operating on five continents, SICPA employs about 3000 people.

WTG Water Treatment GmbH

WTG is an engineering company and trading company for industrial goods.

Our employees have decades of experience in the field of treatment plants and industrial plant construction.This both in the planning, the execution and the site supervision.

Authentication Solution Providers Association (ASPA)

Authentication Solution Providers’ Association (ASPA) is a self-regulated, non-profit organization of authentication solution providers.

Founded in 1998 as Hologram Manufacturers Association of India (HoMAI), it was re-launched in 2014 as ASPA to more accurately represent the transformation of products and services offered by its existing member companies. The broader scope of ASPA also covers a wide array of other technologies that have evolved over the years.

As the world’s first and only industry body of its kind, ASPA aims to comprehensively covers the interests of the entire authentication solutions industry worldwide, including, but not limited to, holograms, optically variable devices (OVD’s), taggants, security inks and substrates, watermarks, nanotechnologies, RFIDs, barcode/ QR code-based digital tracking and verification solutions, security and tamper-evident labels and any other brand protection and authentication solutions.

ASPA works closely with global authorities such as International Hologram Manufacturers Association (IHMA), Counterfeit Intelligence Bureau (CIB) and Interpol. ASPA members protect over 10,000 brands worldwide through the identification of genuine products and documents.

GWT Wasser- und Wärmetechnik GmbH

Wiping solution recovery in high security printing is decisive not only in terms of cost-efficiency but also environmental responsibility. GWT Gesellschaft für Wasser- und Wärmetechnik GmbH (water and heating technology) continues to improve its process to maximize the recovery rate and integrate the latest quality control methods.
GWT’s market strength and over 30 years of successful experience in engineering and construction of water treatment plants as a full-service provider, enables us to develop the best solutions for our existing and new customers.
Please visit us to discuss our latest technology.

Homsetra Optics Ltd

Hunkeler Systeme AG

We are providing solutions in the evacuation logistics segment for substrates like paper, cardboard, foils, and general waste to ensure an efficient management of the waste. From the compact unit right at the collection point to the factory integrated system solution, we always provide the right scaled system. From Hunkeler Systeme AG you receive comprehensive competence from one source.

Globally recognised, 80-person engineering company for tailor-made systems in disposal logistics. Construction of systems of any size for recycling companies, offset, digital and securities printing centres, financial institutes, packaging producers, large distributors, logistic centres.

IQ Structures

IQ Structures is a company creating micro and nano structures that provide products and materials with extraordinary properties to be used mainly in the fields of anti-fraud protection and optics.

The company is equipped with technologies that allow you to record and build structures with a precision of several nanometres. IQ Structures has authored many international patents and has more than 100 years of combined business experience in the protection of government and private documents and goods in over 80 countries.

Such knowledge and experience enables IQ Structures to create optical security features for protection of IDs, passports, banknotes etc. against counterfeiting.

MaskTech

Masktech is the #1 independent supplier for highest security embedded chipsets, operating systems and related middleware for electronic identification cards, travel documents and authentication solutions.

Our portfolio includes generic and customized mask solutions for state-of-the-art Common Criteria certified smart card and contactless cryptographic chipsets. The company supplies more than 30 major passport manufacturers and system integrators and holds a leading position in all of its primary product categories.

OVD Kinegram / KURZ

Our high security printing products include Security Marks, Computerized Receipt/Manual Receipt, License Stickers, Certificates. Our Card Products are Banking cards , National ID , Voters ID, Smart card Driving Licence, E-Health /Smart Health card.

KURZ’ security solutions have used foil to protect tax stamps, banknotes and documents against counterfeiting and manipulation for over 30 years. National banks, government organizations and their suppliers in more than 100 countries rely on our experience in security technology. The combination of optical technology, security foil technology (e.g. partial metallization) and additional components provides superior protection against counterfeiting. These optical security labels can be combined with the web-based TRUSTCODE® identification system and marked with a unique identifier for mobile verification.

Papeteries De Vizille

Located in France, Papeteries de Vizille (Vizille Paper Mills) belong to the VICAT Group.

Based on our experience, our security papers meet the continually evolving requirements for authentication, verification and anti-counterfeiting required for many documents (tax stamps – certificates – vouchers – visas – tickets – cheques, ..).

We provide customized solutions based on our technical expertise to meet every security concern. Our production site benefit from constant technological enhancements, ensuring the perfect control of the manufacturing process.

PETREL

PETREL, a french Company, started in 1985, is one of the main producers of Security Inks, with a permanent contact with our customers , with a constant objective to develop new inks for new protection against falsifications and imitations, with inks formulated for offset, silk-screen, flexography and gravure printing processes. PETREL manufactures Security fibres and Security stitching threads.

Regula

With over 25 years on the hi-tech market, Regula offers trustworthy security equipment for identity checks and authentication of all types of security documents including ID cards and passports. The company also develops software for automated recognition and verification of security documents. In addition, Regula experts conduct in-house training courses for customers using Regula solutions

Stardust

We are the leaders in state-of-the-art technology for Supply Chain Traceability, Document Security, and Brand Protection for the past 20 years. We provide brand owners the ability to authenticate products and materials at any point in the supply chain, from the point of origin to the end user. This enables brand owners to track and accurately identify diversion of goods and counterfeits along the supply chain, and make demonstrative claims about what is, and what is not, in their products.

SURYS

SURYS is a Global Leader in security devices and systems offering an extensive range of innovative Solutions to guarantee fiduciary, identity and travel document security, to authenticate, track & trace global brands. With operations and sales network on all continents, SURYS is an international company with more than 80% of its revenue outside France.

Recognized by Industry Partners, Governments and Central Banks as an Expert in high security Solutions, SURYS has 30 years’ experience in holography and is certified CWA/Intergraf.

Member of IHMA, the Company invests each year more than 10% in Research & Development.

ZEISER

ZEISER ensure that passports, banknotes, ID documents, checks, revenue seals, lottery tickets or branded products actually deliver on their promise, we turn each document and every single product into a unique item. ZEISER is focused on the development of modular based individualisation solutions for different security market-segments.

Currency News

Currency News published by Currency Publications Ltd, is the only independent newsletter dedicated to the specification, production and circulation of currency. Published 12 times a year, Currency News is an authoritative one-stop source of news and analysis of the events and issues shaping the development of banknotes and coins around the world and the industries that support them.

Currency Publication Ltd is is a joint venture between Currency Research and Reconnaissance International.

ID & Secure Document News

ID & Secure Document News is a comprehensive information source that focuses on developments in ID and travel documents.

Each monthly issue includes news, features on technologies, information on case studies and successful applications, interviews with key figures involved in specification, production, issuance and examination of ID and travel documents. ID & Secure Document News also features in-depth commentary and analysis to give you the inside track on the key players and winning technologies for the protection, production and issuance of travel and identity documents.

InterCrim-Press

InterCrim-Press is one of the leaders in Russia in providing information and publishing reference material on currency identification.

The reference books published by InterCrim-Press provide comprehensive information on currency circulation in about 240 countries and territories around the globe giving the detailed description of all current notes and used security features. The particular emphasis is made on examination on the banknotes and description of the detected counterfeits (euro, dollars, rubles). The information on the notes is obtained form the Central Bank of Russia, the Ministry of Finance of Russia, the Forensic Science Center of the Ministry of Interior of Russia and the central banks of the individual countries.

Keesing Technologies

Keesing Technologies is a specialist provider of verification tools that helps international organisations to analyse and authenticate security documents such as travel documents, banknotes and driving licenses. The organisation was established in 1923 and has amassed unparalleled expertise in the field of document security. Keesing offers an exclusive online database: www.documentchecker.com. Documentchecker.com offers descriptions and pinpoint-sharp images of thousands of ID documents and banknotes from over 180 countries. The database is continuously updated and available in: English, French, German, Spanish, Italian or Russian.

In addition to a broad range of verification solutions, training modules, manuals and reference works, many of which are available in electronic format, we publish a bimonthly magazine that keeps professionals abreast of the latest developments in the document security and identity industry, Keesing Journal of Documents & Identity. The journal is a forum for prominent industry professionals to share their ideas, announce market developments and review security document and identity programmes.

Secure Identity Alliance

The Secure Identity Alliance is dedicated to supporting sustainable worldwide economic growth and prosperity through the development of trusted digital identities and the widespread adoption of secure e-Services.

The Alliance offers leadership and advisory services to governments and other public bodies; supporting the implementation of digital ID projects to accelerate the wide range of economic, public health, electoral and sustainability opportunities offered by the shift to digital service provision.

The Alliance brings together public, private and non-government organizations to foster international collaboration on Digital ID challenges and the issues of data security, citizen privacy, identity, authentication and more.

The Alliance plays a key role in sharing best practice and uncovering the new generation of eIdentity and eDocument technologies crucial to building the trusted framework on which to drive eGovernment, and global economic growth, forward.

Smart Insights

Smart Insights, by Intelling: a blog about the Secure Transactions industry.

Smart Insights covers the smart card and secure transactions industry, its businesses, its technologies, its markets as well as its technology suppliers. Smart Insights covers all the major trends in the industry, it encompasses worldwide business, standardization bodies …

Smart Insights is brought to you by Intelling, the secure transactions industry expert. Intelling proposes services in communication, strategy, marketing and market intelligence, with a strong focus on all markets relating to the secure transactions industry.

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