Security
Agfa updates security printing app
Agfa Graphics has unveiled the fourth version of Arziro Design, its security printing plugin for Adobe Illustrator.
De La Rue designs Mandela centenary notes
South Africa’s Reserve Bank (SARB) has issued its first-ever set of commemorative banknotes to mark the birth centenary of Nelson Mandela.
De La Rue accentuates the positives
Underlying sales and profits are up at De La Rue, but the group’s results were overshadowed by the ongoing fall-out over the UK passport contract loss, which has resulted in one investor viewing the...
What threat does IoT pose to printers’ kit?
Fridge freezers that auto-order milk, kettles that boil water using an app and thermostats that you control from your car... the internet and things that run on it have come a long way since Sir Tim...
De La Rue cans plans to challenge passport deal
The saga over the future production of UK passports has taken another dramatic twist - De Le Rue has abandoned plans to pursue a legal challenge against the Home Office’s controversial decision to...
Passport row rumbles on
Jo Francis wonders whether the ongoing row over the UK passport printing contract is a fine example of free trade, or an egg-on-face decision for the government and its supposed industrial strategy.
De La Rue will appeal passport contract loss
De La Rue has confirmed that it will mount a legal challenge against the Home Office’s decision to award the huge UK passport tender to a continental rival, and union Unite said it will “strongly...
De La Rue chief questions viability of Gemalto pricing
Petitions calling for a government re-think on the UK passport contract have now reached more than 175,000 signatures, while De La Rue chief executive Martin Sutherland has questioned the viability of...
Campaign launched to keep passport production in the UK
Unite the union has teamed up with the Daily Mirror newspaper to launch its campaign calling for the production of UK passports to remain in the UK.
Calls for Home Office to reverse 'outrageous' passport decision
A huge row has erupted after news that the £490m UK passport contract has been awarded to Franco-Dutch firm Gemalto was leaked to the media – prior to any official announcement from the Home Office –...