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De La Rue develops tallow-free banknote substrate
De La Rue has confirmed it is reformulating its banknote polymer to exclude tallow and is also bidding to retain its British passport contract, as it released its full-year results.
‘If your name is not on the list, you’re not coming in’
Back in 2005, panic ensued at Bloomsbury Publishing when something purporting to be the sixth Harry Potter book appeared to have been leaked online. It was actually found to be a fake – but it...
Middleton to leave De La Rue
De La Rue chief operating officer Rupert Middleton is leaving the group after six years, and will not be directly replaced.
KBA-NotaSys settles bribery case
Banknote press manufacturer KBA-NotaSys has been fined one symbolic Swiss franc following a corruption scandal, but will also pay a multimillion euro settlement.
Secprint gains an edge with new Grafcut
Secprint has invested in a Grafcut 52H fully hydraulic guillotine to support its delivery of high quality digital security print.
Black & Callow makes first acquisition
Financial printing firm Black & Callow has bought the assets of its London-based print partner Master Mail.
Bank of England to keep animal fat in new polymer notes
The Bank of England will not withdraw the new polymer £5 notes from circulation nor change its production method for the upcoming £10 but will hold a consultation before agreeing production methods...
Find growth in a shrinking marketplace
It doesn’t look good. Cheque volumes in the UK have dropped from 4 billion in 1990 to around the 600-million mark today.
De La Rue: 'minute traces' of animal products in polymer
The tallow backlash that has engulfed the Bank of England has also caused De La Rue to revisit its polymer formulation, PrintWeek can reveal.
Banknote row illustrates vegan challenge
The row over the use of tiny amounts of tallow in polymer banknotes illustrates the challenges in achieving 100% vegan products.