The E-Sylum:  Volume 10, Number 34, August 26, 2007, Article 17

UPDATED MICROPERFORATION SYSTEM TO PROTECT BANKNOTES

According to a press release issued in The Netherlands August 21,
Industrial Automation Integrators (IAI) B.V. in Veldhoven, a
subsidiary of DOCdata N.V. in Waalwijk, will supply a Laser-Perforation
-System for the application of the patented security feature MicroPerf(R) 
to a banknote printing company. The delivery of this system is planned 
by mid-2008. This system will replace a MicroPerf(R) system that is
 operational since 1997.

Main contractor for this project is KBA-Giori S.A. in Lausanne,
Switzerland, the marketing and sales subsidiary of König & Bauer
(KBA) in Würzburg (www.kba-print.de) for the banknote-
printing market. KBA-Giori is by far the leading supplier of
equipment to banknote printers.

The MicroPerf(R) security feature, an invention of the Swiss
security printer Orell Füssli (www.ofs.ch), is now
applied in Swiss, Latvian and Russian banknotes. It consists
of a pattern of minute, laser-applied holes, which become
visible when the note is held to the light.

To read the complete press release, see: Full Story

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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