Image of a box full of Swiss 20-franc banknote from Louisenthal. Image courtesy of the SNB.

Louisenthal appoints new Chairman of Management Board

Clemens Berger has been appointed as the new Louisenthal Chairman of the Management Board. Berger takes over the position from Dr. Wolfram Seidemann, who has been the Louisenthal Chairman since 1 November 2016. Since joining in 2001, Berger has held several management positions at the substrate and foil manufacturing company. Since 2010, he has been responsible…

Thumbnail image of Louisenthal Water house note specimen.

Louisenthal wins IACA Award for Best Specimen Banknote

The Louisenthal “Water” house note has won the Best Specimen Banknote award, presented by the International Association of Currency Affairs (IACA). The “Water” specimen house note includes the optically variable RollingStar® LEAD security foil shown on the left of the adjacent image, as well as the RollingStar® Registered security thread, seen in the right hand note. Louisenthal, a…

G&D launches MAGnite: Banknote authentication with mobile phones

Yesterday Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) presented their latest technology to fight against banknote counterfeiters at the Banknote 2012 conference in Washington D.C. A press release was also issued by the company detailing their new product: MAGnite. This banknote security feature uses “high performance pigments that allow reversible changes between two colour states” when in range…