New Report Ventures into Printing Beyond Colour for Security Features
17 Dec 2021 | Press Release
Many technologies and features with their roots in commercial printing have made, and continue to make, a substantial contribution to secure document production. However, these technologies have for the most part been concerned with producing visual colours, perceived by the unaided eye as conventional colour printing. A new technology report – ‘Printing Beyond Colour: Commercial …
High Security Print Awards Celebrate Best in Class of 2021
16 Dec 2021 | Press Release
The HSP (High Security Print) Awards are normally held three times a year, coinciding with three regional HSP conferences – for Asia, EMEA and Latin America respectively. The last HSP conference before lockdowns took hold took place in March 2020 in Lisbon. And with a question mark still hanging over the resumption of in-person events, …
Cash industry maps out route to sustainability
26 Oct 2021 | Press Release
COP | Cash | Report | Sustainability
The global cash industry – both manufacturers and cash management providers – is making huge strides in reducing its carbon footprint and securing a sustainable future for cash. A new report – ‘Cash: Roadmap to Sustainability’ – highlights the progress in the last decade and innovative developments underway. It challenges some of the myths and …
Regional Banknote and ID Document of the Year Awards to Go Online for 2021
2 Oct 2021 | Press Release
One of the highlights of the High Security Printing™ conferences each year are the regional awards for the best banknotes and ID documents. Thanks to COVID-19, no in-person HSP has been possible since the last event in Lisbon in March 2020, just before the world went into lockdown. And with a question mark still hanging …
New Report Looks at the Art, Design and Security Behind Concept Notes
1 Jul 2021 | Press Release
‘Concept Notes: Art, Design and Security in One’, is a new special report from Currency News, co-published by Reconnaissance, which summarises the latest house notes. House notes, concept notes, specimen notes… Whatever people call them, every year sees the issue of a range of such notes, produced by banknote printers and substrate and feature suppliers …
Reconnaissance Launches New Conference for Identity and Payments in the Digital Age
18 May 2021 | Press Release
The technical conference for physical, digital and virtual document security How do we ensure that our financial transactions and identity verification conducted on a smartphone, tablet or other computer are as secure as they have been using banknotes and identity documents respectively? Do those physical secured documents have a role in this new world? Will …
Security Threads for Banknotes
14 Apr 2021 | Press Release
The Definitive Report on One of the Most Enduring and Innovative AntiCounterfeiting Features for Currency A ground-breaking new special report, ‘Security Threads for Banknotes’, has been released. Authored by the publishers of Currency News, the new 130-page report provides an essential guide for currency issuers to the use of one of the most enduring and …
Proof of Health Status White Paper Puts Emphasis on What is Feasible
8 Apr 2021 | Press Release
Reconnaissance International, publisher of ID & Secure Document News™ (IDN) has now published the‘Vaccination Certificates and Immunity PassportsWhite Paper’to coincide with the recent Digital Document Security Conference. The ID and secure document industry is seeing unprecedented changes as it adapts to the shifting business environment and its response to the COVID pandemic. The raised awareness …
Reconnaissance Takes the Lead on how to Secure Immunity Passports
5 Mar 2021 | Press Release
Greece, Israel, the UK, the International Air Transport Association, the USA – these are among the countries and organisations that have either announced that they are introducing a COVID-19 immunity passport or are examining the possibility of doing so. At the same time, many security printers or health management organisations have also announced that they …
Industry Awards Reflect Holography’s Continued Success Despite Global Challenges
9 Dec 2020 | Press Release
A global industry that continues to expand and innovate is reflected by the winners of this year’s Excellence in Holography awards, organised by industry trade body International Hologram Manufacturers Association (IHMA). The awards mark the pinnacle of success for those who have been involved at the forefront of developing innovative or commercially viable hologram products …
