New Partnership to Drive New Solutions for OVD Foil Application

Koenig & Bauer Banknote Solutions (KBBNS) and GIETZ have announced a new strategic partnership in the domain of OVD application for banknotes.

Under the partnership, the objectives of which are defined in a Joint Development Agreement, both parties commit to leveraging their respective competencies and technologies to improve and develop OVD application platforms for banknote printers. ‘The fusion of technologies, expertise, and research in this domain creates a unique opportunity for both organisations to explore and discover new ways to create value for our trusted customers while maintaining the highest standards in OVD application, synonymous with the banknote printing industry’ they said in a joint statement. 

KBBNS supplies large-scale high volume OptiNota H systems for the high speed high volume application of diffractive and other optically variable foil-based patches and stripes at the rate of 10,000 sheets per hour. The Opti-Windows module, which can be retrofitted to the OptiNota H, enable windows to be cut in the substrate before the application of a foil overlay.