Equinox: On the Cusp of Change

Koenig & Bauer Banknote Solutions (KBBNS) has run its ‘Equinox’ customer event in parallel with the DRUPA print conference and through into June. It has used the event to showcase what it does, to launch a number of new developments, particularly its AKTINA™ product, and to make the case for thinking about banknotes, and banknote printing differently.

At one level there is a problem that the value added by printing processes has reduced, but at a more fundamental level KBBNS highlights that the banknote itself has become less valuable to society. Equinox presented a different future, a future where both printing and the banknote add value and banknotes meet modern societal needs.

The cash ecosystem consists of the banknote product, the banknote service system and the printer. Across all three today it is all about cost reduction. Cash, of course, operates as part of an interconnected wider community. If cash is to have a sustainable future, this has to change and to become about value creation.