IACA Awards – the Winners Are…

The IACA 2024 Excellence in Currency Technical Awards, which are sponsored by Currency News, were presented at the dinner on the last evening of the Banknote Conference, 15 May.

Best New Banknote Features, Product or Process

The winner of this category was Louisenthal for its Green LongLife™ banknote.

The substrate is, of course, the starting point for a banknote, the base material on which all else is then built. Louisenthal introduced the Green Banknote concept last year, the logic being to replace fossil materials with bio-based materials wherever possible and to reduce the carbon footprint of banknotes and facilitate their repurposing at end of life.

The Green Banknote was engineered for both durability and the minimal use of plastic. The Green LongLife banknote, launched last year, has a life twice that of standard cotton and a high bio- based contend, taking sustainability to a new level.

The Green LongLife banknote consists of: