Papierfabrik Louisenthal,

The Louisenthal paper mill (PL) is one of the world's leading manufacturers of banknotes and security paper . It is a subsidiary of , with production facilities in Louisenthal in Gmund am Tegernsee and .Louisenthal is a leading manufacturer of banknote substrates, security papers and security features. Its products are used globally by more than 100 central banks and governments, including the ECB.
Manufacturing
The substrate bears essential security features of banknotes to protect against counterfeiting. In the early days of banknote production, security paper was equipped with real watermarks and security threads.
In 1994 the world's first banknote paper with hologram stripes was produced in Louisenthal (the 2000 leva banknote for Bulgaria ). After plastic banknotes could not establish themselves on the market, Louisenthal brought Hybrid ™ onto the market in 2008 , which combined the advantages of paper and polymer banknotes.
Today, the Louisenthal paper mill is a leading supplier of advanced film elements that produce color shifts and three-dimensional effects depending on the viewing angle. a. through the micromirror technology of the RollingStar and the Galaxy. Also holographic film elements over the see-through window, such as. B. in the Europe series of the euro , belong to the production program.
Production
The production volume grew from 3,500 tons in 1991 to around 10,000 tons in 2010.

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