De La Rue

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De La Rue is a British commercial printer and paper maker headquartered in Basingstoke, Hampshire. The company was founded in London in 1821 by Thomas de la Rue (b. March 24, 1793 in Forest, Guernsey). In 1958, the parent company called Thomas De La Rue changed its name to The De La Rue Company Limited, and in 1991 the name was changed to De La Rue PLC^[1].

Among a wide range of products, De La Rue sells high-security paper and printing technology for over 150 national currencies. They claim to be the largest such corporation in the world, although the United States currency is printed on paper made by Crane Paper Company. De La Rue's current business includes printing holograms such as the famous dove on the Visa credit cards, Issuing driving licenses as the New York State driving license, issuing passports, travel checks, checks and the most advanced machinery to manage cash; Desktop note counter machines, such as the EV86 range, the fastest note counting machine in the world, Teller cash dispenser and recycling machines, banknote sorters of all sizes, including the biggest sorter in the world, installed in the Central bank of Ireland.

Thomas de la Rue's designs for playing cards are the basis for the modern standard design.

The company has also printed postage stamps for Great Britain and some of its colonies.

Contents 1 Currencies 2 External links 3 Trivia 4 References

[edit] Currencies

De la Rue prints banknotes for many banks worldwide, including:

• Bank of England
• Several Central Banks of the Eurozone
• Kenya
• The Royal Bank of Scotland
• Bank of Scotland
• Isle of Man Government
• Reserve Bank of Fiji

[edit] External links

• De La Rue company website

[edit] Trivia

There is a traditional pub in Guernsey named after Thomas De La Rue on the town sea front; Thomas De La Rue frequently drank there.

[edit] References

1. ^ De La Rue: Corporate History. Retrieved on August 6, 2006.