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La Rue overseeing manufacturing , IT operations , global service and the latest innovations for the authentication portfolio .
“ De La Rue has a very long and interesting history spanning 211 years ,” Terry opens . “ It started off as a print venture that quickly explored stationery , color printing , special edition newspapers , railway tickets , fountain and stylographic pens , then onto currency related printing . While we ’ ve always offered an element of printing services throughout history , our operations have since diversified into the manufacturing of secure products , namely , banknotes , security features , polymer substrate , brand protection and government revenue solutions , financial and security documents , ID security components and software platforms to govern and protect these solutions .”
Keith adds : “ One of the facts I like to tell people we introduce to De La Rue is that we designed , developed and installed the UK ’ s first ATM machine in London . Fundamentally , we sell security , not only in the products we produce like tax stamps and polycarbonate data pages , but also security of information , relationships , and design . Whether we ’ re working with governments , brands , or authorities , trust and integrity are paramount to successful and accurate delivery of our products , services and solutions .
“ There are several synergies between the two divisions , especially because a large part of the authentication side is what we call government revenue solutions ( GRS ), which utilizes some of the same security printing processes as those used by the currency division led by Terry . GRS sees us provide full services to governments to enable their tax schemes , whether it ’ s tobacco , alcohol , or soft drinks .
“ We not only produce a physical marker
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