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For Etienne Couëlle, “the public health and economic crises have demonstrated just how resilient Oberthur Fiduciaire is”

For Etienne Couëlle, “the public health and economic crises have demonstrated just how resilient Oberthur Fiduciaire is”
| 07/09/2021 | Companies & CEOs
Having been recently appointed as General Manager of Oberthur Fiduciaire, Etienne Couëlle must deal with a global health crisis that is expected to continue impacting economies around the world. Our discussion with this key player in the global security printing provides insight into a business...
banknotes, Bioguard, coating, coronavirus, COVID-19, Etienne Couelle, fiduciary industry, ISO, Oberthur Fiduciaire, recycling, Thomas Savare

For Oberthur Fiduciaire, the fiduciary industry is a key partner of Central Banks

For Oberthur Fiduciaire, the fiduciary industry is a key partner of Central Banks
Benoît Fayol | 10/16/2019 | Companies & CEOs
Central Banks officials have been cutting interest rates in response to ongoing trade tensions in an effort to mitigate economic fallout. This is one of a number of ways that the European Central Bank, the Bank of Japan, and the Federal Reserve, in particular, have unique influence over the global...
banknotes, Central Banks, fiduciary industry, Oberthur Fiduciaire, Thomas Savare

Oberthur Fiduciaire and VHP Security Paper: a win-win partnership

Oberthur Fiduciaire and VHP Security Paper: a win-win partnership
La Rédaction | 10/18/2018 | Companies & CEOs
In 2017, French security printer Oberthur Fiduciaire announced the purchase of VHP, a banknote paper production plant that previously belonged to Sequana. Already then analytics said that the deal was deemed to become a win-win partnership. A year after, their forecasts are coming true. Both...
banknotes, Oberthur Fiduciaire, paper, printing, VHP Security Paper

Anti-counterfeiting: Oberthur Fiduciaire opts for technological artillery barrage

Anti-counterfeiting: Oberthur Fiduciaire opts for technological artillery barrage
La Rédaction | 05/09/2018 | Innovation & Tools
Watermarking is one of the most widely used identifying techniques in banknote printing industry, so as to discourage counterfeiting with the help of highly complex printing processes. Appearing under the form of cleverly-integrated patterns visible through various shades of lightness, watermarks are the result of decades of intensive R&D, shedding light on how the secure printing industry turn banknotes into symbols of national sovereignty and public power.
anti-counterfeiting, banknotes, Oberthur Fiduciaire, technology, Thomas Savare, watermarking

Oberthur Fiduciaire growing in Europe

Oberthur Fiduciaire growing in Europe
La Rédaction | 10/20/2017 | Companies & CEOs
Oberthur Fiduciaire, one of the main secure printers in charge of printing banknotes for central banks, is consolidating its position in Europe, in a steady streak of growth. Lately, two strategic moves have shaped its ambitions toward ever-closer control of quality management and security...
Bulgarian National Bank, Kleinwort Hambros, Mouhammed Choukeir, Oberthur Fiduciaire, Sequana, Thomas Savare, VHP Security Paper

French strategies to stay on top of top of the range

French strategies to stay on top of top of the range
La Rédaction | 06/02/2017 | Companies & CEOs
French power has never been as effective as a marketing strategy in China but as of now. In almost all of the major cities in this economic power house, the French touch is everywhere to be seen. The number of brands that use French names, boasting of sophistication and refinement, is testimony to...
brands, Cartier, country brand index, France, international, L'Oreal, Louis Vuitton, manufacturing, Oberthur Fiduciaire

Thomas Savare, the French draftsman of the world

Thomas Savare, the French draftsman of the world
La Rédaction | 11/25/2016 | Companies & CEOs
The number of printing factories in charge of secure printing for banknote production in the world is quite small. A handful of highly specialized banknote designers are responsible for keeping the world’s economies fluid, safe from counterfeiting and making the peoples around the globe proud of their country. Among them, the French firm Oberthur Fiduciaire, run by Thomas Savare, which has heaved (and kept) itself on the first tier of the world market. Its angle? Design and intimate knowledge of the world’s cultures.
art, banknotes, culture, France, history, Oberthur Fiduciaire, printing, technology, Thomas Savare

Oberthur Fiduciaire: there’s a lot more to a security printing company than meets the eye…

Oberthur Fiduciaire: there’s a lot more to a security printing company than meets the eye…
La Rédaction | 05/07/2016 | Markets & Industries
Founded in 1842, French security printer Oberthur Fiduciaire has become a trusted partner to 70 central banks worldwide. We met Thomas Savare, the CEO of the company, for an interview.
banknotes, company, counterfeiting, design, fiduciary, forgery, HR, industry, Oberthur Fiduciaire, security printing, strategy, technologies