De La Rue is a global provider of secure products and services, specialising in the design, production and management of banknotes, passports, authentication devices and brand protection solutions. The company’s core offerings include high-security printing for central banks and government agencies, secure identity documents for border control, and anti-counterfeiting technologies for commercial clients. De La Rue also produces polymer substrates, security inks, holographic and colour-shifting features, and transaction devices such as cash-sorters and authentication readers.
Founded in 1821 by Thomas de la Rue, the business has a long heritage in printing and innovation. Over the course of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, De La Rue introduced key security features—such as lathe work, watermarks and optically variable inks—that helped set industry standards for banknote integrity. In the 1980s, the company played a pioneering role in the development of polymer banknotes, collaborating with central banks to enhance durability and counterfeit resistance.
Today, De La Rue serves more than 140 countries worldwide, partnering with central banks, government agencies and private enterprises across Europe, the Americas, Asia Pacific, the Middle East and Africa. The company operates manufacturing facilities in the UK, United States and Asia, and complements its printing operations with digital and software-based solutions for document issuance, cash-cycle management and secure identity verification.
Headquartered in Basingstoke, England, De La Rue is listed on the London Stock Exchange and traded over the counter in the U.S. The company is governed by a UK‐based board of directors and senior executive team, which oversees its Currency, Authentication and Cash Processing divisions and continues to invest in R&D for next-generation security technologies.
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