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SUDAN CURRENCY PRINTING PRESS

Bolstering the business through continuous investment

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Striving to achieve accreditation to international standards, Sudan Currency Printing Press is utilising its technical capabilities to further the country’s economic returns Writer: Emily Jarvis Project Manager: Kane Weller

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y implementing a continuous improvement strategy with a technical focus to further develop Sudan’s printing sector, Sudan Currency Printing Press (SCPP) has made a name for itself as one of the local institutions realising economic returns following the loss of the bulk of oil revenues during the country’s secession. Established as a Government Company working under the law of private sector of limited liability in 1994, the Company is responsible for the printing of currency, secure documents and commercial printing; including passports, citizenship cards, financial documents, books and posters. “In close cooperation with the civil registry and the Ministry of Interior, SCPP is proud to be entrusted with the printing of secured documents such as passports and Visa stickers,” says Eng. Salah Ahmed Ali, General Manager. “As one of the pioneering institutions in our field, we are actively working to develop the printing industry by employing technical expertise and qualified personnel in currency printing; while also ensuring to communicate the opportunities available in the sector to the country’s youth, including fresh graduates, in order to future-proof this lucrative industry.”

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CSPP's currency printing success is further compounded by its extensive activities in commercial printing

“There is continuous training for our cadres to deal with the different machines. Further, the Company has Reaching international standards while relations with a number of companies, remaining locally-responsible is a big importers and manufacturers of commitment that forms a strategic part of our vision currency printing all over the world,” says Ahmed Ali. and mission In line with its continuous improvement goals, SCPP has introduced modern machines for automatic sorting that meet the Modernisation required specifications set out by With the addition of a new currency customers. Having been awarded the production line in both 2005 and 2009, ISO certification for quality in the past, SCPP has built a reputation for its the Company is now preparing to gain continual reinvestments to bolster the two certificates in environment and business in order to cope with increased safety, and an international certificate competition in the future. Sourcing its that will allow SCPP to compete highly complex machinery from the internationally. world’s top supplier – who exports 80 “Reaching international standards percent of currency printing machinery while remaining locally-responsible is a globally – the Company’s equipment big commitment that forms a strategic is proudly maintained by its own part of our vision and mission,” the engineers and technicians; reducing General Manager explains. “And there downtime and total cost of ownership in are ongoing arrangements to add a Graphic designer hard at work the long-term. new production line – bringing our

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GmbH, a joint venture between G&D and the Federal Printing Office, provides turnkey, complete solutions for highly secure travel documents and identification systems for governments and authorities. These solutions can be used for conventional identification purposes as well as for authenticating and safeguarding online business transactions The second subsidiary, Secunet Security Networks AG, is one of the leading German providers of sophisticated IT security. By working closely with its customers – companies, authorities, and international organisations – Secunet develops highperforming products and advanced IT security solutions. Research and development have always been a top priority for G&D. The Group currently has 1,200 developers working on new products and processes, and R&D spending totaled around 105 million euros in fiscal 2015. G&D holds some 7,200 patents and patent applications worldwide. G&D is a global market leader and cuttingedge innovator in its banknote and mobile security business units, as well as with Veridos and Secunet. Over the course of its history, the technology group has successfully penetrated numerous new business fields.

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total for currency printing to four – in order to manage increased demand for our services and ultimately contribute to our sustainability.” Operating an efficient and streamlined supply chain, SCPP has attracted the attention of several neighbouring countries in search of a reliable and high quality printing company. “Not only are we localising Sudanese printing by encouraging the quality, but we have also obtained several contacts in the neighbouring countries, particularly in currency and secured documents printing which makes up around 80 percent of our business,” highlights Ahmed Ali. “In secured printing, we concentrated on the printing of financial, legal and official documents and subsequently, we now have several contacts with some African countries to meet their requirements, in addition to printing the cheques for local and international banks.”

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GTS

Not only are we localising Sudanese printing by encouraging the quality, but we have also obtained several contacts in the neighbouring countries...

TS was founded in 1990, and, from humble beginnings, the Company started the development and manufacture of the first banknote counting machines. With its unique counting technology, including a rotating disc, GTS has constantly pursued perfection and innovation, elevating the quality of counting machines to a new high. Today it is even possible to count in both directions, from top to bottom and from bottom to top, reaching unbeaten counting accuracy. In addition to the development and manufacture arm of the business, banderol printing was integrated and developed to the highest quality, making the Company an essential supplier for high security paper banderols worldwide. With an extremely high production depth of more than 80 percent and limited use of third-party parts, GTS has become a global system supplier, designing, developing and producing customised machines and finishing lines. Due to this wide production range GTS can rise to the challenge of today’s changing market requirements. Increasing worldwide demand allied with constant innovation has enabled GTS’ expansion and today The Company’s headquarters in Heilbronn, Germany have 5,000 square metres of production plant with 50 high qualified employees working across the entire product range. The Company also offers apprenticeships in the technical and commercial professions, and all apprentices are taken on upon completion of the course. T +49 7131 285100 E info@gts-countmaster.com

The Company plays a big role in combating counterfeiting and forgery

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KBA-NOTASYS

BA-NotaSys is a global provider of high security printing solutions, helping customers worldwide to produce secure banknotes since 1952. We harness more than 60 years of worldwide knowhow to continuously develop and deliver innovative high security printing solutions. This experience means we can handle all our customers’ needs; from design to production and beyond.

SCPP has several contacts for the printing of cheque books for local and international banks

Case Study E-passport At the top of the priority list for many African governments right now is the adoption of the e-passport, with many countries still assessing the cost and quality requirements before selecting a manufacturer. Working closely with its partners – including KBANotaSys, Atlantic Zeiser and Kugler Womako – SCPP has developed an advanced solution to manufacture the whole document in Africa; localising e-passport manufacturing technology on the continent. “We have worked hard to consider the quality, cost and efficiency aspects to create a solution to answer the continent’s needs,” affirms Ahmed Ali.

Combating challenge

SCPP’s currency printing success is further compounded by its extensive activities in commercial and secured printing. Ahmed Ali details: “This encompasses secured documents such as diplomatic, official passports, citizenship cards, birth certificates, insurance certificates, university and school certificates, financial receipts and more. While on the commercial security side, we have been known to handle the printing of plastic cards, cash register rolls, phone scratch cards, and other documents that include security features to prevent counterfeiting.” Representing the first line of defence against counterfeiting and forgery, the Company plays a big role in combating this challenge. “It is not a new challenge globally, but it still remains one which institutions such as SCPP have to focus on constantly to make our documents in a way that is hard to forge,” explains Ahmed Ali. “Counterfeiting and forgery are a danger to society and security agencies, and we exert a lot of effort to combat this issue. In this regard, we act as advisors to our customers, which include the Ministry of Interior and the Central Bank of Sudan.”

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As creators of the world’s most secure banknotes, we know exactly how to protect our customers’ most important assets. KBA-NotaSys’ commitment to global trade quality gives absolute confidence. The Company’s technologies pave the way in the development for new generations of high security printing solutions. Our innovations anticipate emerging market trends and always aim to deliver significant customer benefits. Focusing on the specific challenges our customers face is central to our new approach. Smart Solutions allows us to combine proven modular systems with newly developed expert services to offer customers even more value. “Helping countries worldwide to produce their own secure banknotes has been our goal since we were founded in 1952. Meeting tomorrow’s high security printing challenges requires a shift in focus: one that harnesses decades of innovation and know-how in order to offer solutions that better address our customers’ specific requirements. We are committed to pioneering this new approach, which sees the introduction of Smart Solutions. We are confident it will ensure KBA-NotaSys remains uniquely placed to combine modular systems with expert services to deliver the production efficiency and attentive support needed by customers in today’s ever-changing high security printing environment.” - Eric Boissonnas, CEO KBA-NotaSys E info@kba-notasys.com

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OPTIMAL EFFICIENCY DELIVERING SECURITY In order to create the highest level of security in Banknotes, it is imperative that unique and exclusive technologies are used in their production.

At KBA-NotaSys we also value that adding security must go hand-in-hand with an optimal level of efficiency. Therefore, we develop all our technologies with that principle in mind and offer highly automated and user friendly platforms that ensure cost-efficient production over the entire life-time of the system.

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LANDQART

uality, trust, and security are traits that define Switzerland and represent the values that are expected of Landqart as the only manufacturer of high security paper in the country. In operation for more than 100 years, we are the supplier of banknote substrates to the Swiss National Bank, and are trusted by central banks throughout Africa and the rest of the world, ensuring the security and durability of their banknotes.

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Aside from this, SCPP gained a distinguished reputation for on-time delivery of all the voting cards for the Sudanese general elections in 2015. The Company accomplished the job within 31 days without error. “Creating our own unique management system to efficiently produce the ballot cards without major changes in the production layout, we were very efficient and well coordinated in the task of distributing the required quantities of paper to the correct destinations in time,” emphasises Ahmed Ali. “The General Election Commission commended our performance and we are confident in our ability to meet the requirements for future elections.”

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Reliability

Having proved itself during the secession of South Sudan – where it became necessary to immediately replace the currency in circulation which SCPP was able to remedy in record time – the Company has demonstrated its continued tenacity, flexibility and reliability to complete the task in-hand. “Our contribution to the national economy is substantial,” confirms Ahmed Ali. “Due to the peace agreement between the Government of Sudan and PLSM in 2005, one of the agreement points was the money exchange from dinar to pound in a limited time, and after split of the Sudan, the Government needed to make another exchange which was requested also in a very critical time. Despite this pressure, SCPP succeeded to implement the two exchange projects, taking into consideration the defecting, design, timing, distribution and logistics; and implementing new

security and durability features.” As a cash-based economy, the swiftness with which the currency was replaced with the new one prevented the country from a veritable political catastrophe that otherwise might have taken place. Distinguished today by its vast technical capabilities as an

owner of the latest version of currency printing machines, SCPP is now classified as one of the most advanced currency printers internationally, out of the non-European countries. It is thanks to this commitment to continuous improvement that the Company is able to assist Sudan in realising economic returns.