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Watermarking and Holography Cotton flower watermark punch created

Technologies, security threads and holographic foils for the banknote specimen celebrating
the 90th Anniversary of the
foundation of Poligrafico
Benefiting from Poligrafico’s over 90 years of experience
in the production of watermarked paper, Valoridicarta
combines the best characteristics of paper with
cutting-edge technologies, integrating all the various
processing stages:

graphic design of chiaroscuro watermarks
printing the drawing on a punch
press set-up with punches and watermark screen production
watermark screen assembly electrode welding
joining flaps by braze-welding with silver
production of watermarked paper Cylinder mould watermark with
wide range of changing hues
from light to dark, which is
In the production process, which is fully integrated on a more difficult to counterfeit
single plant, various types of holograms are produced and
applied on paper, allowing the immediate inspection of
the originality of the products both with the naked eye and
through special recognition devices. A security thread is also
included into the paper as a further element to guarantee
the highest level of protection against counterfeiting.