Press Archive

Munich, Germany, July 5, 2017 – On July 1, 2017, Clemens Berger became Chairman of the Management Board of the substrate and foil manufacturer Louisenthal, a wholly-owned subsidiary of G+D Currency Technology. In addition, he continues to be responsible for the Sales and Marketing department of the Banknote Solutions division of G+D Currency Technology. Berger took over the chairmanship of Louisenthal from Dr. Wolfram Seidemann, who has been CEO of the G+D Currency Technology business sector since November 1, 2016.

Munich, June 30, 2017 – The Louisenthal specimen banknote “Water” won the House Note Award of the International Association of Currency Affairs (IACA). The IACA is one of the largest associations in the currency industry and has been presenting annual industry awards since 2007. The House Note Award was newly created in 2017: central banks voted directly for the first time, choosing a specimen banknote. With the “Water” note, Louisenthal, a 100%-owned subsidiary of G+D Currency Technology, competed successfully against seven other finalists.

Munich (Germany), June 29, 2017 – G+D Mobile Security launches “IoT Attach^®” and “IoT Advance”, two essential solutions to connect billions of Internet of Things (IoT) devices.

Munich (Germany), June 28, 2017 – G+D Mobile Security provides NTT DOCOMO, INC., Japan’s leading mobile network operator, with its eSIM management solution, enabling the launch of the world’s first Android tablet with an embedded SIM (eSIM) for consumers. This Android tablet is the first mass-market product worldwide which allows customers to benefit from the GSMA eSIM management technology.

Munich (Germany), June 26, 2017 – Currency Technology acquires Procoin GmbH, a German provider of counting, sorting, and packing machines in the coins sector, as well as banknote counters. The purchase contract was signed today in Frankfurt, Germany.

Munich (Germany), June 9, 2017 – G+D Mobile Security has signed an agreement to acquire the personalization bureau CPS Technologies from OT-Morpho. This completes G+D Mobile Security’s comprehensive offering for the French market. The closing of this transaction is subject to regulatory approvals.

Munich, Kyoto, Geneva, June 6, 2017 – New long-range and low-power IoT (Internet of Things) technologies like Low-Power Wide Area Networks (LPWAN) are enabling new use cases in application areas such as smart cities, smart agriculture, smart manufacturing and work safety. Alongside robustness and availability, security is a key to successful adoption of these new applications. G+D Mobile Security, Murata, and STMicroelectronics have teamed up to integrate cost-effective security features into IoT devices. Available now for a wide range of applications and vertical markets, the joint solution aims to ensure integrity and confidentiality of the data exchanged and allow the distribution of LPWAN keys in a fully secure manner.

Munich, May 23, 2017 – Dr. Wolfram Seidemann, CEO of Giesecke+Devrient Currency Technology, will in future represent the company on the Board of the International Currency Association (ICA). Giesecke+Devrient is a founding member of this industrial association, which was launched in April 2016 to give a voice to cash as an equal means of payment alongside digital and mobile methods, both now and in the future.

Munich, May 16, 2017 – Since last Friday, the ransomware "WannaCry" has attacked more than 200,000 computers in 150 countries and caused enormous damage. Like in previous attacks e.g. with Stuxnet, WannaCry was using a vulnerability within the system of unpatched or unhardened Windows computers. Industrial facilities and equipment without up-to-date IT security patch management are especially at risk: even if patches are already available as in this case, they are often not being installed in a timely manner. The Secure Industrial Visibility (SIV) solutions portfolio by G+D Mobile Security would have helped preventing the spread of WannaCry and thus considerably limited the resulting monetary damage.

Munich, May 15, 2017 – The former Giesecke & Devrient Banknote business unit made its debut as the Giesecke+Devrient Currency Technology independent subgroup at this year’s Currency Conference, where it focused on new banknote security features and Industry 4.0 solutions. The Currency Conference is the largest industry event in the banknote sector.