The 17th High Security Printing Asia conference was held for three days, from December 3 to 5, 2018, in Hanoi, Vietnam. This conference is held annually as a forum on high security printing, bringing together representatives of central banks of various countries, private banknote printing companies and security-related manufacturers. Companies made presentations on the latest technologies for printing and issuing Asian currencies, passports, identification cards and other security documents.
Komori introduced banknote printing presses and business development at its booth. Also, Komori made a presentation about print quality inspection technology for banknote printing presses in the main hall. The superiority of Komori print quality inspection technology was highlighted — in online inspection, the PQA-C system equipped on banknote printing presses was shown, while in offline inspection, the Currency-QA system was introduced. Following the presentation, many representatives of central banks visited the Komori booth and were able to gain a deeper understanding of Komori banknote printing presses.
At the close of the conference, the organizer announced that the 2019 conference will be held in Yokohama, Japan. At the 2019 Yokohama conference, Komori will work to further promote the Komori security printing business.