Banco de México launched a new 100 peso banknote using Guardian™ polymer, the latest in a long line of polymer banknotes issued by the Mexican central bank.

CCL Secure has continued with its partnership with Wigton neighbour, the Nelson Thomlinson School donating perspex screens for the classrooms. The screens will allow for lessons to resume following the UK’s lockdown.

The Saudi Arabian Monetary Authority has issued the Kingdom’s first polymer banknote.

Nearly 60 years after it was founded, Banco Central de Nicaragua is marking the occasion by issuing a commemorative 5 córdoba note. Made from Guardian™ polymer, the new note includes a range of design and security features that are achievable only with polymer banknotes.

A new specialised recycling centre in Zacapu, in the Mexican state of Michoacán, is giving old polymer banknotes a new lease of life as the raw material for a range of recycled products.

A revolutionary new security feature has been launched to make polymer banknotes even more secure. The CINEMA™ feature adds 3-dimensional and movement effects integrated directly onto the polymer substrate.

Costa Rica has become the latest country to issue new polymer banknotes. The notes will be manufactured by CCL Secure on GUARDIAN substrate. The Banco Central de Costa Rica (BCCR) announced the move at the end of July 2020, three years after the decision to move to polymer was first agreed by the Board of Directors.

The Solomon Islands new $5 polymer banknote – printed on CCL Secure’s Guardian substrate – has been awarded a prestigious gold medal in Australia’s 2020 Print Industry Craftmanship Awards (PICA).