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De La Rue

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De La Rue plc (UK: , US: ) is a British company headquartered in Basingstoke, England that produces secure digital and physical protections for goods, trade and identities in 140 countries. It sells to governments, central banks, and businesses.

The company's main focus is currency, with the designing and production of banknotes, secure polymer substrate and banknote security features. This includes security holograms, security threads and security printed products for central banks and currency issuing authorities. It is the world's largest commercial printer of banknotes. De La Rue previously operated an authentication division in tandem with their currency focus, providing government revenue technology, brand protection, and ID security, before this division was merged into Crane NXT. Since July 2025, the company has been under private ownership by Atlas Holdings.