List of banknote printers

The following is a list providing an overview of private companies and state-owned enterprises that are active in the field of printing banknotes.

List

Country	Name (abbreviation)	Foundation (printing)	Government affiliation	Ref
Algeria	Hôtel des Monnaies	1964	Bank of Algeria	[1]
Argentina	Casa de Moneda de la República Argentina	1826	Ministry of the Treasury	[1]
Australia	Note Printing Australia (NPA)	1913	Reserve Bank of Australia	[1]
Austria	Oesterreichische Banknoten- und Sicherheitsdruck GmbH (OeBS)		Oesterreichische Nationalbank	[1]
Bangladesh	The Security Printing Corporation (Bangladesh) Ltd. (SPCBL)	1972	Bangladesh Bank	[1]
Belgium	Imprimerie de la Banque nationale de Belgique	1850	National Bank of Belgium	[1]
Brazil	Casa da Moeda do Brasil (CMB)	1694 (1969)	Ministry of Economy	[1]
Bulgaria	BNB Printing Works	2001	National Bank of Bulgaria[Note 1]	[1]
Cambodia	Printing House Department		National Bank of Cambodia	[1]
Canada	Canadian Bank Note Company (CBNC)	1897	None (Privately held company)	[1]
Chile	La Casa de Moneda de Chile (CMCh)	1743 (1927)	CORFO	[1]
China	China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation (CBPMC)	1908	People's Bank of China	[1]
Colombia	Imprenta de Billetes	1959	Bank of the Republic	[1]
Cuba	Impresos de Seguridad Cuba (IdSC)		Government of Cuba	[1]
Czech Republic	Státní Tiskárna Cenin	1953	Ministry of Finance	[1]
DR Congo	Hotel des Monnaies (RDC)	1987	Central Bank of the Congo	[1]
Denmark	Banknote Printing Works	1818 (1945)	Danmarks Nationalbank	[1]
Egypt	Banknote Printing Press	1968	Central Bank of Egypt	[1]
Germany	Bundesdruckerei GmbH	1763 (1851/1879)	Federal Ministry of Finance	[1]
Germany	Giesecke+Devrient GmbH (G+D)	1852	None (Privately held company)	[1]
Greece	Idryma Trapezis tis Ellados	1941	Bank of Greece	[1]
France	Imprimerie de la Banque de France – Chamalières	1918	Bank of France	[1]
France	Oberthur Fiduciaire	1842 (1940)	None (Privately held company)	[1]
Hong Kong	Hong Kong Note Printing Limited (HKNPL)	1984	Government of Hong Kong[Note 2]	[1]
Hungary	Pénzjegynyomda Zrt.	1922 (1925)	Hungarian National Bank	[1]
India	Security Printing & Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL)	1928	Ministry of Finance	[1]
India	Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note Mudran (BRBNMPL)	1995	Reserve Bank of India	[1]
Indonesia	Perum Percetakan Uang R.I. (PERURI)	1971	State Owned Enterprises Ministry	[1]
Indonesia	Pura Group Total Security System (TSS)	1908 (1970)	None (Privately held company)	[1]
Iran	Security Printing and Minting Organization (SPMO)	1877 (1983)	Central Bank of Iran	[1]
Iraq	Central Bank of Iraq	1950[2]	Government of Iraq	[1]
Ireland	Currency Centre	1978	Central Bank of Ireland	[1]
Italy	Officina Carte Valori (OCV)	1928	Bank of Italy	[1]
Japan	National Printing Bureau (NPB)	1877	Government of Japan	[1]
Kazakhstan	Banknote Factory (BFNBK)	1995	National Bank of Kazakhstan[Note 3]	[1]
Kenya	De La Rue Kenya EPZ Limited		The National Treasury[Note 4]	[3]
Laos	Printing House		Bank of the Lao P.D.R.	[1]
Malta	De La Rue Currency & Security Print Ltd.	1979	None (Privately held company)[Note 5]	[4]
Malta	Crane Currency Malta Ltd.	2017 (2018)	None (Privately held company)[Note 6]	[5]
Mexico	Fábrica de Billetes del Banco de México	1969	Bank of Mexico	[1]
Morocco	Dar As Sikkah	1987	Bank Al-Maghrib	[1]
Myanmar	Security Printing Works Factory – Wazi (SPW)	1972	Central Bank of Myanmar[Note 7]	[1]
Netherlands	Royal Joh. Enschedé	1703 (1814)	None (Privately held company)	[1]
Nigeria	Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company Limited (NSPMC)	1963	Central Bank of Nigeria[Note 3]	[1]
Pakistan	Pakistan Security Printing Corporation (PSPC)	1949	State Bank of Pakistan	[1]
Philippines	Banknotes and Securities Printing Department (BSPD)	1978	Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas	[1]
Poland	Polska Wytwórnia Papierów Wartociowych S.A. (PWPW)	1919	Ministry of Interior and Administration	[1]
Portugal	Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda (INCM)	1972	Banco de Portugal	[1]
Portugal	Valora S.A. (VSA)	1999	Banco de Portugal[Note 3]	[1]
Romania	Imprimeria Bancii Nationale a Romaniei (NBR)	1896	National Bank of Romania	[1]
Russia	JSC Goznak	1818	Ministry of Finance	[1]
Serbia	Zavod za izradu novčanica i kovanog novca – Topčider (ZIN)	1929	National Bank of Serbia	[1]
South Africa	South African Bank Note Company (SABN)	1961	South African Reserve Bank[Note 8]	[1]
South Korea	Korea Minting and Security Printing Corporation (KOMSCO)	1951	Government of South Korea	[1]
Spain	Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre (FNMT)	1893 (1940)	Ministry of Economy	[1]
Sri Lanka	De La Rue Lanka Currency & Security Print (Pvt.) Ltd.	1986 (1987)	Government of Sri Lanka[Note 9]	[6]
Sudan	Sudan Currency Printing Press (SCPP)	1994	None (Privately held company)	[1]
Sweden	Crane AB	1755	None (Privately held company)[Note 10]
Switzerland	Orell Füssli Security Printing Ltd. (OFS)	1519 (1911)	None (Privately held company)	[1]
Thailand	Note Printing Works	1969	Bank of Thailand	[1]
Taiwan	Central Engraving and Printing Plant (CEPP)	1941	Central Bank of China	[1]
Turkey	Banknot Matbaasi	1955	Merkez Bankası	[1]
UAE	Oumolat Security Printing	2017	Central Bank of UAE	[1]
Ukraine	NBU Banknote Printing and Minting Works	1994	National Bank of Ukraine	[1]
United Kingdom	De La Rue plc	1813 (1860)	None (Privately held company)	[1]
United States	Crane Currency	1770 (1806)	None (Privately held company)	[1]
United States	Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP)	1862 (1877)	Department of the Treasury	[1]
Uzbekistan	Davlat Belgisi	1995	Central Bank of Uzbekistan	[1]
Venezuela	Casa de la Moneda de Venezuela (CMV)	1802 (1999)	Banco Central de Venezuela	[1]
Vietnam	National Banknote Printing Plant (NBPP)	1946	State Bank of Vietnam	[1]
Zimbabwe	Fidelity Printers and Refinery (FPR)	1966	Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe[Note 7]	[1]

Historic printers

Country	Name	Year of start	Year of end
Argentina	Compañía de Valores Sudamericana	1951	2013[Note 11]
Canada	The British American Bank Note Company	1866	1956
Finland	Setec Oy	1999	2005[7]
United Kingdom	Perkins Bacon	1810	1935
United Kingdom	Harrison and Sons	1750	1997[Note 12]
United Kingdom	Waterlow and Sons	1810	2009[Note 12]
United Kingdom	Bradbury Wilkinson and Company	1856	1990[Note 12]
United States	New York Bank Note Company	1877
United States	Homer Lee Bank Note Company		1891[Note 13]
United States	American Bank Note Company	1795	[Note 14]
United States	Hamilton Bank Note Company

See also

• Money portal
• Numismatics portal

• Security printing
• List of mints

Notes

1. Started as a Joint venture with Oberthur Fiduciaire.
2. Started as a De La Rue subsidiary in 1984, purchased by Hong Kong Exchange Fund in 1996. Current minority shareholders are China Banknote Printing and Minting Corporation (15%), The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (10%), Standard Chartered Hong Kong (10%) and Bank of China (Hong Kong) Limited (10%).
3. Started as a Joint venture with De La Rue.
4. Since 2019, the company operates as a Joint venture between De La Rue (60%) and Government of Kenya (40%).
5. Subsidiary of De La Rue.
6. Subsidiary of Crane Currency.
7. Started as a Joint venture with Giesecke+Devrient.
8. Started as a Joint venture with Bradbury Wilkinson and Company.
9. The company is a Joint venture between De La Rue (60%) and Government of Sri Lanka (40%).
10. Crane AB was formerly named Tumba Bruk and was affiliated with the Sveriges Riksbank. It was purchased by Crane Currency in 2002.
11. Merged into Casa de Moneda de la República Argentina.
12. Purchased by De La Rue and later shut down.
13. Purchased by American Bank Note Company.
14. It is still active by the name ABCorp, however does not print banknotes anymore.