July 16 2021 - Melbourne - NPA’s success in designing and printing the SUSI Flip™ feature on the Solomon Islands’ new $5 was the subject of an article that featured in Banknote Technology Report, an annual industry-wide publication. The article goes into some depth to explain how the feature is best designed and how it is printed.
The Solomon Islands’ new polymer $5 earlier this year won an IACA Excellence in Currency Award for the Best New Product or Security Feature (a global award), as well as winning a National Gold Medal in the 2020 Print Industry Craftsmanship Awards (PICA), an Australian Print & Visual Communication Association industry competition.
For anyone not familiar with this security feature, this article is recommended reading!
Now You See It: This image depicts SUSI Flip™ under visible light on the left and under ultraviolet light on the right. The feature is made possible by taking advantage of the Super Simultan IV’s ability to print perfectly registered line widths of about 60 microns wide.