Introduction

Cross Conferences is a joint venture between Cross Group and BSC International.  The companies’ expertise in high security printing commenced in the 1970’s and includes working backgrounds with De La Rue, American Banknote, Komori, Portals and Bradbury Wilkinson. 

Cross Group are distributors of consumables and consultants to the security printing industry and BSC International specialise in all aspects of security paper.

Conferences

Cross Conferences hold twice yearly regional conferences in Eastern Europe and Asia for the high security printing industry. Specialising in conferences for banknote printing, passports, e-passports, e-ID and related areas of high security printing, the conferences are attended by Central Banks, Note Printing Works and major suppliers in the industry. 

The recently published Annual Report of Goznak states:
 

"In 2005 GOZNAK sent delegates to the biggest international exhibitions and conferences connected with security product manufacturing. There were presentations of new developments of GOZNAK at the Banknote 2005 Conference (February 2005, Washington, USA), at the 2nd Pan-European High Security Printing Conference (Cross Conferences, April 2005, Kiev, Ukraine), at the 13th Conference of Association of African Banknote and Security Printers (May 2005, Kinshasa, Congo), at the 4th Asian High Security (Cross Conferences, September 2005, Hanoi, Vietnam), at 2005 Currency Conference ("The Forum of Currency Issues", October 2005, Montreal, Canada).


Cross Conferences organise two regional conferences each year:
 

  • The Pan-European High Security Printing Conference
    held in spring each year
    for the
    Russian, Eastern and Central European region

  • The Asian High Security Printing Conference
    held in autumn each year for the
    Asian region

Next Conferences

  • 7th Asian High Security Printing Conference
    incorporating the 3rd Asian Cash Handling Seminar
    11 - 13 November
    2008,  Bangkok, Thailand

  • 6th Pan-European High Security Printing Conference
    1 - 2 April 2009, Warsaw, Poland

Previous Conferences

2009:         :          Warsaw
2008:         :          Prague                  and        Bangkok
2007          :          Budapest              and         Hong Kong
2006          :          Sofia                     and        
 Kuala Lumpur
2
005          :          Kiev                      and         Hanoi
2004          :          Berlin                    and         Jakarta
2003          :          St Petersburg        and         Shanghai
2002          :          Budapest              and         Bangkok

2001          :          Moscow


Reviews of previous conferences and attendees can be viewed here

Attendees to Previous Conferences Include

3M

Germany

Agfa-Dotrix

Singapore

Állami Nyomda

Hungary

Amera International

Germany/Malaysia

American Bank Note

USA

American Bank Note Holographics 

USA

API Security Foils 

UK

Appleton Security Products 

USA

Applied Optical Technologies 

UK

Arjo Wiggins 

France

Artfoil Graphic Machinery 

UK

Artmann Consult

Germany

Astral Panorama 

Malaysia

Atlantic Zeiser 

Germany

Atlas

Russia

Austria Card

Austria

AXALTO

France

AXODE

France

Baltic Banknote

Latvia

Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas 

Philippines

Bank Indonesia

Indonesia

Bank Negara Malaysia

Malaysia

Bank of Albania

Albania

Bank of Canada

Canada

Bank of Israel

Israel

Bank of Korea

Korea

Bank of Russia

Russia

Bank of Thailand

Thailand

Bank of Thailand Note Printing Works

Thailand

Banknote Printing & Minting Works of the National Bank of Ukraine

Ukraine

Banknote Printing Factory

Kazakhstan

BARS 

Russia

BASF Drucksysteme

Germany

BCS Security Products

India

Beijing Jinchen-Ciccone Security Printing 

China

Bharatiya Reserve Bank Note

India

BN International

The Netherlands

Bowe Cardtech 

Germany

Bulgarian Mint

Bulgaria

Bulgarian National Bank

Bulgaria

Bulgarian National Bank Printing Works

Bulgaria

Bundesdruckerei

Germany

C & C Security Printing

Hong Kong

CashCode

Canada

Central Bank of Russia

Russia

Central Bank of Turkey

Turkey

Central Engraving and Printing Plant

Taiwan

Cetis, Graphic & Documentation Services

Slovenia

Chan Wanich Security Printing

Thailand

China Banknote Printing & Minting Corp

China

CN Imprimeria Nationala

Romania

Concern Znak

Russia

Cordenon

Italy

Crane AB

Sweden

Cross Match Technologies

Germany

Currency News

UK

Currency Reseach

Russia

Danmarks National Bank

Denmark

Datacard Group 

UK

De La Rue Currency

UK

Deep 2000

Russia

DEMAX

Bulgaria

Digimarc

USA

Diletta ID-Systems

Germany

Double V

Russia

Drent Goebel

The Netherlands/Germany

Drewsen Special Papers

Germany

Drukarnia Skarbowa

Poland

E. Bickel

Germany

Eclat Prestige

Malaysia

Erhardt+Leimer

Germany

Eton Technologies Group

China

Eurografica 

Romania

Excellent Corporation

Bangladesh

Fabriano Securities

Italy

Fábrica Nacional de Moneda y Timbre

Spain

Fasver 

France

Federal State Unitary Enterprise "Goznak"

Russia

FiberMark Red Bridge International 

UK

Finance Printing House, Ministry of Finance

Vietnam

First Print Yard

Russia

Forensic Centre of the Ministry of Internal Affairs

Russia

Foster & Freeman

UK

François-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire

France

Gemplus

France

GET Group

USA

Giesecke & Devrient 

Germany

Gietz

Switzerland

Glory

Japan

Glowbug

UK

Government of India

India

Goznak Belarus

Belarus

Grafija

Lithuania

Graphi Mecc Group

Italy

Great Eastern Development 

Taiwan

GTS

Germany

Heidelberg

Germany

Hologram Company Rako

Germany

Hologram Industries

Germany

HoloGrate

Russia

Honeywell

Germany

Hong Kong Note Printing Works

Hong Kong

Hungarian Banknote Printing Corporation

Hungary

ICG/Holliston

USA

Imprimerie Nationale

France

Industrial Automation Integrators (IAI)

The Netherlands

Institute of Criminalistics

Russia

Integrated Printing Plant “Ukraina” for Securities

Ukraine

Intercolor

 UK

InterCrim Press

Russia

International Hologram Manufacturers Association

UK

International Investment Bank

Russia

Interpolaris

Singapore

IPP Vietnam

Vietnam

Iris Corporation

Malaysia

Izhevsk Republican Printing House

Russia

J.B. Field Services

UK

Japan Counterfeiting Protection Association

Japan

Joh. Enschedé

The Netherlands

JSC "UMTO" " Energokomplekt"

Ukraine

Jura

Hungary

Kabadoni

Georgia

Kasico

Slovakia

KBA-GIORI

Switzerland

Keesing Reference Systems

The Netherlands

Kodak/Creo

China

Komori

UK/Japan

Korea Minting & Security Printing Corporation

Korea

Kugler-Womako

Germany

Kusters Engineering

The Netherlands

KV Connections

The Netherlands

Landqart

Switzerland

Leonhard Kurz

Germany

Lerchundi Documentos de Seguridad 

Spain

Light Impressions International 

UK

Longford Systems

Singapore

Luminescence

UK

Mantegazza

Italy

MediaSec Technologies

Germany

Melzer Maschinenbau 

Germany

MEPS Currency Management

Malaysia

Mezhdunarodnaya Kniga-Security Papers

Russia

Microsoft 

China

Ministry of Finance of the Lithuanian Republic

Lithuania

Ministry of Interior

Russia

Ministry of Interior

Bulgaria

Mühlbauer

Germany

Multipolaris

Hungary

NagraID Corp - Kudelski Group

Switzerland

Nanosolutions

Germany

National Bank of Belgium

Belgium

National Bank of Czech Republic

Czech Republic

National Bank of Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan

National Bank of Macedonia

Macedonia

National Bank of Romania

Romania

National Bank of Slovakia

Slovakia

National Bank of the Kyrgyz Republic

Kyrgyz Republic

National Bank of the Republic of Belarus

Belarus

National Bank of Ukraine

Ukraine

National Bank Tajikistan

Tajikistan

National Crime Squad

UK

National Document Fraud Unit - UK Immigration Service

UK