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CBN Awarded Contract for New Zealand Passport System.


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OTTAWA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 16, 2000

Canadian Bank Note Company The Canadian Bank Note Company is responsible for printing the paper currency of Canada. It also prints and provides document reading systems for identification cards, lottery tickets, stamps and notes for other countries, and many other security-conscious printing-related services.  (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange.

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.)("CBN CBN - call-by-name ") is pleased to announce the signing on April 26, 2000 of a multi-million dollar, five year contract for the supply of highly secure passports and specialized hardware and software to the New Zealand New Zealand (zē`lənd), island country (2005 est. pop. 4,035,000), 104,454 sq mi (270,534 sq km), in the S Pacific Ocean, over 1,000 mi (1,600 km) SE of Australia. The capital is Wellington; the largest city and leading port is Auckland.  Government's Department of Internal Affairs Internal affairs may refer to:
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 (NZDIA).

This will include the installation of the same Toppan digital passport personalization Custom tailoring information to the individual. On the Web, personalization means returning a page that has been customized for the user, taking into consideration that person's habits and preferences.  technology as recently adopted by the US State Department, provided by GET Holdings Ltd. and an advanced passport quality assurance capability incorporating CBN's new Falcon Full Page Travel Document Reader. This sophisticated device follows on from the success of the original CBN Smart Reader, which has been sold in 28 countries worldwide and holds the greatest market share for Travel Document Readers sold, since its launch in 1996.

Delivery of this system will represent the 15th such installation in the past 4 years by CBN, the world's leading supplier of passports and passport issuing systems. The New Zealand system is to be deployed in three sites in New Zealand, as well as Sydney, Australia and London, England.

In making the announcement, CBN's Senior Vice President of Marketing and Sales, Michael Southwell, is quoted as saying, "We are honoured by the NZDIA's selection of CBN from amongst a number of International bidders. This further reinforces our leading position amongst the suppliers of total solutions to the Identification Systems market."

In addition to the solutions provided by the Identification Systems Business Unit, CBN supplies systems, products and services globally from its Lottery Systems, Payment Systems and Shareholder Services business units. CBN has transitioned from a supplier of Canadian security printed products, to a leading international provider of systems solutions, many of which incorporate its security printed products. Approximately half of CBN's revenues are now derived from systems with 50% of its sales coming from overseas.
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