Fortress Launches 1st Durasafe Paper

Fortress Paper launches first Durasafe paper-polymer-paper composite banknote for Morocco made at mill in Germany: Fortress Paper Ltd. is pleased to announce the launch of the world's first banknote printed on the Company's new Durasafe substrate, an innovative paper-polymer-paper composite produced at its Landqart mill. With the issuance of the new Moroccan 25 Dirhams scheduled for this month, Bank al Maghrib, Morocco's central bank, will become the first in the world to issue a banknote printed on Durasafe®.

The thread, like the watermark, is embedded inside the banknote yet visible behind a one-sided polymer window. It also has a fully transparent polymer window embossed with the King's royal crest.