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hologram manufacturers)
Fabrice Capiez graduated with a master’s degree from the French Engineering School of Papermaking and Printing (PAGORA) and worked in Japan for three years, conducting research and development projects in colour management and offset printing standardisation at Toppan Printing Co.
Fabrice then joined Electronics For Imaging to provide support and training on wide format digital presses and RIP software. Six years later, in 2012, he was hired by Banque de France as R&D Project Manager of its Banknote Manufacturing department.
Involved in several European and international working groups on the subject, Fabrice was promoted Head of the Counterfeits unit in 2016. He now leads the team conducting technical analyses of counterfeits found in circulation as well as counterfeit resilience testing of banknotes and features under development.
Identity documents and currency are widely accepted to belong to two parallel worlds within the realm of security. When it comes to counterfeiting, we will examine the points where the borders between the two areas become blurred and where they differ completely. Analysis will be carried out in terms of counterfeiters’ profiles, counterfeit users and anti-counterfeiting actions.