Innovia in Wigton has opened a brand new facility in order to create the substrate polymer that will be used on £10 banknotes.
The Bank of England’s new polymer £10 banknote substrate is being produced at the new facility, ready for circulation in the Summer of 2017.
This follows the launch of the Bank of England’s new polymer £5 banknote, also manufactured by Innovia, which will enter circulation on September 13th.
Rory Stewart, MP for Penrith and The Border and Minister of State for International Development, who attended the opening said:
