De La Rue on March 2005 Sequoia was sold to Smartmatic, a multi-national technology company which had developed advanced election systems, voting machines included. In 2003, the company acquired the Debden-based banknote printing operations of the Bank of England. In 2003 and 2004 the company supplied banknotes to Iraq. The company was recognised by Hermann Simon as a role model for other small- to medium-sized businesses in his book "Hidden Champions". The Highest Perfection, a history of De La Rue was published in 2011. Written by Peter Pugh for De La Rue, it covered the years 1712–2003. In August 2014, the company announced
Rue de la Bourse and originally located on the ground floor of the City Hall, but moved there in 1859. There are also two women in transom made by Bellemain in 1903. There is a fountain made of black granite. At No. 2, there is a carved sign above the door with the words "Au grand tambour". The facade of the No. 2 on the square was made by Bresson and the caryatids by Guillaume Bonnet. Rue de la Bourse The Rue de la Bourse is a street located mainly in the 2nd arrondissement of Lyon, and also in the 1st arrondissement. It starts