Crane Currency, a Crane Co. company, is one of the longest-standing companies within the banknote industry. We have been making paper, developing security features and printing banknotes for more than 200 years. Crane was founded in 1801 by Zenas Crane in Dalton, Massachusetts, USA. His legacy has been a succession of seven generations of family owners and managers with a mission to develop highly durable and secure paper. US currency paper, first produced by Crane in 1879, in many ways, set the standards for today’s range of banknote substrates.