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COMMERCIAL maltatoday | SUNDAY • 11 NOVEMBER 2018 19 THE Simon Schembri Blue Light Foundation was the latest non-profit organisation to ben- efit from funds donated by BNF Bank, via its corporate respon- sibility arm. The newly formed association honours first re- sponders, civil protectors and their families and seeks to raise awareness about the hazards their work entails. The Bank, in its commitment to improve the lives of others through com- munity initiatives, was quick to support this organisation which promises to support the welfare of its members in times of seri- ous accident. The main objective of the Foundation is to create a fund to benefit, where necessary and possible, those members of emergency services including paramedics, police, correctional facility officers, the armed forces and members of the civil protec- tion who suffer physical injury while on duty. Other objectives include pro- viding moral and psychological professional assistance to vic- tims and their families. The or- ganisation also seeks to increase exposure of the importance of the day to day duties carried out by employees in these sectors who give an invaluable service to society, and of the hazards they come into contact with, in their regular tour of duty. Michael Collis, Chief Executive Officer of BNF Bank expressed his appreciation of the newly founded organisation. "Members of the civil forces toil daily in dif- ficult and sometimes dangerous situations just to make our com- munity a safe place to live in," he said. "Because they do their work well, we take for granted the preventive and responsive work they undertake to enforce the law and keep the order. Their work ensures our public safety, our health and the security of the places we live in, and for this we are very grateful." The President of the Blue Light Foundation, Herman Mula, thanked BNF Bank for the gen- erous donation and called on other corporate companies to come forward with similar sup- port, so that the Foundation's objectives of assisting members in their recovery in case of se- rious injury can be met. "Our organisation is a voluntary one, and we rely on the assistance of the community to be able to meet our goals. We are hopeful the community will come for- ward with its usual generosity." In Malta, the Police Corps, Civil Protection, Armed Forces and Corradino Correctional Facility together employ 4,500 members. CRANE Currency, a Crane Co. company and a fully in- tegrated supplier of secure, durable and innovative bank- notes for central banks all over the world, printed its one bil- lionth banknote at its Malta facility, only 10 months after the start of production in De- cember 2017. "This has been no mean feat! Printing banknotes involves complex and exacting pro- cesses. From start to finish, each banknote takes around four weeks to print and re- quires the precise co-ordina- tion of over 350 employees," John Scott, Director of Op- erations at Crane Currency Malta, said. "We're thrilled that we have managed to print our billionth banknote in under 10 months. This has been a tremendous achievement. We're thrilled by the whole team's commit- ment to quality, efficiency and cost-effectiveness," Crane's Malta facility is the first commercial banknote printing facility to be built in several decades, and marks a historic milestone in the company's 200+ year history. The new facility offers the latest in printing equipment and technology to support the most demanding central bank requirements. Crane Currency prints its one billionth banknote at its Malta facility La Crème Main offers allure INSPIRED by the beauty hand cream created by Mademoi- selle Chanel in 1927, Chanel revisited La Crème Main in 2017. In 2018, the story contin- ues… A must-have accessory, La Crème Main comes in a new, more comforting and enveloping texture, a rich and velvety balm, the perfect ally for dry and delicate hands: La Crème Main Texture Riche - Rouge Allure 2018. Increasing extremities of matte introduce a contempo- rary edge to the luminous col- our lexicon of Rouge Allure. Beloved Rouge Allure Velvet lipstick lends its longwearing smoothness to four new matte shades, whose rosy caramels, soft pinks and plums offset powerful eyes. The Rouge Allure Velvet Ex- trême lipsticks offer new mag- nitudes of colour – maximum visual impact without relin- quishing creamy luxurious- ness. The six colours brazenly match the drama of the eyes in a selection of intense berry, burgundy and orange-reds. Ultimate light absorption completes the vision for Rouge Allure Collection 2018, cour- tesy of Rouge Allure Liquid Powder. Its powdery consist- ency turns upon contact with the lips, guaranteeing lasting comfort and an ultramodern look. Chanel is distributed by Al- fred Gera & Sons Ltd. Blue Light Foundation gets support from BNF Bank