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How to make money from making money
The BBC visited Fortress Paper's facility in Landquart, Switzerland in September to learn about the process of making banknotes. In a video featured in the BBC's Business section, Marco Ziethen, the production manager at Landquart, takes reporter Lucy Burton through a step-by-step guide to manufacturing banknotes. From importing, refining and bleaching cotton, Ziethen showed how cotton gets turned into currency. Ziethen also explained how, as the paper is being made, security features are embedded in order to prevent counterfeiting of whatever currency is being produced.
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Fortress Paper chief turns tired mill into major venture

In this edition of Talking to Entrepreneurs, Chad Wasilenkoff, CEO and Chairman of Fortress Paper, discusses his contrarian approach to investing, and how he turned a fledging pulp and paper mill into a profitable venture with Report on Business.
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