www.delarue.com/markets/central-banks-currency/polymer.aspx
By 2018, £5 notes will be mostly polymer notes.
This will happen because in march, the Bank of England entered contract with Innovia Security for supply of polymer substrate for banknotes for 2016.
In 2016 De La Rue will start making polymer notes.
..well, long term anyway. Cotton uses to much water & it'll get expensive.
Polymer notes are cheaper to produce
www.bankofengland.co.uk%2Fbanknotes%2Fpolymer%2FDocuments%2Fcostbenefitanalysis.pdf&ei=0zAlVKC1EqGa8QHpx4HwDQ&usg=AFQjCNFqYA0BbbEzN_r5wB6TfpYHYL3GEQ
When the dust has settled in the ME, who will get the contracts to print new currencies? War time is good for business for De La Rue.
China's not engaged in any conflicts & has a massive cash pile to spend on shopping while the rest of the world goes to hell. BUY
What comes down must go up. Stock market physics.