State Printing Company

The State Printing Office (Hungarian Állami Nyomda ) is one of the largest security printing companies in Hungary and the Central Eastern European region. The company produced earlier traditional print products. Today is the focus of their activity field, the handling of document security products and solutions of PVC cards and its personalization, electronic document management and handling of großmaßigen business correspondence. The Company's shares are listed on the Budapest Stock Exchange since 2005.

The history of the State Printing Hungary

The beginning

After the Compromise of 1867 between Hungary and the House of Habsburg, the first independent Hungarian government was created when the previous printing this time, she is a subsidiary of kk See Court and State Printing Office in Vienna, which was founded after the precipitation of the March Revolution and the struggle for freedom by the Austrian government in Temesvár.

This printing company started in early 1851 its activities and was one of the largest institutions in the - by then already with a developed printing industry operative - city. The print shop moved with her entire machine park and the majority of their skilled workers in 1868 to Budapest the government district - near the ministries - the Buda castle in order to satisfy the need for administrative pressure places the Hungarian government.

At this time, the Ministry of Finance also managed the Hungarian Royal cadastral Lithographic Office and Map Archive, which since 1868 cadastral survey and maps - which served as the basis for taxation reason - produced and reproduced.

The government decided in 1869 to merge the two printers, as the solution of the revenue stamp production was necessary for the Treasury. With the merger, the conditions for a prompt and reliable production of revenue stamps, prints were given, even if it often had to be kept secret until the publication.

The official name of the new institute was Hungarian Royal State Printing ( ku State Printing House ).

The first Hungarian Stamp - 1871

For the public, the stamp production was attributed as the main activities of the State Printing Office during the decades. After the 1867 's. Compromise to accentuate the National sovereignty and due to financial and administrative reasons, it was the Hungarian government needed to pay off the official and postal services fee with own stamps Austro- Hungarian - - issued stamp possible, and these were, of course, printed in Vienna It used in parallel. The revenue stamps were produced in the Ministry of Finance conducted by the independent State Printing from 1869. The determination of 1867 he compromise concerning the post, entered into force on 1 May. All Hungarian post offices were subject to the post office and on this way, threw the natural need to to put on the Hungarian postal items independently issued stamp. Since this need was also recognized by the imperial government, the first Hungarian newspaper stamp was issued on 20 June 1868. Although this was still printed in the Vienna print and on the watermark of the paper was to be read German inscription still on the brand itself but the headline appeared in Hungarian. The trademark was the Hungarian coat of arms and the crown. The first home -made brand - after the development of brand production technology of the State Printing - came in 1871 in the postal traffic.

Since 1901, State Printing Office called

After restructuring in 1901, the company name was changed to State Printing. In the state printing the budget and its justification, the financial statements, the important draft laws, the Financial Gazette and continue the schedules of MÁV ( Hungarian State Railways ) were also printed.

Here, the Hungarian State cash certificates, the various treasury bills, government bonds, pension bonds certificates, classless, change forms, exporting and importing delivery notes, cigar and tobacco papers, revenue stamps were produced. The Hungarian government established in 1922 the Hungarian Banknote Printing Plant, which began in the buildings of the State Printing Office in August 1923, the domestic banknote printing. During the Second World War, the printing was classified as armaments factory, as here, the food and fuel bills were produced. With the end of the war, the pressure places the post office and railway were like state prints, bonds, and lots restored. At the election in 1945, the State Printing has the ballot and later the pengő that were issued during the hyperinflation in 1946 printed.

Since 1947, the company produces the Toto and later the lottery tickets. In addition to producing gaming Print the completion of the four-year election documents had become a permanent production profile. Thanks carried out in 1957 investment, widened the capacity, quality improved, with the production of multicolored printed stamps was started. In the 1960s, the pressure of export stamps took a run.

Current situation

After the political changes, the majority of the state monopole was abolished, a competition began for the manufacture of products that have been produced to date with exclusive jurisdiction. Due to the termination of state protection does not remain different from the rethinking of the position of the company. The State Printing was pulled everything into consideration privatized in 1993. For the development of the printing larger field of work, much more modern and more sophisticated working conditions were necessary. For this reason, the company moved out of Buda Castle in the district X ( Kőbánya ) around. The new printing plant in Halom Road was opened to celebrated on 4th October 1994. In the meantime, the State Printing Office took over the machinery and the majority of workers of the fanfold printing SZÜV. At the end of 1997 came a whole new line of business, the production and personalization of PVC cards to the portfolio of State Printing. The development started in early 1998 with the implementation of a new and modern plant in the field in the Fátyolka alley, which further developed in 2000 and was also suitable for smart card production. The certificate security laboratory - the center of its research and development activities - was founded in 1999 by the State Printing. The State Printing began its international expansion in 2004. Through collaboration with its local partners, he founded a joint company in Romania and Bulgaria, Slovakia and Russia subsidiaries caused.

Products

To the main activities of the State Printing Office include the manufacture of security products such as shutter trademarks, securities, food stamps, stamps, papierstoffige documents, developed by the Certificate Safety Laboratory Safety colors and solutions. The State Printing produced as part of a consortium, the card-shaped identification documents, these are: passport, driving license, studbook for car, student card. Besides these map documents, the company produces debit cards with chip for VISA and MASTERCARD, top up cards for mobile phones, smart cards for digital signature. Furthermore, the company takes part in the development and manufacturing of products with RFID technology. Personalized The State Printing Group and enveloped printed matter for banks, insurance companies, and produces invoices, delivery notes, printed and unprinted fanfold paper. At the State Printing Group is the Gyomaer Kner Printing, which produces books, magazines and various printed materials.

Swell

• Géza Buzinkay: The State Printing House is 150 years old ( 150 éves az Állami Nyomda ), 2001, ISBN 963-85674-1-4
• State Printing Annual Report, 2001