Oberthur Technologies

Oberthur Technologies
FormerlyOberthur Card Systems
Company typePrivate
IndustryElectronics
PredecessorOberthur Printing Works
Founded1984
FounderJean-Pierre Savare
Defunct28 September 2017
FateMerged with Morpho to form IDEMIA
Headquarters
Paris
,
France
Area served
Worldwide
Key people
  • Pascal Stefani (Chairman)
  • Didier Lamouche (CEO)
  • Anne-France Laclide (CFO)
  • Frédéric Beylier (COO)
Products
Revenue
  • Increase €3.0 billion (2016)
  • Increase €104.1 million (2010)
  • €92.2 million (2009)
  • Increase €59.7 million (2010)
  • €49.2 million (2009)
Number of employees
14,000 (2016) (2013)
Divisions
  • Card Systems
  • Identity
Websitewww.oberthur.com

Oberthur Technologies was a French digital security company, providing secure technology solutions for Smart Transactions, Mobile Financial Services, Machine-to-Machine, Digital Identity and Transport & Access Control. As of 2008, Oberthur's revenue was €882 million.[1] Oberthur Technologies was the successor of the Oberthur printing which was founded in 1842 by the master printer and lithographer, François-Charles Oberthür.[2] Oberthur merged with Morpho to form IDEMIA on 28 September 2017.

History

  • 1842 Oberthur was founded by printer and lithographer François-Charles Oberthür[3]
  • 1984 Jean-Pierre Savare takes over security printing activity for François-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire[4]
  • 1985 Creation of François-Charles Oberthur Card Systems[5]
  • 1990 Acquisition of Banknote of America Corporation
  • 1991 Creation of François-Charles Oberthur Chèque et Sécurité
  • 1993 Acquisition of Axytrans, France
  • 1997 Creation of Oberthur Smart Cards
  • 1999 Acquisition of De La Rue Card Systems and creation of Oberthur Card Systems
  • 2000 Oberthur Card Systems IPO
  • 2001 Opening factory in China
  • 2001 Acquisition of Logica, Spain
  • 2002 Acquisition of Rapsodia, France
  • 2004 Opening of factory in Brazil
  • 2005 Acquisition of Africard, SA
  • 2006 Opening of factory in India
  • 2006 Opening of software development center Oberthur Technologies Romania SRL[6] in Bucharest which employs approximately 50 people
  • 2007 Acquisition of I’M Technologies, Singapore
  • 2007 Creation of Oberthur Technologies
  • 2008 Acquisition of XPonCard, Sweden[7]
  • 2008 Delisting from the stock exchange
  • 2011 Buy out of the Card Systems and Identity Division (Oberthur Technologies) to Advent International. The Secure Printing Division and Cash Protection are renamed Oberthur Fiduciaire and remained under the Savare family control.[8]
  • 2012 Acquisition of MoreMagic, a leading mobile money solution provider[9]
  • 2012 Acquisition of Cupola Plastic Cards in Dubai, a major smart card manufacturer and personalisation services provider for the Middle East[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Oberthur key figures". Archived from the original on 10 November 2009. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
  2. ^ "Evolution of Oberthur". Retrieved 10 March 2010.
  3. ^ Jean Wambre; Philippe Hourdain (2006). Les imprimeurs: Les hommes qui ont écrit l'Histoire (in French). HPC 2. ISBN 978-2-9525751-0-2. Pendant cinq ans, il tente en vain d'ajouter un brevet de typographie à son premier brevet de lithographie, car Brevet d'imprimeur-lithographe de François-Charles Oberthur, obtenu en 1842. la loi lui interdit le cumul de ces deux activités.
  4. ^ "Oberthur history". Archived from the original on 15 February 2010. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
  5. ^ W. Atkins (2 December 2012). The Smart Card Report. Elsevier Science. pp. 218–. ISBN 978-0-08-051900-5.
  6. ^ "OBERTHUR TECHNOLOGIES ROMANIA SRL – Fiscal Code 18280710 – Company data". www.risco.ro. Retrieved 17 March 2017.
  7. ^ "Därför köper fransmännen Xponcard".
  8. ^ "Oberthur Technologies cède son activité cartes à puce". lemondeinformatique.fr. 11 August 2011.
  9. ^ "Oberthur announces bid to acquire MoreMagic". www.mobilepaymentstoday.com.
  10. ^ BFM BUSINESS. "Oberthur Technologies finalise l'acquisition de Cupola Plastic Cards". BFM BUSINESS. {{cite web}}: |author= has generic name (help)