Oberthur Technologies was a French
digital security
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Computers and the Internet
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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.
Oberthur Technologies was the successor of the Oberthur printing which was founded in 1842 by the master printer and lithographer,
François-Charles Oberthür.
Oberthur merged with Morpho to form
IDEMIA
IDEMIA is a multinational technology company headquartered in Courbevoie, France. It provides identity-related security services, and sells facial recognition and other biometric identification products and software to private companies and go ...
on 28 September 2017.
History
1842 Oberthur was founded by printer and lithographer
François-Charles Oberthür
1984 Jean-Pierre Savare takes over security printing activity for François-Charles Oberthur Fiduciaire
1985 Creation of François-Charles Oberthur Card Systems
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 in
Bucharest
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which employs approximately 50 people
2007 Acquisition of I’M Technologies, Singapore
2007 Creation of Oberthur Technologies
2008 Acquisition of XPonCard, Sweden
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.
2012 Acquisition of MoreMagic, a leading mobile money solution provider
2012 Acquisition of Cupola Plastic Cards in Dubai, a major smart card manufacturer and personalisation services provider for the Middle East
See also
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Oberthur Cash Protection
References
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Publishing companies of France
Banknote printing companies
Companies based in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Defunct technology companies of France