Polska Wytwórnia Papierów Wartościowych
The Polska Wytwórnia Printing Works Spółka Akcyjna (short form: PWPW SA) is the Polish state security printing . Your buildings are at the northern end of Warsaw's New Town . The building complex with its three courtyards is surrounded by three streets in addition to the Vistula embankment in the east: Roman Sanguszko Street in the north (the address of PWPW is: Roman Sanguszko Street 1), Zakroczymska Street in the west and Wójtowska Street. Street in the south. The 100% in the ownership of the State Treasury located Aktiengesellschaft is in the list of state major enterprises ( Lista spółek o istotnym znaczeniu dla porządku Publicznego lub bezpieczeństwa Publicznego entered). The print shop was founded in 1919 and today employs around 2,100 people.
Business activity
The core task of PWPW is the production of banknotes and security documents. It mainly produces banknotes for the National Bank of Poland , driving licenses, registration certificates and blank payment cards. The company also produces the biometric identity card of Poland.
In the years from 2004 to 2006, 20 and 100 kroner banknotes were printed for the National Bank of Slovakia . It was also already security paper with watermarks for Austria, Greece, Holland, Latvia, Sweden and Turkey produced. In 2009 PWPW received approval from the European Central Bank in the area of quality management system and production safety. The company is currently preparing for the future production of euro banknotes .
history
The State Graphic Works (Polish: Państwowe Zakłady Graficzne ) were founded on January 25, 1919 on the basis of a decision by the cabinet of the government of Ignacy Jan Paderewski . One year after the company was founded, the first banknote was produced: one hundred Polish marks , based on a project by Adam Jerzy Półtawski . In 1925 the company was transformed into Polska Wytwórnia Papierów Wartościowych SA . Between 1926 and 1929, today's buildings were built according to a design by the architect Antoni Dygat. In 1932, the first rotogravure banknote was produced - a 100 złoty note designed by Józef Mehoffer . At the International Stamp Exhibition in Vienna in 1933, stamps produced in the PWPW received an honorary mention. In the 1930s, many products were made by well-known Polish artists of their time - such as Zofia Stryjeńska , Wacław Borowski , Zygmunt Kamiński , Ryszard Kleczewski , Marian Romuald Polak and Włodzimierz Vacek , and later also by Czesław Słania .
During the German occupation in World War II , the printing plant was under German supervision. In addition to banknotes, identification cards, ration cards and various official German documents were also printed during that time. In addition, a group of employees ( Podziemna Wytwórnia Banknotów ) in the PWPW secretly produced documents for the Polish resistance. In 1944, during the Warsaw Uprising, the printing plant's premises were an important part of the Polish resistance. Around 100 soldiers of the Polish Home Army were killed here in 27 days of bitter fighting . The buildings of the printing house were considerably destroyed. After the end of the war, the facility was rebuilt, and during the construction period (until 1950) printing was continued in printing plants in Łódź and Krakow . In 1945, the printing works became state property and renamed Państwowa Wytwórnia Papierów Wartościowych SA . In 1996, the printing house was given its historical and now valid name: Polska Wytwórnia Papierów Wartościowych Spółka Akcyjna . In 1999 the company was converted into a holding company in order to integrate or enable investments.
At the end of June 2012, the Polish Football Association announced that PWPW would be Ekstraklasa's technology partner from the 2012/13 season .
Holdings
The company is involved in various companies. A 100% subsidiary is Elkart Sp. Z oo , which was founded in April 1999. This company is active in the personification of access or payment cards and is certified by VISA International , Mastercard and Diners Club . PWPW holds 4.5% of the shares in the debtor credit agency InfoMonitor Biuro Informacji Gospodarczej SA , which was founded in December 2003. Together with the OPTeam company , the center of electronic certification "Sigillum" (Polish: Polskie Centrum Certyfikacji Elektronicznej "Sigillum" ) was established in January 2010. founded. This company offers verification services in e-payment transactions .
Views of the building in March 2011
Delivery entrance on the front (north)
View of the Neustadt (southwest)
Main entrance at the front (north)
New building on the back (south)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b according to Article 90 lat PWPW SA in the magazine "Poligrafika", edition 2/2009, p. 4 (in Polish)
- ↑ 90minut.pl: PWPW partnerem technologicznym Ekstraklasy , June 22, 2012, accessed on June 22, 2012