company industry business services founded 1961 headquarters germany siegen key people dr. tilman schwinn cso and coo marc nedecky cfo ulrich waldschmidt chairman of the supervisory board 1 products vehicle registration plates revenue more than 250 million euros 2013 2 number of employees as utsch group about 1 500 3 website www.utsch.com erich utsch ag is the global market leader in security license plate technology headquartered in siegen germany . contents 1 history 2 products 3 stakeholding selection 4 external links 5 references history edit erich utsch established the company in 1961 as a family business.the first embossing machine was a modified wine press . 1969 after his father s death manfred utsch took over . in 2001 the erich utsch kg became a public limited company whose majority shares are in family ownership . today erich utsch ag is active in more than 130 countries with joint ventures in 52 countries and has as group about 1 500 employees worldwide . 4 in 1988 utsch confirmed his role as a technology pioneer by introducing a new environmentally friendly and extremely durable dry roller coating technique for license plates called hot stamping . from 1995 on utsch developed extensive security concepts for license plates . by using laser codes holograms graphics or coats of arms license plates turned into national high security documents . in 2002 utsch introduced the first windshield label with transponder technology as an electronic identification document . between 2008 and 2009 utsch realized the three biggest orders in value of over 30 . mio . in the arab world . 5 in 2012 the company produced more than 50 million vehicle license plates worldwide . 6 in the same year erich utsch ag and j. h. t nnjes gmbh & co. kg the two world leaders in security license plate technology founded a joint venture uti utsch t nnjes international . 7 products edit since the company s foundation the core business has been the production of vehicle license plates including manufacturing tools and production facilities . already in 1965 utsch launched its first mechanical embossing press . in 1975 the first automatic embossing press was introduced to manufacture vehicle license plates in large quantities in a computer controlled and fully automatic process . in 1998 utsch developed and built the worldwide largest automatic production facility for license plates for the italian state in foggia where all license plates are centrally produced . the 2013 launched u press is able to allow biometric login optic control and continuous documentation of the workflow . the u press closes the gap between manual and automatic production and hinders wrong printings by accident or by purpose . since 1985 erich utsch ag also offers license plate frames without screws . in 2008 the company launched erulux an led illuminated license plate frame . stakeholding selection edit erich utsch ag holds more than 80 stakes respectively runs joint ventures in almost 50 countries . the most important are 8 utsch t nnjes international ag uti utsch t nnjes europe gmbh ute erich utsch sudamericana in argentina utsch do brasil in brazil ketner utsch a s in denmark shimnit utsch india pvt. ltd. in india utsch international ltd. in ireland utsch cameroun in cameroon waldale manufacturing ltd. in canada licensys in australia universal movers in mexico utal sp.z.o.o . in poland byborg co. ltd. in russia matriculas europeas s.l. in spain steinemann schilder gmbh in switzerland the irwin hodson company in the usa utsch inc. in the usa utsch congo sprl . external links edit official website www.faz.net in german deutsche welle in german references edit http www.utsch.com service impressum.html imprint http www.utsch.com unternehmen kennzeichen heimatliebe in german http www.utsch.com en company.html http www.utsch.com en company.html http www.utsch.com en company history.html http www.welt.de moto news article126207039 schlaue schilder.html schlaue schilder in german http www.utsch.com en company history.html http www.utsch.com en company holdings joint ventures.html coordinates 50 51 04 n 7 59 55 e 50.851119025 n 7.9985779523 e 50.851119025 ; 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