written like an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . march 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message formerly called oberthur card systems type private industry electronics predecessor oberthur printing works founded 1984 founder jean pierre savare headquarters paris france area served worldwide key people pascal stefani chairman didier lamouche ceo anne france laclide cfo fr d ric beylier coo products chips passports smart cards revenue 978.8 million 2010 904.6 million 2009 operating income 104.1 million 2010 92.2 million 2009 profit 59.7 million 2010 49.2 million 2009 number of employees 6300 1 2013 divisions card systems identity website www.oberthur.com oberthur technologies is 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 is the successor of the oberthur printing which was founded in 1842 by the master printer and lithographer fran ois charles oberthur . 2 history edit 1842 oberthur by printer and lithographer fran ois charles oberth r 3 1984 jean pierre savare takes over security printing activity for fran ois charles oberthur fiduciaire 4 1985 creation of fran ois charles oberthur card systems 5 1990 acquisition of banknote of america corporation 1991 creation of fran ois charles oberthur ch que et s curit 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 2007 acquisition of i m technologies singapore 2007 creation of oberthur technologies 2008 acquisition of xponcard sweden 6 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 . 7 2012 acquisition of moremagic a leading mobile money solution provider 8 2012 acquisition of cupola plastic cards in dubai a major smart card manufacturer and personalisation services provider for the middle east 9 references edit a b oberthur key figures . retrieved 10 march 2010 . evolution of oberthur . retrieved 10 march 2010 . jean wambre ; philippe hourdain 2006 . les imprimeurs les hommes qui ont crit 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 son premier brevet de lithographie car brevet d imprimeur lithographe de fran ois charles oberthur obtenu en 1842 . la loi lui interdit le cumul de ces deux activit s. oberthur history . retrieved 10 march 2010 . w. atkins 2 december 2012 . the smart card report . elsevier science . pp. 218 . isbn 978 0 08 051900 5 . http www.realtid.se articlepages 200802 19 200802191 12354 realtid438 20080219112354 realtid438.dbp.asp oberthur technologies c de son activit cartes puce . lemondeinformatique.fr . oberthur announces bid to acquire moremagic . www.mobilepaymentstoday.com . bfm business . oberthur technologies finalise l acquisition de cupola plastic cards . bfm business . external links edit companies portal oberthur technologies retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title oberthur technologies & oldid 715152155 categories companies of francehidden categories cs1 french language sources fr articles with a promotional tone from march 2016all articles with a promotional tone navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages deutschfran aisoccitansvenska edit links this page was last modified on 14 april 2016 at 01 03 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view