History

"There is no future in any job. The future lies in the man who holds the job" - George Crane.

Since its foundation in the Eighties, Publicenter has grown constantly, investing in the latest technologies and expanding the production areas of its two facilities.

The continuous investments in upgrading processes and improving quality standards enable the firm to offer an ever-expanding range of products, to meet the requirements of all sectors of application.

Publicenter, boosted by its past successes, is entering fast-growing new markets and increasing its market share in Europe.

1978: Year of foundation: starts the activity of printing on special materials.

1984: Agreements with several companies (among them Società Autostrade) handling the payment system of the highway toll by means of prepaid magnetic stripe cards (Viacard).

1988: First contract with Telecom Italia Spa for the supply of prepaid magnetic stripe cards.

1994: MF Group Spa acquires Publicenter Srl.

1995: Publicenter doubles the production sites by means of the acquisition of Technicard System Spa, competitor company, which will be later incorporated in Publicenter Spa.

1996: First step of the Investment Plan to increase the production capacity (200 ml cards / year) and commercial expansion on export markets

Establishment (in Arcisate, Varese) of the first European plant entirely and exclusively dedicated to the production of prepaid cards (mostly for the telephony applications).

1997: Certification ISO 9002:1994 for the plant in Arcisate.

Start of the production of prepaid scratch-off cards in the Arcisate plant

First contract with TIM Spa for the supply of prepaid scratch-off cards.

1998: First contract with Omnitel Pronto Italia (which will be acquired by Vodafone in 2002) for the supply of prepaid cards.

Telecom Italia Spa, acknowledging the reliability of its production, assigns entirely to Publicenter Spa the production of over 170.000.000 prepaid cards.

1999: First contract with the Telecom operator Wind Spa for the supply of prepaid cards.

2000: Telecom Italia Spa assigns entirely to Publicenter the whole production of 100.000.000 prepaid cards for the fix line.

2001: Introduction of the smart cards (contact and contactless) in the production range.

2002: Inauguration of the new plant in Vedano Olona (Varese): 10.000 sqm of technology and security entirely dedicated to the production of prepaid cards

New certification ISO 9001:2000 for both the manufacturing plants.<

First supply of 100.000 chip cards in the Asian market

Second step of the Investment plan to bring the production capacity to 500 ml cards / year.

2003: New factory and offices in Rioveggio (Bologna) 

2005: Publicenter has obtained the certification for the production of credit card for the brand VISA and MASTERCARD.

2006: FERRARI has entrusted exclusively to Publicenter the job of developing, managing and carrying out a new company project for the realization of a FERRARI club membership card. 

2007: Publicenter entirely develop and produce the first EMV card in Italy on behalf of UNICREDIT

Publicenter entirely develop and produce the first Banking Gift Card in Italy

2008: Publicenter became a POPAI member. POPAI is one of the most prestigious and well-know world association for marketing at retail

2009: Publicenter introduces a new complete solution on the market that will make EMV migration easier!