Upon founding the company in 1952, the objective of Gualtiero Giori was to enable every country to independently produce its own banknotes. Providing the necessary machinery to do so was only one part of the equation. Of equal importance was the transfer of knowledge, skills and expertise required to successfully run a printing works.
ORGANISATION GIORI
Gualtiero Giori was a direct descendant from a long line of Italian security printers established in Milan in the 19th century. He pioneered multi-colour intaglio printing by developing the revolutionary 6-colour intaglio printing press in 1947. Following this success and recognising the global need for the highest quality machines to produce the most secure banknotes he formed "Organisation Giori" in 1952.
KOENIG & BAUER
Koenig & Bauer was founded in 1817 and enjoys a rich and colourful history as the oldest manufacturer of printing machines in the world. Based in Würzburg, Germany the company has evolved to become a world leader in print technology and innovation.
In 1952, Organisation Giori signed a co-operation agreement with Koenig & Bauer entrusting them with the production of the security printing machines.
What started as a simple alliance between a strong industrial power and a man with an incredible vision has changed the world of banknotes and security printing forever.
Today we can see the results of this historic partnership standing as a symbol of integrity, security and excellence in every corner of the world… a living testimony to the genius behind the dream.
KBA-GIORI S.A.
Following many years of successful partnership with the De La Rue Group, our company was acquired by Koenig & Bauer in June 2001.
This logical development and new structure will simplify our business operations and consolidate our technical and market activity under one strategy.
The new company, KBA-GIORI remained focused on the core activity of serving and protecting the global security print market by offering a full range of services, systems and machines to economically produce more secure banknotes and security documents.
Today's banknotes are more complex, more secure and carry more features than ever before. We are at the forefront of this evolution with our partners and customers around the world. The threats and opportunities created by new technology continued to grow.
KBA-GIORI was uniquely positioned to positively channel this technology to make tomorrow's banknotes even better. It enabled nations around the world to guarantee the integrity of their currency and security documents and to protect them as symbols of national pride and identity.
KBA-NotaSys SA
As of January 1, 2011 KBA-GIORI changed its name to KBA-NotaSys as a legal consequence of the purchasing contract signed almost 10 years ago by KBA to acquire the former De La Rue Giori.
Managing Director Olivier Beaumont explains; 'It is hard to believe that KBA became the owners of our company almost ten years ago. The contract created at that time allowed the company to use the name "Giori" for 10 years. This period allowed all our clients and partners to see that the former De La Rue Giori remained fully dedicated to the Banknote printing Industry and even accelerated its innovative activity.The task was to find a name starting with "KBA-" like all operating units of the KBA group with a second part reflecting our specific identity. The new name KBA-NotaSys was adopted as it reminded us of our Italian origins, since “Nota” means “note” in Italian. The term “Sys” symbolises our focus on a system approach, confirming our mission statement, first established in 2000: "Our mission is to serve the international Central Bank and Security Printing Community with the complete range of advanced machinery, systems and services they need to economically produce highly secure banknotes".
The well known Pegasus and the color green of our corporate identity remain as a witness of our continued commitment and dedication to the high security printing industry.