Recently, German media reported that with the expiration of the contract, Germany's old state-owned printing company Bundesdruckerei ended its cooperation with Shanghai Mitte Printing Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Shanghai Mitte") for 16 years and sold its 25% stake in Shanghai Mitte.
The German Federal Printing Company said that at present, the relevant laws and regulations in China stipulate that any enterprise with foreign investment or managed by a foreign controlling party will not be able to undertake the business of manufacturing "safety-related" products. According to this regulation, Germany has been unable to extend the contract.
The turnover of the German Federal Printing Company in 20 16 was 457 million euros (about 3.6 billion yuan), while the turnover of the Sino-German joint venture Shanghai Mitte was close to 60 million euros (about 470 million yuan), which was the largest and most profitable part of all the overseas businesses of the German Federal Printing Company.
According to the national enterprise credit information publicity system, Shanghai Mite was established in May, 1992, producing precision anti-counterfeiting printed matter, bank computer printed matter, securities, passports, certificates, printed matter and the development of other new printing varieties.
2065438+April 7, 2007, the equity of Shanghai Mite was changed. Before the change, the investors were Shanghai Banknote Printing Co., Ltd., German Federal Printing Co., Ltd. and Shanghai Securities Printing Co., Ltd., but after the change, "German Federal Printing Co., Ltd." disappeared. Meanwhile, TILMANLESCHE and BAUMGARTL are no longer directors of the company.
On the introduction of official website's company, Shanghai Mitte also left a message introducing the German Federal Printing Company: "There are two powerful supporting enterprises behind the company, namely Shanghai Banknote Printing Co., Ltd. and the German Federal Printing Company. Among them, Shanghai Banknote Printing Co., Ltd. provided the traditional printing technology of certificates and passports, while the German Federation provided the company with the latest electronic passport making technology and international business information. "
In official website's introduction, Mitte Company is "the only passport manufacturer in China", and has developed and produced dozens of certificates for the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, the National People's Congress and other government departments, such as citizens' personal passports, official passports, ordinary passports for business, diplomatic passports, passports for business trips to Hong Kong and Macao, NPC representative cards and so on.
On the "News News" page in official website, a press release issued on March 20th, 20th14th wrote: "In the exhibition, Mitte Company carefully prepared this year and exhibited the electronic passport and border control system with the help of the German Federal Company, including the demonstration and operation contents of collecting personal biometric data, making certificates on the spot, and clearing customs on the spot."
20 12 in may, China launched the electronic ordinary passport. Different from the old passports, the logo of electronic chip is printed under the cover of electronic passports. The fingerprint, face and signature information of the electronic passport applicant will be embedded in the electronic chip, which not only improves the anti-counterfeiting ability of the passport, but also improves the convenience of the intelligent customs clearance equipment.
With 16 years cooperation experience with China and the most advanced printing equipment, German enterprises will also become strong competitors.