Dear websites visitors, today, April 15, 2019, we have launched a registration of economic operators involved in Tobacco trade.

SPWS is a holder of the ‘Management of security printing processes’ certification   STATE PRINTING WORKS OF SECURITIES, state enterprise, after undergoing demanding preparation and a strict certification audit in January 2019 by the Dutch firm VPGI Certification B.V., became a holder of ISO 14298:2013 – Management [...]

'Project 24+5' Wins Special Award Egovernment Magazine has organised the 13th annual competition aimed at presenting the most interesting projects in the electronisation of public administration in the CR. At the awarding ceremony, held in the Municipal House on 19 November 2018 under the auspices of [...]

STC the Only EU-Authorised System to Certify the Authenticity and Source of Tobacco Products Based on Government Resolution no 671 of 17 October 2018, the State Printing Works of Securities, state enterprise, was appointed the publisher of a unique identifier in accordance with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/574 [...]

Minister of Finance Present at Launch of New Printing Machine In late October we were honoured by a visit from the Minister of Finance, JUDr Alena Schillerová, PhD. We were very pleased to introduce her to our new printing machine, which extends our process equipment array. [...]

Production Plant Modernisation Continues In June we entered into a public procurement contract with Konica Minolta Business Solutions Czech, spol. s r.o. for the delivery of a new ink printing digital black-and-white machine including an inspection system. The machine can print in the B2+ format with [...]

New Banknotes Put into Circulation As part of the Czech National Bank assignment, the State Printing Works of Securities print innovative banknotes in the nominal values of CZK 100 and 200. Their release into circulation was launched at a press conference of the Czech National Bank [...]

The Ivančice Commemorative Sheet was printed in our printing works The town of Ivančice celebrates the 100th anniversary of the creation of the independent Czechoslovak state by printing a commemorative sheet authentically modelled after a 100-crown banknote designed by Alphonse Mucha, a native of Ivančice. Alphonse [...]

New electronic identity cards Starting 1 July 2018, the State Printing Works of Securities began production of electronic identity cards with an embedded chip. With these new cards, people will be able to handle a number of official acts, such as filing a tax return, claiming [...]

On the world scale the Czech Republic has the seventh most powerful passport Novinky.cz published the results of a study, which compares the so-called Passport Index, i.e. the power of a passport. The Czechs can travel without visas to 173 countries. The Czech Republic thus shares [...]