Orell Fussli's corporate history began when Christoph Froschauer came to Zurich from the town of Altoetting in Bavaria. In 1519, Zurich's city council made him a citizen of Zurich and commissioned various printing jobs from him. Since that time, the company that Froschauer founded has advanced and steadily enhanced the art of printing by pioneering new processes and techniques in the field of graphic arts, and specifically in printing and security technology. Today Orell Fussli – as the company has been known since the end of the 19th century – is a leader in security technology and security printing.

After a strategic realignment in 1992, the security printing works was re-equipped to become a state-of-the-art banknote printing facility. The company's job printing was sold to Zurichsee-Medien and the cartography division was spun off in a management buy-out.

In July 2002, the Orell Fussli Group acquired a majority holding of 76% in Atlantic Zeiser Group AG based in Emmingen, Baden-Wurttemberg and the other 24% in 2005. Atlantic Zeiser employs 350 people and maintains production sites in Germany, the UK and the USA. Atlantic Zeiser augments Orell Fussli Security Printing's range of security technology services in an ideal way, and provides a worldwide presence in the major industrial markets.
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