ABnote Brazil
American BankNote S.A.

In 2006, ABnote Brazil became a publicly traded company, listed on the Sao Paulo Stock Exchange (the Bovespa) at an opening market valuation of US$400,000,000. Through both acquisition and organic growth, the company has doubled its earnings since the IPO, and now employs 5,000 employees in 7 major plants.

The ABnote Group remains the controlling shareholder of ABnote Brazil, which has become a household name among Brazil’s leading commercial and government institutions. It is not an exaggeration to state that at least one of the company’s products is literally “in the wallet” of every Brazilian. With market-leading manufacturing facilities throughout the country, ABnote Brazil is the largest private secure printing and transaction service provider in-country, holding the number one market position in virtually every product and service category offered.

The unrivalled local leader in bank cards, stored-value telephone cards, secure document printing, document management, and ID systems, ABnote Brazil works hand-in-hand with the Departments of Motor Vehicles in almost every major Brazilian state, providing a truly end-to-end solution including data and biometric capture, license printing, mailing, data-tracking, and even bureau staffing. Each year, the company produces nearly one billion cards, issues millions of driver’s licenses, securely maintains millions of personal profiles in their electronic database, and processes tens of thousands of tons of paper.

ABnote Brazil’s acquisition of Transtex, S.A., Argentina’s acknowledged leader in the transaction card manufacturing and personalization categories vastly expanded ABnote Brazil’s capabilities throughout South America. Transtex dominates both the secure (bank cards, debit cards, credit cards, pre-paid telephone cards, smart cards, etc.) and nonsecure card markets in its home country and exports cards throughout Latin America.