| 1851 |
Founded in Leipzig by Hermann Giesecke and Alphonse Devrient |
| 1853 |
First banknote printed, with international orders following |
| 1863 |
First order for the printing of passports |
| 1922 |
First commission from the German Reichsbank |
| 1948 |
Re-establishment in Munich of the expropriated company |
| 1955 |
First order to print banknotes in Munich for the Central Bank of Peru |
| 1958 |
First commission from the German Bundesbank to print Deutschmark |
| 1964 |
Purchase of the Louisenthal paper mill in Gmund am Tegernsee |
| 1968 |
Development of the eurocheque system |
| 1973 |
Eurocheque from 1973 |
| 1975 |
Introduction of automated banknote processing systems and the first machine-readable banknote worldwide |
| 1981 |
Production of the first chip cards commissioned by French banks and the German Bundespost |
| 1991 |
Delivery of the first commercial SIM card worldwide |
| 1991 |
Repurchase of the Leipzig parent company and acquisition of the Königstein paper mill |
| 1999 |
printing of euro banknotes |
| 2003 |
Foil production facility set up in Louisenthal |
| 2003 |
Opening of the banknote printing plant in Malaysia |
| 2004 |
Passports with chips become available |
| 2004 |
Acquisition of a majority stake in secunet Security Networks AG |
| 2004 |
secunet becomes IT security partner of the Federal Republic of Germany |
| 2010 |
G+D joins the UN Global Compact |
| 2012 |
Introduction of eSIM |
| 2015 |
Veridos GmbH founded – a joint venture with Bundesdruckerei, Berlin |
| 2020 |
G+D develops its own CBDC solution Filia |
| 2020 |
Introduction of the sustainable payment cards Convego |
| 2020 |
Investment in the Swiss Netcetera Group |
| 2021 |
Acquisition of the British Pod Group |
| 2022 |
Start of the Green Banknote™ Initiative |
| 2022 |
G+D celebrates its 170th anniversary |
| 2023 |
Activation of the 100 millionth eSim |
