• New Heidelberg XL 106-5+L printing machine
    2018
    In 2018 we acquire a brand-new Heidelberg XL 106-5+L printing machine. This is a five-color machine with dispersion coating technology. By acquiring this machine, we significantly modernize our machine fleet, thereby increasing our production capacity while preserving our high printing quality.
  • Heidelberg XL 105-8c eight-color printing machine brought into operation
    2017
    With the acquisition of an eight-color Heidelberg XL 105-8c printing machine, we’re able to print even the most demanding double-sided, full-color orders in just a single pass through the machine.
  • Overall change in the company management
    2015
    Dominik Metzler, Vice President for the sheet-fed printing division within the EDS group, also serving as the TYPOS CEO since 2010, assumes operational leadership of the company. Through this step, EDS continues in an overall enterprise-wide transformation, and also in the deepening of cooperation between its two sheet-fed printing companies: TYPOS and PASSAVIA.
  • Increasing cooperation with the PASSAVIA printing company
    2014
    As a part of strengthened cooperation with the German PASSAVIA printing house, a joint sales team (for sheet-fed printing) for German-speaking customers is created.
  • The buying-up of a portion of VIVAS pre-press, a.s.
    2009
    The sale of a portion of VIVAS pre-press, a.s. (the digital printing division) and its integration into the organizational structure of Typos, tiskařské závody, s.r.o.
  • Change of legal form to an s.r.o. (limited liability company)
    2008
    A merger of Typos, tiskařské závody, a.s. and TTZA Blue AcquiCo s.r.o. creates Typos, tiskařské závody, s.r.o.
  • Merger of the Typos – Digital Print, s.r.o. subsidiary
    2007
    2007 brings a merger between the Typos – Digital Print, s.r.o. subsidiary and its parent company, Typos, tiskařské závody, a.s.
  • Relocation of the company to new spaces in Pilsen’s Borská Pole industrial zone
    2004
    2004 is the largest turning point in the company’s modern history – in this year, a building for a new printing machine is built in Pilsen’s Borská Pole industrial zone. This relocation enables extensive investments into machines and equipment, placing TYPOS among the largest and most modern offset printing companies on the Czech market.
  • Founding of the Typos – Digital Print, s.r.o. subsidiary
    1998
    The company founds the subsidiary named Typos – Digital Print, becoming one of the first printing companies in the Czech Republic to follow the trend in which large offset printing companies start founding divisions focused on digital printing technologies. Offset and digital printing at Typos still complement each other to this day.
  • Official start of operations in Klatovy
    1997
    In 1997, production begins at the newly renovated operations on Nádražní street in Klatovy. The Klatovy plant is still in operation today, and it primarily specializes in small offset-printing runs.
  • Integration into the EDS Group
    1993
    The company becomes a member of the Euro-Druckservice GmbH Group.
  • The founding of the company named Typos, tiskařské závody, a.s.
    1991
    The company’s modern history begins with the year 1991. This is when it acquires its current name and the construction of its MAN Roland web-fed newspaper press begins.
  • Stráž, tiskařské závody, n.p.
    1950s – 1980s
    The nationalized merged printers operate under the name Stráž, tiskařské závody, n.p. until the 1990s.
  • The merging of Pilsen’s printing companies
    1950s
    After the end of World War II, all of Pilsen’s printing companies are gradually joined into a single whole under the name Stráž, tiskařské závody, n.p.
  • Company roots
    1920
    This company’s history dates back all the way to the 1920s. This is a period when a number of printing companies are active in Pilsen, such as Grafika, Grafické závody, Pour a spol., and První západočeská tiskárna.