# Valid S.A.

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**Valid** **S.A.** is a Brazilian engraving company headquartered in [São Paulo](/source/S%C3%A3o_Paulo) that provides [security printing](/source/Security_printing) services to financial institutions, telecommunication companies, state governments, and public agencies in [Brazil](/source/Brazil), [Argentina](/source/Argentina), and [Spain](/source/Spain).

In total there are 3 factories and 84 "personalization sites"[clarification needed]. In 2010, sales totaled 465.1 million cards, 15.4 million driver's licenses and identity cards and 12.3 thousand tons of paper.

## History

[citation needed] The company was founded in 1957 in Brazil as an [American Banknote](/source/American_Banknote_Company)'s subsidiary. In 2006 the company made its initial public offering in [BM&F Bovespa](/source/BM%26F_Bovespa) and changed its name to Valid in October 2010.

## Customers

The Valid offers its services to large companies and government institutions, its main customers are telecommunications companies [Telefônica Brasil](/source/Telef%C3%B4nica_Brasil), [TIM](/source/TIM_Group) and [Claro Brasil](/source/Claro_Brasil), banks as [Itaú Unibanco](/source/Ita%C3%BA_Unibanco), [Banco do Brasil](/source/Banco_do_Brasil), [Citibank](/source/Citibank), [Bradesco](/source/Bradesco), [Santander Brasil](/source/Santander_Brasil) and [Caixa Economica Federal](/source/Caixa_Economica_Federal), as well as the [BM&F Bovespa](/source/BM%26F_Bovespa) and the Brazilian Department of Transit.

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