# Tönnjes E.A.S.T. to build automated license plate plant for IPZS

Tönnjes E.A.S.T. has been commissioned by the Government Printing Press of Italy (IPZS) to build the world's first fully automated car license plate production facility near Turin, Italy. The plant will produce around six million number plates per year from the end of 2018.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2018-01-06
- Where: near Turin, Italy
- Value: $10.8M (9.00M EUR)
- Status: announced
- Capacity: six million number plates per year
- Products: car license plates
- Sectors: [Automation and Robotics](https://endata.com/sectors/automation-robotics.md), [Industrial Machinery](https://endata.com/sectors/industrial-machinery.md)

## Companies

- [Tönnjes E.A.S.T.](https://endata.com/companies/18103.md)
- [Instituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato (IPZS)](https://endata.com/companies/18104.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [pr.com](https://www.pr.com/press-release/740497), 2018-01-06: "The Government Printing Press of Italy, the Instituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato (IPZS), has commissioned the Delmenhorst based company Tönnjes E.A.S.T. to build the world’s first fully automated car license plate production."

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