History

The parent company, National Printing Press, was established in 1963. Since its inception, National Printing Press has always had a vision to lead the way in the security printing industry. With a state of the art infrastructure, high-tech printing machinery, dedicated and experienced production and sales teams, a customer oriented strategy and a visionary leader in Mr. Basheer Mahmood; National Printing Press has been able to constantly innovate new products, services and solutions. As a consequence, NPP has seen consistent growth in scale and customer base, so much so that by starting with a few notable banks NPP currently caters to the security requirements of 98% of the banks and financial institutions in the U.A.E., Middle East and several others in Africa, a total of 587 branches. This includes a variety of multinational and regional clientele such as Emirates NBD, National Bank of Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank, Mashreq Bank, Dubai Islamic Bank, Dubai Bank, Emirates Bank International, Commercial Bank of Dubai, Standard Chartered Bank, Arab Bank, Emirates Islamic Bank, RAK Bank, Bank Libanaise Pour Le Commerce France, Bank of Baroda, Commercial Bank International, ABN AMRO Bank, Lloyds Bank, National Bank of Umm Al Quwain, Arab African International Bank, Citibank, Barclays Bank,El Neilien Bank, Bank Du Caire, Credit Agricole Indosuez, Janata Bank, Blom Bank France, Doha Bank, Noor Islamic Bank, United Bank Limited, Shamil Bank of Yemen & Bahrain, Sonali Bank of Bangladesh, Qatar Islamic International Bank, Commercial Bank of Qatar, Central Bank of Afghanistan, Commercial International Bank – Libya, Kabul Bank of Afghanistan, United Afghan Bank, Azizi Bank Kabul, Habib Bank Limited, National Bank of Bahrain, Habib Bank AG Zurich, BNP Paribas, Habib Bank AG Zurich - Libya and Government of Libya etc.

Understanding the need of a back up facility to ensure uninterrupted services in case of a disaster or a natural calamity, MICR Printing Press was established in 1983. This fully equipped facility boasts the infrastructure, printing machinery and experienced personnel that match NPP’s standards on a like-for-like basis. After realizing the potential of the commercial sector, few years down the line, this facility also started serving as the mainstream commercial division.

Most recently in 2010, in line with the progressive expansion strategy, JMBR group opened another state of the art printing facility in International Media Productions Zone (IMPZ), Jebel Ali. This facility includes the corporate head office of the group and boasts four times the production capacity of NPP and MICR taken together. With fully integrated operations and advanced printing machinery, the facility provides another platform to satisfy the ever-growing demand of the security and commercial printing sectors.