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Our first printing house was the first one in the Upper Silesia to release works in the Polish Language. In the last period of his life  Karol Miarka (son) moved to Racibórz where he brought to life the Literature Publishing Office and sold the printing house to Adam Napieralski.
In the interwar period the house was owned by Józef Harman and his two daughters: Stefania Leja and Maria Wierzba. Together they established a limited liability company that contributed to the development of the printing house through the investment in equipment and involvement in the editorial activity. It was not until the takeover in 1949 that the printing house had become state-controlled. Since then it had become Plant No. 4 of the Graphic Company in Katowice. Neither did it remain independent.
In 1993 the printing house changed its ownership.Its new owner has become Adolf Jańczyk – a person who can appreciate both the real value of tradition and the significant role of Polish printing and publishing activities. Thus a new chapter of the history of the printing house in Mikołów was opened. Owing to its dramatic development, it experienced the transformation  from a job printing into a book printing house. This could not have been achieved without the replacement and modernisation of the machine park.
We understand the challenges of modern technological progresses For that reason we had another Heidelberg Speedmaster half-format machine and CPC 24 installed in our printing house. Later, the Integrated Environment and Quality Management System was implemented and certified by RWTŰV Essen.
In the year that followed we focused our attention on market needs and our potential to invest in modern equipment In May 2003 we had a new KOLBUS binder (paperback) installed and in July 2003 Heidelberg introduced the violet laser Computer-to-Plate system. We are sure that these innovations will bring about good results. Our latest investment is the full-format Heidelberg CD 102, operating in our printing house since 2006.
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by Tomasz Nowacki at a location that still exists at Okrzei Street in Mikołów. In 1875 it was Karol Miarka (father) who took the printing house over and soon commenced the management of its two branches: the original one located at Okrzei Street and a newly opened one at Rybnicka Street. They became the printing sites of books and magazines that largely contributed to the spread of Polish culture and identity on the lands of the Austrian partition. After the death of Karol Miarka (father) in 1882, his work was continued by Paweł and Karol, his sons. And today the seat of our present printing house is owed to his son Karol. During his lifetime this was the place of release of the literary works of Polish classic writers.
