Picture postcard printing climaxed early this century, and steelworks extensively used them to demonstrate their corporate identity. Some even ignored the prevailing secrecy habits and revealed details of process technology - as the present example shows. Hence, postcards can be a useful documentary for the pre-wars steel industry In September 1994, Great Britain celebrated its 100th anniversary of the picture postcard with a one week exhibition at Westminster Royal Horticultural Halls in London. In the context of historical metallurgy, it may be of interest to note that the strongest growth in world steel output is 6.2 percent p.a., coincided with the postcard's high time in 1895 - 1920. Steel works extensively used this new media to enhanced public relations during that period. A particular case in point is the Kapfenberg Works of Bonier in Austria which commemorated its centenary last September. A few other steelworks have seemingly documented the technological changes in steelmaking to the same way with comparable examples being Cammel Laird in Sheffield (England), Societe John Cockerill in Seraing (Belgium), Usines Metallurgiques du Hainaut in Couillet (Belgium), Krupp in Essen (Germany), Schneider in Le Creusot (France), Vitkovice in Ostrava (Czech Republic), and the Yawata Iron & Steel Works (Japan), for which ample postcards are at hand.
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机译：图片明信片的印刷在本世纪初达到了高潮，钢厂广泛使用它们来展示其企业形象。如本示例所示，有些人甚至忽略了普遍的保密习惯，并透露了工艺技术的细节。因此，明信片可以作为战前钢铁业的有用纪录片。1994年9月，英国在伦敦的威斯敏斯特皇家园艺馆举行了为期一周的展览，庆祝了图片明信片诞生100周年。在历史冶金学的背景下，也许有意思的是，世界钢铁产量最强劲的增长是每年6.2％，这与明信片在1895年至1920年的鼎盛时期相吻合。钢铁作品在此期间广泛使用这种新媒体来增强公共关系那个时期。一个典型的例子是去年9月纪念其百年纪念的奥地利Bonier的Kapfenberg作品。其他一些钢厂似乎也以相同的方式记录了炼钢技术的变化，可比较的例子是英国谢菲尔德的Cammel Laird，比利时塞拉因的Societe John Cockerill，比利时库耶特的Usines Metallurgiques du Hainaut，法国埃森的克虏伯（德国），位于勒克鲁索（Schreider）的施耐德（法国），位于俄斯特拉发的维特科维采（捷克），和八w钢铁厂（日本），上面有大量明信片。
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