Bringing together companies who power secure identification to promote the use of hardware-based security.
This year's annual Silicon Trust Marketing Day was a huge success, attended by over thirty participants, representing twenty companies along the secure ID value chain. With its focus topic 'ID document lifetime', the 2012 meeting, which took place on September 12th, attracted important players, such as Giesecke & Devrient, Gemalto, Bundesdruckerei, HID Global, T-Systems, Agfa…
Silicon Trust Executive Board Members Infineon Technologies and Gemalto announced the five-year contract win from the Government Printing Office (GPO) to deliver security chip technology and ICAO compliant electronic eCovers and secure pre-personalization services. GPO will supply the complete electronic passport book and related services to The Department of State for issuance to U.S. citizens.…
Gemalto has acquired a controlling interest in Plastikkart Akıllı Kart İletişim Sistemleri Sanayi ve Ticaret A.Ş. (Plastkart), a regional leader in personalization services and smart card production based in Turkey. Plastkart is a public company, listed on the Istanbul Stock Exchange (symbol: PKART). Gemalto will now apply to the Turkish Capital Market Board (CMB) in order…
Gemalto has been appointed by Oman Information Technology Authority (ITA) as prime contractor to secure the country’s eGovernment services. The full solution encompasses strong authentication and digital signature using the eID card, as well as mobile authentication using a mobile handset. This will allow citizens and residents of Oman to securely access eGovernment services, with…
Gemalto announces that its comprehensive Coesys enrolment solution has been selected to securely register citizens for Burkina Faso’s upcoming parliamentary and municipal elections to be held on December 2, 2012. Gemalto is providing CENI, the Independent National Electoral Commission in charge of the project, with thousands of Coesys mobile enrolment stations across the country to build…
The DVLA will begin deploying the products in 2013 using Gemalto’s EU-compliant eco-friendly Sealys polycarbonate portfolio of secure documents, fitted with unique security features such as Sealys Edge Sealer, a feature unique in the market comprising a laser engraving process applied during the production stage to the edge of the polycarbonate document, adding an additional…
• At around 1.64 billion euros, sales revenue in fiscal 2011 just below the high level of 2010 • Consolidated net income at 52.4 million euros • First major orders in new areas of business • Increased investment in research and development • Sales and earnings set to rise again in fiscal 2012 At around…
Gemalto announced that IDG’s Computerworld has recognized Gemalto’s healthcare project with Seattle Children’s Hospital as a 2012 Honors Laureate in Safety & Security. The annual award program honors organizations that use visionary applications of IT to promote and advance the public welfare, benefit society and change the world for the better. Gemalto’s Protiva .NET solutions…