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The two companies have been working together for years, the two CEOs go back even longer. Now, Bundesdruckerei has acquired a 22.43 percent share in Hamburg-based Dermalog Identification Systems GmbH. The acquisition becomes retroactively effective as of 30 June 2012. The investment is of direct strategic importance, according to the statement issued by Bundesdruckerei. In…
Infineon was recognized as most innovative IC supplier while NXP and Gemalto are the highest ranked smart card and IC vendors within ABI Research’s latest government, healthcare and citizen ID Competitive Assessment. The assessment consists of full year 2011 and first half 2012 market shares and two vendor matrices, one for secure ICs and the…
The South African Home Affairs Department has issued 100 pilot ID Smart Cards in the first two quarters of this year. According to Director General Mkuseli Apleni, the department also used the pilot program to test the functionality and durability of the smart ID. The smart card ID system will replace the current civic and…
HID continues to drive innovation leadership in contactless and digital technologies with its new iCLASS® SeosTM credential, the latest addition to the company's award-winning iCLASS SETM platform, at this year's CARTES & IDentification in Paris. Providing the link between the iCLASS SE platform and HID Global parent company ASSA ABLOY's Seos ecosystem for issuing, delivering…
The management of an ID card lifecycle is a highly relevant topic for our industry. Many government-issued travel and ID documents have lifetime guarantees of up to 10 years. A decade in electronics is a totally different thing than in security printing - advancements are much faster, as are the skills of hackers and counterfeiters.…
Trüb launches an ultra thin polycarbonate datapage with integrated chip module. Passport booklets with the novel datapage 600e feature improved performance regarding handling and material flexibility. With a thickness close to 600 micrometers, the datapage is less thick than state-of-the-art products and significantly thinner than the maximum value of 900 micrometers specified by the International…
Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) Systems Canada Inc., the Canadian subsidiary of global security technology leader G&D, announced the opening of a new Personalization Bureau in Montreal, Quebec. The new Bureau will offer increased regional support and efficiency for existing and new customers within the province. It will also play an increased role in supporting the…
Adoption and migration to next generation smart national ID cards continues its strong growth, driving government-issued smart card shipments to 765 million in 2017. National ID cards will account for the lion’s share of shipments, jumping from 37% in 2012 to 50% in 2017. This is driven by new adoption and migration to next generation…