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LEGIC® strengthens its position in Southern Europe with Italian and Spanish website

Zurich, November 13, 2008–Direct information access for end customers and system integrators LEGIC Identsystems Ltd, leading manufacturer of contactless smart card technology for personal identification, strengthen its position in southern European market and presents its Italian and Spanish website http://www.legic.com. That way, the company continues its international focusing and reacts to the increasing demand of…

Free University of Bozen banks on one single card

Multi-functional contactless campus card with LEGIC technology Zurich, November 13, 2008–Identification, access authorisation and time & attendance are standard with every e-card system. The extended solution of the University of Bozen/Bolzano also includes an electronic payment system, a library card, printing and copying card as well as internet access, a voting card and much more,…

SCM Microsystems Receives Volume Orders of Smart Card Readers for U.S. Government Security Programs

ISMANING, Germany, November 12, 2008–SCM Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: SCMM, Prime Standard: SMY), a leading provider of solutions that open the Digital World, announced today that it has received volume orders of smart card readers for the Department of Defense Common Access Card (CAC) program. Recent orders from SCM’s U.S. distributors topped 400,000 readers for ongoing…

ASK and WS Packaging to create a Joint Venture in the US

The expert of RFID and the expert in packaging share experience to develop contactless in the US market Paris, Cartes show, November 4, 2008–Today ASK and WS Packaging Group are pleased to announce that they have entered into an agreement for creation of a Joint Venture based in the United States. ASK, a world leader…

New EDIsecure® LCP 9000 Laser Color Personalization System

Digital Identification Solutions presents world’s first Desktop Laser Color Personalization System at CARTES 2008 in Paris Stuttgart, Germany, November 3, 2008–Digital Identification Solutions AG, a worldwide leader of identification solutions, presents at CARTES Exhibition in Paris the EDIsecure® LCP 9000 Laser Color Personalization System, a brand new, unique desktop card production solution for ultra-high-secure ID…

Atmel Launches a New AVR Microcontroller for Smart Card Reader Applications

Cartes, Paris, France, November 4, 2008–Atmel® Corporation (Nasdaq: ATML) announced today the introduction of its new AVR® microcontroller designed for smart card reader applications. Based on the AVR 8-/16-bit RISC core allowing single cycle instruction execution, the AT90SCR100 embeds 4 Kbytes of EEPROM for data, 4 Kbytes of SRAM and 64 Kbytes of programmable FLASH…