LaserCard secures US$1.5 million deal

23 July 2009

 

LaserCard has received a US$1.5 million purchase order to supply ID cards for Italy’s Foreign Resident Card programme. The order calls for deliveries to be completed during the current quarter, ending 30 September, 2009.

“We are pleased to continue working with our partners and the Italian Government to support the ongoing demand for this critical secure ID programme,” says Bob DeVincenzi, president and CEO of LaserCard Corporation. “Italy’s continuing investment in secure ID credentials based on optical memory underscores its commitment to protecting its internal security and the security of its borders through the valid identification of citizens, legal foreign residents and entrusted government employees.”

Italy’s Foreign Resident Card uses LaserCard’s optical memory technology in combination with other advanced security features, including the company’s Personalized Embedded HologramHD. Italy’s national printer and mint, Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato (Poligrafico), and the government’s prime contractor on the project, will add a contact IC chip to enable access to government services prior to personalising and issuing the cards to authorised non-EU residents.