Datacard produces anticounterfeit labels in China

Datacard Group has announced that Beijing Postage Stamp Printing House has completed the installation of the first Datacard MJ7500 card personalization system in China

Taiwan selects HP to enable ePassports

Taiwan selects HP to roll out ePassports to 23 million Taiwanese citizens

Bulgaria cancels ePassport tender process

Bulgaria’s biometric ePassport procurement has been cancelled

Codebench and Datastrip join forces

Datastrip has joined forces with Codebench to offer a FIPS 201-compliant ID card verification system.

LaserCard scoops green card deal

LaserCard has received a US$170,000 purchase order to supply a card encoding system for the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) ‘green card’ Permanent Resident Card Program.

Weather-proof sensors integrated into TWIC Reader

Lumidigm fingerprint sensor integrated into TWIC credential reader

New CEO for Sagem Orga

Philippe d’Andréa has taken over the helm of Sagem Orga and become a member of the Executive Committee of Sagem Sécurité.

Photo-Me moves into biometric data capture space

Photo-Me Group has announced it will turn its focus onto biometric image capture

ImageWare reports fall in revenue

ImageWare Systems has reported its results for the fourth quarter and year ended 31 December 2007.

USA rules on land and sea travel documentation

DHS and DOS announce final rule for WHTI land and sea

DHS signs more Visa Waiver agreements

The USA has signed Visa Waiver Program Memoranda of Understanding (MOU) with Slovaka, Hungary and Lithuania

Burundi opts for Zetes

Zetes has won a contract to supply equipment and specialised services for the biometric and biographic enrolment and card production systems to identify Burundi’s 58,000 civil servants.

UK-France talks turn their attention to migration

UK-France talks call upon Member States to issue biometric visas by 2011

US police department employs biometric ID

Precise Biometrics wins employee ID card contract with one of the largest US police departments

New passports for Egyptian citizens

Egyptian citizens can now apply for an updated machine readable travel document following the government’s announcement that it has started rolling out the new national passport document.

Digimarc stock soars on deal news

Shares in Digimarc soared yesterday [24 March 08] following the firm’s announcement that it has entered a definitive agreement for L-1 Identity Systems to acquire its ID systems business in a stock and cash transaction valued at approximately US$250 million.

Gemalto sees operating income grow 40%

Gemalto is the latest firm to announce its results for 2007, with revenue from its Security division growing 9%.

Oberthur sees strong 2007 growth

Oberthur Technologies achieves record level of operating cash flow in 2007 at 88.9 million euros, compared to 16.7 million euros in 2006.

SMARTRAC grows sales by 84%

SMARTRAC has announced promising results for the full 2007 financial year, including the final quarter.

BioLink adds biometrics to Bahamian passports

BioLink has announced its contribution to an ePassport project launched in the Bahamas