Agfa excels in developing security systems that are easy to authenticate but difficult to imitate. By combining several state-of-the-art technologies in one card or passport the company garantee maximum resistance to mechanical and chemical counterfeiting. On the other hand, its custom-made security cards and passports can be easily verified on different levels.

http://www.agfa.com/en/sp/solutions/security/index

Created in 2004 in the heart of Normandy (France), Alios, is today one of the most innovative alternative European suppliers in the smart card market. Specialising in the production of small to medium batches (1000 to 100 000 cards), Alios has developed and patented a concept of printing, production and of built-in personalisation, allowing response to future markets for hyper segmentation and limited editions.

http://www.alios-card.com/

Created in 2004 in the heart of Normandy (France), Alios, is today one of the most innovative alternative European suppliers in the smart card market. Specialising in the production of small to medium batches (1000 to 100 000 cards), Alios has developed and patented a concept of printing, production and of built-in personalisation, allowing response to future markets for hyper segmentation and limited editions.

http://www.alios-card.com/

Aontec is a supplier of contactless smartcards and RFID inlays. Its product range includes smartcards, pre-laminated inlays, smart labels as well as customized transponders.

http://aontec.com/products.htm

ASK, with over 120 million contactless products in circulation in more than 50 countries, is a worldwide leading provider of a full range of contactless devices including smart cards, smart tickets, smart adhesive labels, readers and inlays for contactless smart cards, electronic passports and eDocuments. ASK headquarter is located in France, with wholly-owned subsidiaries in the USA and Singapore.

http://www.ask.fr

Athena's products include: Smart card operating systems and smart cards, cryptographic middleware, software development kits, smart card integration kits and high-end PC and embedded smart card readers available in desktop, keyboard, PC internal, and other forms. Athena Smartcard Solutions is an affiliate company of Aladdin Knowledge Systems.

http://www.athena-scs.com

Austria Card – as a subsidiary of the Austrian Central Bank OeNB – is the competence center for development and production of highly secure smart cards. These are used for payment, telecommunication or personal identification. In order to safeguard the corporate prospects new fields of activity such as e-payment or digital signature are envisaged and designed.

http://www.austriacard.at

Banksys has developed the world standard in Electronic Purse technology, Proton.

http://www.banksys.com

Bundesdruckerei GmbH, Berlin, produces and supplies identification documents and high-security cards, banknotes, postage stamps and revenue stamps in addition to electronic publications for the German and international markets. The company also offers secure systems solutions as well as identification and access-protection services

http://www.bundesdruckerei.de

CardLogix is a U.S.-based manufacturer of smart cards, middleware and development software. This technology is targeted at consumer and industrial applications where security, reliability, and low cost are essential.

http://www.cardlogix.com

CPI Card Group, a world leader in plastic card manufacturing for over 20 years, offers a single source for plastic cards from foil cards and holograms, to translucent and smart cards. CPI's two ISO 9001:2000 certified sites include CPI Card Group - Colorado, Inc. in Littleton, Colorado and CPI Card Group - Nevada, Inc in North Las Vegas, Nevada.

http://www.cpicardgroup.com

DNP started smart card R&D since 1981 and its smart card business covers the development of card operating systems including Java CardTM, Multos and proprietary systems, application development, card manufacturing as well as bureau service.

http://www.dnp.co.jp

Digimarc Corporation is a leading supplier of secure identity and media management solutions. The company provides products (smartcards) and services that enable the annual production of more than 60 million personal identification documents, including two-thirds of U.S. driver licenses and IDs for more than 20 countries.

http://www.digimarc.com

Elva is a French-American design center created in August 1996. The company designs and develops integrated circuits and software environments for the smart card area. In addition, Elva has designed and commercializes a new generation of smart cards, that integrate an acoustic interface, and online authentication software (VocaliD technology).

http://www.elva.fr

Fortress GB provides highly secure, multi-application smart card and biometric solutions. Offering complete turnkey systems, Fortress GB produces scalable bespoke contact and contactless smart card solutions to match each customer's specific and unique requirements.

http://www.fortressgb.com

Gemalto, the result of a merger of equals between Axalto and Gemplus, aims to build a major player in digital security and to develop secure technologies for the digital world.

http://www.gemalto.com

Giesecke & Devrient is one of the founders of the smart card industrry. G&D is a worldwide group, providing smart cards, modules and solutions in the fields of telecommunications, electronic payments, transportation, health, ID and Internet security. G&D is also a leading provider of banknotes and securities as well as currency processing equipment.

http://www.gi-de.com

ID Card Printers, Lanyards, Badge Reels and Holders. Buy ID card printer, PVC card, ribbon, lanyard, and badge reel for an integrated solution of your authentication and authorization needs.

http://www.idcardgroup.com

ID Data Group is the UK's leading independent plastic card solutions company with core expertise in the manufacture of card products, services and solutions to the banking, security, telecommunications and retail sectors.

http://www.iddata.com/

ID Systems, belonging to Angelopoulos Group of Companies, is a Greek Advanced Technology Company. Company is specialized in production of plastic cards and smartcards with: chip, magnetic tape, scratch and wireless. Company’s application solutions are in business cards, telephony, parking, toll, loyalty, access control, health, insurance, ID Cards and passports. For many years customers of ID Systems are telecommunications companies of Greek and Balkan countries.

http://www.angelopoulos.gr/

Based in Italy, Incard is now part of STMicroelectronics group. Incard has gained the trust of a global customer base. Company expertise includes all aspects concerning smart card manufacturing.

http://www.incard.it

Indala's product portfolio consists of FlexPass cards, RFID tags and OEM modules, and Mifare smart cards.

http://www.indala.info

The company is principally involved in manufacturing of all types of smart cards including the world's first contactless book insert. It is the first company in Asia to set up integrated manufacturing facilities for contactless Smart Cards, Contactless Book Insert, Contact Smart Cards and Module Tapes. IRIS also designs, developes and manufactures multi-function smart card readers for both contact and contactless smart cards. Founded in June 1994, IRIS has grown from its unassuming beginnings to become a world class intergrator of smart card technology as well as manufacturer of smart cards.

http://www.iris.com.my

The Kudelski Group is active in security of access to information (digital TV and broadband Internet) and physical access to sites. The Digital TV entity provides global security solutions to digital TV operators and content providers including conditional access and software tools to operate interactive broadband applications such as e-commerce and video-on-demand. The Nagra Public Access unit offers integrated smart-card based access control solutions for public sites (car parks, stadiums, amusement parks, ski resorts) including a whole range of related products. Separately, the Nagra Audio sector develops and markets a range of products in the professional and prestige hi-fi sectors.

http://www.nagra.com

LaserCard Systems Corporation sells the LaserCard® optical memory cards and chip-ready Optical/Smart cards, and manufactures optical card read/write drives, develops optical card system software, card-related data systems, and peripherals. LaserCard markets include identification cards, electronic visas, homeland security, digital governance, child healthcare, vehicle registration, and immigration cards.

http://www.lasercard.com

Microelectronica Espanola is the leading spanish smart card company fully devoted to developp smart card solutions and related products for the telecommunications, banking, e-purse, EMV debit-credit, transport access control, contact-contactless smart cards and security (biometry).

http://www.exceldata.es/

Miotec focuses on developing and producing smart cards and chip technology related software.

http://www.miotec.fi/

NedCard was founded in the Netherlands in 1995 as the first independent Smart Card module assembly and testing facility. Since then, the company has grown rapidly,almost doubling turnover annually.The company aims to maintain its leading global position as an independent reel-to-reel module assembly and testing facility for Smart Card, RFID and related markets by being the most attractive manufacturer for semiconductor suppliers.

http://www.nedcard.nl

With Smart Objects as its core business, Neowave is at the heart of the contactless and web services revolution in the secured transactions world. Neowave’s Weneo product range targets all existing and future contactless Smart Card markets. It addresses the need for direct PC and Web connectivity thanks to its built-in USB reader, while offering large mass storage capacity and increased processing power. Created in June 2007, in the South of France, Neowave brings on the market innovative Smart Object concepts. They are the result from its 4 founders unique combination of expertise in Smart Cards, embedded software, secure ICs and consumer products.

http://www.neowave.fr

Newcom Technology Co., Ltd. (Newcom), is a high-tech chinese company specialized in research, development, manufacture and application of telecommunication technology, information security technology and smart card technology. It provides complete range of IC cards, terminals and cards readers.

http://www.newcom.com.cn/english/product/index.php

Novacard is a manufacturer of high quality contact and contactless cards: RFID-cards, biometric solutions, microcontroller memory and dual interface cards. The production is approved according to the ISO 9001:2000. Novacard is a member of the CardFactory AG group which has production facilities in Germany, Brazil and Greece.

http://www.novacard.de

Oberthur Card Systems is one of the founders of the smartcard industry and one of the world's leading providers of card-based solutions, software and applications including SIM and multi-application smart cards and services ranging from consulting to personalization.

http://www.oberthurcs.com

On Track Innovations Ltd. is a leader in contactless microcontroller-based smart card solutions, with headquarters in Israel and sales and support offices in the U.S., Europe, South Africa and Asia Pacific.

http://www.oti.co.il

PAV CARD is a german manufacturer of plastic and smart cards for many applications sectors. The company has designed and developped a operating system (Abacos) especially dedicaded to the German Health card but also suited for other kinds of card applications and multiapplications.

http://www.pavcard.de

Since 2000, Plastikkart Akilli Kart Iletisim Sistemleri San. ve Tic. A.S.(Plastkart) is the biggest smart card supplier in Turkey. The company's production capacity exceeds 45 million smart cards and is certified by BVQI, TSE and TUVIT TU4, Mastercard and Visa. Plastkart is the sole Turkish card supplier of Turk Telekom delivering 30 Million telephone cards per year to the operator.

http://www.plastikkart.com.tr/

PPC Card Systems, founded in 1989, is a leading full service company, offering card manufacturing, printing, personalization and lettershop for various applications in banking, ecommerce, health, GSM, transport, loyalty and security. The headquarter is located at Paderborn (Germany) with a production site in Groningen (Netherlands). PPC is certified by VISA, Europay, for Chipper, GeldKarte and according to ISO 9001.

http://www.ppc-card.de

Protekila with a special expertise in network, payment systems and smart card technologies, designs and manufactures products for a wide range of application areas.

http://www.protekila.com.tr/

Sagem Orga is a pioneer and a global leader in the smart card industry. Sagem Orga’s portfolio includes hardware, software, consulting and services, all focused on smart cards for the benefit of consumers and providers in the telecommunications, health, identification and banking areas. Sagem Orga has a workforce of over 2,100 people. As a subsidiary of Sagem Sécurité it is part of the international high-tech group SAFRAN, which generates annual sales of more than 12 billion euros with 57,000 employees in over 30 countries.

http://www.sagem-orga.com

SCB Solutions, Inc. is a distributor and an integrator of smart card and identity technologies. The company portfolio includes integrated smart card applications and products for the education, healthcare and enterprise markets. The SCB consulting practice is designed to provide strategic, technological and logistical support to enterprises considering new identification and authentication.

http://www.scbsolutions.com

Setec develops and manufactures smart cards, smart card operating systems and applications. Setec's main product groups are SIM cards, payment cards, PKI cards for e-business, electronic ID cards, passports, and a variety of printed security products.

http://www.setec.fi

The company is engaged in professional development of design and integration of IC card COS (chip operating system), terminal devices and IC card application system . It has the expertise to implement state-level IC card key projects, including universal IC card projects in the fields of urban traffic, finance, intelligent building, neighborhood community, campus, etc.

http://www.chinaconsult.com/huahong

Since its foundation in 1992, the chinese company Shenzhen Mingwah Aohan Technology Co., Ltd. ("Shenzhen Mingwah Aohan") has now grown into a Hi-Tech entity with smart card as its core technology.

http://www.mwcard.com

The organisation has a Research and Development Department, Intelligent Card Research Institute.

http://www.sci-moc.com

SMARTRAC is a leading supplier of inlays for contactless ePassports and contactless credit cards (ePayment). The company, which was founded in 2000, is incorporated under Dutch law and has its head office in Amsterdam. SMARTRAC has its main production and R&D centre in Bangkok (Thailand), as well as sales offices in Stuttgart and Singapore

http://www.SMARTRAC-group.com

StorCard Inc has designed a combination of storage, processing and security technologies, embedded in a credit card form factor. StorCard Inc was founded by Finis Conner, today Chairman of StorCard, Inc. Conner was the co-founder of Seagate Technology and founder of Conner Peripherals, Inc. and is widely known as the father of the 3 1/2" and 2 1/2" disk drives.

http://www.storcard.com

SuperCom Ltd. is a global provider of smart card networks and secure ID solutions. The Company develops, manufacturers and sells innovative smart card solutions, and advanced identification technologies, complimented by authentication technologies.

http://www.supercomgroup.com

Travel Tags, with 30 years of plastic printing experience, has manufacturing facilities, creative design services and sales offices throughout the United States as well as European-based operations through its sister company, Narboni, providing gift, loyalty and phone card program solutions to the European, Middle Eastern, African and Asian markets.

http://www.traveltags.com

Trüb AG Switzerland is a specialist in debit, credit, identity and loyalty cards with operations worldwide. We have been involved in security printing for more than 140 years. This experience makes Trüb one of the world's leading card manufacturers and the competent partner for individual card solutions, from evaluation to concept design, through to realisation. Trüb also provides turnkey personalisation solutions for governmental production facilities.

http://www.trueb.ch

UltraCard, Inc. is the developer of a card technology for high security, high capacity, portable data storage in existing and future market sectors. The UltraCard technology combines hard disk drive technology, magnetic stripe technology, smart card "chip" technology and UltraCard patented technology.

http://www.ultracard.com

One of the main plastic' cards manufacturer, now moving to smart cards.

http://www.versacard.com

Watchdata, a leading provider of data security technology, OS (TimeCOS) and microcontroller cards in China, and become one of the most important manufacturers of IC cards in China.

http://www.watchdata.net

Winter AG is one of the leading manufacturers worldwide in the field of microprocessor cards and other chip cards for innovative applications such as cash, credit, GSM mobile telephony, access and identification cards. Winter AG is also actively helping to shape the market for strategic security concepts on the Internet.

http://www.winter-ag.com

ACG AG, with its head offices in Wiesbaden, is an independent component and technology supplier in the markets for smart cards, RFID and semiconductors. ACG maintains 28 international business locations in 16 different countries.

http://www.acg.de

ARM is the industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC microprocessor solutions. The company licenses its high-performance, low-cost, power-efficient RISC processors, peripherals, and system-chip designs to leading international electronics companies as those who provide microcontrollers for smart cards.

http://www.arm.com/

As the only US based manufacturer of secure microcontrollers for smart cards, Atmel is uniquely positioned in this rapidly growing market. Atmel's extensive portfolio of secure memories and complex microcontrollers provides the system designer with all the complementary tools necessary to build complete solutions for a wide spectrum of applications.

http://www.atmel.com

CIDC supplies IC cards forbanking system, pre-payment and electronic purse, for traffic communication, insurance and management, China financial and banking SAM card, and custom algorithm" for the special security field.

http://www.cidc.com.cn/English/3.htm

This web site lists all the manufacturers and distributors of electronics components in Europe, highlighting their distribution sales channel.

http://www.componentssource.com

The company manufactures semiconductors and device servers that facilitate reliable and robust Internet Protocol-based communication for Secure Transaction Processing in POS Terminals. Connect One is privately owned, with offices in Phoenix, AZ, Hong Kong, and Kfar Saba, Israel.

http://www.connectone.com

DuPont Microcircuit Materials develops, manufactures, sells specialized thick film compositions used in the production of electronic microcircuits and components, biosensors, displays, solar cells and electroluminescent lighting.

http://www.dupont.com/mcm

EM Microelectronic is a semiconductor manufacturer designing and producing various standard and custom ICs for consumer, automotive and industrial applications, and smart card ICs. The company is the world largest supplier of RFID chips for applications in security and access control, animal ID, logistics and immobilization in automotive. EM Microelectronic was founded in 1975 with headquarters in Marin (Neuchatel), Switzerland. It is a company of The Swatch Group Ltd.

http://www.emmicroelectronic.com

Emosyn LLC is a fabless semiconductor manufacturer of integrated circuits, and a subsidiary of ATMI, Inc. The Emosyn product line is focused on secure transactions, with the first products aimed at the smart card market.

http://www.emosyn.com

Created in 1989, and now a member of the Areva group, which also consists of Cogema, Framatome-ANP and 11% interest in ST Microelectronics, FCI has rapidly developed a leadership position as a worldwide supplier of electronic and electrical interconnect systems

http://www.fciconnect.com

GoldKey Technology is a world’s leading fabless design company providing smart card chips with various embedded COS with homemade software & hardware tools.

http://www.goldkey.com.tw/

Infineon Technologies is one of the world's largest semiconductor companies, recognized for leadership in the markets for wired and wireless communications, security systems and smart cards, automotive and industrial sector ICs, and for memory products.

http://www.infineon.com

Innova Card is a semiconductor fabless company that designs and supplies secure solutions for trusted smart card terminals. With a strong expertise in smart card, system on chip, embedded software and security, Innova Card's engineers have defined the architecture of an open platform named USIP (Universal Secure Integrated Platform). This multi-application platform compliant to EMV and PCI PED standards is mainly dedicated to terminals requiring a high level of security such as payment terminals, healthcare readers, mobile phones, set top boxes, VoIP devices, etc.

http://www.innova-card.com/

Created in 1995 by engineers coming from leading companies in the smart card industry, Inside Contactless is a French corporation located near Aix-en-Provence in the South of France.The company was set up to develop contactless chips for the smart card and electronic identification (RFID) markets.

http://www.insidefr.com

ITT Industries Cannon is an international supplier of connectors, interconnects, cable assemblies, switches, dome arrays, keypads, multifonction grips, panels swich assemblies, I/O cards kits, smart card system and LAN components.

http://www.ittcannon.com

LEGIC Identsystems is a world leader in the design and manufacture of 13.56 MHz contactless smart card technology. The product portfolio includes highly integrated LEGIC RF Standard and ISO 15693 and ISO 14443 compliant read/write Chip Sets, Security Modules and Transponder Chips for integration into third party products. LEGIC development and evaluation kits help developers and customers to evaluate contactless smart card technology and applications and enable an easy technology integration

http://www.legic.com

MagnaChip's Application Processor division supply smart card controllers based on 8052 and ARM SC100 core.

http://www.magnachip.com

The company's products and solutions include integrated circuits, computer peripheral equipment, and smart card readers.

http://mako-tech.com

Malaysia Microelectronic Solutions (My-MS) is a semiconductor design house that develops, manufactures and markets high performance Smartcard ICs, Non-Volatile Memory and Microcontrollers. My-MS is an ISO9001:2000 certified company and it’s located in the heart of the Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC) area in Cyberjaya.

http://www.my-ms.com

MIPS Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of industry-standard processor architectures and cores for digital consumer and network applications. SmartMIPS-based 32-bit smart cards allow the development of multi-application smart cards while bringing down system costs through a reduction in die size, power consumption and component count.

http://www.mips.com/

Developer of the IGNITEâ„¢ family of microprocessors, one of the industry's smallest and most powerful 32-bit RISC microprocessors.

http://www.ptsc.com

Philips Semiconductors, with revenues of US $6.3 billion in 2000, is a world leader in silicon systems and standard products for wireless communications, digital entertainment, computing and automotive applications.

http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/news/backgrounders/bg0026/

Renesas Technology one of the WW leader in semiconductor has been supplying through Hitachi smart Card ICs since the beginning of the smart card industry in 1985

http://www.renesas.com/eng/products/smartcard/index.html

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, and digital convergence technology.Samsung Electronics offers a full line of solutions of DRAMs, SRAMs, Display Driver ICs, Smart Card ICs, TFT LCD panels, Flash memories, HDDs and OMSs.

http://www.samsung.com/Products/Semiconductor/common/product_list.jsp?family_cd=LSI080101

Secure Machines provides to the embedded microcontroller world unique and innovative architecture building blocks securing any firmware code or security functions with hardware protections. Firmware copy protection, securely up-datable boot loader in flash, crypto blocks access protection, software code synchronisation with hardware state machines are among the applications of the technology.

http://www.secure-machines.com

One of the top five semiconductor design companies in China, focuses on the technology development and production of smart card chips and is extending into consumer and automobile electronics.

http://www.shhic.com

Sharp Microelectronics Europe, Hamburg, Germany, is a divisional company of Sharp Electronics (Europe) GmbH, which is a subsidiary of Sharp Corporation, Japan. Sharp intends to use its proprietary technology to create highly secure and functional IC mod-ules to expand its IC card business, with emphasis in the personal identification sector.

http://www.sharp-sme.com/

FeliCa is a contactless IC card technology developed by Sony. Often improperly named ISO 14443 C, this technology is not a part of the standard ISO 14443 (A and B) but represents a strong market share.

http://www.sony.net/Products/felica/

Spansion is a leading Flash memory solutions provider, dedicated to enabling, storing and protecting digital content in the wireless, automotive, networking and consumer electronics markets. Spansion, previously a joint venture of AMD and Fujitsu, is the largest company in the world dedicated exclusively to developing, designing, and manufacturing Flash memory products and systems.

http://www.spansion.com

STMicroelectronics is a global leader in developing and delivering semiconductor solutions across the spectrum of microelectronics applications. STMicroelectronics is a leading provider of ICs memories and microcontrollers for smartcards.

http://www.st.com/

TDK Semiconductor Corp. developps low-cost systems on-a-chip for smart card terminal (EMV) and reader controllers.

http://www.tdksemiconductor.com

Texas Instruments supplies controller for PC Card which supports a slot for smart cards (CCID for Chip Card Interface Device).In addition, TI Radio Frequency Identification (TI-RFidâ„¢) Systems is an industry leader in radio frequency identification (RFID) technology and a leader manufacturer of RFID tags, smart labels and reader systems.

http://www.ti.com/

Wave’s programmable Embasy® technology enables the establishment of a network of hardware trusted clients – embedded in personal computers, peripherals such as smart card readers and keyboards, and mobile devices.

http://www.wave.com/

Dynamic Card Solutions is an innovative developer of instant issuance and PIN selection solutions for banks, credit unions and retailers. The company is the leading instant issuance provider for Visa® and MasterCard debit cards in the U.S.

http://www.instantissuance.com.

The company supply full line up to produce Inlet for card requiring contactless interface and other applications with chips inside or outside of its figure like access control.

http://www.3bsystem.com/sc/product2.htm

Aspects is an independent software provider. For nearly twenty years Aspects has been at the heart of the smart card industry, providing application development and test tools to over 200 of the biggest names in the sector.

http://www.aspects-sw.com

Barnes International provides Quality Assurance test equipment and testing/consulting services for chip cards and magnetic stripe cards.

http://www.barnes-mag.co.uk/

BG Ingenierie has been founded in 1999 to respond to the increasing needs of smart cards manufacturing in small quantity series.

http://www.bginge.com

CardXX provides secure encapsulation of advanced electronics through manufacturing and licensing secure and intelligent Smart Cards using its proprietary, patented encapsulation process known as the Reaction Assisted Molded Process (RAMP).

http://www.cardxx.net/

CircleSmartCard AG is a young, innovative and visionary company involved in the production of chip and data carriers. The materials we use are based on hi-tech, environmentally-friendly thermoplastics. CircleSmartCard AG produces to the highest quality standards and has a reputation for reliability and professional customer service.

http://www.circlesmartcard.com

Collis has developed a set of professional EMV test and validation tools.

http://www.collis.nl/emv_test_tools

Cybernétix designs and manufactures automated equipments for the production of micromodules, smart cards and electronic labels, as well as their test and personalisation.

http://www.cybernetix.fr/

Datacard provides customers in more than 120 countries with the systems, software and consultative expertise they need for profitable card programs

http://www.datacard.com/

Dynetics Engineering Corp., founded in 1966, has been manufacturing and marketing card issuing equipment solutions to efficiently and cost effectively assist the plastic card industry.

http://www.dyneticsengineering.com/html/products.html

Evolis Card Printer designs, manufactures and markets plastic card printers, using the latest computer, mechanical and electronic technologies.

http://www.evolis.com

Fargo is the world's leader in innovative technologies for desktop plastic card personalization systems offering different technologies in printing systems (reverse image, dye-sublimation, and inkjet).

http://www.fargo.com

FIME is a global provider of test solutions for the smart card, RFID and NFC markets. With a total offer covering tests, tools distribution, consulting and outsourced R&D, FIME is a genuine business catalyst. A pioneer in smart card testing services in the 1990s, FIME is today well advanced in the field of contactless testing. With over 100 employees on three continents, FIME provides a solution adapted to customers’ local needs. FIME is part of Orange Business Services.

http://www.fime.com

ICC Solutions Limited was incorporated in late 1996, in response to the exciting opportunities with chip cards in the payment systems industry. The core business of the company is the the provision of test tools for card acceptance devices and chip cards.

http://www.iccsolutions.com/mainframe.htm

Impika is a spin-off from a world leader industrial group supplying smart card based solutions. Impika's know-how relies on a 15-year experience in digital technology development and especially in ink jet printing for industrial applications. Impika designs, develops, manufactures and sells software and hardware solutions together with the related ink or material jet engineering for industrial applications such as digital printing, microelectronics and biotechnologies.

http://www.impika.com

Integri is specialised in providing test tools, prototyping tools and test services for security critical applications, such as smartcards and SIM cards, EMV migration, m-applications (m-Banking, m-Payment, ...), payment terminals (ATM, POS, PTO), authorisation and clearing host simulators, security systems, contactless card applications.

http://www.integri.com

Formed in 2000 from merge of Cogesys and Barts companies, KaSys provides tests tools (ICC simulator, terminals simulator, etc.) for the payment industry.

http://www.kasys.net/

The Plastic Card Detective verifies and proves the integrity of plastic card data, magnetic stripe data and carrier document information, ensuring the matching of these personalized components as they are merged on a card attacher or mailing base.

http://www.lakeimage.com

The company develops architecture for tests systems and equipements for checking smart cards and related terminals.

http://www.mco-group.com

Melzer maschinenbau GmbH offers production lines for all types of ISO cards and smart labels and smart tickets.Focusing on the needs of smart tag and smart ticket production, Melzer has developed single track and four track machines which process materials of up to 250 µm thickness.

http://www.melzergmbh.com

MetaForm Ltd. is an international company involved in research & development, worldwide sales and support of cutting-edge technologies and products for capturing and processing Personal Information, for the creation of high quality and accurate Personal Information Databases, and for the issuing of secure Identification cards and documents. MetaForm's Form n' Roll(R) platform is a core component in leading worldwide National ID, Passport, Driving License, transport, Health and other critical ID projects.

http://www.metaform.co.il/

Technology control and innovation research permit the development of the company within smart cards field, with test tools in the contact (STAR family) and contactless (CLASS family) areas.

http://www.micropross.com

Mühlbauer is a global, independent consultant and manufacturer of turnkey automation solutions for the smart card, smart label, semiconductor backend and vision industries. With about 1,250 employees in 20 locations on five continents, Mühlbauer is a leading supplier of production equipment for the smart card industry.

http://www.muehlbauer.de

NBS is a multinational company that designs, manufactures and markets an integrated line of card issuance equipment for the Financial, Secure Identification, Loyalty, and Healthcare Markets along with related products and services.

http://www.nbstech.com

Since 1994, Paragon provided ATM and EFT professionals with tools to improve the reach and quality of their institution's transactions. Paragon tools configure ATMs for graphics and audio, simulate ATMs including Triple DES and fault testing, and perform regression testing for ATM and ISO 8583 transactions.

http://www.parappsys.com/

Raisonance laboratory tools for PICC, smartcard and reader development, system validation and interoperability testing for ISO14443 A/B, NFC, ISO15693, ISO10373-6 and ISO7816 protocols. ProxiLAB - programmable contactless card reader for system design and laboratory testing; ProxySPY - non-intrusive communication spy and protocol analyzer;ProxyCARD - contactless smart card simulator; ContactLAB - comprehensive contact/contactlees smart card development system.

http://www.raisonance.com/

RFI-Smart, a division of RFI Global Services Ltd, is a Visa Recognized Laboratory and an EMVCo Accredited Laboratory for Approval Testing for Smart Cards and Smart Card Terminals. RFI is a worldwide services company recognized by the Smart Card Industry as a key consulting and testing specialist in Financial Services, ID & Security and Telecom.

http://www.rfi-smart.com

Smart Layer-3, S.L. is a spanish company which is manufacturing high-quality consumables for the production of plastic cards, and specialized in the production of overlay sheets with all types of magnetic foil.

http://www.smartlayer3.com

Since 1996, Smartware designs leading innovation in industrial card personalization and testing products (testers, encoders, emulators, and software platform for card personalization) the card industry worldwide.

http://www.smartware.fr

SOLIATIS is an innovative company created in 2002 that supplies solutions based on smart card technology. SOLIATIS provides Training and Consulting, Software Development and Test Tools Solutions for both contact and contactless technology.

http://www.soliatis.com

Spartanics, founded in 1963, specializes in the development, manufacturing and marketing of automated equipment for card, smart card and PCB manufacturers, printing & packaging industries. Using sophisticated electro-optical cell technology, Spartanics is able to increase accuracy, efficiency, and security in the production and counting of flat stock material.

http://www.spartanics.com

Sysco (Taiwan) is a company specialized in systems and machines for the production of plastic and chip cards: cutting machines, punching and stacking systems, picking, placing, and bonding equipments, etc.

http://www.sysco-tw.com

Zebra Card Printers Products start with innovative engineering to provide quality on demand card printing solutions for a variety of card types.

http://www.zebracard.com

Advanced Card Technology Canada's vision is a strong market, where advanced card technologies are used to provide new security, convenience, products and services for Canadians. This is a market where issuers will find new opportunities, partnerships and customers. The multi-application capability and enhanced privacy enabling attributes of advanced card platforms make this possible.

http://www.actcda.com/

AFPC is the French Association of Card Manufacturers and Service Bureau. Founded in 1988, AFPC is an independent association which has evolved from the need to oversee the entire range of processes associated with card production and use.

http://www.afpc-cartes.com

APACS is the UK trade association of banks and building societies which exchange payments on behalf of their customers. It also has responsibility for the co-operative aspects of money transmission and other payments-related developments.

http://www.apacs.org.uk/

Calypso is an association and a set of standard specfications for electronic ticketing which defines the secured dialogue between cards and terminal. It was developed by a group of European partners from the cities of Brussels in Belgium, Lisbon in Portugal, Konstanz in Germany, Paris in France and Venice in Italy.

http://www.calypsonet-asso.org

CLUB is a non-profit association established March 3rd 1995 in Konstanz, born from an initiative of the cities of Venice, Lisbon, Paris and the Bodensee Region.

http://www.contactless-club.com

Founded in 1998, EESTEL is an association of independent experts in the field of smart card technologies and electronic transactions which means to fulfil it's mission by offering a complete range of products and services.

http://www.eestel.com/uk/index.html

The eEurope Smart Cards initiative gathered a vast community of industry experts, users, operators, academics with the objective of accelerating and harmonising the development and use of smart cards across Europe.

http://www.eeurope-smartcards.org/

Electronics.ca Publications is a world-class research network and publishing company whose focus is technology and market research for the electronics industry.

http://www.electronics.ca/

The site dedicated to EMV specifications and certifications. It allows to view or download IC Card Specifications for payment systems and related type approval process and requirements specifications.

http://www.emvco.com/

EPCglobal is leading the development of industry-driven standards for the revolutionary Electronic Product Code (EPC) Network to support the use of radio frequency identification (RFID) in today’s fast-moving, information rich trading networks. EPCglobal is a member-driven organization entrusted by industry to create global standards that offer the promise of more efficient supply chains and higher-quality information flow around your key trading partner relationships.

http://www.epcglobalinc.org/

The voice of the smartcard industry. His mission is to promote smart cards and smart card systems.

http://www.eurosmart.com/

A consortium of European partners in the payment industry which has developed a set of specifications for a card reader to secure transactions on the Internet. The FINREAD specifications have been drawn up and made available for free to the manufacturers through the CEN (European Standardization Committee).

http://www.finread.com

French economic interest group, promoting interbankarity, which contributed to the success of the smart card back in 1984.

http://www.cartes-bancaires.com

GlobalPlatform's mission is to establish and maintain standards for an open smart card infrastructure that enables service providers from many industries to deploy and manage multiple applications through a variety of devices for their customers.

http://www.globalplatform.org/

The voice of the plastic card industry.

http://www.icma.com

The International Prepaid Communications Association serves the entire prepaid communications industry: phonecards, wireless, and other prepaid telecommunications products, services and applications.

http://www.i-pca.org/theindustry/view.html

The International Smart Card Associations Network was founded in November, 2002 by ACT Canada (Advanced Card Technology), the AFPC (Association française des personnalisateurs de cartes à puce), EESTEL (European Experts in Electronics Transactions Systems), Eurosmart, the Smart Card Alliance, SCAFI (Smart Card Forum of India), and the Smart Card Society of Southern Africa

http://www.eurosmart.com

ITSO™ has provided the initiative that it believes will revolutionise customer use of transport through smart cards. As a members’ organisation supported by the major UK transport players (including the Department for Transport and Local Government), ITSO™ allows Transport Operators the opportunity to procure "mix and match" smart cards, point of sale and back office systems in truly interoperable style, even between transport players who may have no commercial relationships, on a national basis.

http://www.itsonews.com

The primary purpose of the Java Card Forum is to promote Java as the preferred programming language for multiple-application smart cards.

http://www.javacardforum.org

The Liberty Alliance Project was formed in September 2001 to develop open standards for federated network identity management and identity-based services.

http://www.projectliberty.org/

MUSCLE is a project to coordinate the development of smart cards and applications under Linux.

http://linuxnet.com

MAOSCO Ltd is the legal company set up to promote and develop the Multos specifications as an open industry standard on behalf of the members of The Multos Consortium.

http://www.multos.com

MasterCard International is a leading global payments solutions company that provides a broad variety of innovative services in support of its global members' credit, deposit access, electronic cash, business-to-business and related payment programs. MasterCard International manages a family of well-known, widely accepted payment cards brands including MasterCard®, Maestro® and Cirrus® and serves financial institutions, consumers and businesses in over 210 countries and territories.

http://www.mastercard.com

Mobey Forum is a financial industry-driven forum, whose mission is to encourage the use of mobile technology in financial services - such as payment, remote banking and brokerage. Mobey Forum members are world leading companies ABN AMRO, Accenture, Bank of Ireland, BBS, BBVA, DnB NOR, First Data, HSBC, Hewlett-Packard, MBNA, Meridea, M-Systems, Nordea, Nokia, NCR, OTP Bank, Sampo, The Royal Bank of Scotland, TietoEnator and UBS

http://www.mobeyforum.org/

The Mobile Payment Forum brings together leading organizations from the mobile and financial industries to create a foundation for standardized, secure and authenticated mobile payments. Our members bring extensive experience in creating interoperable global payment standards and specifications and a knowledge of payments in emerging channels. Membership includes key financial institutions, telecommunications operators, wireless-device manufacturers, merchants, content providers and software and hardware developers and vendors.

http://www.mobilepaymentforum.org

Activities of the association include development in areas of systems for an environment of using Internet such the Electronic Authentication System, information society infrastructure systems such as the Authenticated Secure Electronic Storage System and the Electronic Application System on the Internet, and the Next-Generation IC card Systems, as well as a survey on the Internet.

http://www.nmda.or.jp/index-en.html

The Near Field Communication (NFC) Forum is a non-profit industry association founded by Nokia Corporation, Royal Philips Electronics and Sony Corporation to advance the use of NFC short-range wireless interaction in consumer electronics, mobile devices and PCs. The NFC Forum will promote implementation and standardization of NFC technology to ensure interoperability between devices and service

http://www.nfc-forum.org.

The Next generation Ic Card System Study group (NICSS) was founded in Japan on December 1998, under the auspices of 17 Japan companies. The study group aims at examining the common platform for nextgeneration IC card systems for public use and at contributing to the establishment of social and information infrastructures for the promotion of such systems.

http://www.nicss.gr.jp/

US NIST and the General Services Administration (GSA) have joined forces to establish and lead the Government Smart Card program in conjunction with other federal agencies and industry partners. The primary goal of the Government Smart Card program is to build a framework for smart card interoperability, enabling broad adoption of this critical technology by the public and private sectors.

http://smartcard.nist.gov/

OATH is an industry-wide collaboration to develop an open reference architecture by leveraging existing open standards for the universal adoption of strong authentication.

http://www.openauthentication.org/

The OpenCard Framework provides a common interface for both the smart card reader and the application on the card.

http://www.opencard.org

The PC/SC WG promotes a standard specification, to ensure that smart cards, smart card readers, and computers made by different manufacturers will work together.

http://www.pcscworkgroup.com

The PCI Security Standards Council is an open global forum for the ongoing development, enhancement, storage, dissemination and implementation of security standards for account data protection. The organization was founded by American Express, Discover Financial Services, JCB, MasterCard Worldwide, and Visa International.

https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/

CI SVA will assist members of the payment card industry and the PCI Security Standards Council -- composed of merchants, banks and point-of-sale vendors - in educating the business community on the requirements and business value of the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Data Security Standard, a global benchmark intended to improve security throughout the entire payment card transaction process.

http://www.pcialliance.org

PKI Forum was founded in 1999 to foster support for standards-based, interoperable public-key infrastructure (PKI) as a foundation for secure transactions in e-business applications.

http://www.pkiforum.org/

A Radicchio project to examine the feasibility of forming a trusted, managed network that ensures global interoperability and compelling content in m-commerce.

http://www.radicchio.org/

SCAG is responsible for all commercial aspects of smart card technology within the context of the GSM Association's membership. Terms of reference are to monitor and report on smart card evolutionary potential, to indicate to the relevant standardisation bodies the commercial prioritisation and to act as a primary liaison point.

http://www.gsmworld.com/about/structure/scag.shtml

The Secure ID Coalition is an affiliation of companies providing digital security solutions for identification documents, including contactless smart cards. Its mission is to promote the understanding and appropriate use of smart card technology to achieve enhanced security for ID management systems while maintaining user privacy.

http://www.secureidcoalition.org/

SIMalliance is a non-profit organization created to promote the benefits of SIM Cards and SIM-Based services.

http://www.simalliance.org/

Simpay was founded in 2003 by Orange, Telefônica Môviles, T-Mobile and Vodafone. It was created to drive m-commerce through the development of an open and interoperable mobile payment solution, providing clearance and settlement services and a payment scheme that allows customers to make purchases through mobile operator-managed accounts.

http://www.simpay.com

The Smart Card Alliance is a not-for profit, multi-industry association of over 185 member firms working to accelerate the widespread acceptance of multiple application smart card technology.

http://www.smartcardalliance.org/

The STIP consortium is a US based non-profit corporation created in 2000 by Bull-CP8, Ingenico, Schlumberger, Dassault System, Gemplus, Racal, Verifone, Cardsoft.

http://www.stip.org/

TCG will develop and promote open industry standard specifications for trusted computing hardware building blocks and software interfaces across multiple platforms, including PC's, servers, PDA's, and digital phones.

http://www.trustedcomputinggroup.org/home

The Trusted Computing Platform Alliance (TCPA), was formed by Compaq, HP, IBM, Intel and Microsoft. All five companies have been individually working on improving the trust available within the PC for years. TCPA recognizes the Trusted Computing Group (TCG) as the successor organization to TCPA, as TCG's broader mission, organization structure and patent licensing policy are well suited to meet the long-term needs of the industry.

http://www.trustedcomputing.org/home

The OSE consortium is developping s series of specifications for promoting interoperability in security management.

http://www.opensecurityexchange.com

The Association's main objective is to accelerate the transition from traditional, magnetic stripe cards to chip based cards. The Smart Payment Association (SPA) carries out projects to advance interoperability as well as develop additional smart payment solutions, which would be difficult to achieve without the concentration of such industrial knowledge. Members are Gemalto, Giesecke & Devrient, Oberthur Card Systems and Sagem Orga.

http://www.smartpaymentassociation.org

Visa is one of the world's leading payment brands generating US$2.7 trillion in annual card sales volume. Visa has unsurpassed acceptance in more than 150 countries. The Visa organisation plays a pivotal role in developing innovative payment products and technologies to benefit its 21,000 member financial institutions and their cardholders.

http://www.visa.com

The WLAN Smart Card Consortium is a major new initiative to define specification for worldwide access to wireless LAN networks with smart card security and related capabilities.

http://www.wlansmartcard.org

Established in February 2000, Aconite is a business IT consultancy and software solutions provider with specialist expertise in Smart Card systems, EMV (Europay, MasterCard and Visa), and Enterprise Security.

http://www.aconite.net

ActivIdentity is the trusted provider of identity assurance solutions. Our fully-integrated platform enables organizations to issue, manage and use smart cards with ActivIdentity Smart Employee ID solution for smart cards.

http://www.actividentity.com/

Aspects is an independent software provider. For nearly twenty years Aspects has been at the heart of the smart card industry, providing application development and test tools to over 200 of the biggest names in the sector.

http://www.aspects-sw.com

Operating from its headquarters in Rotterdam, The Netherlands, Bell ID holds strong positions in several market segments such as Finance, Government and Corporate ID. The experience Bell ID gained in the smart card market in the early 90s resulted in the creation of the standard ANDiS© Management Systems.

http://www.bellid.com

CardSoft, Inc. is an m-commerce software product developer headquartered in Northern California. The company has eight years of experience in the development of secure Electronic Funds Transfer at Point of Sale (EFTPOS) software solutions.

http://www.cardsoft.com

ConstructiveCard Technologies provides a large-scale development of embedded software solutions as well as fast, effective and affordable consulting services that match with the e-transactions specialists companies standards. This portfolio was recently expanded to cover low-level software developments (OS, cryptographic mechanisms, anti-cloning verifications) for both readers and smart cards. Constructivecard focuses on open systems that relate to mobile ticketing, city and urban applications, health, identification and authentication.

http://www.constructivecard-technologies.fr

CreditCall is a specialist cashless payment solutions provider. CreditCall develops diverse applications including card-based telephony solutions, Pay & Display car parking, Vending, Ticketing and Pay TV. The company invests heavily in R&D and provides payment services facilities, which will allow any virtually any machine, device or terminal to be enabled to accept credit or debit card, as well as certified EMV software licenses and consultancy for the emerging chip-based EMV cards.

http://www.emvx.co.uk

Cyota is the leading payment security provider for financial institutions.

http://www.cyota.com

EDSI is mainly a service company, made of experts, unique in its competencies, and specialised in smart cards. His core business takes place in the very beginning of the smartcard value chain: the operating system development.

http://www.edsi-smartcards.com

Element offers solutions for both Issuers and Acquirers, covering Internet, Television and Mobile payments and supporting e-purse, debit and credit card payment.

http://www.element.be

Enigma Software is a developer of smart card based software environment for the mobile commerce market.

http://www.enigma.hu

Hive Minded, Inc. was founded in 2002 with a specific goal in mind: to bring .NET technology to a broad range of highly embedded devices typified by smart cards. Based in the university town of Berkeley, California, Hive Minded continues the tradition of technological innovation and creativ