News: NEW ORLEANS, LA (April 22, 2002) --
Identix Incorporated (Nasdaq: IDNX), a worldwide leader
in providing fingerprint biometric security
identification and authentication solutions, will
showcase Identix fingerprint biometric template-on-card
technology with the Giesecke & Devrient Sm@rtCafe Java
smart cards at CardTech/SecurTech April 23-25, 2002, in
New Orleans, LA, in the Identix Booth 873 and the
Giesecke & Devrient Booth 1211. Eliminating the need
for a pin number, the Giesecke & Devrient Sm@rtCafe Java
smart card will feature fingerprint biometric
authentication to verify the true owner and allow access
to the card's content.
Giesecke & Devrient is an internationally operating
technology group with over thirty subsidiaries
worldwide. The organization is a leading supplier of
banknotes and security documents, banknote and security
paper and currency automation systems as well as cards,
components and complete multi-functional smart card
systems for electronic payment, telecommunications and
ID systems.
What: Biometrically-secured Giesecke & Devrient Sm@rtCafe Java
smart card demonstration
When: April 23-25, 2002
Where: CardTech/SecurTech, New Orleans, Identix Booth 873;
Giesecke & Devrient Booth 1211
Contacts: Damon Wright, Director of Investor Relations and Public
Relations, of Identix Incorporated, +1-408-335-1400,
dwright@identix.com; or Heather Klein, Manager,
Marketing Communications, of Giesecke & Devrient,
+1-703-480-2000, heather.klein@gdai.com
About Identix: Identix Incorporated, http://www.Identix.com , is a leader in
designing, developing, manufacturing and marketing
products for the capture and/or comparison of
fingerprints for security, anti-fraud, law enforcement,
physical access and other applications. Identix designs
and develops proprietary, cost-effective, security
products and solutions for personal identification and
verification. Through itrust(TM), Identix offers an
array of Internet and wireless web secure transaction
processing services, and provides a wide range of
applications to markets that include corporate
enterprise security, Intranet, extranet, and Internet,
wireless Web access and security, E-commerce, government
and law enforcement agencies.
About
Giesecke & Devrient:
Giesecke & Devrient is an internationally operating
technology group with over thirty subsidiaries
worldwide. The organization is a leading supplier of
banknotes and security documents, banknote and security
paper and currency automation systems as well as cards,
components and complete multi-functional smart card
systems for electronic payment, telecommunications and
ID systems. The group also offers consultancy and
end-to-end solutions for brand protection and security
in e-business. The North American headquarters of
Giesecke & Devrient, located in Dulles, VA, houses the
R&D technology center, sales, marketing and production
facilities for both smart cards and currency automation
systems. In addition to the smart card production
facility in Dulles, G&D operates full service card
manufacturing facilities in Twinsburg, Ohio, Markham,
Ontario and Mexico City, Mexico that are certified by
both VISA and MasterCard. The combined production
capacity of these four facilities makes G&D one of the
largest of any North American cards and card systems
manufacturer. Giesecke & Devrient employs over
7,000 people worldwide, and generates annual revenue in
excess of 1 Billion U.S. dollars.
SOURCE Identix Incorporated
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