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Smartrac joins Smart Card Alliance
SMARTRAC N.V., a leading manufacturer and supplier of RFID transponders, today announced it has joined Smart Card Alliance, a non-profit, multi-industry association and the leading voice in the North American smart card industry.
Smart cards today are an essential part of everyday life providing flexibility, user convenience and security to organizations and end users. Fields of application for contactless RFID-based smart cards include payment, public transportation, access control and many more.
Being the world’s largest smart card industry association, the Smart Card Alliance has played a major role in driving the development and deployment of smart cards.
As a leading manufacturer of inlays for contactless smart cards SMARTRAC to date has delivered more than 1 billion transponders to card manufacturers worldwide. Manufactured with the company’s proprietary and patented wire-embedding technology, the durable and dependable inlays have set standards in various fields. In order to participate in the further development of the market and to contribute to the thought leadership provided by the Smart Card Alliance, SMARTRAC has now become a member of this renowned industry association.
“We have been working closely with the leading players in the contactless smart card market for years. We are now looking forward to a beneficial collaboration with the Smart Card Alliance and its members to further drive adoption of highly secure contactless smart cards on a global scale,” said Wolfgang Schneider, Member of the Group Executive Team and Head of the Business Unit Cards at SMARTRAC.
“The rapid adoption of contactless smart cards for ePassports, bank cards, transit cards, and secure identification cards has enhanced the security of payments and identity management. SMARTRAC joining the Smart Card Alliance adds valuable expertise and manufacturing know how to share with the rest of the industry to help fuel the continued growth of smart cards in the future,” said Randy Vanderhoof, Executive Director at Smart Card Alliance.