With 2018 sales of EUR 14.6 billion, Covestro is among the world’s largest polymer companies. Business activities are focused on the manufacture of high-tech polymer materials and the development of innovative solutions for products used in many areas of daily life. Covestro has 30 production sites worldwide and employs approximately 16,800 people (calculated as full-time equivalents) at the end of 2018.

Covestro has been developing Special Polymer Films and innovative solutions for the card and security market for quite some time already. And we’ve alwarys been ahead of the times. We work closely with many partners in the global ID cards business and strive to meet the demands made on future documents already today.

Onfido is the new identity standard for the internet. Our AI-based technology assesses whether a user’s government-issued ID is genuine or fraudulent, and then compares it against their facial biometrics. That’s how we give companies like Revolut, Zipcar and Bitstamp the assurance they need to onboard customers remotely and securely.

We’re creating a more open world, where identity is the key to access.

IAI industrial systems, part of HID Global, supplies systems to personalise and secure passports and ID cards such as driving licenses, residence permits and national identity cards. IAI has been at the forefront of secure document personalisation for many years, providing unique and advanced personalisation systems. Constantly seeking to improve our products by developing innovative new personalisation technologies and security features. As a result of this experience and our extensive knowledge, IAI has gained an excellent reputation for the design and supply of industrial production systems where laser and optics, inkjet printing, material handling and precision mechanics play key roles. More than 30 countries in the world have chosen IAI as their preferred partner to help them create documents with the most advanced security features. 

Elyctis, a leading manufacturer and supplier of ID document reading products, opened its office in Hong Kong in early 2016. The main business function of the Hong Kong office is to coordinate Elyctis’ Asia-Pacific customers and to facilitate and promote the sales and marketing of Elyctis’ products in the Asia-Pacific Region, including Australia and New Zealand. This will improve the customer relationship and customer services in the region with a better understanding of the customers’ needs and wants.

Elyctis, headquartered in Pertuis, France, specialises in the development of hardware and software dedicated to Secure Identity Documents (e-passport, e-ID card, resident permit, e-driver license, etc). Thanks to the implementation of international standard of electronic documents, i.e. ICAO, IAS, 7816, 14443, Elyctis have opportunities to develop mobile and non-mobile eID products.

Our products are used mainly in the industries which need to identity document holders such as border control, police suspect checking, airport check-in, hotel check-in, electronic KYC in banking industry, car rental and telephone SIM card sales by telecommunication companies.

Elyctis - eID Document Reader Supplier www.elyctis.com

Pacific Security Technologies (Beijing) Co., Ltd. was founded in 2006, we focus on Border Control and Immigration Inspection area and we are solution provider of Passport paper & bank notes. We won lots of bidding in Border Control area and become the best system provider of document examination and reader. We have provided Auto-Gate document reader system to Railway since 2017. In Guanzhou-Shenzhen line (all stations) and Wuhan-Guangzhou line (part of stations), we have implemented our system successfully. In airport area, we also won the bidding of Shanghai Inspection Station project (Pudong/Hongqiao airport) because our document reader (read & examine 2 in 1) has the best performance.

KURZ is a worldwide leader in thin film technology with over 5,000 employees.

KURZ provides complete solutions that include project consultancy plus machine and die technology. The KURZ Group has over 30 sites worldwide and produces under standardized quality and environmental standards in Europe, Asia, and the USA. With a global network of subsidiaries, agencies and sales offices, we ensure short paths, reliable delivery and individual on-site assistance.