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NPCT News out today.....NANOPIERCE TECHNOLOGIESCollaborates With Industry Leader ORGA on Smart Card Venture
June 14, 1999 04:59 AM
DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 14, 1999--NANOPIERCE TECHNOLOGIES, INC. NPCT today announced that it has signed a Technology Development Agreement with privately held ORGA Kartensysteme GmbH of Paderborn, Germany, to jointly develop Dual Interface Smart Cards using Nanopierce's NCS (Nanopierce Connection System) proprietary technology.
ORGA is a world leader in manufacturing of Advanced Smart Cards, and a dominant player in the development and production of Smart Cards for commercial enterprises, banks, insurance companies, public health systems, access control systems and identification systems.
ORGA was founded in 1972 and is majority (75%) owned by the printing agency (Bundesdruckerei) of the Federal Republic of Germany through UNIQA GmbH. A Deutsche Telekom AG subsidiary, Deutsche Telepost Consulting GmbH DETECON, owns the 25% balance.
Under the Agreement, Nanopierce and Multitape GmbH and Co., KG, Paderborn, will provide ORGA with chip module substrate tapes treated with Nanopierce Connection System (NCS) designed for use in Dual Interface Smart Cards, popularly known as CombiCards.
This co-operative effort includes all design, testing and final review activities, with the ultimate goal of winning EMV approval culminating in a more formal business venture exploiting the technology. EMV is a Smart Card specification adopted by all major card manufacturers.
Paul Metzinger, president and CEO, said, "ORGA has established a solid, world-wide reputation for high-quality product engineering within the Smart Card industry. It has aggressively pursued new technologies to maintain a leading edge, and has a reputation as being a premier innovator of advanced smart card products. Combined with Nanopierce's contributions, we will demonstrate to the market the technological superiority and cost effectiveness of NCS in manufacturing and marketing of Smart Cards in this very competitive and price sensitive industry."
NANOPIERCE TECHNOLOGIES owns 11 patents, 6 patents pending, and 2 patent applications in preparation, and various other intellectual properties related to the company's proprietary NCS (Nanopierce Connection System).
This advanced system is designed to provide significant improvement over conventional electrical and mechanical interconnection methods for high-density circuit boards, components, sockets, connectors, semiconductor packaging and electronic systems.
NANOPIERCE trades under the ticker NPCT on the OTC bulletin board. NANOPIERCE TECHNOLOGIES is a subsidiary of Intercel Corporation BB .
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE REFERENCE:
orga.com
bundesdruckerei.de
detecon.de
multitape.de
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