EANS-News: DEWB investment holding KSW Microtec and LaserCard Corporation pioneer innovative ID technology to support U.S. Green Card program

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Subtitle: Strong alliance boosts companies’ reach into high security government
ID projects

Dresden, Germany, June 1, 2010 (euro adhoc) - KSW Microtec AG, one of the
world´s leading suppliers of RFID components and inlays for secure credentials,
is supplying LaserCard Corporation, a leading provider of secure ID solutions,
with innovative, custom-designed KSW Thinlams® for the new contactless U.S.
Permanent Resident Card (Green Card). The U.S. Department of Homeland Security
(DHS) began issuing the new card on May 11, 2010.

The new card´s innovative structure is a technological success resulting from
the companies´ strong collaborative alliance. KSW developed a customized RFID
Thinlam® optimized to uniquely match the physical characteristics of LaserCard´s
credential platform. Thinlam® with a thickness down to 270µm is commonly used
manufacturing government ID documents including passports, driver´s licenses as
well as identity cards and are also widely used in the e-payment sector.

The next generation Green Card utilizes LaserCard´s tamper-proof and highly
counterfeit resistant optical security media as its key visual and physical
security feature and the integrated RFID tag to provide compliance with the
Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative. The Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)
capability allows officers at borders and ports of entry to read the card from a
distance and compare it immediately to file data. The optical security media
enables authorities and inspection agents to make a confident judgment about
card authenticity and visual identification of the cardholder even when
electronic readers are not available. The combined technologies set a new,
higher standard for international government ID card programs.

"KSW´s trend-setting RFID technology for ultra-thin pre-laminates and inlays
based on polycarbonate and LaserCard´s optical media based identity cards,
widely recognized as being the most secure, ensure optimum solutions for
customers in the high-security ID market," said Thomas Hitzer, CEO of KSW
Microtec.

Building on their complementary expertise, advanced technologies and
specialization in high security identity programs, the two companies are gaining
wide recognition in the global ID security industry.

Chris Dyball, chief operating officer of LaserCard Corporation said, "The
winning combination of LaserCard´s expertise in secure identity credential
solutions and KSW Microtec´s experience in the production of RFID components for
high-security applications assured the development of a rugged, reliable
credential, designed to meet and exceed our customer´s requirements. We see
significant opportunities in the further collaboration of our companies."

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About KSW
KSW Microtec AG, with its headquarters in Germany, is the world´s leading
supplier of RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) components for applications
such as eTicketing, ePayment, Asset Management, access control and high
security. KSW combines successful high-end wafer processing, extremely efficient
assembly technology and far-reaching expertise in design. KSW has earned itself
a leading position on the market as one of the most efficient, and
simultaneously most flexible, producers of RFID components. The globally active
company was founded in 1994 and has clean room production facilities in Germany.
KSW is an investment holding of the listed venture capital company DEWB Deutsche
Effecten- und Wechsel-Beteiligungsgesellschaft AG headquartered in Jena. For
more information see: www.ksw-microtec.de

About LaserCard
LaserCard Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, is a leading provider of
secure ID solutions to governments and commercial clients worldwide. It
develops, manufactures, and integrates LaserCard® optical security media cards,
multi-technology cards, encoders, peripherals, smart and specialty cards,
biometrics, and modular software. The Company´s cards and systems are used in
various applications, including citizen identification, border security,
government service delivery and facility access.

For further information, please contact:
Sandra Jaunich
KSW Microtec AG
Manfred-von-Ardenne-Ring 12
01099 Dresden - Germany
Tel: +49 351 889 60 28
Fax: +49 351 889 60 11
[email protected]
www.ksw-microtec.de

KSW Media contact:
Tim Cockerell
Wise Media S.p.A.
Via Lepetit 4
20124 Milano - Italy
Tel: +39 02 8903 4112
Fax: +39 02 67388322
[email protected]
www.wisemedia.com

LaserCard Media contacts:
Ellen Brook/Mary McEvoy Carroll
LaserCard Corporation
Mountain View, CA - U.S.
Tel: 650-267-1949 or
408-691-4283
[email protected] [email protected]
www.lasercard.com

Further inquiry note:
Marco Scheidler
Tel.: +49 (0) 3641 573-3600
E-Mail: [email protected]
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issuer: Deutsche Effecten- und Wechsel-Beteiligungsges. AG
Leutragraben 1
D-07743 Jena
phone: +49 (0)3641 573 3600
FAX: +49 (0)3641 573 3610
mail: [email protected]
WWW: http://www.dewb-vc.com
sector: Financial & Business Services
ISIN: DE0008041005
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stockmarkets: free trade: Berlin, Stuttgart, München, Open Market / Entry Standard:
Frankfurt
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