The company’s service includes smart card manufacturing, personalization, fulfillment and activation services, as well as the exclusive rights to the card software applets.
All Oberthur Card Systems’ smart card products provided to the government market are FIPS 140-2 certified and FIPS 201 compliant, which is a requirement for any ID card product sold to the US federal government. In addition to the manufacturing and personalization services, Oberthur provides carrier attachment, PIN activation services, and back-up personalization facilities that are ISO 9000 compliant.
We are the only company that has vertical integration capabilities and complete centralized ID management package – a critical need for today’s ID market space, said Patrick Hearn, director of government & ID markets for Oberthur Card Systems.